I\u2019ve honestly lost track of how many bogus stories Democrats and their media allies have pumped out about President Donald Trump over the years. The list is endless. And now, as their Epstein smears collapse spectacularly \u2014 with new revelations landing squarely on Democrats instead \u2014 the left has moved on to yet another cheap fabrication.<\/p>\n
This time, on Monday, they latched onto a photo of Trump returning from Palm Beach to the White House on Sunday. And what was the scandal? According to the left\u2019s fevered imaginations, an American flag was \u201clying on the ground\u201d behind him. That\u2019s the narrative they tried to push \u2014 that Trump, a man who spent his own money erecting flagpoles and who treats the flag with more reverence than half of Washington, would casually leave Old Glory tossed in the dirt.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/rabbitSZN2\/status\/1990331729979351302<\/p>\n
And, right on cue, here\u2019s Newsweek for the pile-on:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek\/status\/1990363513873699182<\/p>\n
They even claimed that they had \u201creached out to the White House\u201d by email after hours \u2014 but instead of waiting for an actual answer, they went ahead and blasted out the claim anyway. Journalism, apparently, now consists of hitting \u201csend\u201d and then immediately publishing whatever narrative you were hoping for.<\/p>\n
And of course, Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36) tried to get in on the act. He attempted to spin the photo into some kind of poetic metaphor, hedging his bets by saying the flag was \u201cnear the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1990499954087866591<\/p>\n
Lieu\u2019s post earned him a well-deserved ratio, with commenters from all sides scolding him for pushing such an absurd narrative.<\/p>\n
Not long after, the Trump Rapid Response team stepped in and shut the whole \u201cfake news\u201d story down \u2014 quickly and decisively \u2014 leaving the left\u2019s latest smear in a pile of rubble:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990463126173585540<\/p>\n
FAKE NEWS (as usual). The beautiful American Flag that was installed by President Trump never touched the ground. It was lowered into a special container out of an abundance of caution during the Marine One landing due to high winds.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can clearly see the staff in the photos handling the flag and the storage container \u2014 plain as day. But despite the visual evidence and the White House\u2019s explanation (which even showed up on Grok), Newsweek still hasn\u2019t updated its story as of Tuesday morning, 10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n
Ted Lieu did get one thing right: yes, the moment is symbolic. But not in the way he hoped. It\u2019s symbolic of the left\u2019s endless obsession with manufacturing any attack on Trump, no matter how flimsy or ridiculous. If they can\u2019t find a scandal, they\u2019ll invent one.<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s another layer of symbolism they conveniently ignore: while Democrats were busy spreading nonsense online, the real story was that the Trump White House was protecting the flag \u2014 even from something as mundane as high winds. That level of care and proactive effort is exactly what you see in Trump\u2019s broader actions, whether it\u2019s securing the border or addressing issues that actually matter to the country.<\/p>\n
While the left chases imaginary scandals, Trump focuses on protecting what\u2019s real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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