Days after Donald J Trump banned members of the press from The People’s House, the TV press corps boycotted him, resulting in the most pleasant Trump event coverage of his two administrations: a silent one.
The people rejoiced.
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Never content to have an even momentarily happy populace, the Trump White House (what’s left of it, anyway) had a response. They launched a 24/7 video stream dedicated to Dear Leader called "Trump TV: The Essentials Station".
Shortly after the announcement that Trump was so desperate for “good” coverage that he hijacked the White House’s official You Tube account to begin an autocratic fellation of his presidency, his effort was compared to North Korean state TV.
Press freedom advocates, lawmakers and legal experts labeled it an authoritarian attempt to control public information by replacing independent media with state-run propaganda, much as we warned everyone yesterday in respect to Trump’s press ban, which happened before Trump’s sudden announcement of Trump TV.
Watch more about out of control Trump’s media ban:
Trump’s former White House Press Secretary during his first term Stephanie Grisham, compared Trump TV to China, Iran and Russia on Twitter/X, “You know who else does this? Russia, China, and Iran to name a few…”
“First, Trump banned independent news from the White House,” Newsom posted on Twitter/X. “Now, he’s launching what is quite literally state-run TV to try drowning out the fact that he and his corrupt administration are failing the American people. This is truly autocratic behavior from a failed President.”
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, tweeted in response, “We just want cheaper gas, man.”
Trump is not just attacking the press with this move. More importantly, he is attacking the fundamental right of The People to be informed.
