Hallo R/Politik! Yahoo News, The Associated Press, NBC News, Reuters, The Washington Post und USA Today sind alle für eine erweiterte AMA -Sitzung hier. Wir sind hier, um alle Ihre Fragen zu den ersten 100 Tagen von Donald Trumps zweitem Präsidentschaftszeit zu beantworten.
Hier ist, wer heute zwischen 12 Uhr und 16 Uhr ET Fragen beantworten wird. Fragen Sie uns etwas!
- Andrew Romano, Yahoo News: Als nationaler Korrespondent von Yahoo News habe ich Trumps Zölle, Deportationen und Bemühungen berichtet, die Bundesbürokratie über Doge zu senken. Ich habe auch unsere monatlichen Umfragen mit YouGov zusammengestellt, um die öffentliche Meinung zur zweiten Amtszeit des Präsidenten zu verfolgen.
- Aaron Blake, die Washington Post: Aaron Blake ist Senior Political Reporter in der Washington Post, der sich auf die Trump -Administration, Kampagnen und Kongress konzentriert. Als gebürtiger Minnesota hat er auch über Politik für die Zeitung Minneapolis Star Tribune und Hill geschrieben.
- Andrea Shalal, Reuters: Ich berichte über das Weiße Haus, den globalen Handel und die Wirtschaft, den IWF und die Weltbank für Reuters. Seit über drei Jahrzehnten berichtete ich aus Europa, den Vereinigten Staaten und gelegentlich im Nahen Osten, der den Fall der Berliner Mauer, der deutschen Wiedervereinigung und der Politik, einer Vielzahl von US -Wahlen, OPEC, Energie und Umwelt, globalen Waffenverkäufen sowie Politik, Kunst und Bürgerrechten abdeckt. Zum Spaß genieße ich Aktivitäten im Freien, einschließlich Kajakfahren und Camping, und ermöglichen eine wiederkehrende Versammlung deutscher Redner in der Gegend von Washington.
- Darren Samuelsohn, USA Today: Ich bin Redakteur des Weißen Hauses, des Kongresses und der Kampagnen bei USA Today. Ich beaufsichtige unser Team, das für die Abdeckung der Trump -Administration sowie in allen Dingen, die Capitol Hill und in der Politik im ganzen Land behandeln. Ich bin seit Ende 2000 Reporter und Redakteur in Washington, DC und stamme ursprünglich aus Südflorida und Chicago. Ich bin auch ein ehemaliger Golf -Caddy, Taxifahrer und hat vor langer Zeit im Chuck E. Käsekostüm getanzt.
- Allan Smith, NBC News: Ich bin ein nationaler Politikreporter, der sich auf Unternehmen konzentriert, die über die Trends, Kampagnen, Menschen und Ideen berichten, die Politik und Politik in den USA im Zyklus 2024 in meiner dritten Präsidentschaftskampagne gestalten, und ich habe jahrelang über Donald Trump berichtet. Ich habe seit 2015 die nationale Politik abgedeckt, mein Abschluss an der Ohio University und stamme ursprünglich aus Pittsburgh (ich bin immer daran, über die Bucs, Stifte oder Steelers zu plaudern!)
- Chris Megerian, Associated Press: Ich bin ein Reporter des Weißen Hauses, der meine zweite Donald Trump -Präsidentschaft abdeckt. Ich habe zuvor für die Los Angeles Times in Washington und Kalifornien sowie für die Star-Ledger in New Jersey gearbeitet. Ich bin in der Gegend von Boston aufgewachsen und bin auf dem College der Emory University in Atlanta gegangen. Wenn ich die Nachrichten nicht jage, versuche ich, mit meinen beiden Kindern Schritt zu halten.
Nachweisen:
Darren Samuelsohn: https://imgur.com/a/sg7zudl
Allan Smith: https://imgur.com/a/ckp4gx8
Andrea Shalal: https://imgur.com/a/i9a7ljp
Aaron Blake: https://imgur.com/a/gxlwew7
Chris Megerian: https://imgur.com/a/lxn32xv
Andrew Romano: https://imgur.com/a/rdtmm6l
It’s President Trump’s 100th day in office. We are journalists from six newsrooms reporting extensively on the new administration. Ask us anything.
