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Reagan Reese’s Daily Caller sit-down with President Trump in early September wasn’t just another routine Oval Office walk-through — it was the moment the president decided to use art to make a point. While showing the new “Presidential Wall of Fame,” Trump told Reese they planned to hang a photo of an autopen where Joe Biden’s portrait would normally go, a cheeky but calculated symbol to highlight the questions that never got straight answers from the left. That revelation came straight out of the Daily Caller transcript, and it set the tone for the media tantrum that followed.
When the gallery was unveiled weeks later, the White House followed through: pictures of past presidents lined the colonnade, and where Biden’s framed likeness belonged there hung a photo of an autopen signing his name. The stunt was precisely what the left expected to get outraged about, and outrage they delivered — but the American people deserve plain talk, not sanctimonious lecture. The photographs and coverage made clear that this wasn’t a rumor but a deliberate choice by the administration.
Reagan Reese found herself at the center of a story the mainstream press had downplayed for years, and that has made the liberal media squirm. Reporters who once ignored or buried probing questions about Biden’s handling of his duties were suddenly lecturing about decorum while missing the bigger point: accountability. Those outlets scrambled to condemn the Trump display, but their outrage looks a lot like the flailing of a press corps caught stealing yesterday’s headlines from scrappy conservative reporters who actually go get the story.
This isn’t just theater; Republicans on Capitol Hill have been asking hard questions about autopen usage for months, and a GOP-led House Oversight report later this year formalized that scrutiny by questioning whether some actions signed with an autopen were properly authorized. Whether you find the art tasteless or brilliant, the underlying concern — that executive power must be exercised transparently and by the person elected — is one every patriot should care about. The White House’s visual jab forced a national conversation the left has been doing everything to avoid.
Let’s be clear: autopens are not new to the executive branch and presidents have used mechanical signature devices in the past, but history doesn’t excuse opacity or dodge responsibility. The autopen’s long pedigree doesn’t erase the fact that voters and lawmakers have the right to know who’s making consequential decisions. Conservatives who have fought for institutional accountability should cheer anyone, from the White House to the press gallery, who shines a bright light on how power is actually exercised.
At the end of the day, President Trump used humor and symbolism to puncture the media’s protective bubble around the last administration, and reporters like Reagan Reese did what real journalists do: they asked questions and brought readers the answers. If the left and their press allies want to shout “disrespect” while covering up real concerns, let them — the American people can see through that noise. Now more than ever, hardworking patriots should demand transparent records, honest reporting, and an end to the double standard that shields elites while punishing anyone who dares to demand the truth.
