Trump states that he is the MOST picked on president in US history...Really?

[emilynghiem]

Trumpster you're being picked on because you're a charlatan/demagogue who should never have infected the oval office.

"Picking on" someone is what individuals do when they have no, or won't develop and present, sound criticisms. AFAIC, Trump has not been picked on at all. He's merely, probably as never before in his life, being daily/hourly told, bidden by him or not, what are his flaws and those found in his ideas and his policies.

A large amount of input will be offered for and about anyone who holds high elected office; it's just part of the territory. Trump's receiving an abundance of constructive criticism because, quite frankly, nobody must think long and hard to identify the nature, extent and manifestations of his inadequacies.

I was actually thinking about Lincoln. Talk about guys who were pilloried, he would have to be number one. The entire South thought he was essentially the antichrist. John Adams caught a ton of flack from opponents and the press of the time, including their version of the tweet --- the pamphleteers. Gerry Ford, a smart and nice guy, was painted as a buffoon and never recovered. Contrast that to Ronald Reagan, who, like President Trump, was painted as a buffoon, but he rose above it and never stooped to the level of his critics, thus emboldening them. And, frankly, Richard Nixon was a guy with a target on his back ever since he lost the governorship in 1962 ("you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more."). On the Democratic side, LBJ decided not to run in 1968 because of constant criticism ("If I've lost Walter Conkrite I've lost the nation") over the war ("hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?") And frankly, you are correct, it goes with the POTUS territory now. Clinton and Obama were pilloried by other news sources that are now mainstream but won't call themselves mainstream.

My point is the same as yours: You're under the microscope as POTUS, stop reading the clippings and pursue the policies you want. Responding to the critics emboldens them and puts you on their level. Rise above it.

Lincoln was a tyrant, and everything Southerners said about him was true.

RE: Lincoln
Because of the war, and fellow Americans were acting as "enemies of the State"
things were going on that were unconstitutional of govt except if this was justified as defense against war combatants and attacks.

such as "hanging of journalists" and "burning of presses"

Normally the govt cannot do that. but in wartime, if the people become "enemies of the State" then this is somehow justified as within the powers of the President to use military force to defend the nation as defined by the govt.

Very touchy, I wouldn't have wanted that responsibility on me.