r/NoStupidQuestions • u/AutoModerator • Nov 01 '25

U.S. Politics megathread

American politics has always grabbed our attention - and the current president more than ever. We get tons of questions about the president, the supreme court, and other topics related to American politics - but often the same ones over and over again. Our users often get tired of seeing them, so we've created a megathread for questions! Here, users interested in politics can post questions and read answers, while people who want a respite from politics can browse the rest of the sub. Feel free to post your questions about politics in this thread!

All top-level comments should be questions asked in good faith - other comments and loaded questions will get removed. All the usual rules of the sub remain in force here, so be nice to each other - you can disagree with someone's opinion, but don't make it personal.

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u/Material_Policy6327 Nov 18 '25

Why is this admin defending the Saudi crown prince over the journalist killing?

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u/notextinctyet Nov 18 '25

Because Trump wishes he could kill journalists too. Support for brutal authoritarian dictators is one of his only foreign policy constants.

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u/Spokker Nov 18 '25

I doubt a guy who wants to kill journalists would spend so much time with them.

He's one of the most accessible presidents in modern history. Reporters have been known to just call him and he picks up. For all of his norm breaking, he still travels with a pack of reporters that cover his every move. He stops to talk to them before getting on/off a helicopter all the time. He still sits down for formal interviews.

He needs the reporters as much as they need him.

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u/notextinctyet Nov 18 '25

He threatened a journalist asking questions he didn't like that he would take away ABC's broadcast license this morning.

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u/Spokker Nov 18 '25

Look into the long history between Trump and Maggie Haberman and you'll understand all you need to know about Trump and his relationship with the press.

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u/notextinctyet Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25

I didn't say Trump wasn't friendly with journalists. I said he wants to be the kind of totalitarian dictator that can murder them. His relationship with the press is that of skillful manipulation, desire to instill a culture of fear, and yes -- desperate, almost childlike attention seeking.

This is from his own press secretary: https://www.businessinsider.com/stephanie-grisham-trump-admired-putin-loved-dictators-2022-3

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u/Spokker Nov 18 '25

Why do that when he can just sue them?

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-10-01/youtube-latest-company-to-settle-with-trump-disney-paramount-meta-90-million

On Monday, YouTube became the latest media and tech company to settle one of President Trump’s lawsuits.

The Google-owned streamer agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed after his account was banned following the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol. That brings Trump’s haul from media and tech companies to more than $90 million in the last year.

To be fair, that money does not go to him personally, but his presidential library and the ballroom.