WEMPLE: “.. Just as no one would have supposed .. that a wire service would be sidelined over compliance with ‘Gulf of America,’ how far off is the day when outlets must heed the renaming of the White House to ‘the Trump Mansion’?” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... - ThreadSky

carlquintanilla.bsky.social • 17 days ago

WEMPLE: “.. Just as no one would have supposed .. that a wire service would be sidelined over compliance with ‘Gulf of America,’ how far off is the day when outlets must heed the renaming of the White House to ‘the Trump Mansion’?”

@washingtonpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/14/ap-white-house-trump-gulf-america/

Comments

marcosantana.bsky.social•17 days ago

Just you wait until Trump starts banning words he does not like, such as “felon”, removing them from dictionary’s. Oh. Oh no. lol

Trump derangement syndrome?
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jientho.bsky.social•17 days ago

Or of the U.S. to Trumplandia or Trumpistan.

radarnick.bsky.social•16 days ago

1930's Germany. If the media doesn't toe the line, they are banned from receiving briefings. This is state run media and a major building block in the implementation of a authoritarian government.

flypusher713.bsky.social•17 days ago

It’s certainly an excellent litmus test. Who is willing to stand up for what’s right, and who is a cowardly appeaser.

jeanniet.bsky.social•17 days ago

Republicans are not serious people!

tacosandpizza.bsky.social•17 days ago

They are deadly serious. That’s why you lost, and you don’t even realize that.

jeanniet.bsky.social•17 days ago

It’s a line from Secession. I didn’t lose.

tellmeastorychatgpt.sociallydead.net•17 days ago

I wonder did google if you use it in the US enamed it yet?
I am in Germany so I can not check!
But he asked for that right?

leobebb.bsky.social•17 days ago

They did, then erased the mass of negative feedback it generated.

tellmeastorychatgpt.sociallydead.net•17 days ago

You are kidding right? So if you enter Gulf of Mexico into Google in the US you get Gulf of America? While for the rest of the world it is still the Gulf of Mexico?! WTF 🤣

leobebb.bsky.social•17 days ago

Not kidding. It's "1984" here.

tellmeastorychatgpt.sociallydead.net•17 days ago

This is insane, if you ever visit my YouTube channel I made one educational video why it is imposible to rename it and then one funny one! That Google plays along! WOW...
Wasn't there moto once do no evil?!

austinrock.bsky.social•17 days ago

The admin is just asking the AP to say this one little thing. And that’s how it starts…

bucks-county-lib.bsky.social•17 days ago

Next it will be, "Ukraine was always part of Russia" or "Gaza was always part of Israel"

woodenwood.bsky.social•17 days ago

We knew this was going to happen. Use the media to fight. Long live the Resistance.

zuckerb-sux.bsky.social•17 days ago

Time to lawyer up and put a stop to this. The AP has standing.

huntoon23.bsky.social•17 days ago

Renaming the White House is coming.

usnflynn.bsky.social•17 days ago

Why don't the rest of the reporters just walk out - not give him or his administration the spot light that they crave!

For gods sake someone needs to get a spine and put the petulant child in his place. He works and represents the American people not the other way around! This isn't his kingdom!

leobebb.bsky.social•17 days ago

1. Profits. 2. It would turn press conferences into 100% fawning worship by the right-wing propaganda outlets that would remain.

gregsanderson.bsky.social•17 days ago

💯 It never *starts* with the worst thing. It's always a progression. Testing the limits.

Take Donald's experience in politics. Impeachment #1. Clearly deserved (but also not as bad as what came next). He got away with it. So on to Impeachment #2. Couldn't get worse (it seemed). He got re-elected.

ericeisenbraun.bsky.social•17 days ago

How about "...hill to fight for", instead?

chewolf.bsky.social•17 days ago

The Temple of Trump

oldnormalguy.bsky.social•16 days ago

Or Russia House!

bobcg.bsky.social•17 days ago

Already planning to pave the rose garden

joancap.bsky.social•17 days ago

Well thanks for putting it out there. Now probably later this afternoon. 🫣

realworldrj.bsky.social•17 days ago

Where are all the chuds that expressed outrage when Obama complained about Fox News and puffed their chest about boycotting the admin? https://bsky.app/profile/realworldrj.bsky.social/post/3li7mssn3vs2t

ann-t-social.bsky.social•16 days ago

Hasn't he already banned the use of the word "felon"?

shanemcoyle.bsky.social•17 days ago

The Kennedy Center is being renamed after Thomas Kinkade

leobebb.bsky.social•17 days ago

Trump being too stupid to get the irony, LC should immediately book "The Producers" and "Cabaret."

