{"id":2587984,"date":"2026-04-07T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rupar-trump-obsessed-lib-clip-farmer-gets-glowing-profile-from-one-of-uks-most-prestigious-papers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:54:30","slug":"aaron-rupar-trump-obsessed-lib-clip-farmer-gets-glowing-profile-from-one-of-uks-most-prestigious-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rupar-trump-obsessed-lib-clip-farmer-gets-glowing-profile-from-one-of-uks-most-prestigious-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rupar, Trump-Obsessed Lib Clip Farmer, Gets Glowing Profile From One of UK&#8217;s Most Prestigious Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Faaron-rupar-trump-obsessed-lib-clip-farmer-gets-glowing-profile-from-one-of-uks-most-prestigious-papers%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=2587984&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>&#8211; Aaron Rupar, a Minnesota-based journalist, spends much of his day watching Donald Trump and posting short clips of him, building a large online following as a one-man news presence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Times of London runs a profile titled \u201cThe man who watches Trump all day, every day,\u201d portraying his work as demanding and high-stakes, akin to firefighting or piloting, and emphasizing the psychological pressures involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Rupar describes the workload as grueling at times-long hours and intense focus-but he says he\u2019s managed to stay relatively healthy,though he acknowledges mental health isn\u2019t perfect and that the job can be bleak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece notes his significant reach: more than a million followers on X, nearly a million on Bluesky, and about a quarter of a million Substack subscribers paying around $50 a year, underscoring his financial incentive and influence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Critics within the article argue that his clip-based approach frequently enough presents Trump\u2019s remarks out of broader context, suggesting it serves his audience but may oversimplify or distort the bigger picture of political reporting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The profile discusses the costs of his work on Rupar\u2019s mental health and personal life, while also recognizing the appeal and reach of his coverage, raising questions about the value and ethical implications of a solo, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >clip-driven news model<\/a>.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rupar sits in front of his computer all day and obsesses about the perfidies of President Donald Trump because he feels it&rsquo;s his &ldquo;duty&rdquo; &mdash; not to mention the fact that it&rsquo;s turned him into a left-bubble internet celebrity, and not a poor one at that.<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds pathetic, it is. But don&rsquo;t tell that to what&rsquo;s arguably the U.K.&rsquo;s most prestigious paper, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/us\/american-politics\/article\/aaron-rupar-bluesky-twitter-trump-z02t3dxng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of London<\/a>. No, the headline &ldquo;The man who watches Trump all day, every day&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t sound glamorous, but darned if they don&rsquo;t try their hardest to make it come across like that.<\/p>\n<p>From Monday&rsquo;s piece, which makes his job sound like firefighting or being a combat pilot:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-kounde-maignan-to-miss-denmark-trip-as-frances-injury-list-grows\/\" title=\"Soccer...Kounde, Maignan to miss Denmark trip as France\u2019s injury list grows\">psychological demands<\/a> of Aaron Rupar&rsquo;s work are immense. He counts himself lucky to have remained more or less healthy after a decade in his job.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;I certainly wouldn&rsquo;t say that I&rsquo;m like a model of mental health,&rdquo; says the father-of-two from Minnesota. &ldquo;But for the most part, especially considering what I do and how much time I spend doing it, I think I&rsquo;ve been able to emerge relatively unscathed.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><em>Rupar works from his spare room in his Minneapolis house. His job is to watch President Trump. All day, every day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Spread over two laptop screens, Rupar, 42, follows the frenetic schedule of the president, from the meandering speeches to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-travels-to-ohio-for-infrastructure-speech\/\" title=\"Joe Biden travels to Ohio for infrastructure speech\">impromptu press conferences<\/a>, the middle-of-the-night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> rants to the sudden interviews on TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let me translate that for you: Since 2017, Rupar has basically been sharing short clips of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-media-leak-jeopardized-iran-rescue-threatens-reporter-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> out of a wider context which make him look bad and using them to gain massive followings on X, Bluesky, and Substack.<\/p>\n<p>No shame in that game, of course, said as a man who sits behind a laptop for a greatly more modest living himself, but please don&rsquo;t talk to me about the &ldquo;immense &hellip; psychological demands&rdquo; of a job that can be done in gym shorts and a T-shirt at a desk at home.<\/p>\n<p>But, no, the Times says, &ldquo;Rupar is a one-man news agency&rdquo; who does the invaluable service of cataloguing &rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s noteworthy remarks and shar[ing] them instantly on social media.&rdquo; This, by the way, is what Trump&rsquo;s own people do themselves, or what you can do if you&rsquo;re really interested by turning on the TV.<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t tell that to Rupar, who will tout his self-induced&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/pulitzercenter.org\/stories\/karoshi-deep-look-japans-unforgiving-working-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">karoshi<\/a><\/em>  to anyone who will listen &mdash; in this case, George Grylls, who writes for the Times of London about the grueling service this clip-farm machine is doing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve certainly had some days over the years that have been 18-20 hours of pretty much nonstop work,&rdquo; Rupar says.