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Moran Social Media Report Sparks Debate
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Moran Social Media Report Sparks Debate

Terry Moran's not-so-subtle parting gift to American journalism is another overwrought meltdown dressed up as moral clarity. The former ABC News correspondent—recently dismissed after his bizarre public rant against White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller—has returned with yet another broadcast of his own biases, this time on social media, where he raged against President Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage.

“Clapping for the war criminal. What a disgrace to our country’s ideals,” Moran posted, as if he were unveiling some kind of brave exposé rather than just venting his rage. He continued, claiming Trump “always sells out America and our allies,” while wistfully recalling the glory days of Ike, Reagan, and the Bushes. But here's the thing: those Republican presidents engaged with tyrants too, and they did it without folding or throwing tantrums on X.


What makes Moran’s tirade even more glaring is the convenient amnesia it requires. During the Obama-Biden years, Russia annexed Crimea without a single shot fired in retaliation from Washington. Biden’s tenure oversaw the greatest land grab in Europe since World War II—and Putin didn’t just try it once. He rolled the tanks and drones into Ukraine on Biden’s watch, not Trump’s.


And yet, here comes Terry—channeling the usual coastal pundit class narrative—as if President Trump holding a summit to pursue peace is treason. The Trump-Putin meeting was aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine, not enabling it. And while it didn’t result in a formal ceasefire, both sides acknowledged progress, and President Trump followed up with meetings involving President Zelenskyy and European leaders to continue negotiations. That is called diplomacy, even if it doesn’t fit neatly into Terry Moran’s Cold War cosplay.


Let’s not forget: this is the same Terry Moran who insisted he wasn’t “that liberal” while spending decades under the ABC banner, editorializing with a barely concealed smirk. Now that he’s “free” from network constraints, the volume is up to eleven—but the message hasn’t changed. Like so many in the media sphere, he’s more interested in taking rhetorical swings at Trump than acknowledging real diplomatic movement, especially when it doesn’t originate from his favored political tribe.


Meanwhile, Trump—unapologetically himself—is the only U.S. leader in recent memory attempting to sit all the key players down at one table and hash out an agreement to end a devastating war. That may not fit the “clapping for tyrants” narrative, but it’s far closer to leadership than posting virtue-signaling condemnations from behind a keyboard.

Written by Arthur Higgens - August 18, 2025