Midnight in the Laptop of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Laptop of Good and Evil

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S REPUDIATION OF NORAH O’DONNELL IS LONG OVERDUE

TRUMP CRUSHED HER, JOE BIDEN, AND D.C.’S PATHETIC SWAMP JOURNOS DURING AN UNFORGETTABLE SEGMENT OF “60 MINUTES”

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Mike McCormick
Apr 28, 2026
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President Donald Trump made it clear in his interview with Norah O’Donnell that aired on CBS Sunday night and that has rocketed virally around the world in a variety of video clips that payback is a you know what.

And while it seemed to some that he was excessively derogatory with her, a prominent, American female journalist, he wasn’t. Not by a long shot. Given her lengthy, personal, and overtly protective relationship with Joe Biden, Norah O’Donnell was due everything Trump gave her. And more.

Here’s O’Donnell’s first and worst blunder for which Trump punished her ruthlessly. No quarter given, no quarter asked.

This White House-produced X post garnered 2 million views in just over 24 hours. Several other clips of that interview have gone massively viral. In each, Trump is tough, effective, and unyielding. In other words, he has already boosted his approval ratings far more than any pollsters expected. Listen to the panicking Dems howl as their midterm hopes go poof.

Best of all, Trump and his comms team knew all along that Norah O’Donnell was their perfect patsy, and, boom, she walked right into it.

This a juicy story that began in Joe Biden’s swimming pool over 10 years ago, which means I’m putting a lot of it behind a paywall. So, here’s your chance to upgrade. Go ahead, hit that button.

Now, here’s an old White House photo of Joe Biden from back in his days as vice president rollicking around his Naval Observatory pool at a discreet event he hosted for select D.C. journos. It even had a name, The Biden Beach Boardwalk Bash. They held it every June. The White House visitor logs recorded every visitor by name—adults and children.

This photo was one of many posted on the West Wing walls by Joe’s photographer. That’s how I found out about it, as I was never invited. Not that I ever wanted to go to Joe Biden’s pool party. But D.C.’s poser journos sure did, especially with their kids in tow.

And guess which caustic, anti-Trump, Democrat operative posing as a journalist was there regularly with her children? Well, yes, that would be Norah O’Donnell, whom I have witnessed cooing to Biden about how much fun her kids had at his pool party. That occurred as I was sitting in the room with them just before, I believe, the interview pictured below.

That was back when I worked as his stenographer. And by the way, Joe knew how much it meant for his relationship with the press to pal around with the kids of Norah O’Donnell, Jim Avila, Chuck Todd, Jake Tapper, and dozens more. Biden would often say things like: “You do something for my kids, I’m in your debt forever.” Well, Joe Biden did something for these journalists and their kids, and what did he get in return? The most accommodating, anti-Trump news coverage D.C. has ever seen.

And it wasn’t just Joe. Hunter was there with his wife and kids. Beau was there with his wife and kids (until his death in May 2015, which canceled that year’s pool party.) Ashley, her husband, Jill, Tony Blinken, the rest of Joe’s senior staffers—they were all there schmoozing with the press (though never with folks from Fox or conservative outlets).

Now do you see how he got all of that forgiving, benevolent press coverage for him and Hunter to get past the election steal, past the inquiries about the laptop, past Joe’s crimes, past his diminished capacity, and past the veracity of his lawfare attacks on Trump?

That was D.C. Democrat-biased media at its worst, perpetrated by the same creeps who were cowering under tables in the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. They loved Joe and O. They hate Trump.

The worst of the lot (or best if you’re a Biden supporter) was Norah O’Donnell. Trump knew that. Pop in behind the paywall and I’ll show exactly why she deserved every word of that exquisite clobbering he gave her, though I must warn you: Some of the images I have recovered will be extremely upsetting.

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