How come the media is giving a big ole fucking shrug

[Aviation Pro]

Over this “Board of Peace” bullshit and the theft of $10,000,000,000 of our dollars by the fucking pedophile?

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Who directs spending of that 10B$$? I'm guessing VonSchitzInPants.

Always follow the money.

[Aviation Pro]

2. Yes

The pile of fecal matter named his festering carcass chairman for life.

[Harker]

8. I'll be rooting for a brief tenure.

[niyad]

14. VERY, VERY brief!

[Harker]

27. 11:00 a.m. Eastern would be suitable.

[niyad]

29. Alas, I will settle for noon, Eastern, today, please.

[popsdenver]

36. I am guessing there

is a ton of this kind of corrupt shit being done in the shadows that we don't know about by the MAGA 2025 group and U.S. Corporations fully backing it......

I can't imagine why people don't recognize the fact that 95+% of ALL media in the United States is owned/operated by legal wealthy Republicans.....and has been for decades, accelerating to the point it now is.........

One of Hitler's first moves, was to take over all the Media in Germany, for the exact same reason....100% control of the Propaganda.........Not at all unlike Putin's PRAVDA, .......Russia's state government controlled media.........

[LymphocyteLover]

3. they shrug for EVERY insane demand from this insane evil pedo POTUS

they are thoroughly corrupted and/or desensitized to his sick corruption

[Kablooie]

22. If every scandal was treated as a big scandal...

Nobody could follow anything in the news.

Most people expect this to be just one more insane vanity project that will disappear before anything concrete happens.

[LymphocyteLover]

33. I suppose, but I'm just annoyed by the lack of outrage after so many outrages. When is enough enough?

I do assume/hope he won't get the $10 billion and people are just ignoring it and hoping he forgets about it.

[dalton99a]

4. No shit

[RandiFan1290]

5. The media worked very hard to get him back in office.

They also know many dems will continue to consume their right wing propaganda.

[HipChick]

43. This n/t

[Kid Berwyn]

6. FRIENDS

[Goonch]

7. ;-{).......

[sop]

11. Shouldn't that be "Board of Piece"?

[BattleRow]

13. Bored of peace.

[sop]

15. Trump's never bored by a little piece.

The younger, the better.

[niyad]

16. I remember a photo of him and princess sparkle pony just like that

portrait on the wall. Creeped me out then, even more so now that Ihave a slightly better idea of the depth and breadth of his depravity.

[paleotn]

9. Board of Bullshit. The latest con if you've been keeping track as they go by.

It's membership is vastly more pathetic than Dubya's "coalition of the willing."

[PatSeg]

10. Trump uses so many deflections

on a daily basis, it become difficult to focus on just one of his many scandals.

[JCMach1]

12. Plus the Trump International grift

Because Trump tm'd, Palm Beach will have to pay Trump every year to use the name.

[Johonny]

17. Because Congress is making shit about it

If congress was making a fool out of him over it, they'd cover it.

Media gets free pass and few have any courage. Podcasts grilling Trump over it, thiugh.

[Stargazer99]

18. The media is owned by the wealthy and you will be well trained to accept whatever they want you to believe

[uponit7771]

21. +1, their bosses are in the Epstein files

[live love laugh]

41. The "wealthy" being REPUBLICANS.

[wnylib]

19. Board of Peace aka BOP

The acronym fits. Trump BOPs Palestine and Americans with it.

[uponit7771]

20. Their bosses are in the Epstein files

[edhopper]

23. Because a Democrat

didn't do it.

[IronLionZion]

24. The Dow is below 50,000

so they should investigate it quickly before it goes above 50,000 again and they have to stop.

[kentuck]

25. First of all, we should not assume these people are "journalists".

There are very few true "journalists" left and they are not in the White House Press Corps. Although I will admit that Kaitlin Collins has shown some backbone in standing up to them.

Most are just looking for a quote they can use when they go on one of the evening talk shows. They dare not cross the line and report stories that are important or ask questions that are off-limits. If they can find some juicy tidbit or something controversial and interesting, that is the story that they report.

[Glaisne]

26. Break up the media monopolies

and reinstate ownership and other regulations or things will not get better.

[hay rick]

28. Maybe they think it's just a senile rant that will fizzle away.

I'm no fan of our media, but they have a real problem trying to cover all the simultaneous insane stories gushing out of this administration.

[Joinfortmill]

30. I've concluded they are in collusion, at least at the top.

I shun them as much as possible.

[quakerboy]

31. Because thats small potatos. Minor grift

In the scheme of the total economic firestorm that trump has unleashed against the USA and its allies.

[Blue Owl]

32. "The Media" has lost all credibility other than being the GOP's shitty newsletter

[SunSeeker]

34. These are all "pledges" or "commitments." It does not appear that any money has changed hands.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/trump-gets-his-board-of-peace-even-as-bigger-countries-steer-clear-00789617

These countries are just playing along with Trump. Emphasis on playing. In three years, if Trump hasn't stroked out first, the lawsuit to reverse his illegal takeover of the US Institute of Peace building and its infrastructure will have wound its way through the courts, there will be a Democratic president, and Trump will be kicked off the Board, along with all these countries' representatives.

[BaronChocula]

35. They ignore his dangerous mental decline

Why not this grift?

