President Donald Trump officially obliterated a reporter from the Huffington Post on Sunday while he was aboard Air Force One on his way to New Orleans, Louisiana for Super Bowl LIX. Which, by the way, makes him the first active president to attend the NFL’s championship game in the history of the sport. Kind of cool, right?
Anyhoo, S.V. Date, the senior White House correspondent for HuffPost, was also on the flight and asked the president about a comment he claimed was made by Vice President JD Vance earlier that same day.
President Trump demolishes Fake News "reporter" @svdate on Air Force One:
POTUS: "I don't know even what you're talking about. Neither do you. Who are you with?"@svdate: "HuffPost, sir."
POTUS: "No wonder. I thought they died." pic.twitter.com/kNB0359aJA
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 9, 2025
“The Vice President suggested that if the Supreme Court rules in a way that you don’t like, they could just enforce it by themselves. Do you agree with that?” Date asked the president.
“I don’t know even what you’re talking about,” Trump responded, going on to add, “Neither do you. Who are you with?”
He replied, “HuffPost, sir.”
“Who?” Trump asked a second time.
“Huffpost,” Date responded.
“Ah, no wonder,” Trump fired back at Date. “I thought they were – I thought they died. They’re still around? I haven’t read them in years, I thought they died.”
Right here is where I’d insert the laughing face emoji followed by the skull emoji.
“The comment Date was referencing, which Vance made in response to U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan after he moved to block Elon Musk’s Department Of Government Efficiency from accessing U.S. Treasury Department payment systems,” the Daily Wire said.
“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Vance said in a post on X.
If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.
If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal.
Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 9, 2025
“Democrats and media immediately claimed that meant Vance and Trump planned to ignore the constitutional checks and balances and would disregard any Supreme Court decision that did not allow them to fully implement their agenda — in much the same way that former President Joe Biden had when the Supreme Court ruled against his unconstitutional student debt forgiveness,” the report added.
Congressman Dan Goldman took to X, saying, “It’s called the ‘rule of law’ @jdvance. Our constitution created three co-equal branches of government to provide checks and balances on each other (‘separation of powers’). The judiciary makes sure that the executive follows the law. If you do, then you won’t have problems.”
It’s called the “rule of law” @jdvance.
Our constitution created three co-equal branches of government to provide checks and balances on each other (“separation of powers”).
The judiciary makes sure that the executive follows the law.
If you do, then you won’t have problems. https://t.co/4L4WOWnEDX
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) February 9, 2025
As always, the critics who were slamming the vice president completely ignored how he had already made it clear he was only talking about legal actions taken by the executive branch of the government when he said, “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”
But, of course, that would clarify what Vance meant and completely toss out a false narrative the media propagandists could use to vilify the current administration.
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