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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Donald Trump's War on the Media

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8784 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

While he preaches about free speech, Donald Trump is constantly calling for journalists and media members to be fired or prosecuted. Steve Schmidt looks at Trump's latest battle with Nicolle Wallace and explains the hypocrisy behind it all. Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES

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0:00.0

Today, we will talk about three things. We will talk about Donald Trump's insanity from the Oval Office,

0:07.8

his lies and smearing of Nicole Wallace. We will talk about his attacks on national forest land,

0:16.0

his executive order that will permit logging in some of the most pristine places on planet Earth. And lastly,

0:23.7

we will talk about his insults to America's allies. This is the warning. Let's start there in the

0:33.7

Oval Office, where Donald Trump holds court like John Gotti might have at the Ravensbrook Social Club,

0:40.4

the nation's media asks their banal and inane questions, and today's was, would the United States

0:48.3

adhere to its Article 5 responsibilities and obligations and defend our NATO allies in Europe if they were attacked,

0:59.1

which the treaty obligates us to do. Here is Trump's answer. Before I show it to you,

1:05.7

let me note Donald Trump has never defended anything or anyone, but listen to him talk in the first person.

1:15.1

Listen to him personalize the United States as his, as if when an American soldier fights,

1:23.8

they're fighting for Trump.

1:25.1

This is a sick and deranged, malignant narcissist,

1:30.8

and because 49.9% of the American people voted for this,

1:36.8

we stand at the edge of catastrophe.

1:41.1

Let's watch.

1:42.4

Are you going to make that policy, U.S. policy, that the U.S. wouldn't defend NATO countries

1:46.5

that don't pay?

1:47.5

Well, I think it's common sense, right?

1:49.0

If they don't pay, I'm not going to defend them.

1:51.0

No, I'm not going to defend them.

1:52.0

I got into a lot of heat when I said that.

1:55.0

You said, oh, he's violating NATO. And you know, the biggest problem I have with NATO, I really, you know, I mean, I know the guys very well, they're friends of mine.

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