It is quite obvious what "triggered" Trump's tweet. It was the North Korean pullback from the liaison office. But Bloomberg, like other U.S. outlets, ignores that quite obvious explanation. This constant ignorance of the action of the other side is one of the systemic problems U.S. media have.
New sanctions were announced to which North Korea reacted negatively. Trump, who wants to keep the door open for future negotiations, took note and pulled back on the sanctions. But John Bolton intervened. The sanctions were kept. A well sounding but implausible explanation was found. North Korea accepted that and came back to the table.
There was never real gray area here. Either Trump is a compromised foreign agent, or he isnβt. If he isnβt, news outlets once again swallowed a massive disinformation campaign, only this error is many orders of magnitude more stupid than any in the recent past, WMD included. Honest reporters like ABCβs Terry Moran understand: Mueller coming back empty-handed on collusion means a βreckoning for the media.βLike then, you indeed can take it to the bank that the media will never be held to account, other than their ratings souring worse than they already have.
Of course, there wonβt be such a reckoning. (There never is). But there should be. We broke every written and unwritten rule in pursuit of this story, starting with the prohibition on reporting things we canβt confirm.
He also has access to a large glass-walled conference room in the middle of the space near his desk, which features bullet-resistant windows and a panic button. Thereβs also a persistent rumor among Facebook employees that he has a secret βpanic chuteβ his team can evacuate him down to get him out of the office in a hurry. The truth of this matter remains murky: One source said they had been briefed about the existence of a top-secret exit route through the floor of the conference room into the parking garage, but others said they had no knowledge of it. Facebook declined to comment on this.I can buy the paranoia after the attacks on Google; they abuse their users in similar fashion.