President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Kellogg Arena, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

As my colleague Jen Van Laar reported, President Donald Trump has been tweeting a lot of support to the protesters in Iran, as well as warning the government not to hurt them — that the “world is watching.”

To the brave, long-suffering people of Iran: I’ve stood with you since the beginning of my Presidency, and my Administration will continue to stand with you. We are following your protests closely, and are inspired by your courage.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2020

The government of Iran must allow human rights groups to monitor and report facts from the ground on the ongoing protests by the Iranian people. There can not be another massacre of peaceful protesters, nor an internet shutdown. The world is watching.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2020

Trump was referencing the massacre in November in which reportedly 1500 people protesting the Iranian government were killed.

Trump also tweeted out another warning today to the mullahs and the IRGC.

To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching. Turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free! Stop the killing of your great Iranian people!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2020

Now, who could find anything objectionable about rendering support to such brave protesters in the face of the viciousness of the regime?

Here comes NY Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman.

“Let reporters roam free” says the president, who routinely refers to the US press as “enemy of the people,” to Iranian leaders. https://t.co/zTtSdiOyDj

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 12, 2020

Wow. Doesn’t this say everything you need to know about our press today?

The folks in Iran are literally risking their lives, but for Haberman, it’s all about her and her cronies back here and the fact that Trump is mean to them.

Pro tip? This isn’t about you or your TDS; it’s about reporting, objectively, on what’s actually going on there, not making it all about you.

But is Trump throwing reporters in jail? Gunning them down in the streets? Doing anything even approaching Iran? Answer: no.

He criticized fake news which has been a torrent against him in liberal media. They’ve been completely free to attack him and they have, constantly, since before he was elected. Indeed, many of them spent the past three years spreading the Russia collusion hoax.

We will note they had no issue with Barack Obama actually spying on reporters and going after them for reporting. Because Democrat.

Haberman is so lacking in self-awareness she doesn’t see that her own tweet attacking Trump shows how silly her point is. No one is stopping her or others from “reporting” in any way, even if that reporting is biased or false.

Many reporters seem to have made everything about their TDS, even troubles with Iran, without caring about the consequences of what they say or caring that it can be used as Iranian propaganda.

Finally, if I recall, there was even a reporter during the 2016 campaign, mentioned in the Wikileaks emails, who was referred to as someone who was good to go to “tee up” stories for the Democrats. I wonder who that was….

Are you seriously comparing Trump to the Iranian government literally silencing their media?

Get a grip.

— The 🐰 FOO (@PolitiBunny) January 12, 2020

I’m sure it is tough to be under house arrest in your luxury loft. I am glad you were able to sneak this tweet out under such dangerous circumstances.

— Kyle Beckley (@Kyle_Beckley) January 12, 2020

Thank you for calling this out. Trump’s mean tweets about journalists are exactly like the Iranian government imprisoning and torturing journalists

— eyes of tj eckleburg (@dsonoiki) January 12, 2020

“We have a very good relationship with Maggie Haberman of Politico over the last year. We have had her tee up stories for us before and have never been disappointed.” pic.twitter.com/Unbg9CHsWn

— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) January 12, 2020

HT: Twitchy