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Summary

French President Emmanuel Macron publicly corrected Donald Trump in the Oval Office after Trump falsely claimed Europe was only "loaning" money to Ukraine.

Macron clarified that Europe provided 60% of Ukraine’s wartime aid as grants and guarantees, not loans. Trump smirked but did not contest the correction.

The exchange came as Trump softened his stance on Russia, including voting against a UN resolution for Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Let's try a brutal hipcheck next?

The truth doesn't matter to Trump, his cabinet nor his supporters. When will the media learn this?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

This. They do not care about facts or logic unless it serves their agenda. Truth is wholly malleable to these lunatics.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That doesn't mean people shouldn't be fact-checking him. You won't sway the faithful, but you can knock some sense into the unaligned.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Fair point. But fact checking isn't exactly BRUTAL. The language of modern journalism rarely reflects the current state of US politics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You're not going to get any argument from me about the scourge of sensationalized headlines.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Media won’t learn when the orange creamsicle is banning good journalist outlets that question the presidents motives, and allowing only puppet outlets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Most of the journalists working for corporate media will be perfectly fine being puppets. They already are.

[–] stringere 4 points 1 day ago

I guess you missed when they banned AP for using Gulf of Mexico, and added the "new media seat" to the white house press corps?

"Leavitt said that the seat will be shared among an ideologically diverse set of outlets, including Beltway news website Axios and right-wing outlet Breitbart, both of which have been represented for years at the White House without having a permanent briefing seat."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Corporate media doesn't give a shit, this is easy soundbites for them.