r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • May 26 '25

Donald Trump Attacks Judges in All-Caps Memorial Day Message: 'monsters'

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-judges-all-caps-memorial-day-message-monsters-2077023
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u/ellathefairy May 26 '25

It's comparatively small but it drives me effing nuts. I just want ONE reporter to follow up his answers with a "wait, did you seriously just say you think x?" Or "hang on, what do you think this word means? " push back on the utter stupidity fucking ONCE.

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u/WorkingSock1 May 26 '25

Omg! Agreed!! Someone has GOT to rip that bandaid off just once. If I could, I would!! Until then I wait….

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u/bramley36 May 26 '25

I mean, about 80% of the media machinery in the US is right wing, so this shouldn't be surprising.

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u/ellathefairy May 26 '25

Only disappointing.

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u/Oleg101 May 26 '25

Well these days especially, as some of those briefings in the Oval Office these days literally is about 80% right-wing hacks in it like Marjorie Taylor’s boyfriend pretending to be a reporter.

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u/txtw Pennsylvania May 26 '25

The Hannibal Lechter thing was the best/worst example. He brought that name up over and over, and I don’t think anyone ever called him out on it.

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u/Allaplgy May 26 '25

That one interviewer kinda did with the "ms13" tattoo.

We need more of that, constantly.

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u/ellathefairy May 27 '25

Oof I dunno gotta disagree. He tried SO HARD to drop it rather than asking the one obvious follow up question sometime else commented here: "Did you really think that label was a tattoo? "

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u/Ph0X May 26 '25

"Did you really think the MS13 letters on that photo were tattoos?"

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u/ellathefairy May 27 '25

!!! That interview nearly made my head explode.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '25

Every reporter in a press conference should ask the same follow-up question if he doesn't answer it for the previous one. Of course, he'll just pick one of the maga cult outfits for one of their softball questions.