Wait—impeach Hillary Clinton?
Asked about the possibility of another impeachment, Trump answered that he was getting good at it—and then said he could have done that with Hillary Clinton. Our reel plays the exchange and asks how that claim makes sense. Clinton left government in 2013, before Trump entered the White House, and Trump was never a member of Congress. Watch his answer in context.
Trump’s response to the Cornell allegations
Asked about the Cornell case and Letitia James investigating it, Trump said he felt badly for whoever she was looking at because they would not get a fair shake. Our reel challenges that response and where he chose to direct his sympathy. The case involves allegations; our focus here is Trump’s own words about the investigation.
Fox’s numbers in the key adult audience
Our Fox News reel highlights a sharp year-over-year decline among adults ages 25–54 for the week of September 7: 61 percent in primetime and 55 percent across the total day. Those are the audience and time period discussed in the clip. We react to what the figures suggest about the network’s ability to reach that group heading toward the midterms.
The reflecting pool: two weeks becomes six months
Our reflecting-pool update contrasts Trump’s two-week repair promise with footage six months later. The reel reports $19 million spent so far and questions no-bid contracts, including contracts involving campaign donors. Watch the work shown in the original clip and our argument about what taxpayers are getting for the money.
Thom Tillis’s reported messages to Trump
Our morning reel reads reported messages from Republican Senator Thom Tillis to Trump. In the June message, Tillis pushes back against the idea of being threatened with a primary challenge. Another message says he still wants to help but will not accept that treatment—even from the president. The exchange is a striking glimpse of the friction inside Trump’s party.
Iran—and the “drug factories” detour
In our first reel of the day, Trump discusses strikes on Iran, then repeatedly mixes references to nuclear facilities with references to drug factories. We play that passage and react to the abrupt shift in his description. Hear the wording for yourself in the closing segment.
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Thanks for so much documented effort. Bottomline: this potus is very dangerous right now.
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