Donald Trump Workplace Issues

Following the upset of the latest presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many workplace issues have developed in the Trump administration. From apparent Russian ties to accusations of Barack Obama wiretapping Trump’s transition team, the most prominent of issues is pertaining to the relationship between President Trump and the mainstream media. Since his announcement to run for president, Donald Trump has been nothing but shy in announcing his dislike for the media’s attentiveness of his actions. Time and time again we see Donald Trump go after the media, calling them liars and how the public is “totally against them”. “… new president and national media start off calling each other liars as America faces figuring out who is more worthy of trust” (phillynews). This is not only a battle to see who will come out on top, but also who will gain the trust of the American people. Since his election, polls have continually shown that the trust of the mainstream media is at a steady decline. This workplace issue is a miscommunication of the highest degree. The American people are now forced to either place their trust in a man that many did not see fit to run the White House or trust their mainstream media outlets that seem to grow further apart from the common public day after day. This issue …show more content…
The problem is that both Donald Trump and the mainstream media are horrendous communicators in that they both seem to not hear or even acknowledge what the other party is saying. According to the Washington Post, “a White House that doesn’t appear to believe in acknowledging mistakes, much less correcting them” (Parker). So in other terms the media seems to think that Trump and his administration are oblivious to the issues at hand and it is safe to say that it’s the same for the Trump