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Why aren’t you asking the hard questions? Why do you all keep kids gloves on for this entire administration? Why do you repeat their lies without calling them lies?
Has there been substantial pressure from your newsrooms and editors to not cover the escalating war on the Judiciary?
A strategy of this administration has been to make so much noise that journalists cannot possibly cover every big move that trump is making. What are some big moves that you felt have gone largely unnoticed by the public due to larger stories drowning them out?
How extensive is the deletion of historical data, particularly climate data, from government sites and databases?
Are you gonna cover the administration with any care this time? The absolute failing of the media over the last decade is disgusting. Why should anyone trust journalists anymore? Y’all are gonna fold at the first bit of pressure.
Many media outlets have faced criticism for „sanewashing“ Trump. The criticism goes that, by describing Trump using the vocabulary and tone of typical political discourse, the media has normalized Trump’s antidemocratic actions. How do you respond to this criticism?
I really want to see journalists asking him the hard questions. I don’t see it though. Has he effectively stifled the media with his lawsuits and his control of Whitehouse media pool?
We need more questions thrown at him on his lies.
There is a lack of trust in journalism due to how this administration is covered. How are you hoping to earn the trust back of the American people and what are you doing to keep true honest journalism alive?
How likely do you think it is that Trump is taking orders from Russia, either through coercion or blackmail?
edit for extra context:
The actions Trump has taken seem so targeted at hurting the US both economically and reputationally, that it is difficult to believe that he has done these things with the intention of improving the country or it’s standing in the world. Over the course of a few weeks he has taken the States from a position of control and trust amongst its allies, to one of absolute distrust and disdain. Over the next 2-3 years the cost to the States will almost certainly equate to trillions of dollars via lost tourism, lost defence sales and self inflicted financial harm.
To me it seems such self inflicted wounds could only be done at the behest of a hostile state which has power over the person in charge. It could be manipulation, bribes or blackmail; or a combination of them all. I wouldn’t be surprised if years from now, it comes out that Russia holds sway over Trump via embarrassing bedroom videos or other financial strings.
Is the fear of lack of access influencing your decision to treat the administration with kid gloves?
I’m curious as to why I see less mainstream coverage of H5N1 when we have a seemingly anti federal healthcare administration?
Are you ashamed of the way you handled election coverage? Do you accept blame for the sanewashing that you did and the attempt to please both sides.
For the Wapo member, how do you feel about the crackdown on editorials and decision to not endorse a candidate?
Question for Aaron Blake – Do you like the Key and Peele Substitute sketch?
In general, why is the press not boycotting official White House comms opportunities such as the disgusting Oval Office ‚chats‘ or Leavit’s propaganda sessions? Why do you keep allowing the White House to spread misinformation THROUGH you?
I’m curious to your views on the likelihood of the mid-terms elections being a „free and fair“ election. In authoritarian regimes in this modern era, the illusion of democracy is often maintained while elections are manipulated and controlled performative exercises. To what degree can elections provide an opportunity for the population to truly express their views on the direction of the country and provide a meaningful judgement of this regime?!
Is there anything you want to say or report about Trump that you are not allowed to? Does your company control how much you can criticize him, for any reasons?
1 How much time do any of you spend working on the wording of your questions? When it’s your turn to ask, do you read the question you’ve written down or do you wing it? If you wing it, why would you do that?
2 Given Trump’s short attention span, lack of intelligence, arrogance, ego, inability to ever admit he’s wrong, and penchant for lying or just making crap up on the spot, shouldn’t your questions be more bulletproof? Shouldn’t you say stuff like „Tariffs are paid to the US government by whatever company imports a product or part. Can you clarify and explain why you keep saying other countries pay the tariff? Can you give us a single example of another country paying a tariff on a good or part imported by an American company?“
3 If Trump or a republican politician doesn’t answer a question satisfactorily, or obfuscates, or lies, why doesn’t the next journalist up ask the same question/ask for clarification/point out the misinformation?
Why can’t journalists find a way to highlight the fact that this man talks like a mentally challenged 13/15 year old? You guys must talk about this with your colleagues I don’t doubt it, but why are most of your peers sane washing what he says when it comes to writing the articles and doing the TV bits?
And it’s not just what he says it’s the way he says it. Why are you treating him on the same level as any other President?
