Media outlets have labeled President Trump a dictator and tyrant who uses his office vindictively against critics. They accuse him of trying to shut down the media as retribution. But the fact is that President Trump has rightly accused the mainstream media of being biased, pushing a left-wing agenda while damaging the country’s reputation and citizen trust in government.
The consistent framing of ICE deportations as illegal and unjustified is one of the most concrete examples of how the media has twisted the narrative to make people hate the administration and to believe that federal law enforcement has no authority. Media stories consistently omit crucial details from their ICE-related reporting, such as the fact that the individual was a noncitizen.
In the case ofAbrego Garcia, many people still believe he wasa U.S. citizenbecause media outlets referred to him inconsistently as a Maryland man instead of an illegal alien. They omit other details, such as whether the individual is a gang member, has past convictions, has a current deportation order, or lacks legal status. Instead, they focus on the person being allegedly hard-working and on the timing of the arrest, such as the day before graduation or while on the way to the hospital to see a newborn baby.
Trump’s recent remarks about taking away ABC’s license were not intended to punish them for criticizing him. He argued that ABC lacked credibility, saying, “I think the licenses should betaken away fromABC because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.” He elaborated: “When you’re 97% negative on Trump, and then Trump wins the election in a landslide, that means obviously your news is not credible.”
The context was an interview in which reporters pressed him on Jeffrey Epstein, despite the documented fact that Trump had expelled Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club and was known to have disliked him. Trump also noted that multiple Democrats had received money from Epstein and had visited his island. He pointed out that the media refused to investigate these very real situations while continuing to hound President Trump about Epstein, despite there being no evidence of wrongdoing.
The media characterized Trump’s statement as a move to take away their license to criticize him, but that is not what he said.
The pattern of inaccurate negative predictions reinforces Trump’s credibility argument. Media outlets said he had no path to victory. He won all seven swing states, plus the popular vote and the electoral vote. They predicted thousands of American deaths in the Iran conflict. Fatalities remain below twenty. They forecast oil at $200 a barrel. It is roughly half that. They predicted Gulf allies would turn against the U.S. Those allies have been the most consistent supporters. They said BRICS nations would back Iran. BRICS has largely abandoned Iran. They said the stock market would crash. But it is up.
They described a counterterrorism operation conducted with the Nigerian government asbombing Nigeria. However, it was carried out in cooperation with the Nigerian government and supported by a grateful Christian population.
They said America wasattacking Ecuador. But the joint counter-narcotrafficking operation was carried out with the support of Ecuador’s government.
They said that Trump threatened democracy by removing the democratically elected president of Venezuela, when the same media reported in 2024 thatNicolás Madurohad stolen the election and that most of the free world refused to acknowledge the win.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
