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mtsw
@mtsw.bsky.social
The lesson Trump learned right away in his first term is that accountability gives permission to the media to cover the story as a scandal while stonewalling with lies and denials prompts the media to move on and say the story is over
Donald Trump’s instructions to his team are to attack Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic and not, as one source described it, to “produce a scalp” by firing any members of his Cabinet, Isaac Stanley-Becker and @jonlemire.bsky.social report: theatln.tc/tem2cpGG
March 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Trump, against his own instincts, followed the rules at first, and fired Michael Flynn then let Sessions appoint Mueller. Turned into a years-long headache. By contrast, firing Mueller then was treated by the media as "big win for Trump!"
Yep. The media decided to present Trump stonewalling as Trump succeeding. So here we are.
You know what would change this? If journalists finally accept that they’re not the story, team up with the WH competitive reporters and batter Trump with follow ups to everyone’s questions until they get the answer
Surprised Jeffrey Goldberg is still at large.
Would have assumed by now Trump's AG would have found a way to charge him.
Maybe tomorrow.
Deny everything. Attack the messenger relentlessly. Roy Cohn would be happy with his pupil.
It's also the one thing on offer from the GOP: the fact that if one can divorce themselves from empathy and shame, they'll almost never be held accountable for their actions.
Seems to be a big selling point for those still rocking the (R)
Bill Clinton exemplified what not to do in the early 90s, when his response to the Whitewater allegations was to ask for a special prosecutor to be appointed. Trump is stupid in most of the ways one can be stupid but he wouldn’t do anything that self-destructive. Fucking Democrats
The incompetent and malicious must be protected at all costs in Trump's America
…on one minute the jimmies and stevens will humorize the outrage and tomorrow morning the morning crews will feed us happy talk… and we’ll be on to the next thing in a day or three… and we’ll lose the signal or whatever it was…
Yep, he’ll never apologize or acknowledge error. He will just wait for the media to move on. Then he’ll commit more crimes and atrocities and the media—and many of us—will forget about the other stuff.