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chasesquires.bsky.social•17 days ago

Next press "briefing" at the White House, take a look around and see what organizations are there. Shame on them for not standing up against this foolishness. If the "Gulf of Lunacy" defines who is allowed, then that room should be empty.

claytonabernathy.bsky.social•17 days ago

How far off is the day that he jails one of the journalists and the others shrug their shoulders out of cowardice. And it will be too late to join the AP in solidarity at that point.

bucks-county-lib.bsky.social•17 days ago

It's not far-fetched, but back when Obama tried to bar Fox News from the WH press room, other news outlets stood up for them and the Obama admin backed down. They do stick up for each other. There are signs that they are sticking up for each other now.

benevoluspf.bsky.social•17 days ago

It’s only a matter time till every other media outlet they don’t like gets suspended, as well. News outlets should remember that as they leave AP hanging.

toninparsons.bsky.social•17 days ago

How can a handful of absolute morons destroy a nation of over 300 million people? It absolutely beggars belief.

9hertfordstreet.bsky.social•16 days ago

Amen.

strangelynow.bsky.social•17 days ago

Media, first of all. Fox is responsible for constant lies/propaganda to their loyal/addicted listeners who are never curious about facts. Trump himself is a seasoned liar and fraud.

leobebb.bsky.social•17 days ago

Fox is moderate, compared to the others Trump's brought in. The goalpost is on wheels, it's shifting so fast.

bucks-county-lib.bsky.social•17 days ago

The Trump party (Republican) controls all branches of government. Everything Trump says, no matter how mad it may sound, is the law of the land...to them. The rest of us know the truth.

lmh82.bsky.social•17 days ago

Because that group of morons (the GOP) have been running psyops on the base for over 40 years to get us exactly here. They keep the base purposefully uneducated because they are easier to manipulate and control. The fear-mongering and gaslighting work for a reason.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes%3famp

billakers.bsky.social•17 days ago

At least the GOP faithful get to say Gulf of America while they get kicked off Medicaid. Totally worth it.

panosfrmgoranos.bsky.social•17 days ago

👇👇👇

randidoeker.bsky.social•16 days ago

How long before he demands maps erase the border between the US and Canada.

He won't consider the border implications if taken seriously.

bucks-county-lib.bsky.social•17 days ago

Just wait until Kash Patel is FBI director. We will see members of the press and members of congress brought up on [flimsy] criminal charges. Those will be some mountains we all must be ready and willing to die on.

lmh82.bsky.social•17 days ago

No government or individual in a government can unilaterally change the name of any body of water on Earth. International Maritime Law applies.
No decision has been made about the name of the Sea of Japan, and that has been under review by the UN since 1992.

kmschubring.bsky.social•17 days ago

He wants to pave what little is left of the rose garden so it looks like Mara Lago. It’s literally the movie Idiocracy people. It wasn’t supposed to be a documentary!!!

helenaearly.bsky.social•17 days ago

You go first, AP, yeah, we've got your back, said the opinion page that couldn't endorse a presidential candidate.

gsirc.bsky.social•17 days ago

Since the strings of the entire Musk/tRUmp administration are being pulled by the Kremlin, how soon until America is named the United States of Sovereign Republics?

cbdude.bsky.social•17 days ago

Or renaming the United States to Trumpville....

rwkeyes.bsky.social•17 days ago

This presidency reminds of the the line from the Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith…
“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause”
-Padmé Amidala

melissahbuckner.bsky.social•17 days ago

How far off are the days American leaders under a fascist, criminal and hypocritical administration lecture pro-democratic European leaders about democracy and values in their own backyard? 3,2,1.