Another great question, although the reporter would probably be hustled to incarceration and flogged:

"Mr. President, you stated recently that the USMCA was the worst deal in history, very unfair to the United States and whoever signed the USMCA was an idiot. In fact, when the deal was signed - by yourself - you stated that you negotiated it and claimed it was the greatest deal in history. Does this now mean you're an idiot?"

A really shady tenant has moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and aside from eviction or his croaking, we're looking at almost four years of Bizzaro World. 🤨

TomTV wrote:

Dial Twister wrote:

Where are the great reporters of yesteryear who had the courage to ask 'pointed' questions?

Right-wing politicians punish reporters who ask those kinds of questions. Anyone remember Global News' Colin Dimello being gently threatened by Doug Ford after Colin kept asking him tough questions that made him look incompetent? Ford basically warned him "hey I know where you live, Colin" (which he later apologized to Colin for, but only because of a backlash online against him).

We already saw Trump ban prestigious news organizations like The Associated Press from briefings in favour of granting access to right-wing podcasters and other Trump-supporting news outlets, a clear signal that if you say anything that humiliates Trump, you lose your access.

He also has no problem saying left-wing media (i.e. any media that makes him look stupid) is illegal, as he did today during his presser:

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NOTE: to be fair, outside of politics this can happen too. Disney is very left-wing and they will ban movie critics who are too harsh on their films, denying them early access to upcoming films if they get on their shit list.

 

This used to be a huge problem for magazines reviewing audio equipment.  I don't know if this is still the case.  Some publications were famous (infamous?) for never, ever publishing a bad review out of the fear that an unkind review of an advertiser's product would result in the loss of advertising revenue from companies that felt they'd been treated badly.

Just remember that if Trump makes it possible to run for a third time (which would require a change to the U.S. Constitution)  it would mean other former presidents - including, say Barak Obama or Bill Clinton - could, too! Be careful what you wish for Donald!

He is installing more and more loyalists at the top ranks of the military and is trying to find ways to get rid of any judges that have opposed his executive orders. The constitution will not matter if he has the backing of the military. There is no one else left after that to enforce the constitution and it is just a piece of paper to Trump.

Signal-gate should have already led to the resignation of at least 4 of his cabinet. Nothing has happened, nothing will happen.  The only person that really is vulnerable is Elon Musk, because it is the public consumer that has the power to punish him severely by boycotting his products and destroying his brand, although Trump could undoubtedly keep Musk rich by simply handing him more and more exclusive government contracts worth billions.


 

Sorry Forward Power, but I was forced to delete your post. It was way, way over the top and calling other posters here names is one of my few non-negotiable no-no's. That said, I agree the Orange orangutan is a blight on our existence and that yes, we should be talking about broadcasting a lot more here. 

But he's just such a huge threat to the world, it's kind of tough to avoid mentioning him. I, too, would like to see less of it here, but even I've fallen into the trap, if you can call it that. He's such an evil presence on the planet that it's hard to avoid - and broadcasting is one of his major targets. Just look at what he did to the VOA, around for 83 years. Or his appointment of the new FCC chair, who has vowed to go after all broadcasters who say things his boss doesn't like. Or suing CBS' 60 Minutes because they dared to have his political opponent on the air during the election, and he thought it was edited to make her look better. (They offered him a slot and he turned it down.)

So it's natural to have a Russia to judgment.

Oops! I meant rush.

Or did I?

Well now we know how he thinks he can run for a 3rd term... using the exact same playbook as Russia's Putin:



EXCEPT there's one hitch:



He and the GOP have more than 3 years to concoct some loophole that would enable him to run again and Elon to rig the election again, and for the red state governors to find ways to toss out Democrat votes again. The only real question is whether the right-wing news media would actually support them the next time around. If there's one thing billionaires won't get behind is a stock market that is tanking and Trump has been stock market poison. The news media played a huge role in making Trump seem like a viable (rather than insane) choice in the 2024 election but even lately FOX News and CNBC have been critical of Trump's crazy tariff plans.

Now China, Japan, and Korea have announced a united response to those tariffs (how insanely bad of a leader do you have to be to get China and Japan actually working together?)

Edit: some additional info courtesy of tonight's CityNews Toronto 6pm broadcast:

- One Republican congressman has already introduced legislation aimed at carving out an exemption for those who serve non-consecutive terms including Trump.

- Changing the constitution requires 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate AND 3/4 of states will also need to ratify any changes to the Constitution.
 

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