President Trump spoke proudly of the Western world pursuing innovation, cherishing art and writing symphonies – but the only instrument a Washington Post writer heard was a dog whistle. But several left-leaning outlets – including The Post, The Los Angeles Times, Salon and The Atlantic – decried the speech as an ode to white nationalism and anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric. “…In that one line, taken in context with everything else Trump said, what I heard was the loudest of dog whistles. “While Trump said the word ‘freedom’ 15 times during his speech — ‘brave defenders of freedom,’ ‘bled and died for freedom,’ ‘demolish freedom’ — he did not once speak of ‘democracy,’” Jeva Lange wrote. The Wall Street Journal editorial called it a "defining speech" -- and a "determined and affirmative defense of the Western tradition."

Source: Fox News July 07, 2017 14:48 UTC