As I look at a decade of coverage of the man who loves all things gold, I have to conclude that many journalists are suffering from Trump Exhaustion Syndrome.It’s not about being physically tired, and of course there are exceptions.No, the syndrome involves throwing up your hands and abandoning basic fact-checking because, you know, they think, what the hell, everyone knows Trump says lots and lots of things that are untrue.Much of this is tied to the surge in social media.
After all, why do a second-day story analyzing what the president did or said when the hot story is Trump praising Nicki Minaj and her beautiful butt?As for the truth-squadding part, don’t worry, I have the receipts. Rapper Nicki Minaj joined President Donald Trump onstage during a Republican campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday.(2026 Getty Images)The other day, the president came out and said he had ordered the Justice Department to intervene in the crazy Alaska election.
It was right there.He didn’t hide it.
Pronounced it out in the open. I know the widespread belief that the department was doing his bidding — charging James Comey a third time? For younger readers, there used to be a brick wall between the White House and DOJ. If Joe Biden had breached that wall only once, he would have been impeached, convicted and behind bars.As a former Justice Department reporter, I can tell you that divide hasn’t been pulverized since Watergate, when AG John Mitchell went to prison.NOT EVEN SKY HIGH GAS PRICES OR THE IRAN WAR WILL STOP TRUMP SUPPORTERS VOTING MAGANow a couple of the Sunday hosts, CNN’s Dana Bash and CBS’s Margaret Brennan, aggressively pressed Attorney General Todd Blanche about the controversy (two Dan Sullivans, and as the New York Times disclosed, the second guy was recruited by the Democrats).At one point, Blanche addressed the president’s order that his department file a lawsuit."No, no, he didn’t say it on camera," the AG insisted."Yes he did," ...