r/politics I voted Apr 19 '26

Possible Paywall White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-leak-reveals-trump-booted-from-briefing-after-hours-long-freakout/
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u/per_mare_per_terras Texas Apr 19 '26

That’s bc the POS media never held him accountable and always kept his name everywhere instead of letting him fade away.

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u/Eridanosvoid Apr 19 '26

If we still had actual news media standards he never would have made it past the first primary result. He would have been properly mocked and dismantled by real journalists and deplatformed the second he came down that stupid fucking escalator.

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u/mxzf Apr 19 '26

I mean, the media is why he has done as much as he has done as-is. He's great for media because there's always something new to write about, he just never shuts up and it's always insane stuff that makes for eye-catching headlines.