CNN’s Stelter: Caving on the Shutdown Is the ‘Biggest Test Yet’ for Trump’s ‘Reality Distortion Field’

RUSH EXCERPT:

STELTER: “Let’s begin with the president and his reality distortion field. Let me explain what I’m talking about when I say that. President Trump is famous for creating alternative realities. He has been able the past several years to persuade his voters, bring his base along with practically anything he says, right? He calls the news media fake, we know that. Then he makes certain claims that are real. He tries to pit us versus him, et cetera. Here is what’s interesting about the past few days. We are seeing the biggest test yet of the president’s reality distortion field. This, of course, is because of the shutdown, end of the shutdown, which was a letdown for some of the president’s biggest fans on television and radio. They are calling him out for caving. So the test now is whether it will be effective. He said that it was sunny when it was actually raining. But this is the toughest test yet of that reality distortion. So let’s think about Friday the president comes out to the rose garden to announce a deal, which was him capitulating and ending the shutdown. Listen to the applause. Aides were dutyifully applauding. They weren’t fooled. Neither were most viewers. Most important of all, neither were the president’s biggest boosters on television. Take a look at what Lou Dobbs said.”