Without media’s ‘dishonesty’, Hillary would be nothing: Trump

LOS ANGELES: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has slammed the “disgraceful” media for allegedly favoring Hillary Clinton, saying without its “dishonesty and deceit”, his Democratic rival would be nothing.

At an election rally in the crucial swing state of Florida, 70-year-old Trump described the media as crooked and thieves. “These thieves and crooks, the media – not all of it, but much of it. They’re the most crooked – they’re almost as crooked as Hillary. They may even be more crooked than Hillary because without the media, she would be nothing,” Trump alleged.

“Without the media, Hillary Clinton would be nothing. They’re disgraceful. Just remember that. Without the dishonesty and deceit of the media, Hillary Clinton would be nothing, nothing,” he said. Trump reiterated his allegation that the system was rigged.

{C}sults leveled by Trump since the celebrity businessman launched his campaign in the summer of 2015, it misses Trump’s years of insults directed at figures like President Obama, Rosie O’Donnell, Mark Cuban and the British business magnate Alan Sugar. (Back in 2012, Trump tweeted: “Dopey Sugar @Lord_Sugar You can’t carry @piersmorgan’s jock!”).

The newspaper has for months been keeping a running interactive tally of Trump’s Twitter attacks, but Monday appears to be the first time it was published in print form.