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Vaughn Hillyard: Trump ‘doesn’t understand the role of journalists’
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July 27, 2026
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1:53Now PlayingMS NOW’s Vaughn Hillyard blasts President Donald Trump’s Friday speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, telling Morning Joe the president “doesn’t understand the role of journalists.” The speech, which ran just over an hour long, contained divisive and often awkward remarks criticizing the press corps and Democratic politicians. Hillyard says patriotism in the U.S. is in “a very tough place” due to Trump’s attacks on journalism and dissent.
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