Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool Tim Pool was one of several conservative social media stars who says he was duped into taking Russian money during the election. https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-was-paid-by-russia-but-will-joins-white-house-press-pool/ A right-wing influencer who was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to spread Russian propaganda during the 2024 presidential election has been added to the White House press pool. On Friday, someone from Tim Pool’s “Timcast” YouTube channel will be part of the press pool covering President Donald Trump, said Will Sommer, a journalist with The Bulwark, in a social media post on X. The decision comes after the White House stripped the Washington, D.C. press corps of its authority to decide who among its correspondents will be part of the daily rotation of reporters assigned to follow the president. That opened the door for the White House to bring in sympathetic podcasters and influencers, even as it has banned the Associated Press from participating in the pool or traveling with Air Force One. (More at above url.)
"At this point, it’s the right-wing media that’s doing the heavy lifting. The disinformation bubble that surrounds and encases and protects him and spins everything he does positively and spins everything his opponents do as corrupt or treasonous—that dread machine is still running at peak capacity. And let’s be honest about how corrupt this corrupt Tilt-a-Whirl really is: If this was a Democratic president pulling these kind of schemes, this same media infrastructure would be apoplectic." The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now The president isn’t governing as if he wants to be popular, but he’s getting help sweeping his wreckage under the rug. https://newrepublic.com/article/193659/right-wing-media-trump-tariff
Trump continues to shovel bullshiat. Fact check: Trump falsely says Europe doesn’t buy anything from US, wildly exaggerates trade deficit with China https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/politics/fact-check-trump-trade-europe-china/index.html
No, Donald. Tariffs are not bringing in $2 Billion per day. Not even close. Fact check: are US tariffs really bringing in $2bn a day as Trump claims? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/fact-check-donald-trump-tariffs-revenue
Trump is claiming gas is now below $2 per gallon in some states due to his great leadership. The Reality: Gas is not below $2 per gallon in any state. The average retail national prices of gasoline is $3.17. Trump was responding to a journalist who asked him at the White House how long Americans can expect to experience higher prices because of his trade policies.Trump claimed Americans have already seen the situation "get much better," alleged the reporter is not "truthful," then added, "You have gasoline that hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states." That's not true. No state had an average gas price even close to $1.98 per gallon on Wednesday. The two states that were tied with the lowest average gas price on Wednesday, Mississippi and Tennessee, were both at $2.70 per gallon, according to data provided by AAA. White House Doubles Down On Claims Gas Hit $1.98 A Gallon This Week, Despite Reality https://www.jalopnik.com/1837622/trump-white-house-gas-price-false-claims/