Just to start off, Trending Politics isn't the greatest source of info as they are a very conservative, right wing website, whose mIn aim is to counter all the anti-Trump journalism that goes on.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/trending-politics/
I'll read the Washington Post article in a moment, but it seems that Togo is dismissing any other opinions before they've even been expressed with this:
//If you don't know the back history it will no mean much to you. It will not inhibit you from commenting though I predict.//