CNN’s Brian Stelter said Sunday that President Trump’s White House has a “credibility problem.”
“What happens to a country when a leader’s words are worthless?” asked Stelter on his show, “Reliable Sources,” noting that many of the President’s promises so far had been “toothless” or “utterly useless.”
Things have gotten so bad, he argued, that “journalists, lawmakers and, most importantly, voters” couldn’t take the President at his word.
“From the collapse of the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, something that Trump said he would do on day one, to the explosive FBI announcement that there’s an ongoing investigation into possible links between Russia and the Trump campaign, the common thread here is a White House with a credibility problem,” Stelter said.
And, he argued, it’s a problem that’s getting “worse and worse and worse.”
The Washington Post, Stelter pointed out, has been counting President Trump’s misleading or false claims since January 20.
“The number is 317 so far,” he said.
And though the President’s words may often contain falsehoods, what he says still has power, Stelter said.
“Trump’s words do have power. Power to inspire and influence. Also power to intimidate and incite fear,” he said
