{"id":45279,"date":"2020-05-14T11:59:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45279"},"modified":"2020-05-14T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T19:18:46","slug":"fox-news-maria-bartiromo-is-angling-for-trump-fluffer-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45279","title":{"rendered":"Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo is Angling for Trump-Fluffer of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump’s fear of being interviewed by anyone but Fox News is still driving his media schedule. On Thursday he got another tongue bath by Fox’s Maria Bartiromo, who has become one of the network’s most glassy-eyed disciples of the Trump Cult<\/a><\/strong>. Her questions were such sycophantic pablum that they would have embarrassed a North Korean State TV shill.<\/p>\n

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The entire interview was nothing but pure propaganda, as Bartiromo failed to challenge Trump on any issue, and her follow-ups mostly consisted of obediently nodding her head in agreement. But perhaps the most preposterous and troubling exchange occurred as she was wrapping up the interview and slipped into her best impersonation of a butt-kissing supplicant (video below)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Bartiromo:<\/strong> This is toward the end of your first term as president and this entire term has been dominated by resistance. You’ve gotten so much done: Tax legislation, international things, so much done. And yet the FBI take-down effort, pushback on all of your Supreme Judges, a complete drama around Brett Kavanaugh, the Democrats in Congress attacking your call with the Ukraine leader, then an impeachment trial.
\nTrump:<\/strong> Over nothing. Over absolutely nothing.
\nBartiromo:<\/strong> And you keep…I’ve never seen anybody that can take a punch and get right back up and keep punching. Where does this resilience come from that you keep getting things done in the face of all of this?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bartiromo makes groupies look respectable. She led off with a stream of unbridled praise for Trump’s alleged achievements, but could only list one, his tax cuts for the rich. Then she rattled off what she regarded as Trump’s obstacles, beginning with the inane conspiracy theory that Trump is calling “Obamagate.”<\/em> Trump told Bartiromo that it was “the biggest political scandal of all time.”<\/em> And Bartiromo giddily agreed. But when she asked Trump to explain what it is, he wandered off into an incoherent and unrelated rant about Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, never returning to actually answer the question. And Bartiromo failed to press him on it.<\/p>\n

Following that, Bartiromo complained on Trump’s behalf about “pushback”<\/em> he received on his Supreme Court nominations, as if that never happened to any other president. She didn’t bother to mention how Mitch McConnell single-handedly denied President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, even the courtesy of a hearing. That was followed by Bartiromo’s insipid references to Trump’s impeachment, characterizing it as an annoyance and not the historic event that only two other presidents have been subject to.<\/p>\n

Finally, Bartiromo mustered up all her courage, batted her eyes, and confessed her adoration for Dear Leader’s divine strength and endurance in the face of an onslaught of evil. In her eyes he is just so powerful and dreamy. She could hardly get all of her tributes out due to the drool flowing from her quivering, orange-stained lips.<\/p>\n

And that was just from the last couple of minutes of the interview. The rest of this fawning romance video was equally as crammed with adulation and hero-worship. On Trump’s part, he predictably peppered the hour with his trademark bullying, boasting, and bullshit. For instance…<\/p>\n