‘What’s Going On’ With Drudge?: Trump Privately Seethes Over Impeachment Coverage

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President Trump is privately growing concerned about the escalation in negative coverage he’s seen plastered on what is widely considered one of the most steadfast conservative websites in the business: the Drudge Report.

According to the Daily Beast, since Democrats launched their impeachment effort in September, Trump has been privately asking friends and allies “what’s going on” with the Drudge Report and has even complained about the site seeming “so anti-Trump” lately. In recent weeks the Drudge Report has populated headlines that are seemingly unflattering for Trump and that boost explosive coverage of the impeachment inquiry.

Trump in recent weeks has even employed his senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner to “look into” what’s going on with Drudge’s aggregated coverage. Drudge and Kushner have reportedly had a friendly relationship for years, but it’s unclear if Kushner has actually leveraged that relationship to push positive headlines for Trump. Impeachment news coverage is where Drudge thrives, after skyrocketing to media success after it broke news of the impeachment inquiry into former President Bill Clinton.

As the Daily Beast points out, Trump’s growing obsession over coverage of the impeachment inquiry may signal he’s growing concerned about how the Senate will handle an impeachment trial if the House sends over articles. Trump’s also been complaining in private for weeks that Senate Republicans haven’t done enough to show public support for him.

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  1. Trump’s also been complaining in private for weeks that Senate Republicans haven’t done enough to show public support for him.

    Hey Sen. Kennedy you gotta up your game.
    Lindsey you’ve been farting around, get with the investigation, chop chop.

  2. God, I’m so sick of his Narcissistic Personality Disorder shit. Every day, there’s at least one minute when I feel like I might vomit.

    Yes, Donnie, it’s all a big plot. He owes you infinite loyalty because you are you. He is being very, very disloyal after you were very nice to him. He must have something against you. Not possible he’s running a headline aggregation business that depends on clicks for money and your impeachment generates the clicks. Because you, and only you, are entitled to ratings. The best ratings.

    And Democrats, if you ever see someone running for the nomination who has never taken the blame for anything, never apologized for anything, is always right, and says everything is a big conspiracy against him/her, you know now not to vote for him or her right? No matter how much you think you like his or her positions, you now know how to recognize NPD and realize it is disqualifying, right?

  3. has the abomination threatened Matt with jail yet? it’s the fascist thing to do, l’il donnie - so get on with it.

  4. Impeachment news coverage is where Drudge thrives, after skyrocketing to media success after it broke news of the impeachment inquiry into former President Bill Clinton.

    Well, that doesn’t seem like an accurate statement. Drudge arose from Clinton’s impeachment. That doesn’t mean his (right-wing) readers want to read about Trump’s.

  5. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    I agree… what’s going on with Drudge… I find it very hard to believe that they are taking a more principled stance than the rest of the GOP. I guess they are becoming part of the liberal media now.

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