Trump's Embargo Analysis

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This political cartoon mentions the White House blocking the media to avoid leaking confidential information out. We can see that through the image "Media Access" is just a tiny entrance. The opposite image of "Open Government" along with a strict door-to-door picture of the house shows a lull. These two images have raised the question of whether the government is truly open-minded as promised while there are policies to hide information. In my opinion, the act of media sanctions is Mr. Trump's response to reporters against him. In my opinion, Trump's embargo is also understandable if we put ourselves in Trump's position because it can have serious consequences. First of all, we can not deny that the media recently issued a lot of false information,

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