The White House embarrassingly lifts a “press conference” from magazine influencers

Donald Trump has never been a big fan of journalists unless they say nice things to him. On the days when the only threat he posed to the country was in the form of a reality show that killed brain cells, his relationship with the media might have been much better. However, since becoming president, the media has been working harder and harder on Trump in the media. Since taking office for the second term, billionaires have been actively seeking traditional access that traditional media organizations usually like. Trump has replaced real journalists, seeking companies for people like Tim Pool: the infotainment class, who often have the remaining opinions and inadequate information.

This week, the White House sank a new low in this regard, holding its first “new media press conference.” While it’s an ostensibly a good idea to invite journalists from smaller, less mature media to the White House, it’s not what the government does. Indeed, instead of inviting actual journalists to the event, the White House filled them with a host of friendly influencers who were all happy to kiss the president’s butt and ask White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s softest softball questions. This is a nonsense question, and I keep answering nonsense.

Leavitt started the briefing by boasting about the various “achievements” of the government over the past 100 years, sorry, I mean. “As promised in my first briefing as press secretary in January, the Trump White House will talk to all media and personalities, not just traditional media that traditionally covers the agency,” Leavitt said.

Leavitt asked the first question to Maga influencer Arynne Wexler, who started things in the proper magazine way: “Thank you so much, Karoline, it’s because of having us and giving me the first question,” Wexler said. “And I can prove deportation in Florida. My Uber driver finally speaks English again, so thank you.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydnd7lgc9f4

Sean Spicer, the White House Press Secretary’s past, was also present. For whatever reason, Spicer was invited to be part of the new media “news pool” and took the opportunity to attract his former boss. “You’ve done an amazing job opening a briefing room that brings new voices,” Spicer said, who briefly took over Leavitt’s position in 2017 and then started firmly from the White House. “I think the president’s commitment during the campaign is that, I think, is very helpful to this new media environment we live in. But a lot of conservatives will ask me: ‘Why did he sit down with people like ABC or ABC’s Terry Moran or Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg?”What are the reasons behind those rewarders who have expressed a lot of disdain for him personally?”

Levitt replied: “The president is not afraid, he is inspired by the competition.”

The government has also established something recently Called “Podcasting Row”, a new forum that lets “creators” raise questions from government officials Live streaming their show from the White House. The personality of the first event reportedly took place regularly, including Natalie Winters of Steve Bannon’s War Room Podcast and Breanna Morello, an independent journalist who previously worked at Newsmax.

Also, this guy is there. The Internet quickly called him “Maga Draco Malfoy”.

Magazine influencers in the White House briefing today show Joe Biden is responsible for rising suicide rates pic.twitter.com/bnzq8linxu

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025