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Miles Archer

(21,957 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:07 PM 13 hrs ago

Trump doesn't like to brag about imaginary accomplishments, "to be honest with you," but the news won't write about it

Trump spent over two hours rattling off a list of his wins, which, according to him, included slashing drug prices “by as much as 300, 400, 500, and even 600 percent” under deals inked with pharmaceutical giants.

“So something that was costing $1,300 is now costing $87,” he said, appearing to reference an earlier anecdote from a “fat” friend who claimed that Ozempic, the GLP-1 medication sometimes used as a weight loss drug, costs $1,300 in New York but $87 in London.

“The fake news doesn’t want to write about it,” Trump said. “That’s why I do this. I don’t like to do this, to be honest with you, but I do it because I gotta get the word out.”

The stock market plummeted as Trump bragged about his economic policies. The Dow slid 870 points, the S&P 500 saw its worst day since October, and the Nasdaq shed 561 points as the market reacted to Trump’s renewed threats to take over Greenland and impose sweeping tariffs on European countries that get in his way.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rips-karoline-leavitt-at-her-own-white-house-briefing/

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Trump doesn't like to brag about imaginary accomplishments, "to be honest with you," but the news won't write about it (Original Post) Miles Archer 13 hrs ago OP
Once again, a protection of the good and decent Joe Biden Chasstev365 13 hrs ago #1
I'd say that in Biden's 4 years, the media spent more time talking about Trump Miles Archer 13 hrs ago #3
Poor Leavitt was standing right there. underpants 13 hrs ago #2

Chasstev365

(7,220 posts)
1. Once again, a protection of the good and decent Joe Biden
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:10 PM
13 hrs ago

Joe didn't brag about his accomplishments and the media dwould not report on the great things he did.

Miles Archer

(21,957 posts)
3. I'd say that in Biden's 4 years, the media spent more time talking about Trump
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:17 PM
13 hrs ago

Trump didn't shut his fat mouth for one day during Biden's 4 years.

Think about former presidents like GWB, seldom heard from, and Obama, who's been more visible publicly than Bush, but still isn't in our faces 7 days a week.

Trump never leaves campaign mode. Never. The second he sees a lapse in news coverage, he shoots off his mouth. He's done it every day since leaving office the first time.

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