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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: Is Viral Propaganda How the Trump Administration Normalizes Cruelty?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Congress, Economics, Climate Change, The Hartmann Report, Debate, Democracy, America, Thom Hartmann, News

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

A government that celebrates cruelty, weaponizes culture, and mocks due process is telling you exactly what it plans to become...

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These statements have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not

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intended to diagnose treat care of preventing disease. Are we letting power exploit human suffering

1:02.8

with viral propaganda until decency breaks? The Trump White House just showed us something every

1:09.9

American should find chilling no matter what music they listen to or what party they vote for.

1:15.0

They took a video of aggressive ICE arrests, slapped Sabrina Carpenter's song on top of it, and posted it like it was a victory lap.

1:24.3

Then when Carpenter objected and said the video was evil and disgusting and told them not to use

1:29.0

her music to benefit an inhumane agenda, the White House hit back with a statement that sounded

1:34.3

like it came from a playground bully, not the seat of American government. They didn't debate or point

1:40.1

or defend policy with facts. They went straight to dehumanization and insult,

1:45.5

calling people illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles,

1:48.8

and saying anyone who defends them must be stupid or slow.

1:52.8

That's not just ugly.

1:54.8

It's a warning.

1:56.7

Because the biggest story here is not a celebrity clapback.

2:00.2

It's that the White House is using the

2:02.0

power of the state to turn human beings into a punchline and using America's culture as a weapon

2:08.1

to spread it. This is what rising authoritarianism looks like in the age of social media. A democracy

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