‘Nice’ Donald Trump takes aim at media after bombs sent to Clinton, Obama and CNN
- At rally, Trump noted the unusually subdued tone of his remarks
US President Donald Trump blamed the media and others for incivility after a string of home-made bombs were sent to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama and others, even as he refrained from acknowledging his own inflammatory rhetoric at a campaign rally in Wisconsin.
Trump appeared to make a show of behaving civil throughout his remarks to supporters in Mosinee, a town of about 4,000 people in central Wisconsin.
He was relatively subdued as he spoke, interrupted himself several times to point out that he was “trying to be nice” and took no responsibility for his own role in contributing to the country’s civic discourse.
“No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation, coercion or control,” Trump said as he opened his remarks.
“We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony.”
Moments later, he took aim at one of his favourite targets, the news media.
“The media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative – and oftentimes, false – attacks and stories,” Trump said.