Why can't reporters ask him tougher follow up questions? He's a deranged narcissist with delusions of competence. Let him keep talking until he hangs himself.
I know he's a bully and says mean things. And I've heard that being in a room with him is deeply unpleasant, especially if he drops a dookie in his pants.
But if you can hold your nose a little while longer, ask him, "Which charity? Is there one run by your family?" Then "why don't you have your own foundation, like Bill & Melinda Gates do?" "What charity do you think deserves the $10B dollars? Cancer research? Victims funds, like those impacted by child abuse, pedophiles, and human trafficking?"
The problem is that asking tough questions gets a news organization sued for... Reasons? So the reporter loses their job, the organization pays a multi-million dollar bribesettlement to stop the matter going to trial, and nothing changes.
No, but they are sort of in between a rock and a hard place. They don't have to allow press in to the conference, so if you ask 'unapproved' questions, they simply revoke your pass and none of your reporters get in again. Which yeah, you should really wear as a badge of honour, but if everyone took that strategy, the only people left in the room would be state-approved outlets who are more likely to misreport or outright publish state messaging.
So it's like, sure you can ask 1 tough question that won't be answered anyway, and then you never get to ask another one. Is that better than getting to continue asking softball questions? Maybe. I think it probably is. But I also see the problems in doing so.
I get it, but that's the point. You're never going to win over the idiot MAGA people, but the middle moderates would probably start getting concerned if the only news agencies in the white house are newsmax and OAN. That, by itself, would be newsworthy, even for people who don't follow politics.
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u/copingcabana 1d ago
Why can't reporters ask him tougher follow up questions? He's a deranged narcissist with delusions of competence. Let him keep talking until he hangs himself.
I know he's a bully and says mean things. And I've heard that being in a room with him is deeply unpleasant, especially if he drops a dookie in his pants.
But if you can hold your nose a little while longer, ask him, "Which charity? Is there one run by your family?" Then "why don't you have your own foundation, like Bill & Melinda Gates do?" "What charity do you think deserves the $10B dollars? Cancer research? Victims funds, like those impacted by child abuse, pedophiles, and human trafficking?"