other98 Fox News has completed its transformation into full state propaganda, and this weekend they got caught red-handed. On Saturday, March 8th, trump attended the dignified transfer of six soldiers killed in Kuwait during Operation Epic Fury, his ongoing war with Iran. He showed up wearing a white "USA" baseball cap with gold lettering, straight from his own $55 merch line, and never took it off. No other U.S. president has ever worn a baseball cap during a dignified transfer. While other networks aired the real footage, Fox News played old video from a completely different ceremony so their audience would never have to reckon with what their guy actually did.
Fox News later admitted on air that they
"inadvertently aired video from an older dignified transfer instead of the ceremony that took place yesterday," calling it a mistake. Twice. On two separate programs. The backlash was immediate and crossed party lines. California Governor Gavin Newsom called trump a "disgusting little man," and former RNC chairman Michael Steele blasted him for having "absolutely no sense of dignity or appreciation for the moment."
This isn't just bad optics for trump, it's a revealing moment for Fox News. Social media users accused the network of blatantly disrespecting dead troops just to make trump look better, and honestly, it's hard to argue otherwise. A network that spent years policing Obama's tan suit just quietly swapped out footage of a commander in chief wearing campaign merchandise at one of the military's most solemn ceremonies. The soldiers deserved better. So did the viewers Fox News spent years telling they were getting the truth.
