The Washington press corps is experiencing a collective meltdown, and the reason why might surprise you — President Donald Trump is having the time of his life, and the media can’t stand it.
To be sure, President Trump is stone-cold serious about the solemn responsibility of leading the American people. When the occasion calls for it, Trump is a tough negotiator and an uncompromising defender of his America First principles.
But that doesn’t mean he can’t enjoy the job. Democrats and the media, who view it as their top responsibility to make Trump miserable, have only allowed his good humor to make them miserable instead.
At the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16, for instance, Trump took a few laps in “The Beast,” becoming the first sitting president to cruise the track in the custom-built, highly secure Cadillac limousine. A week earlier, Trump also made history as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, bringing his trademark enthusiasm to America’s biggest sporting event – while taking a moment to declare the first “Gulf of America Day” on his way to New Orleans.
And that’s exactly what drives his critics crazy— the sight of a president who treats these appearances less like obligations and more like celebrations. They’re not just presidential appearances; they’re patriotic spectacles, and nobody knows how to work a crowd quite like Trump.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt captured the essence of the media’s frustration perfectly. Speaking on a recent episode of the “Ruthless” podcast, she noted that reporters are “having a hard time” watching an administration that’s “genuinely having so much fun.”
That fun doesn’t stop at sporting events. During one Executive Order signing in the Oval Office, Trump tossed out “TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!” hats — reminiscent of the MAGA hat he typically wears — to the same legacy press that has been losing its mind over the president’s new media approach.
The White House press corps is in an uproar over the Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of traditional media access, with legacy journalists claiming the new approach threatens press freedom. The administration’s move involves expanding press access beyond the traditional Washington media elite, bringing in outlets that represent a broader cross-section of America.
But for a Washington media complex built on manufactured drama and carefully parsed statements, this is nothing short of an existential threat.
One of Trump’s strongest relationships – perhaps even a genuine friendship – in Washington is with Elon Musk. The press is desperately trying to manufacture division between the two to derail their shared mission of cutting government waste. Yet the Trump-Musk partnership remains as airtight as ever, much to the media’s mounting frustration.
Trump’s genuine enjoyment of being back in the Oval Office is infectious. According to Leavitt, the reason for the positive vibes emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is simple: this administration isn’t just a group of coworkers — it’s a rock-solid team that’s been through the fire together.
“The president had faced so much adversity throughout his entire political tenure,” Leavitt explained.
The team’s camaraderie was forged through shared challenges, especially during the most recent campaign cycle and sitting in a “dirty Manhattan courtroom” while the left waged unsuccessful lawfare on Trump.
According to Leavitt, the team is working 15-18-hour days and loving every minute of it.
Behind closed doors, Trump’s well-known sense of humor keeps the mood light even during intense moments. Leavitt says his staff doesn’t just tolerate their boss. They genuinely like being around him.
“It was great to be part of that campaign, and now we went from campaigning to governing. And we’re actually doing what the president said he was going to do, and it’s so incredible to watch that come to life,” Leavitt said. “But I also have grown to know him as a person, and seeing what he is like personally — He’s the best boss. He is so uplifting of everybody who works for him. Always flattering everybody with praise and you see that publicly too.”
This reality conflicts with every story the D.C. press corps knows how to write. They’ve tried, and failed, at the palace intrigue angle. They’ve speculated about discord among staff. But they don’t have a template for covering a White House where the president cracks jokes during Cabinet meetings and his team actually looks forward to coming to work.
“That’s just how he is and that’s true like in front of the cameras and when the cameras are off,” Leavitt said. “He tells it like it is. And he is hilarious. He’s truly one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.”
Trump’s energy and enthusiasm are a welcome change from a Biden administration which lacked any of the confidence, charisma, and optimism that has characterized the electrifying start to Trump’s second term. While career politicians treat governance like a somber chore, President Trump has shown that running the country can be fun.
Trump is unafraid to enjoy the responsibility of the presidency — a blueprint for what real leaders should be.
