Article snippet: Professional wrestling provides a decent template for understanding an important aspect of the Trump presidency — and not just because the commander in chief circulated a video of him body-slamming Vince McMahon, only with a CNN logo superimposed on his opponent’s face. Perceived slights are everywhere. The violence is actually less than meets the eye. And — while he is very much operating in real life — Trump acts as if everyone is sort of in on the big joke. One can argue about whether his latest tweets constitute an incitement to violence. Even he is acknowledging that he’s not being presidential in the traditional sense; “MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL” is how he described his use of social media in a tweet over the weekend. What is established beyond argument, though, is that Trump has a signature move that his crowd seems to love: bashing the press. Trump thrives on fights he seeks out and sustains. It’s not simply that he’s offering up distractions; it’s that the actions themselves put him in a comfort zone where he can attack enemies as familiar to the fans as wrestling’s bad guys. An NPR/“PBS NewsHour”/Marist poll released Monday — taken before the latest presidential attacks — hints at how Trump hears the roar of the crowd. More than 90 percent of Republicans say they have little or no trust in the media, and the trust among Trump voters is even less. His actions earn him constant condemnation by political enemies, up to and including s... Link to the full article to read more