[MIButterfly]

37. You tell me and we'll both know.

I haven't been able to figure out why the media just shrugs at everything he says and does since day one. He can't possibly be that powerful. I know conservative companies own the media and they're supporters of his horrid agenda, but this is beyond the pale.

[SunSeeker]

38. Well, Politico kinda revealed that it's all a scam to fulfill Jared Kushner's "Gaza Riviera" dreams.

“Two Israelis on the Board of Peace outlined their plans for reconstruction. Developer Yakir Gabay conjured “a new Mediterranean Riviera with 200 hotels and potential islands” and Liran Tancman promised a “secure digital backbone.” (Tancman was reportedly among the Israeli businessmen who helped set up the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation).

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/trump-gets-his-board-of-peace-even-as-bigger-countries-steer-clear-00789617

[City Lights]

39. They are afraid of getting sued if they report the truth.

Soon all we will have here is state-run media.

[snot]

40. THANK YOU.

What's happening and the fact that so many other countries seem fine with it are absolutely shocking.

The claim that the US government cares about democracy has been exposed for the complete and utter lie that, sorry to say, it's always been.

[ificandream]

42. To the OP's question, the answer is it has been reported and quite a lot.

It was reported and quite a bit.

Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/trump-gets-his-board-of-peace-even-as-bigger-countries-steer-clear-00789617

The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-board-of-peace-members-who-responded-b2923641.html

NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/trump-board-of-peace-meeting.html

PBS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-says-u-s-will-give-10-billion-to-board-of-peace-promising-to-rebuild-gaza

NPR: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5719249/trumps-board-of-peace-pledges-billions-of-dollars-thousands-of-troops-for-gaza

The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/international/5745297-trump-funding-board-of-peace/

Just to name a few. From two little swipes at Google. A very handy resource.

[Aviation Pro]

45. Yeah, where are the editorials condemning this bullshit?

None to be found. Oh, acting like a stenographer and just passing off a press release is not reporting.

[ificandream]

46. Wrong again.

The Guardian: The Guardian view on Trump's Board of Peace

The New York Times: With a Golden Gavel and a Threat to Iran, Trump Launches His Board of Peace (op-ed column)

Washington Post: Donald Trump and peace in the Mideast

[fujiyamasan]

57. The Guardian isn't an American newspaper

And fuck the Bezos post. The paper has absolutely no credibility at this point. I trust the paper as much as the WSJ at this point. Most decent editorialists left in 2024, and rightly so. I’d like to hope reporting is unbiased (when it’s not reporting on anything Bezos related), but I’m very skeptical. I simply won’t even bother with their editorials.

The New York Times is also partially responsible for normalizing every bit of Trump’s insanity, though they’re probably one of the only decent national independent paper left in terms of reporting, partly due to their vast resources. They have some real idiot columnists though. I really can’t stand Douthat or Stephens.

[Aussie105]

44. US media are full of themselves and love to say 'Nothing to see here!'

I've tapped into some global media outlets via IP (internet protocol) streaming and avoid US media.

All media have their own internal biases, but for a better oversight of media reporting the news I go to:

UK BBC
Aljazeera
DW
ABC (AU)

Different slants on the same topics, but you get to see the slant your local media feeds you very clearly.

[Sweet Rosie Red]

47. DW?

Daily Worker? Daily World?

[fujiyamasan]

55. No German news outlet, relatively balanced reporting

“Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈvɛlə]; 'German Wave'), commonly shortened to DW, is a German state-funded television network, and public service international broadcaster funded by the Federal Government of Germany. The service is available in 32 languages.”

[fujiyamasan]

56. I agree, the state of the media in the US is really bad

For the most part, independent journalism is dead. I don’t think it’s much better in the UK either. I find their coverage too tabloidy and sensationalistic. It’s especially impossible to get reasonable coverage on the Middle East in the US. Occasionally the New York Times will have good in depth and surprisingly critical coverage of a certain country, but for the most part it’s very biased.

[traveler50]

48. Don't count on mainstream media.

Recent changes in ownership means that our legacy media is ALMOST completely owned by Republican billionaires. Do not expect to see or hear, any news or research that would be important to you or anything you care about. Seek out independent news sources.

[blue_jay]

49. Politics Girl has a great 3 minutes summary on X or Instagram I think, quicker than watching a whole show elsewhere

I don't have the direct link the the video but here is a link to a youtube one that gives more info in general on BOP and refers back to the X (or Instagram?) post. If I find the link I will share, I don't have an X or Instagram account.

I did find the video by searching "IAmPoliticsGirl We're being robbed" and a link to the video on Instragram did show up. I think the original one I saw was a repost. My apologies, I'm not super savvy with the social media platforms since I don't use them.
The 3 minute video was a great quick summary full of details I found helpful.

[babylonsister]

53. I think she's really informative and

see her on FB. She also shows up on cnn on Abby Phillip occasionally at 10pm.

She tells it like it is; more people need to hear that.

[yellow dahlia]

50. And the theft of the USIP building...

in conjunction with the destruction of USIP.

[Skittles]

51. STRAIGHT - RICH - WHITE - MALE - REPUBLICAN

he checks all the boxes for getting a pass

[RockRaven]

52. [insert Upton Sinclair's salary quote]

[czarjak]

54. League Of Nations?

Any scam’ll do ya!

[alimbalt]

58. Media giving a shrug?

No wonder. Just look up (think Google, Chat GTP, Ask Jeeves ...) who are the individual owners of the media corporations these days. Then you'll get a clue.