Poor Lesley Stahl, bless her Trump-loathing heart. 

The veteran CBS News reporter not only doesn't see a way out of the horrors visited upon America by President Donald Trump; she's also "kind of down" as a result.

Please.

The CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent appears in a fearmongering PBS special, titled "How Much Executive Power Is Too Much? Breaking the Deadlock: A Power Play," which masquerades as an in-depth look at the executive powers of the presidency.

Yes, gang — without reading another word, you can already tell that the dumpster-fire special is simply another hit piece on Trump in which he's portrayed as a threat to democracy.

Did I mention that Trump is hypothetically portrayed by fictional "President Powerton?" Yeah. More of your tax dollars "at work," my fellow freedom-loving Americans.

As reported by NewsBusters, after the ridiculous hit job leads viewers to a foregone conclusion that Americans should fear and reject drunk-with-power "President Powerton,” moderator Aaron Tang asks Stahl and the other panelists:

One last question: folks, is there any reason for hope?

Seriously? What — as if Lesley Stahl was going to enthusiastically answer: "Why sure there is! President Trump is not only a great American, he deeply cares about all Americans! You'll see!" 

Again, please.

Here's how Stahl actually responded:

I am not hopeful. I look at all our institutions, all of which have lost the respect of the American people. I worry about the future of democracy, obviously. And, I don't see a path out. So, I'm kind of down.

Oh, horse pucky.

With due [ahem] respect, out-of-touch-with-reality Stahl is neither worried about the future of democracy nor is she "down."

Lemme rephrase that: If Stahl is down, what she's down about is Trump's continuing successes in direct contrast with the current state of the radicalized, TDS-riddled Democrat Party.

At another point in the program, Stahl spewed: “America is crumbling because of this president.” 

Raise your hand if you think Ms. Stahl provides a single example or a shred of evidence to back her hyperbolically nonsensical claim. Of course she didn't — just like she didn't present an example of a single institution losing the respect of the American people under Trump.

On the contrary, Ms. Stahl, American institution after American institution has regained the respect of the American people after four disastrous years of the Biden-Harris administration. 

From the U.S. Armed Services to the CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) to the FBI and the U.S. State Department, patriotic Americans are once again proud of our institutions — and the direction the country is headed under President Trump.

Oh, I almost forgot: arrogant-to-the-max Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), also a panelist, declared: 

The president thinks every single thing he does is justified, just because he won an election – he’s wrong.

Goldman is a former assistant U.S. attorney who led the first clown-car impeachment of Trump.

While the silly program claims to examine the limits of presidential authority, it instead presents a hypothetical series of events in which Trump surrogate “President Powerton” attempts to defy a Supreme Court ruling striking down one of his executive orders:

1. President Powerton issues an executive order canceling a “green,” farm grant, without which farmers will go bankrupt and lose their farms.
2. A state attorney general sues the president, challenging Pres. Powerton’s authority to cancel the grant.
3. A court rules Pres. Powerton can’t cancel the grant checks – so the president tries to bribe a member of his administration to stop the payments, anyway.
4. The Supreme Court strikes down Pres. Powerton’s executive order when he appeals the decision.
5. Pres. Powerton looks to defy the Supreme Court’s ruling.
6. Powerton orders the U.S. attorney general to find dirt on the state attorney general who sued him, then fires the AG when he refuses to prosecute.
7. When the state attorney wins a Senate seat, a Powerton supporter tries to kill him, gravely injuring the senator-elect.
8. After the would-be assassin is convicted of felony assault, Pres. Powerton decides to pardon him, despite being advised not to, by members of his administration.

Truly sad. 

Sophomoric, for sure — but also sad that even PBS would stoop to such a pathetic low. Moreover, the thinly veiled shot at Trump clearly demonstrates how the taxpayer-supported "news" outlet sees its snooty yet intentionally low-information viewers. 

Then again:

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Hilarious for sure, but sad, just the same.

Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie.  

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