Sarah Katherine Sisk is a senior at Hillsdale College pursuing a degree in Economics and Journalism. You can follow her on X @SKSisk76.
MSM MELTDOWN!!!! You gotta to love it. Go Pres. Trump and company.
Yes, the MSM hates the fact that President Trump is accomplishing so much, and the Democrat politicians in D.C. currently seem powerless to do anything about it. Short of the ludicrous display the Democrats put on at the President’s address to Congress last week or the threatened shutdown of the federal government by the Democrats in a few days. Even though what is essentially on the table is a clean CR, which is what the Democrats have always demanded and cheered for. None the less, that is the best the Democrats can muster in Washington.
It should be noted that the MSM hasn’t just been sitting on their hands through the meltdown of the Democrats on Capitol Hill. The MSM has been carrying out a carefully crafted and well-orchestrated fear mongering campaign since the President was sworn in this past January. It centers around the extreme over-hyping of the President’s tariffs. Both CNBC and Bloomberg, as well as FOX to a somewhat lesser extent, have been bringing in every major Democrat financial supporter on Wall Street to try and create a narrative of certain doom and gloom that will hopefully trigger a major panic sell-off of the markets in order to try and undermine the public’s support for Trump and his overall policies. Then the MSM runs nightly stories on what we can jokingly call news these days emphasizing the threat of looming tariffs.
The MSM first creates the story, the narrative they wish to sell to the public, and then they echo that story endlessly hoping to create the desired chaos to give Democrats an opening they can take advantage of. The American people have to be smart enough to recognize the Democrats and the MSM can attack from all sorts of angles to achieve their goals.
a president with a brain and a quiet first lady!
I am so happy that Trump is our President and his staff like working with him, not like these Democrats who are making life miserable.
Watching the demon-crat turncoats & their media flunkies implode is armchair entertainment at its best!
The difference between the Trump administration and the Biden regime. Trump has a team in his cabinet people. They all work together are open and honest in their communication. Biden was a lying ego driven controlled regime. Every day Trump is talking to the press. Where was Biden. When we did see him it was a staged event with advanced questions being answered via que cards or teleprompter. And you still didn’t understand what he said. It was always the former administration is at fault. Or I inherited this or Trump is Hitler and his followers Nazis. Now Americans find out that the Biden administration he was Hitler and his followers Nazis. DOGE has exposed Biden and the deep state what they were up to. Destroy America and get rich themselves. If you have nothing to hide you are happy. It takes work to cover up lies.
Everyone can see what a great leader and motivator Trump truly is and the Left hates it!
Yes what he’s doing is scary, but he also said there will be pain initially.
Businesses hopefully will come back to America. We do need to upgrade our infrastructure for electricity and also be able to deal with our fossil fuels in a positive, responsible way in addition to steel manufacturing once again. M Those three items are preventing America from cashing in on our resources.
I am confident Trump will find a way.
It’s so great to have a pro-America president again, except for Trump , all we have had , after Reagan , were soros-socialist NWO agenda goaled criminals that intentionally never benefitted America ! Bush 41 even bragged about the coming NWO in 2 speeches !
The detox is painful for government et al who’ve been addicted to our money for decades…
With all of the hate spewers and wacko demonstrations from the far left, all I think is let them keep it up. They really do not understand that the way they are behaving now is exactly why they were defeated in November. So, I say let them continue down this path because it will keep the Republicans in office for a while. And as far as DOGE, many of these haters of Trump are simply afraid their corruption is going to be uncovered and ended.
It’s fun watching President Trump, his staff, and some of the Republican senators and representatives putting the lying Pravda lamestream media in its place, which is the bottom of a cesspool. MAGA!!!!!
All we’re hearing about is tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. Distraction from the literal TRILLIONS of OUR tax dollars defrauded, wasted, LAUNDERED BACK TO POLS & THEIR FAMILY/FRIENDS (STOLEN OUTRIGHT) that DOGE is digging up. We are getting HARD EVIDENCE of what we knew; how these snakes all get so rich on Congressional salaries.
