The Damage Report with John Iadarola
Sep 22, 2026 · 50 min · 8 segments
Trump’s press ban is already backfiring on him. Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump when it comes to the war. The Trump administration is pushing back on reports on the depletion of…
John IadarolaHost
I don't know if I've ever seen a Trump decision blow up in his face faster than his decision to ban the press from the White House.
[machine roaring] Yeah, there...
Okay, so there is no microphone because, there's no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there, so maybe, uh, Tim, this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit.
Um, pick up on or some of the things Michael was saying, and, um, obviously the ramifications are right here.
Can't hear what the president's saying.
Just, um, you know, like entirely, like we can't hear what he's saying, which is an improvement admittedly.
Credit to Newsmax, by the way, for participating [laughs] in this sort of boycott that's going on.
But I saw that and I thought, have you ever heard the theory that there's two deaths that every person suffers? There's when you die, and then the last time someone thinks of you after you've died.
I think there's a third death for Donald Trump, and that's when he talks but nobody can hear him anymore [laughs].
When nobody's paying attention to every stupid thought that comes out of his mind, that's the first death.
But, uh, yeah, not, not having the pool cameras, not having the mics makes it harder to do whatever stupid stunt he was doing.
And, uh, he later on had more of these meetings, a military spouse commission meeting, uh, that they streamed with an audio only disclaimer because, again, the cameras aren't there because you said you don't want them.
C- C- sorry, C-SPAN said, "We urge the Trump administration to reverse its decision and immediately restore White House access to CNN, MS Now, and Politico.
C-SPAN stands in solidarity with our colleagues as they seek to simply do the work that America's Constitution guarantees them the freedom to do, and upon which our democracy depends." So C-SPAN standing in solidarity.
I don't know if I've ever seen a Trump decision blow up in his face faster than his decision to ban the press from the White House.
[machine roaring] Yeah, there...
Okay, so there is no microphone because, there's no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there, so maybe, uh, Tim, this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit.
Um, pick up on or some of the things Michael was saying, and, um, obviously the ramifications are right here.
Can't hear what the president's saying.
Just, um, you know, like entirely, like we can't hear what he's saying, which is an improvement admittedly.
Credit to Newsmax, by the way, for participating [laughs] in this sort of boycott that's going on.
But I saw that and I thought, have you ever heard the theory that there's two deaths that every person suffers? There's when you die, and then the last time someone thinks of you after you've died.
I think there's a third death for Donald Trump, and that's when he talks but nobody can hear him anymore [laughs].
When nobody's paying attention to every stupid thought that comes out of his mind, that's the first death.
But, uh, yeah, not, not having the pool cameras, not having the mics makes it harder to do whatever stupid stunt he was doing.
And, uh, he later on had more of these meetings, a military spouse commission meeting, uh, that they streamed with an audio only disclaimer because, again, the cameras aren't there because you said you don't want them.
C- C- sorry, C-SPAN said, "We urge the Trump administration to reverse its decision and immediately restore White House access to CNN, MS Now, and Politico.
C-SPAN stands in solidarity with our colleagues as they seek to simply do the work that America's Constitution guarantees them the freedom to do, and upon which our democracy depends." So C-SPAN standing in solidarity.
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