Cable News Networks Don’t Carry Trump’s Return To The Scene Of The Crime In East Palestine (PoliticusUSAlink): Trump has been making it very clear in his social media postings that he wants free coverage from cable news, but he got no live coverage from any of the three cable networks.
Aaron Rupar noted that Trump was only carried live by Newsmax and OAN: "Notable that Newsmax and OAN carried the Trump East Palestine event but Fox did not. I expect we'll see a lot of that throughout the year."
Trump made it very clear why he was going to East Palestine, OH, when he basically begged CNN to give him more free coverage just like in 2016.
The failed former president is only in Ohio to get free media coverage for his 2024 presidential campaign, that is, by all metrics struggling.
If this stunt had worked, it is certain that Trump would have started showing up at the scenes of natural disasters, house fires, or even when a cat is stuck in a tree.
Trump knows that he can’t win without massive free publicity from the corporate media. Since the cable news networks ignored it, the return to the scene of the crime in East Palestine has been a total failure.
Donald Trump treated a train derailment with unknown long-term environmental and human consequences, like a wedding reception that he crashed at Mar-a-Lago. The man is utterly incapable of acting like a normal human being, much less a president, for a minute.
Trump may have shown up some hats and off-brand bottled water, but it will be Joe Biden and the White House who will ensure that the community is safe and will be there to ensure that Norfolk Southern pays.
Donald Trump remains a national embarrassment.
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