Donald Trump is the most accessible president in modern history. There isn’t a day that goes by that he doesn’t engage the media, often multiple times in a single day. Joe Biden, by comparison, slept through most of his term. His press access was strictly controlled and very limited because…well, we know why.
In any event, I am struck by how often Trump grants the lamestream media access, given the non-stop phalanx of fake news hit pieces launched against him and his administration. A week doesn’t go by without one Trump official or another being baselessly attacked by a legacy outlet using ‘anonymous sources’ and sketchy details.
It’s maddening. It’s beyond old. But they just. won’t. stop. This week, it’s Vice President JD Vance’s turn, apparently:
The Trump administration on Saturday vehemently denied a New York Times report claiming that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vice President JD Vance to step away from social media, describing the report as “complete fake news.”
“This isn’t true,” said White House Communications Director Steven Cheung on X in response to a post from Jewish Insider editor Josh Kraushaar.
“We denied it to the New York Times and they refused to run our quote. Complete fake news,” Cheung continued.
“This supposed ‘conversation’ never happened,” he said.
The Times reported that Wiles and other senior White House officials had advised the vice president to “take a break from social media,” citing his frequent online fights with critics as “beneath his office.”
The allegation surfaced as part of a broader report examining Vance’s relationship with President Donald Trump and assessing his potential position in what is could be a highly competitive race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028.
The article also included a response from Cheung, who strongly pushed back on suggestions of tension between the president and vice president and defended the strength of their working relationship.
“Vice President Vance has done a remarkable job of helping implement the president’s America First agenda,” Cheung told the Times.
“Any false media narratives from unknown and unnamed sources fabricating stories clearly do not have any knowledge of the truth,” he added.
Did you catch that? The Times reached out to the White House, got a quote denying the allegation, and then refused to run said quote. It doesn’t get any more diabolical than that. But it also tells you for sure this was nothing more than just the latest unsubstantiated anti-Trump hit piece.
You can’t hate the Trump Deranged media enough.
