Trump's Plan to Control Everything You See and Hear
In an unscheduled phone call from Mar-a-Lago, the President of the United States told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he might bomb Kharg Island, Iran’s most critical oil hub, again “just for fun.” American service members are dead. Gas has jumped 72 cents in two weeks. And when asked whether rising prices could hurt Republicans in the midterms, he said, “I’m not concerned at all.” He called Zelenskyy the “last person we need help from,” said Putin is “perhaps” helping Iran target American forces, and admitted he was “very surprised” that Iran retaliated against other Middle Eastern countries, an outcome that every national security expert in the country predicted before the first bomb fell.
And while the president talks freely to anyone who calls, we learned from The Atlantic that his personal cell phone number is being traded and sold across Washington. CEOs have offered money for it. Crypto executives have offered cryptocurrency. Reporters have called him unannounced on Saturday mornings and he’s picked up. He’s called journalists back at 1:28 in the morning. Former U.S. counterintelligence officials say multiple foreign governments are almost certainly listening to every call. Trump was told before he took office that Chinese spies likely had access to his phone. He kept using it anyway.
But the most dangerous story isn’t what Trump said on that call. It’s what’s being built behind him. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood at the Pentagon podium and told reporters what their headlines should say, then celebrated the pending corporate takeover of CNN. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to pull broadcast licenses from networks covering the war in ways the president doesn’t like. And Trump shared an infographic on Truth Social titled “President Trump Is Reshaping the Media,” celebrating the defunding of PBS and NPR, the departure of major anchors, and massive layoffs at the Washington Post. Trump attacks the press to discredit it. Hegseth dictates what the press should say. Carr threatens to shut down anyone who doesn’t fall in line. That is not politics. It is censorship.
See the full story in the video above.
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I'm afraid Heather fails to discuss the mass media's role in this tragic scenario, and it is not pretty. Simply put: Trump is not a mentally stable man, and covering him as if he is mentally stable is egregious. So while he bashes the media incessantly, threatens to take away licenses and spews out his sick garbage, NO ONE has the guts/balls/backbone/intelligence/integrity to confront the longtime sociopath (now with fronto temporal lobe dementia) with his lies. And I mean "confront." See what the sick man does then!!
I am new to Heather's substack and delighted to have discovered such a clear thinker, observer and writer about the goings-on in USA, although to be fair, much of it writes itself if you only take verbatim transcripts of Trump's 'press conferences' as one's material. I'm in London UK where our Prime Minister has been frequently insulted by Trump, but hey, he must be doing something right to deserve such disdain. Seriously, It is so sad to see the mighty and beautiful country of USA being led by incompetent and corrupt sycophants attached to the President's coat tails who dare not call him out. Similarly the media are scared of having their access to the administration if they criticize the White House. So they tread carefully. Meanwhile, I won't have a word said against Kaitlan Collins whom I absolutely love! I'm glued to CNN and admire all their journalists but now I'm worried the company's future being in jeopardy with the impending takeover. However, we still and hopefully, always have Heather telling us unvarnished truths, so please keep going! And thank you.