Trump isn’t taking questions. He’s shredding them. Sure, you can call it a press briefing if you want, but nobody’s walking out with real answers. Reporters show up with facts. Trump shows up with an agenda.
What follows isn’t a presser. It’s a performance—equal parts grievance, gaslight, and self-congratulation. The press is just the punch line. And the truth? It’s buried under the wreckage.
Ask him about inflation? “Stupid question.”
Border policy? “You sound like CNN.”
Accountability? “You should be ashamed.”
It’s never about the issue. It’s always about the insult.
Because Trump doesn’t see journalists as professionals doing their jobs. He sees them as hecklers in his show. He uses them as props and set dressing. And his one-man show only works if reporters look stupid and he looks grand.
This isn’t about transparency. It’s about domination.
And the worst part? He’s normalized it. He’s trained a chunk of the country to think asking hard questions is somehow un-American. That holding power accountable is “disrespectful.” That being called out on a lie is an attack.
He’s not taking the heat. He’s flipping the lights and calling it theater.
No wonder other politicians are copying the act. Why answer when you can accuse? Why engage when you can perform?
And while the press keeps showing up with facts, he keeps showing up with a flamethrower.
It’s not a Q&A.
It’s not a conversation.
It’s not even governing.
It’s a one-man show, and he’s allergic to an actual plot.
But keep asking.
Keep showing up.
Because the moment we stop demanding answers is the moment we admit we expect none.
And that’s when the stage becomes a throne.
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