President Trump’s latest rally rant is much more alarming and dangerous than usual

At his rally on Aug 30 in Indiana, President Donald Trump unleashed his usual attacks on the news media, but he also added a refrain that should set off loud, clanging alarm bells. President Trump didn’t simply castigate “fake news.” He also suggested the media is allied with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe — an alliance, he claimed, that is conspiring not just against Trump but also against his supporters. “Today’s Democrat Party is held hostage by left-wing haters, angry mobs, deep-state radicals, establishment cronies and their fake-news allies,” President Trump railed. “Our biggest obstacle and their greatest ally actually is the media.” In case there is any doubt about what President Trump meant by the “deep state” that is supposedly allied with the news media, he also lashed out at the FBI and the Justice Department, claiming that “people are angry” and threatening to personally “get involved.”