Blog Stage 3 Opinion From a National Newspaper Critique

             In this opinion article, the authors clearly view Trump as having committed a clear act of corruption as the president of the United States. These authors are trying to target the american public that is reading into the impeachment process, as well as getting ready to vote for the 2020 election. With this audience in mind, the authors are most likely trying to slue Trump and push for the democratic candidates for the election, as the Washington Post is a more democratic leaning news source.
            The credibility is somewhat there, due to the fact that there are official transcripts and messages there to use as sources as to why they think Trump has committed an act of corruption; however, emotion and attitude can not be determined as easily through a transcript/text, so the interpretation can become different depending on how a person reads the actual scripts. Due to this factor, I have to say that I currently disagree with the position that Trump has committed an act of corruption. When the impeachment process first began, everyone thought that the release of the transcript of the conversation between Trump and Zelensky would fine tune if Trump is guilty or not guilty. Unfortunately, the release just caused more confusion, because depending on the tone that you read it in (bias pretty much), it can be interpreted in significantly different ways. The need for a substantial indicator that Trump violated his oath is necessary before authors can say Trump's corruption is black and white.
           Another key point as to why this is not very credible is how the democrats have pretty much made a fill in the blank mad lib for reasons why Trump should be impeached. They first framed him for colluding with Russia under a 'head turning' report by Muller, that ended up being just a waste of trees in the form of his useless papers. They have repeatedly looked for every minute detail of anything Trump does to try and raise impeachment, because the current Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives is still not content with Trump winning the 2016 election. From sham hearings, to dud reports, to now political stunts, the president is under-fire yet again for an unofficial reason, that is yet to be fully labeled as 'black and white' corruption.

Article Link: Trump’s corruption is black and white