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In reply to the discussion: Mainstream Media Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs [View all]Kid Berwyn
(22,614 posts)There is only one business mentioned by name in the Constitution: the Press, in the First Amendment. The founders understood the importance of an informed electorate for the nation to thrive. That is why, as pee-resident, Trump did all he could to keep the people from learning how he used the powers of government to enrich and empower himself and his cronies.
For instance, where was the mainstream media coverage when Trump invited Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Russia's ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak into the Oval Office without any American press or national security officials. He did invite TASS, the old official Soviet news agency, now owned by the Russian government, though. I cannot find if this meeting was written down in the public logs. I understand that we only know the meeting happened because Trump posted a TASS photo on his social media.
That all happened May 10, 2017. How many people do you know whove seen this picture?

I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.
"I'm not under investigation," he added.
I don't remember ANY coverage of it on the TV or broadcast radio. Perhaps one day we will hear it discussed in a Trump focused criminal trial for espionage.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5
The polls indicating the 2024 Presidential Election currently is a dead-heat demonstrates the power of propaganda and the corrupt nature of Americas profit-driven news media. Were it otherwise, most Americans would know Trump hosted Russias top spies in the Oval Office.