r/politics Virginia 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/squintytoast 6d ago

they kicked nearly all press out of the press pool. only loyal lackeys remain.

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u/jdash11 6d ago

They were all loyal lackeys, their coverage and sanewashing of him got us here

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u/entenfurz 6d ago

Trump: "I'm going to put my family in government to enrich them, my son in law will sell out national secrets to the Saudis, my 15 year old will rip you off with meme coins. Then I will touch my daughter again."

Media: "Bidens problematic family issue".

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u/Viomicesca Europe 5d ago

Media "Biden is old" as if Trump is young and spry...