Imagine working in a place where everyone is actually a team! What a great boss!
And I LOVE seeing Democ-RAT’s whining about everything! 🙂
Such a refreshing change from the nightmare that was the Biden administration. God Bless the President TRUMP and his DREAM TEAM! Make America GREAT Again!
What is needed is indictments, arrests, convictions and long prison times for the radical liberal politicians who caused these illegal actions, including crooked joe and bin obama!!
If only the media were so attentive and vigilant to try to find out how the billions of dollars disappeared into the thin air, poof now you see it now you don’t. If only the media insisted those responsible for disappearance were forced to answer the mystery. That would be the true journalism, had not that in ages.Can’t imagine anyone listening to or watching the tripe
Trump and musk got wealthy by providing tangible things to consumers and now work for free. The Clintons, Pelosi, the Bidens all got wealthy by supplying NOTHING tangible to help anyone but rather though chicanery! Exactly WHO has the better record of helping all Americans?
Watching President Trump up for Making America Great Again is site to see!
Understand that Trump has to end the spending of trillions of monies overly spent to save America. He also must realize that some of these actions will have the reversal effect and think more for economy rather than getting rid of the past personnel who are responsible.
the media–and lots of other folks–don’t understand his maneuvering. He’s enjoying the game. He waves the stick around and gets folks to do what he wants. Fun to watch, and listen to the fools show that they are.
Winning is so much fun, you could get used to it. Let the left whine, that seems to be all they’re good at.
The more liberal heads EXPLODE the better the world becomes. And it’s SO ENJOYABLE AND ENTERTAINING to watch these lying, corrupt, ignorantly arrogant, America-hating, crime-loving idiots, curse, whine, moan, groan, scream, and make ABSOLUTE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES ‘TRYING’ to sing (deaf people are blessed here), and ‘ATTEMPT’ TO DANCE (blind people are blessed here), thinking (which they NEVER DO), that all this insanity will sway voters to come back to their Commie party, that is flat-lining while laying on the ash pile of FAILURE.
Now pray that he gets real wise and mature Christian spritual mentors, instead of the charlatons he currently has.
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Look up in the sky! Is it a missile or lightning amidst the storm? No, it’s MAGA Man who has just won the Tariff War with Canada and started lowering the price of eggs! He’s already accomplished so much in so little time with his superhuman efforts and his cabinet the JFA (Justice For Americans!) and he’s only just getting warmed up!
rise of the kkk
taking away freedom
helping diseases spread
job killing tariffs
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trump accomplishments
higher inflation
higher unemployment
lowet stock market
j6 insurrectionists pardoned so they can commit more crimes
everybody should note that the author goes to the most extreme far right school is the nation
Trump is our Jeroboam II. 2 Kings:14.
This crazy guy,who likes getting into fights with people and countries,is going to bring down this country.
You mentioned the Daytona 500,the Super Bowl, the Gulf of America, and other fun things. The border is more secure now than it’s ever been, and DOGE is finding all kinds of waste and fraud. All good things. And the MSM is negative about all of it. And I don’t care what the conservative talking heads say, the MSM is alive, well, and spreading more lies than ever. I can watch Fox and any of the talk shows and they will all tell me how good everything is. Well, it isn’t! Stocks have lost 4 trillion (T) in value in just the last 3 weeks. 401k’s are tanking and people are livid with no real end in sight. Ontario will now tax electricity sent to the U.S. Trump says he will raise tariffs to Canada, etc, etc. The power struggles continue while people are losing money every day, and the MSM is using it to the max. That’s what people care about, what’s happening now! No one knows when it will end and the negative impacts it will have in the meantime. What’s worse is when it does end, how long will it take to recover? One year, three, five?? Who knows. But even with all of the positives, Trump is not the magician he thinks he is. We may have just lost the 2026 mid terms.