It was beyond the pale that President Donald Trump was subjected to yet another shooting on Saturday. It was allegedly from someone who wrote a manifesto laying out that he was targeting Trump officials. The manifesto was clearly influenced by Democratic narratives against Trump.
What the media should be doing is calling out Democrats on their language that has demonized the president for at least ten years. Instead, as we reported, CBS News' Norah O'Donnell read part of the manifesto to Trump during a "60 Minutes" interview, acting as though he should respond. Trump just lit into her, calling it disgraceful.
President Donald Trump just obliterated Norah O’Donnell on 60 Minutes after she tried to smear POTUS with the vile attacks contained within the WHCD shooter’s manifesto.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 26, 2026
Trump FIGHTS BACK, concluding by calling O’Donnell “disgraceful.”
O’Donnell: The so-called manifesto is a… pic.twitter.com/49xpxzLzcB
Trump also decimated her on another point she raised about the accused shooter, that the suspect went to a "No Kings" protest in California. If you're going to one of those things, you've swallowed the whole false leftist narrative about Trump. Trump had a great, savage response.
"He had attended a 'No Kings' protest in California."@POTUS: "No Kings, yeah... If I was a king, I wouldn't be dealing with you." pic.twitter.com/BN4K1yyAoq
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 26, 2026
"I'm not a king. What I am — if I was a king, I wouldn't be dealing with you," Trump said.
Now, that is objectively hilarious and so true.
The left spreads this nonsense, which has no relation to reality, but media like O'Donnell don't call out the lie. We haven't had a king since the Revolutionary War. Trump has to deal with a constantly hostile media, Congress, and activist courts, unlike a king or a dictator. It's a silly narrative, but this is the kind of thing the left has been pushing for ten years, ginning up unhinged people.
If the Democrats want to look at what a truly oppressive state is like, they should look at the Iranian regime. But they don't want to deal with that reality either.
Now, we see Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) acting in this moment like they haven't been pushing this kind of rhetoric, because they don't want the blame in the wake of the shooting.
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They'll talk about being against violence now and how we all need more unity when the suspect is on the left. Then, after a few days, they'll go right back to demonizing Trump again, just like they did after the prior assassination attempts.
But Trump has incredible resilience, continuing to call out both the Democrats and the media — despite their efforts — and pushing his agenda.
There will never be another president like Trump. https://t.co/wR1UQPVkZC
— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) April 27, 2026
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