The Media’s Silence on Trump’s G7 Embarrassment
I’m up far too early, listening to the news—and once again, the media is dancing around the truth. Donald Trump was laughed out of the G7. Full stop. He showed up with nothing—no substance, no strategy—just the same tired campaign slogans and his worn-out call to let Russia back into the G7, all of which fell flat with world leaders who’ve grown weary of the act
Right on cue, he tried to hijack the headlines by stirring tensions in the Iran-Israel conflict—desperate for a distraction and an excuse to exit early. But here’s what the media won’t say out loud: the G7 leaders are largely aligned on their stance toward Israel, and Trump’s posturing did nothing to shift that consensus. Still, the press swallowed his narrative and ignored the bigger truth—on the world stage, he was a punchline.
Only Michael Steele, on Weeknight, dared to say it plainly.
In a twisted bit of irony, Trump ended up undermining his own Iran-Israel excuse. He lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron over reports that he left the summit to work on a ceasefire. “He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire,” Trump ranted on Truth Social—then, in the same breath, claimed he was aiming for permanent peace. The contradiction says it all.
Macron, meanwhile, may have been trying to save face—or simply feeding the media’s thirst for drama. But in doing so, he handed Trump an out and helped fuel a distraction. His vague gesture toward diplomacy did nothing to shift the substance of the summit. It just created theater—drawing attention to Trump, who had been such a small, diminished figure at the international table. A man who had been ignored became loud, and once again, the media followed the noise instead of the story.
This is yet another painful reminder of how the media fails us—not always in what they report, but in what they choose to ignore. That kind of soft-pedaled coverage is its own form of complicity.
And honestly, it makes me recommend Canadian PM Mark Carney shuts Trump down. TACO wanted to lie more - Carney stuck a sock in it even more. Trump tried to spew more nonsense, and Carney calmly, firmly, shut him down—no grandstanding—just a quiet, devastating reality check. Sometimes leadership looks like someone refusing to let a whiner steal the mic.
