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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life.
He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal now." Aaron Rupar just wrote on bluesky.
Did anyone have the stomach to watch it? Is this the press conference that just happened where he wore his red hat in the Oval and looked exhausted?
It must have been something if Rupar thinks it was "one of the most batshit" conferences of trump's life. Think of the competition.

Eliot Rosewater
(33,738 posts)LymphocyteLover
(8,594 posts)tonekat
(2,310 posts)Sorry, but in the words of Frank Zappa:
Oh no
I don't believe it
You say that you think you know
The meaning of love
You say love is all we need
You say
With your love you can change
All of the fools
All of the hate
I think you're probably
Out to lunch
LymphocyteLover
(8,594 posts)you, that's fine. But they are not going to help against the fascist govt or lead to some overthrow of the govt. We'd need real military power for that.
tonekat
(2,310 posts)The question is, where would the military stand, but I'm afraid we can't count on them, now that Kegbreath is in charge.
Im concerned that they make no effort to hide the fact that they want us all dead.
Oeditpus Rex
(42,402 posts)from further batshit press conferences?
Quanto Magnus
(1,233 posts)I always leaned against owning one.
I hear gun shots all the time. This happens on a rough-ish street a few blocks from me. I even leaned against it with knowing all of this.
However, with Trump in office and all that's going on, I'm starting to reconsider.
MLAA
(19,415 posts)him to name them.
senseandsensibility
(23,417 posts)and trump might not like them anymore. But even worse, MSNBC did not cover the remarks quoted by Rupar above at all, but they cut to the conference live so that trump could talk about Bolton. The media has really perfected its sanewashing game.
MLAA
(19,415 posts)ultralite001
(1,990 posts)A free press informs the public, holds leaders accountable + provides a forum for debate of local + national issues.
In a democracy, the press should operate free from governmental control. Democratic governments do not have
ministries of information to regulate content of newspapers or the activities of journalists; requirements that
journalists be vetted by the state; or force journalists to join government-controlled unions.
Obviously, Krasnov has moved the goalposts in this regard. What shall we call Krasnov's purveyours of propaganda???
De-press???
Com-press???
DeCom-press???
Im-press???
Ex-press???
REP-ress???
Attilatheblond
(6,961 posts)ultralite001
(1,990 posts)Funny + sad
sop
(15,632 posts)No one can keep track of Trump's stupidities and insanities, it's unceasing, relentless and totally exhausting. I can't even imagine what the next three years and five months will bring.
And it won't take that long.
mountain grammy
(28,106 posts)like the arrest of the Obama's and other prominent Democrats.
Public trials? Executions?
And what can we do? What will we do? I'm armed and dangerous, but will probably be huddled in my condo ordering from Amazon.
Don't want this to sound silly, but this public Bolton thing.. just a trial run. 437 days till the 2026 election.
MadameButterfly
(3,428 posts)Turbineguy
(39,244 posts)that stupid fucking hat.
senseandsensibility
(23,417 posts)IMO the media should not selectively run these diatribes of his. People need to see the whole thing, and in a normal world, there would be follow ups from the "journalists." But just running the most normal few seconds her and there is sanewashing.
calimary
(87,497 posts)Hey, we gotta cover the news
.
Try not to spend too much time on it, though. Hell be coming for us, too
senseandsensibility
(23,417 posts)then, and they are journalists in name only.
Oeditpus Rex
(42,402 posts)from all press events if one of their reporters isn't "nice" to him. No White House reporter wants to be the one who "causes" that.
I wish they'd all agree to get tough with him. He's not about to ban them all* becauae then he'd have no audience, and part of his psychopathy is the need for the biggest one he can get.
*Apart from FOXPAC et al, of course. He'd never eject his water-carriers.
Harker
(16,745 posts)Ligyron
(7,978 posts)

BigMin28
(1,750 posts)From their bosses. Don't want to interfere with their tax cuts and other things TSF is giving away to the wealthy citizens of our country.
llmart
(16,726 posts)It said, "Trump was right about everything".
Mossfern
(4,271 posts)that he would be dictator on day one - or something like that.
LymphocyteLover
(8,594 posts)BurnDoubt
(962 posts)after MAGA-lomaniac false-flag attack.
Apparently it only takes one... "Stand-Back & Stand-By".
Law Enforcement and the Military are riddled with MAGA-lomaniacs, and can't be depended on to come to Democracy's rescue.
It's in the Stars... Sooner-or-later. They won't be able to help themselves. The pull of Evil is so strong on them now. And someone's likely to insult Laura Loomer, the Actual President.
"Krystalnacht" KKKristy Noem is taking proposals for the outfit she'll be rockin' on UTube.
The writers are nearly finished and they're rushing to be prepped ASAP, with the show to air most likely after the Christmas Shopping Season.
No need to hurt the Bottom-Line for the Top Earners... Right?
It would be nice if this was sarcasm
twodogsbarking
(15,184 posts)KS Toronado
(21,104 posts)asking why they want to help Fascists ruin this country for all of us.
If all journalists in this country received thousands of letters, emails, texts from their viewers begging
them to stand up to this administration before it's to late. I think MSM has waiting to find out when
their viewers were going to "get mad as hell and not take it any more."
Time to let them know we're mad as hell and ask what they are up to and why.
Oeditpus Rex
(42,402 posts)receive such communication?
