{"id":2405278,"date":"2025-02-21T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-just-took-a-fake-news-reporters-soul-watch-trump-economist-shred-reporters-anti-doge-question-in-7-seconds-flat\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T16:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:21:20","slug":"he-just-took-a-fake-news-reporters-soul-watch-trump-economist-shred-reporters-anti-doge-question-in-7-seconds-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-just-took-a-fake-news-reporters-soul-watch-trump-economist-shred-reporters-anti-doge-question-in-7-seconds-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"He &#8216;Just Took a Fake News Reporter&#8217;s Soul\u2019 &#8211; Watch Trump Economist Shred Reporter\u2019s Anti-DOGE Question in 7 Seconds Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhe-just-took-a-fake-news-reporters-soul-watch-trump-economist-shred-reporters-anti-doge-question-in-7-seconds-flat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the \u2063influence\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-talk-to-me-that-way-dont-ever-talk-to-the-president-that-way-president-trump-slaps-down-media-hack-sets-the-record-straight-on-sham-election-video\/\" title=\"No Respect...&quot;Don&#039;t Talk to Me That Way - DON&#039;T EVER Talk to the President That Way!&quot; - President ... SLAPS DOWN Media Hack - Sets the Record Straight on Sham Election (VIDEO)\">establishment media<\/a> \u2064in supporting government employees\u2063 and the Democratic Party. It highlights a recent interaction between\u2062 Kevin \u200dHassett, Director of the White House\u2063 National Economic Council, and a reporter, \u2062focusing on the dismissal of federal\u2063 employees under the Trump administration.the \u200creporter\u200d posed a question \u2062implying\u2064 that the layoffs were unjustified, \u200dciting feedback from\u200c staff who claimed to have been let go for poor performance \u200bwithout adequate \u2064reviews. Hassett countered \u200bby stating that \u2063it&#8217;s uncommon for employees who are laid \u200coff to admit to poor performance, suggesting a rational and\u2062 analytical approach to these layoffs. The \u2063article critiques the media&#8217;s\u200b portrayal of\u200c federal employees and asserts that government jobs should be evaluated based on their relevance and value to the public, rather \u2062than merely on claims\u200d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-capitol-police-officers-face-disciplinary-action-over-january-6-riot\/\" title=\"Six Capitol Police Officers Face Disciplinary Action Over January 6 Riot\">satisfactory performance<\/a>. it \u200dportrays a conflict between the media&#8217;s sympathy for these employees and the\u200c administration&#8217;s \u200dstance\u2063 on efficiency and accountability in government.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The establishment media relentlessly advocates on behalf of government employees, the Democratic Party&rsquo;s most reliable constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, when they behave like trained Democrat operatives by predictably attacking Elon Musk, owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">social media platform<\/a> X and head of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, which has exposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bringing-receipts-watch-trump-silence-reporters-list-insane-government-waste-even-dont-try-defend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal levels of fraud<\/a> in the federal government, establishment reporters expose themselves as little more than toothless shills for the wealthy and highly-placed establishment criminals who wish to continue the fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip posted to X on Thursday, Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council, responded to a female reporter&rsquo;s lame question by delivering an answer so pithy, so deeply rooted in common sense, and so crushing to the reporter&rsquo;s propaganda-related objective that, in the words of at least one X user, &ldquo;he took her soul.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you&rsquo;re saying that everybody who&rsquo;s being let go was doing a bad job?&rdquo; the reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>In his heroic quest to destroy the unelected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/operation-mockingbird-doge-exposing-deep-state-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep state<\/a>, Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-delivers-crushing-blow-biden-era-us-attorneys-must-clean-house-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissed<\/a> throngs&nbsp;of federal employees.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m saying that we&rsquo;re studying every agency and deciding who to let go and why,&rdquo; Hassett replied. &ldquo;And we&rsquo;re doing so very rationally, with a lot of support from analysis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That did not satisfy the reporter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because we&rsquo;re being told by a lot of people who have been let go at other agencies that they were told they were being dismissed because of poor performance, when in some cases they haven&rsquo;t even had a performance review yet, because they&rsquo;ve only been on the job a couple of months.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then came the economist&rsquo;s soul-stealing reply.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, I&rsquo;ve never seen a person who was laid off for poor performance say that they were performing poorly,&rdquo; a smiling Hassett said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, White House press secretary and rising MAGA star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-karoline-leavitt-drops-bombshell-statistic-joe-biden-will-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> clearly approved.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Good point,&rdquo; Leavitt said as she returned to the podium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THIS IS BRUTAL! Trump&rsquo;s economy guy, Kevin Hassett, just took a fake news reporter&rsquo;s soul.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: &ldquo;People who have been let go at other agencies that they were told they were being dismissed because of poor performance when in some cases they haven&rsquo;t even had a performance&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19nZq0pCnz\">pic.twitter.com\/19nZq0pCnz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1892648776017559553?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The reporter&rsquo;s question, of course, implied sympathy toward federal employees. &ldquo;How dare you dismiss these people who have reliably informed me of their excellent qualities?&rdquo; she effectively asked Hassett.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, some of those employees might qualify as good people.<\/p>\n<p>That does not mean, however, that their government jobs, or even the agencies for which they worked, should exist forever.<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, people in and around Washington, D.C., have grown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doge-investigate-bureaucrats-become-wealthy-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filthy rich<\/a>. Since they create nothing of value, they amass their wealth only by confiscating resources belonging to American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>That fact alone means that to justify their existence, those bureaucrats must do more than simply assert satisfactory job performance.<\/p>\n<p>If the sovereign people decide that government jobs or entire agencies no longer serve the public interest, then those jobs and agencies must go. And the sovereign people, in voting for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bannon-predicts-trump-will-destroy-deep-state-first-100-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, made that very decision.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, establishment reporters may continue to fill their lame questions with phony expressions of pathos for well-off government employees. It will make no difference.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Democrats and the establishment media have played their game of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgust-jd-vance-eviscerates-democrat-attempting-cancel-doge-employee-lengthy-takedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emotional manipulation<\/a> one too many times. It no longer works. 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When they act like partisan operatives by attacking Elon Musk, who owns the social media platform X and leads President Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency\u2014an entity that has revealed significant fraud within the federal government\u2014they reveal themselves as mere mouthpieces for wealthy establishment figures seeking to maintain their fraudulent practices. In a recent clip shared on X, Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council, responded to a reporter&#8217;s weak question with an answer so insightful and grounded in common sense that it left her speechless. The reporter asked if everyone being let go was performing poorly. Hassett clarified that they are evaluating each agency carefully before making decisions about layoffs. The reporter pressed further, citing claims from dismissed employees about poor performance reviews despite their short tenure. Hassett&#8217;s sharp retort was memorable: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen someone laid off for poor performance say they were performing poorly,&#8221; which drew approval from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The reporter&#8217;s question suggested sympathy for federal workers; however, just because some may be good individuals doesn&#8217;t mean their positions or agencies should remain indefinitely if they&#8217;re not serving public interests effectively\u2014a sentiment echoed by voters who supported Trump\u2019s agenda for change. Thus, establishment reporters can continue to feign concern for well-off government employees without any real impact; their emotional appeals have lost effectiveness over time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-economist-takes-reporters-soul-.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[23466,13123,34247,3634,33462],"class_list":["post-2405278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doge","tag-economics","tag-fake-news","tag-trump","tag-viral-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-economist-takes-reporters-soul-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405278"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405282,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405278\/revisions\/2405282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}