Trump's Storm Trooper Sets New Rules For Media Restrictions

"A time of healing, a time of whatever." Those were Trump’s comments to reporters before he left for the Charlie Kirk Memorial in Arizona Sunday. He reiterated the false claim that most political violence is driven by what he termed the radical left. In addition to the demonization of the left, we are seeing an unprecedented tightening of information coming out of the administration. Trump’s obsession with authoritarian states is being mirrored in policy and application as the American people are left further and further in the dark.

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We want to look at it as a time of healing, a time of whatever. That something like this could have happened is not even believable.

A time of healing, a time of whatever. Those were Trump’s comments to reporters before he left for the Charlie Kirk Memorial in Arizona Sunday. Trump’s comments, of course, were entirely focused on the “whatever” portion. He reiterated the false claim that most political violence is driven by what he termed the radical left. He also vowed the DOJ would find those who fund and perpetrate political violence. Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller went so far as to say you have no idea the dragon you have awakened.

You have nothing. You are nothing. You are wickedness, you are jealousy, you are envy, you are hatred, you are nothing. You can build nothing. You can produce nothing. You can create nothing. You have no idea the dragon you have awakened. You have no idea how determined we will be to save this civilization. To save the west.

In addition to the demonization of the left, we are seeing an unprecedented tightening of information coming out of the administration. Recently Pete Hegseth has indicated that even unclassified information must be approved by a departmental official before it is released. Failure to abide by this could even result in suspension or revocation of access. This newest most egregious limitation comes on the heels of an earlier rule issued by Hegseth that reporters are not allowed to moved about the Pentagon without an approved escort. This change broke years of tradition of both Democratic and Republican administrations.

What is clearer and clearer is that this administration will not tolerate dissent nor criticism. They are tightening the streams of information and building levels of review by party loyalists. Trump’s obsession with authoritarian states is being mirrored in policy and application as the American people are left further and further in the dark.