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President Biden's decline and its cover-up by the people around him is a reminder that every White House, regardless of party, is capable of deception. ... We, myself included, missed a lot of this story and some people trust us less because of it."
Then there was journalist Alex Thompson, who mused the following
Look at me!" ... I have an official WHCA membership card and a lanyard! So, obviously, I’m a brave warrior for the truth!"
the establishment journalists all say
What we are not is the opposition, what we are not is the enemy of the people and what we are not is the enemy of the state,
Daniels added as the crowd erupted in applause
I want to be clear about something: We don’t invite presidents of the United States to this because it’s for them,
Daniels continued in his speechWe invite them to remind them that they should be. We invite them to demonstrate that those of us who have chosen the public service of journalism aren’t doing it because we love flights on Air Force One or walking into the Oval Office. It’s to remind them why a strong Fourth Estate is essential for democracy.”
The head of WHCA addedWe journalists are a lot of things. We are competitive and pushy. We are impatient and sometimes we think we know everything, but we’re also human,
WHCA President Eugene Daniels said on stage at the event at the Washington Hilton hotelFrom 10am to 4pm, Biden is dependably engaged — and many of his public events in front of cameras are held within those hours.”
Thompson, for his part, reported in late June of 2024
Thompson’s aggressive reporting ... revealed [that] the president’s cognitive decline was impacting his ability to do his job, information the White House tried to conceal.”
NBC’s Kristen Welker, introducing Thompson, quoted the Correspondents Association’s judges to a crowd that cheered his name
I think it’s fair to say that there’s definitely a lot of diplomacy to be done between those two sides.”
Kassam added
100 Days. That’s All It Took to Sever America From the World,
by Ben Rhodes for the NYTI don’t know if President Trump has spoken with President Xi [Jinping]. I know they have a very good relationship and a lot of respect for each other, but again, I think that the Chinese will see that this high tariff level is unsustainable for their business.”
On Trump’s negotiations with China
I read President Trump’s book, ‘The Art to Make a Deal,’ and he does not advise to disclose information before it’s time.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on ongoing negotiations with the U.S., on CBS’ “Face the Nation”It’s very different than before,
Glenn saidThe IRS Has Only Pulled a University’s Tax Exemption Once. Here’s What Happened,
The history department ... by Joshua Zeitz for POLITICO Magazine
I think he thinks we’re afraid of him. He has jacked around President Trump at every turn. He has disrespected our president. I don’t think it’s gonna get any better until we make it clear to Mr. Putin that we are willing to turn him and his country into fish food.”
John Kennedy (R-La.) on Russian President Vladimir Putin, on “Fox News Sunday”Trump’s ‘Team of Vipers’ Is Back,
by National Review’s Jim GeraghtyUp to now attention has focused on the Black Hawk’s altitude, which was too high and placed the helicopter directly in the jet’s landing path at National Airport. But The Times found new details that show that the failures were far more complex than previously known,
they write
The poll shows that 39 percent of adult Americans approve of the way Trump is handling his job,
WaPo ... WaPo’s Dan Balz, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin write, noting that his “overall approval rating is lowerLast year was so different,
And WaPo’s Roxanne Roberts details a conversation between a guest and a first-time attendee ... the guest told her friendWell, in game theory, it’s called strategic uncertainty, so you’re not going to tell the person on the other side of the negotiation where you’re going to end up. And nobody’s better at creating this leverage than President Trump.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on why Trump’s tariff policy is successful, on ABC’s “This Week”