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We need 'a psychiatrist': Press Sec. floored after supercut of Trump abusing women
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS Nathan Howard
The Insults Are the Instrument
Power, Not Pathology
Donald Trump controls access to the presidency. Reporters do not. That is the central fact obscured when CNN turns his conduct into a discussion of temperament, pathology, or campaign anxiety.
The immediate context is simple: Trump moved to exclude CNN, MS NOW, and potentially other outlets while repeatedly subjecting female reporters to insults…
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