{"id":64254,"date":"2024-12-12T15:43:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64254"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:43:31","slug":"trumps-press-secretary-lies-on-fox-news-that-reporters-are-excited-that-trump-will-be-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64254","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Press Secretary Lies on Fox News that Reporters are &#8216;Excited that Trump Will Be Back&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Donald Trump assembles his team for the reprise of his occupation of the White House, he is making it crystal clear that there is only one unnegotiable prerequisite for service in his administration: Unflinching fealty to Trump. Above and beyond everything else, the malignant Narcissist-in-Chief demands absolute adoration at all times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump's Press Secretary Lies on Fox News that Reporters are 'Excited that Trump Will Be Back'%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64254\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-tv-set.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump TV Set\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other job criteria, such as a total lack of relevant experience, and a commitment to dismantling whatever department you&#8217;re assigned to manage, are important, but have room for a small measure of flexibility. The result is that Trump&#8217;s Cabinet is going to be populated by incompetent know-nothings, who worship Dear Leader, and advance the interests of right-wing extremists and elitists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64165\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Nominees Are Largely Fox News Alum, Mar-a-Lago Patrons, and Billionaires<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An outstanding demonstration of this perverse tilt of the political landscape occurred Thursday on Fox News. Trump&#8217;s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, visited the MAGA Ministry of Propaganda where she offered a uniquely demented opinion about the state of the media&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you talk to reporters off the record they will tell you they are excited that Trump will be back in the Oval Office because they know how much access they had to him and his press secretaries in his first term.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s Press Secretary nominee: \u201cIf you talk to reporters off the record they will tell you they are excited that Trump will be back in the Oval Office because they know how much access they had to him &amp; his press secretaries in his first term.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F8apCnitwA\">pic.twitter.com\/F8apCnitwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1867225472653767104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>WHUT? First of all, the likelihood that Leavitt got off the record expressions of <em>&#8220;excitement&#8221;<\/em> from reporters gushing over the prospect of Trump&#8217;s return is about as realistic as Trump&#8217;s hysterical claims that <em>&#8220;big, strong. men with tears in their eyes&#8221;<\/em> are constantly flocking to him to express their undying gratitude and devotion.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Leavitt&#8217;s assertion that reporters recalled Trump&#8217;s previous playacting as president as a time when they had extraordinary access to him and his press office is laughable. In fact, Trump had virtually discontinued the routine daily press briefings that were held by the press secretaries of all other modern day presidents. There times when Trump&#8217;s White House didn&#8217;t have a press briefing for months on end. And when he addressed reporters it was often impromptu gaggles next to a waiting helicopter, where he hurled lies and insults without actually answering any questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39260\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Press Secretary Has Replaced \u2018Daily\u2019 Press Briefings with Softball Interviews on Fox News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, there are some disturbing reasons why reporters are actually worried about the next Trump term. Throughout his campaign this year he has made overt threats aimed at the media that he regularly refers to in Stalinist terms as <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;<\/em> He has proposed replacing credible journalists in the White House Press Room with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64103\" target=\"_blank\">screwballs, conspiracy crackpots, and fawning sycophants and MAGA trolls<\/a><\/strong>, like Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, Trump&#8217;s nominee to be Director of the FBI, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64117\" target=\"_blank\">Kash Patel, recently threatened the press<\/a><\/strong>, saying that <em>&#8220;We\u2019re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections. We\u2019re going to come after you.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You really have to wonder who the reporters are that Leavitt says <em>&#8220;are excited that Trump will be back in the Oval Office&#8221;<\/em>? The only plausible people who would say that are folks like Steve Bannon, or Megyn Kelly, or maybe the alleged drug-addled sex trafficker, Matt Gaetz, who was recently dumped as Trump&#8217;s nominee to be Attorney General, but who is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64235\" target=\"_blank\">now scheduled to host a primetime show on the piddling, Trump-fluffing, One America News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So it doesn&#8217;t seem like the press corps is really all that excited by Trump&#8217;s return. More likely, they are nervous and preparing for a hostile relationship with the White House for the next four years. However, if nothing else, Leavitt is doing precisely the sort of job that Trump wants her to do. And she is proving her bona fides as Trump-worthy disseminator of dishonesty and lies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64171\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Embarks on a Campaign of Shameless Exaltation of Donald and Melania Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64103\" target=\"_blank\">YIKES! Trump\u2019s Press Briefing Room Could Be Populated By Fawning Sycophants and MAGA Trolls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63744\" target=\"_blank\">Dictator on Day One! 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Above and beyond everything else, the malignant Narcissist-in-Chief demands absolute adoration at all times. 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