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32. If the US media were "bowing down" to Chump, why would he need to rent a billboard?

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 08:07 PM

Aug 26

No they aren't bowing down to Chump. A lot of them are finally - FINALLY! - showing some backbone and calling him on his lies. They are questioning him and fact-checking him. He doesn't LIKE THAT!

The billboard he rented should be invoiced to Chump as a personal expense. It's not within the scope of the presidency to rent billboards for any reason.

Uncle Sam should not pay for this. We already pay the salaries of all of his White House staff which includes all of the press staff and public relations employees. No president has ever done this and Chump isn't doing it either.

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He's rented a neon billboard and he is telegraphing it in letters 20 feet high. We need to wake up! [View all] senseandsensibility Aug 26 OP

press just sucks this up unquestioningly BoRaGard Aug 26 #1

Yes, as he's accelerated his efforts to consolidate power this week senseandsensibility Aug 26 #2

You missed the news about the federal judge in MD? sheshe2 Aug 26 #6

Glad to hear all of this! ShazzieB Aug 26 #28

Me too! sheshe2 Aug 26 #30

Trump has met his match all right! ShazzieB Aug 27 #65

I love it! sheshe2 Aug 27 #66

Shameful. calimary Aug 26 #14

yes Skittles Aug 26 #23

That, or soldierant Aug 26 #39

well it's kind of a fascist circle Skittles Aug 26 #41

Imo, it makes them COMPLICIT and B.See Aug 26 #44

oh absolutely Skittles Aug 27 #45

Rather than confront him Mz Pip Sep 2 #73

I think the problem is that the Press' power over ... Whiskeytide Aug 26 #40

See my post #6 sheshe2 Aug 26 #43

BUTBUTBUT they have to keep their ACCESS! pansypoo53219 Aug 27 #47

Yes, they do Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #57

maga zine poozwah Aug 27 #49

As if ThreeNoSeep Aug 27 #60

What do you expect them to do? Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #54

The mainstream press isn't going to save us. Klarkashton Aug 26 #3

It should have been boycotted completely for the last 20 years. ananda Aug 26 #4

Not too late to start now. senseandsensibility Aug 26 #5

That's for damn sure Joinfortmill Aug 26 #37

That isn't its job Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #55

Depends on how you look at it. We would never have been here in the first place if there were an impartial press. Scrivener7 Sep 2 #79

I trust you mean Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #82

Echoes of Nixon 1977 2na fisherman Aug 26 #7

1977? Skittles Aug 26 #9

That's when the David Frost interview took place where he said that line. Xavier Breath Aug 26 #11

Yeah, I had to think about that too senseandsensibility Aug 26 #12

I was 10 or 11 at the time so the interview wasn't top of mind for me. Xavier Breath Aug 26 #15

It's insane to think that the Supreme Court took that Nixon quote and turned it into fucking law in this country. Karasu Aug 26 #27

The Sinister Six is wholly corrupt. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 26 #33

The sinister six are connected to and influenced by Opus Dei. SharonAnn Sep 2 #72

One of the things I thought got settled when we got rid of Nixon: nobody is above the law.. Hekate Aug 26 #35

The Supreme Court seems a little protective of the Fed senseandsensibility Aug 26 #38

Much as I despised Nixon... maddiemom Aug 27 #48

The press gerryatwork Aug 26 #8

Welcome to DU, gerryatwork! calimary Aug 26 #16

what he MEANS is Skittles Aug 26 #10

Thanks to Justice Roberts et al 2na fisherman Aug 26 #13

That is absolutely true senseandsensibility Aug 26 #17

Welcome to DU, 2na fisherman! calimary Aug 26 #19

you know it, 2na fisherman Skittles Aug 26 #21

Absolutely true. We should start saying "Trump/Roberts". vanlassie Aug 27 #67

Well if bdamomma Sep 2 #76

A MAGA fan in my area LITERALLY DID THAT. Brenda Aug 26 #18

OMG senseandsensibility Aug 26 #20

Well, I am in a pretty red place. Brenda Aug 26 #24

He actually put up his own sign? You should have called the City and had it taken down Bengus81 Aug 27 #62

The most dangerous man on earth is living in the Peoples' House. spanone Aug 26 #22

And himself LW1977 Aug 26 #25

Because WmChris Aug 26 #26

See the post earlier today, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN ...... flashman13 Aug 26 #29

WOW MadameButterfly Aug 26 #31

If the US media were "bowing down" to Chump, why would he need to rent a billboard? FakeNoose Aug 26 #32

His friends own the press quakerboy Aug 26 #34

Name these 'friends' of his Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #58

Yup. Fuck MSM. Watch independent journalist Joinfortmill Aug 26 #36

And for the record, I want people in my foxhole who are determined to fight... CaptainTruth Aug 26 #42

In Trump, the Flaming Chicken of Moral Hazard has come home to roost. LudwigPastorius Aug 27 #46

Is This Figurative or Is There A Billboard? WiVoter Aug 27 #50

And this morning the chat on "Morning Joe" is about what is wrong with the Democrats and why aren't Vinca Aug 27 #51

A desperate plea in great denial bucolic_frolic Aug 27 #52

The problem is.. ._. Aug 27 #53

The rapist thinks he's untouchable JustAnotherGen Aug 27 #56

Our democracy is broken Farmer-Rick Aug 27 #59

Trump hand picked press would eat shit sandwiches on sesame seed buns. Historic NY Aug 27 #61

Then, we need to stop him, yes? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 27 #63

Absolutely! senseandsensibility Aug 27 #68

And to notice that they absolutely are not. And the little posse can swarm Scrivener7 Sep 2 #78

Apparently this is what a malignant narcissist believes annielion Aug 27 #64

Distraction mac56 Aug 27 #69

where is the billboard, what does it say? orleans Aug 27 #70

He has gone totally fucking mad with power. He needs to be arrested now. Initech Aug 27 #71

Yep. Passages Sep 2 #74

Removal bdamomma Sep 2 #75

Well, actually pedo Trump hasn't said anything in the last 5 days Farmer-Rick Sep 2 #77

Yes, this post is from Aug. 26! senseandsensibility Sep 2 #80

Delusions of greatness Heftylefty Sep 2 #81