TRUMP, KIM JONG-UN, PUTIN, XI JEN PING all the same.

Trump regime shows it's contempt for democracy on day one. North Korea, China, Mexico and Russia, to name a few, also have "no need for an unauthorized press corps!  Fox "news" will be the only media organization AUTHORIZED by the Trump regime to "honestly" report the "facts" and Great quotations of Chairman Donald to "the people" (or as on the Washington mall, "The Masses" "who all love Their new 'Dear leader' greatly").  As was probably predictable, DJT who prior to yesterday, was only experienced in dictating orders down to his private kingdom below INCLUDING the orders of exactly what TO say about him and what NOT to say... that he would be highly uncomfortable, often irritated and mostly unwilling to accept the constraints of PUBLIC OFFICE in a rebellious democracy is now determined to 'discipline' the news media until it obeys his whims and is reshaped as his personal PR dept!  So the job of his press secretary is nothing more than to mindlessly recite the official DJT world view of the day, turn on his heels and return to the White House break room.  If the media doesn't like it "they don't have to come, who needs them anyway? We've got better things to do"!   So the riddle of what Trump and Putin have in common becomes clearer, They are both ham-fisted demagogs who run clumsy, minimally functional, gold leafed empires which claim to "serve the people" and restore the "greatness" of their nations when, in fact, the opposite is more accurate.  To cover up the "sad" facts of their misrule good propaganda is essential (and that's what Fox is paid to do) to "honestly" shape public opinion so the cheerleaders can keep them happy.