President Donald Trump has spent the last week offering a disturbing vision for how he thinks the press ought to operate and how little he regards actual journalism. Two incidents tell the tale.

The first of the two incidents occurred on Air Force One last Friday during one of those scrums onboard the plane in which reporters are traditionally allowed to ask the president questions about any subject on their minds.

During the presser, Trump suddenly cut off a reporter for Bloomberg News, Catherine Lucey, as she tried to ask why he had not personally released the Epstein files, which was within his presidential purview.

“Quiet!” the president said. “Quiet, piggy.”

Just like back when he owned the Miss Universe pageant — an unusual training ground for the international affairs aspect of

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