Jennifer Horgan: The media must stop cheerleading Trump's bravado by framing actions as a game

Not everything is a move in a game demanding an instant response — perhaps we need to take a step back and think, rather than ramping it up, writes Jennifer Horgan 

Greenland's foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt hugs her grandchild after she lands at the airport in Greenland's capital Nuuk on Tuesday. Greenland is not a game. It is a country made up of people. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images

I was unhappy listening to Morning Ireland on Monday morning.

To give some context, it’s a radio show I admire. I feel safe listening every morning; it does a great deal of preparation — not always guaranteed on Irish radio. So, my expectations were high, and it took me a while to figure out where my discomfort was coming from.