To: Mainstream Media
Ignore the Tweets
By focusing on Trump's tweets, the news media are giving them importance and giving Trump the attention that feeds his narcissism. Spending time discussing the tweets and responding to them normalizes Trump's aberrant behavior. Tell the mainstream news media to ignore Trump's tweets.
Why is this important?
By paying attention to Tump's tweets, which are most often inflammatory and/or incomprehensible, we are inadvertently giving Trump and the Republicans power and also difflecting attention from crucial, life-changing issues.