https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-8-2026
"Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump was among the dignitaries who attended
the dignified transfer returning the remains of the six U.S. soldiers killed in
the military action against Iran to the United States for burial. At the
transfer, Trump wore a white USA baseball cap for sale in his campaign store.
Recognizing that Americans would recoil from seeing Trump wear a baseball cap
at a dignified transfer, the
Fox News Channel declined to show how he had
looked yesterday and aired old footage of Trump from his first term without the
hat. Caught in their lie, the
Fox News Channel admitted they had shown the
wrong footage but claimed it was inadvertent. They did not, however, show the
real footage from yesterday, showing Trump wearing his merch.
The producers at the
Fox News Channel seemed to recognize that Trump’s USA
hat at a dignified transfer looked like deliberate disrespect for those whose
lives had been taken in the service of our country. They seemed to understand
the gulf between the administration’s cartoonish approach to the war in Iran
and the reality of war for those participating in it.
The official social media account of the White House has portrayed its military
adventures in Iran as a movie, or a game, splicing images from what appear to
be footage of U.S. military strikes with clips from adventure movies and video
games like
Call of Duty and
Grand Theft Auto. Undeterred by criticism,
White House communications director Steven Cheung called for supporters to show
their enthusiasm for one of the videos in comments below it.
Last Thursday, March 5, Trump talked to
ABC News chief Washington
correspondent Jonathan Karl about the war. “I hope you are impressed,” he said.
“How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be
even better. How do you like the performance?” Karl answered that “nobody
questions the success of the military operation, the concern is what happens
next.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