The public at large has no idea how the U S news media work. They think reporters are free to ask anything they want ("Mr. President, why do you suck so hard?" ). It doesn't work that way.
FakeNoose
(38,335 posts)Believe it or not we still have a lot of newspeople hoping Chump will go down, however it happens.
Personally I'm rooting for the Grim Reaper to cancel his dance card, but that's just me.
If we alienate the reporters & pundits, it just means they're fully in cahoots with Chump. That won't help us a bit.
FalloutShelter
(13,711 posts)If I were organizing protests in NYC, Itd be in front of 30Rock.
writerJT
(430 posts)Figured Id get the best (worst) clips later anyway.
Maru Kitteh
(30,494 posts)SO HARD.
Bernardo de La Paz
(57,672 posts)oberle
(158 posts)I have notice in the WaPo that when there is an article discussing the bastard's fascistic moves, the responses by the public invariably consider his moves and are just accepting. I can't do that. My responses are short and nasty. I refuse to consider his moves as something to be thought of as necessary or normal.
Random Boomer
(4,352 posts)Everyone who recognizes we've slid into a fascist state has already unsubscribed from the Washington Post.
Emile
(36,886 posts)Trump replied about some democrat who was a close friend of Epstein, and then without shutting up he changed the subject by talking about five or six all different and stupid things to change the subject.
You'd think even a stupid magat would see that Trump is covering up his long close friendship with Epstein.
travelingthrulife
(3,038 posts)Soon he will be on the roof of the White House howling at the moon.
slightlv
(6,410 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(13,578 posts)Orrex
(65,831 posts)Johonny
(24,374 posts)Now they have a dictatorship...
bucolic_frolic
(52,013 posts)Crazy is all Trump's got. He is flummoxed.
MorbidButterflyTat
(3,538 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(168,402 posts)Obviously, attire is vastly less important than presidential actions, threats, and declarations.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-22T18:57:56.372Z
But the fact that Trump did this Oval Office event while wearing a hat that said, âTrump Was Right About Everythingâ â in a big, all-caps font â added a Mad King vibe to already bonkers circumstances.
Attilatheblond
(6,961 posts)Like Daddy Weirdest once did to Junior before taking him to a baseball game.
paleotn
(20,769 posts)Those with dementia have a habit of diddling with things like ties, etc. Not a good look or so his handlers have told him. Regardless, he looks like shit warmed over.
BigmanPigman
(53,472 posts)Gross!
Attilatheblond
(6,961 posts)Guess I did the right thing, huh?
Totally Tunsie
(11,099 posts)paleotn
(20,769 posts)BootinUp
(50,240 posts)average Joe and average Jane think about it. But they are ignoring it as far as I can tell.
róisín_dubh
(12,093 posts)I mean when did he ever look good? But he looks truly terrible at the moment.
Like my gran did just before she died.
maxrandb
(16,752 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 23, 2025, 07:57 PM - Edit history (1)
now consists of the equivalent of the hawk-tuah girl giving handjob advice to the teen bikini model that makes tic-toc videos about vaccine efficacy.
If MAD Magazine had a love-child, after fucking Walt Disney, who had just done a blotter of 4-Way Windowpane, their offspring couldn't even conceive of this crazy-ass shit.
It's like I'm watching a dog work a Trigonometry equation, while half the fucking people and the entire national press are trying to convince me the dog is a fucking genius.
doc03
(38,287 posts)the remote.
Orrex
(65,831 posts)Its agony to endure his phlegmy, raspy voice rambling on about insane bullshit while the commentators are swooning over his strength and brilliance.
surfered
(8,693 posts)spanone
(139,911 posts)Emile
(36,886 posts)that stupid red ball cap?
3catwoman3
(27,490 posts)
of Body Dysmorphic Disorder, in which attractive people perceive themselves as hideously disfigured. Trump looks like shit, but sees himself as Adonis.
I wonder how many people know/remember the myth of Narcissus - the youth who was so in love with his own reflection that he couldnt look away from it and died from thirst.
tryharder
(12 posts)Outside of rw propaganda networks, I dont think the reporters/pundits are an enemy of the people to go after (thats the fascist hangup). Its probably largely a group comprised of uninspired/frustrated employees who are told not to rock the boat by CEOs who apparently have chosen (for now) to go along with the Trump delusion.
Trump/Heritage foundation mess loyalists are already desperate and essentially backed into a corner, because when they choose to abuse people, word gets out in ways they didnt/were too stupid to account for. Individuals names like Garcia and others arent forgotten, the news of who is being primarily targeted is shared across multiple apps/platforms.
This represents our foundation for a newer, more courageous media response to what theyre attempting.
I dont think people even give their first look to TV media/corporate networks anymore. The far right knows this, thats why they went into podcasts to seek influence.
I think eventually, post-Trump, they wont ever be the same anyway. Instead of a place for nightly news everyone watches, itll probably be (talking about TV news) something people put on in the background like a thanksgiving day parade that has a mix of short documentaries, national weather, softer reporting that isnt investigative per se, but also not corporate ass kissery.
Investigative journalism, for better or worse, will tend to work (or meet its new challenges) through a network of more decentralized information sharing devices and technology.
Hartpi978
(34 posts)I don't know about anybody else, but I almost never see anyone wearing a Trump red hat in public---that is except for Donald Trump.
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,402 posts)