Trump’s Nightmare: The Free Media

How Hyping Some Non-existent Threat Beyond All Recognition Provides a Pretext for Extreme Actions

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Ridiculous and hilarious fruit deposition given by Trump, asserting that he could have been killed if somebody threw a tomato at him, gave rise to many fruit-related headlines and internet memes. The lethal threat that must meet the maximum…