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I remember he gave some sort of speech to the Korean legislature that started at my time, like four in the morning, that I woke up for. I&rsquo;d been working till midnight the night previous. So that&rsquo;s not super uncommon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The results speak for themselves:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump&rsquo;s discolored, swollen hand as photographed Monday<\/p>\n<p>(Saul Loeb\/AFP via Getty) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MqGk0TpHUV\">pic.twitter.com\/MqGk0TpHUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2041381075071697219?\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump: &ldquo;Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. They are lunatics, and you can&rsquo;t put nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WSyyg2h3sh\">pic.twitter.com\/WSyyg2h3sh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2041176153730216277?\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump: &ldquo;They came in so fast and so hard. &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s go &mdash; bwaaaa!&rsquo; They came one right after another. Not as the same time. They don&rsquo;t want to come at the same time. They had to come right after each other. There was barely any room to land. A tiny little patch of very wet earth.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CLcuuRwsl8\">pic.twitter.com\/CLcuuRwsl8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2041206870845673508?\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Discolored hands! A tiny patch of wet earth! An ironic implication that Trump is actually a lunatic with nukes compared with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/emerging-intel-irans-new-leader-hilarious-painful-may-deathly-apparently-not-smart-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">totally sane mullahs in Iran<\/a>! What would we do without this guy? I mean, except something worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>The service he renders, the Times implies, is that while Trump speaks a lot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-turnout-in-frances-high-stakes-elections-as-support-for-the-far-right-grows-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Strong turnout in France\u2019s high...stakes elections as support for the far right grows ... Washington Examiner\">people don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t pick out the important stuff &mdash; at least to Rupar, whose pull-quotes the Times basically gave uncritical deference to.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-protests-sotu-bad-singing-radical-giraffe-furries-fake-tears-pro-trump-crashers-almost-zero-audience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rupar<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s kind of how people are trained to do political journalism. It&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;OK, what did he say that was newsworthy, what&rsquo;s new?&rsquo; So you kind of pick up those things and convey them to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch his rallies, you see that they&rsquo;re full of hatred, he&rsquo;s lying constantly, and a lot of it is incoherent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s true that he talks to the press a lot,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;But he doesn&rsquo;t really convey meaningful information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So why bother covering it, then? Good question. One is money; Rupar has over a million followers on X, almost a million on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lib-legal-pundit-discovers-poisonous-bluesky-criticism-scotus-conversion-therapy-ruling-wasnt-woke-enough-radicals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluesky<\/a>, and a quarter of a million Substack subscribers who pay him $50 a year.<\/p>\n<p>But he pays a heavy toll for all this, he&rsquo;d like you to know.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think certainly covering this stuff over the last decade has probably negatively affected my mental health just because it&rsquo;s pretty bleak most of the time,&rdquo; Rupar said. &ldquo;But I still get up and feel privileged in some ways to be able to cover historic events for a living. And to have the audience that I have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-hegseth-describes-pilots-miraculous-easter-rescue-terms-godless-biden-admin-wouldnt-dare-utter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some heroes hold a post<\/a>. Others just post as they hold on and wait for their DoorDash order. 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The piece describes his work as demanding and almost firefighting-like, noting Rupar\u2019s own belief that the job imposes real psychological strain, even though he says he remains relatively healthy given the hours he works.<\/p>\n<p>Rupar\u2019s setup and routine are highlighted: he often works from home with multiple laptops, following Trump\u2019s frenetic schedule from speeches to late\u2011night social posts. The Times portrays him as a \u201cone\u2011man news agency\u201d who catalogs notable Trump remarks and disseminates them instantly across X, Bluesky, and Substack, where millions of followers and paying subscribers await his clips. Critics, including some of Trump\u2019s allies, argue that his approach distills statements out of context, yet Rupar defends it by pointing to the sheer amount of information he surfaces and his audience\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes the personal toll of his work, with Rupar acknowledging very long days-sometimes 18-20 hours-and occasional late-night wakeups for coverage. It describes the anti-context critique: even as his clips highlight salienti lines, they can strip away broader meaning. Rupar asserts that, in his view, his work reveals the untruths and outright noise in Trump\u2019s rhetoric, while admitting that rallies can be full of harsh, incoherent content. Financially, his influence is substantial, driven by a large audience and subscriptions, and he says he feels privileged to cover historic events despite the mental health cost. 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