The mainstream media has officially entered a state of terminal cope. In their latest attempt to link Donald Trump to every single controversial figure on the internet, liberal journalists are crying tears of absolute outrage over reports that the Trump family might have crossed paths with the Tate brothers. According to a massive, pearl-clutching piece in the New Yorker by Heidi Blake, the "Tate and Trump circles" have apparently overlapped at Mar-a-Lago. Oh, the absolute horror of people breathing the same air at a resort in Palm Beach. It is the ultimate form of media brain rot, transforming a standard social club into a sinister headquarters.

The media is absolutely convinced that the Trump administration operated as a personal legal shield for the Top G and his brother Tristan. Blake claims that the administration intervened last year to save the Tates from their legal woes in Romania. Because obviously, the entire apparatus of the United States government has nothing better to do than micromanage the legal affairs of two kickboxers-turned-influencers in Eastern Europe. It’s peak fan-fiction from the corporate press, designed to satisfy the endless demand for right-wing conspiracy theories.

The crown jewel of this entire media circus is a text message from January 2025, dug up by the New York Times. In the text, Andrew Tate boasts: "I had word from The Trump admin that theyre on top of things. Ive been told ill be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami." Imagine taking the hype-man texts of Andrew Tate as literal, sworn administrative policy. The man is a master of internet self-promotion, yet the media treats his private messages like they are official executive orders. It is a masterclass in how easily the mainstream press can be baited.

To make things even funnier, the media is absolutely obsessed with the idea that Don Jr. and Barron Trump are secretly best friends with Tate. The NYT went out of its way to report on these "cultivated friendships," only to get hit with a massive reality check. The White House flatly told the Times they had nothing to do with Tate's legal problems, and the Tates' own lawyer called the Barron rumors "fake news." But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good narrative about a right-wing super-group taking over the world?

Of course, no liberal hit piece is complete without bringing up Jeffrey Epstein. The media desperately tries to equate Tate with Epstein, arguing that both represent some kind of supreme threat to humanity. They claim Epstein was an 80s relic obsessed with elite grooming, while Tate is the final boss of the "manosphere" who dehumanizes women online. Trump has already denounced Epstein a million times, but the media keeps trying to force the connection anyway, hoping something, anything, will stick to the wall.