Trump's omnipresence in the news
Donald Trump has shaken the world order, and it's only natural that all news programs reflect this in their reports. Although the image of the US president doesn't appear in many international news reports, he is mentioned or the consequences of his policies are explained. Every time we see the scene of the signing of the document on screen, showman Taking the thick marker to sign a new decree, in the following hours and days a series of information related to that signature are unleashed. On Monday, in the Evening NewsThe international segment opened with news of European leaders' trips to Washington to seek solutions to Trump's tariff policy. Lídia Heredia's report focused on Minister Carlos Cuerpo's meeting to negotiate with the US Treasury Secretary. The journalist also outlined issues that would be discussed later.
The six news items that followed were linked to Donald Trump. Although the president didn't appear on screen, his name was mentioned. The construction of chip factories in the United States by the technology giant Nvidia was reported as a reaction to Trump's proposals. He was then quoted again to discuss Xi Jinping's tour of Asia to mitigate the impact of the tariffs. Correspondent Francesc Canals painted this picture of a trade dispute between the US president and China. The next news item focused on Catalonia, informing us of Salvador Illa's meeting with the pharmaceutical sector and linking it to the possibility that the new tariffs would affect this sector. We were also informed of Minister Luis Planas' meeting with agricultural organizations for the same reason. Then, Trump appeared on screen again, this time to delve into the meeting at the White House with the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, and to explain how this Latin American country has become an executor of Trump's strategies. And finally, the great omnipresent protagonist reappeared in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, where we saw how Zelensky invited the president of the United States to visit his country to see the ravages of the war and, later, Trump's cold reaction to his proposal.
Adding together the resource images and his statements, the president of the United States accumulated in the first block of the News Almost four minutes on screen. And his name was repeated over and over again. It's inevitable, because this is the portrait of current events. But it's also worthwhile for journalists and viewers to be aware of Trump's overpresence in the news. In the short term, we will have to assess the extent to which this figure is setting the news agenda beyond what would be reasonable. Or even if it prevents us from focusing on other events that are overshadowed by the ever-so-greedy news gluttony about Donald Trump.