I lose brain cells listening to him and when I read whatever the press writes it’s just another Tuesday
Why did so many journalist engage in sanewashing Trump?
Biden was repeatedly criticised by the media for his apparent cognitive decline. Trump literally sounds insane when he speaks and makes no sense. Why has he not been covered the same? Why are concerns about Trump’s own cognitive abilities regularly discussed by the media?
Trump regularly claims he „knows nothing“ about critical things going on in his administration – why is he not pressed on his ignorance?
He’s claimed he wasn’t aware the supreme court ruled 9-0 against his deportation of Garcia.
He claimed he wasn’t aware of the US service members who died on exercise in Poland.
He claimed he knew nothing about the signal chat scandal after it broke.
Some of the administrations actions, like suspending due process for immigrants, is blatantly anti-American. To the point that the conservative Supreme Court is blocking Trump’s action.
Why are there not more questions specifically forcing the President, admin officials and congressmen to address the illegal actions? How is it not a daily discussion/article pointing out how the administration is violating the Constitution and calling on Congress to do its job and initiate impeachment hearings and remove this lawless administration from office?
Why do you never ask any follow up questions to the clearly BS answers you receive?
My question is in two parts: 1. Would you say that you sane-washed trumps statements and actions in order to generate more views for your business?
2. Now that he’s President, and actively writing illegal retaliatory executive orders to shut down anyone who stands in his way, do you feel that your actions may have contributed to the daily hell we are all on the precipice of existing in?
I get asking politely the first time, but when the politicians refuse to answer and go on tangents, why don’t you push back harder? The last 10 years or more, I’ve never heard an American journalist to respond with “why are you refusing to answer a simple question?” It’s infuriating.
Thanks for doing the AMA. Can all of you acknowledge that the information coming from the white house is following a structured release in the vain of Steve Bannons “flood the zone” strategy. They will release information, then dodge questions and accountability on any question asked about that information. I wouldn’t presume to know how media and reporters should handle this, but from the outside looking in it feels like every single reporter is chasing their own stories and all they need to put off the trail is for the administration to fire hose out a hundred issues and then the administration moves on.
Each individual reporter gets something they can write a story about, the administration dodges tough questions and gets to look competent and the American people are left wondering what in the world is going on. From the outside looking in it appears that a change of strategy is necessary, what are your thoughts on potential options (should we even change strategy)? Should things stay the same as they are now? What would you do to change the flow of the conversations with the White House?
Just to clarify, this is mainly focused on press interactions with the white house or president. Overall I think media organizations are doing a good job of following all the disparate threads they are left, outside of talking with the white house.
Is Karoline Leavitt as hostile off camera as she is on camera? Is she actually capable of acting as a competent press secretary?
All of them have been aggressive. But it seems nearly impossible to get any useful information from her
Do any of you ever feel guilty or actually worry about your role in things for trying to keep your access and thus jobs by continually trying your best to rationalize, to yourself and your consumers, Trump and his administration’s mental and ethical fitness for their offices or jobs, the lies that they tell, the illegal if not outright criminal acts they engage in, and that „both sides“ are essentially „the same“?
Why don’t you ever ask follow up questions? When he says “who are you with?” why don’t you respond with “it doesn’t matter who I’m with, are you afraid to answer the question?”
Stop coddling him FFS. It will not bode well for you long-term. I’d take one epic question where I get banned from the press pool over the hundreds of worthless questions you guys have been asking him so far. Be a legend, not a coward.
Why do you both sides everything or instantly pivot to blame Democrats for not doing enough to stop it?
I agree that Dems aren’t doing enough but you are making it look like Democrats are to blame for Trump’s actions instead of blaming Trump, Republicans and Trump voters.
It’s exhausting.
What’s it like not having a fucking spine?
Fox News carefully delivers articles in a format that supports the sets of narratives they’ve chosen to communicate to their readers. This simplifies the news and makes it easy to understand and contextualize what each article „means“ for their base. For example „Dem Run City“ articles show liberal incompetence, „Murdering Illegal“ articles show the dangers of illegals, etc.
How do you compete in a media landscape where the message from your news is confusing, is saying many different conflicting and confusing things, vs. where their news is consistent and easy to understand and easy to internalize?
Admittedly comparing real news to propaganda is maybe unfair. But we do live in a new age, and reality seems to be clearly losing.