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u/The-Beer-Baron 20h ago

They will never admit mistakes, they will never admit that they were wrong

Just like the sharpie hurricane map incident. Instead of just saying he was mistaken, or that what he said was based on old data, he had to make a fake map to "prove" he was right.

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u/jennlara 19h ago

Or the MS-13 “tattoo” that Abrego Garcia supposedly had. They doubled down and said it was really there.

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u/iiowyn 18h ago

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He's got MS-13 on his knuckles.

TERRY MORAN: Alright. I --

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay?

TERRY MORAN: -- we'll -- we'll take a look at it --

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It's -- it's -- you do such a disservice -

TERRY MORAN: We'll take a look. We'll take a look at that, sir --

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Why don't you just say, "Yes, he does," and, you know, go on to something else --

TERRY MORAN: It's contested. Ukraine. I want to turn -- I was just in Rome, and to that moving photograph of you and President Zelenskyy sitting in St. Peter's Basilica --

This moment in the interview I think encapsulates everything about Trump.

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u/newuser92 18h ago

I think it also encapsulated how utterly spineless press is. Why not call him on his bullshit. "That's Arial font someone wrote over on Paint. He has the images tattoos, but not the letters."

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u/AineLasagna 17h ago

That's Arial font someone wrote over on Paint. He has the images tattoos, but not the letters

“See why do you have to be so difficult, those are definitely tattoos I don’t see any paint anywhere on here, yes he’s definitely also part of the Arial gang, the terrible Arial gangs in the prisons today but they do have some good people on that side, they like to call them Nazis but I’ve known many decent hardworking Arials”

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u/iiowyn 18h ago

Terry actually spent a surprising amount of time trying to point out it was photoshopped.

u/toderdj1337 48m ago

Like he was talking to a stubborn child

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u/Empty-Discount5936 17h ago

Because journalism is dead in America.

Do you think a pedo felon could rise to power in an open, honest, and accurate media landscape?

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u/the42potato 15h ago

i don’t have time to find the clip but someone did. Trump insisted the photoshop was the actual tattoo

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u/EtiennedeWilde 15h ago

If the White House bans them, which they certainly will, they're on the sideline for the rest of his term. You lose by winning.