Access and solidarity

I wonder if it some point members of the White House press corps might actually do something when Trump insult one of their colleagues to their face, in the midst of a stream of lies:

Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden? TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person

[image or embed]— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Nov 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Trump wants his press conferences to be covered! At some point don’t you want to stand up for yourselves?

Incidentally, the reporter being called “stupid” for asking a good question Trump didn’t want to answer works for CBS. Gee, I wonder if her boss had her back:

This CBS story is just remarkable. It states that Trump insulted their reporter, and also notes the same thing happened to reporters from Bloomberg and NYT. Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists. But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.

[image or embed]— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) Nov 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Hell, Bari probably sent Trump a notarized note of apology.