Today Donald Trump went after the press — HARD. And it was a beautiful thing.
Rush Limbaugh called it “The Press Conference Republican Voters Have Wanted to See for Years.” Via The Rush Limbaugh Show:
RUSH: Well, that’s what you’ve all wanted. That’s what everybody’s been asking for I don’t know how long. That was a press conference. That was a press conference. That was the kind of press conference Republicans voters have been dying to see for who knows how many years.
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Say what you will about Donald Trump — how many years have people been begging for a Republican to just once take on the media the way Trump did? All the way from the premise, to the details, to the motivation. He took ’em all on, and the piece de resistance is some journalist said, “Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump –” and, by the way, these people in the media, they may hate the guy, but they cannot stop covering him…
… RUSH: Now, back to this Trump press conference, if you didn’t see it, if you didn’t hear it, we’re working on audio sound bites now. We’re an editor short today so we’ll get them up as quickly as we can. We only got one guy editing. When we have two guys editing it would only take half the time it’s gonna take now.
But, anyway, the piece de resistance — you thought I lost my place, but I didn’t, because I never do. Near the end of it a frustrated journalist (paraphrasing), “Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, is it gonna be this way, are you gonna be attacking us after you become president?”
“Yes, it is. Because you are the most dishonest people, political press the most dishonest people I know. You know it and I know it. The press is dishonest, but the political press is especially dishonest.”
And then Jim Acosta, I think it was, CNN (paraphrasing), “Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, do you object to scrutiny? You seem like you didn’t even like scrutiny, but you’re seeking the office of president of the United States, how do you think –”
“I don’t mind scrutiny. What I don’t like is lies. You can scrutinize me all day long but you set up false premises. You state things about me that are not true. Then you run stories on that. That’s why I’m out here trying to correct the record.” And then Trump says, “By the way, I’ve seen you, you’re among the worst. You’re at ABC, right? You’re the worst. You’re a sleaze.” And I’m thinking the people at home watching this — (laughing) ’cause, folks, in the age of internet trolling, manners are out the window. It’s a waste of time asking for manners here. Because, remember, in a war the aggressor sets the rules and I’m guaranteeing you that Trump thinks the media are the aggressors here.
bokes, I can understand people feeling disaffected and screwed over by the system. seriously, I can. But these guys are just out to screw all of us. They quite frankly give a shit about anyone except themselves. If you want to see how fantastically a right-wing closet-fascist system works for the wider population go to southern Italy. There are cities there that vie with the third world. Overpasses going nowhere funded by government money. Is that what you want? Read Midnight in Siciily. If you think you're screwed now, wait till Trump starts handing our contracts to his cronies. He's no different to Berlusconi.
He has personally handed over one million dollars from his own pocket to US veteran charities.
Trump made his $1 million donation last Monday evening, after a day of inquiries on Twitter — Trump's preferred social-media platform — by The Washington Post.
He has personally handed over one million dollars from his own pocket to US veteran charities. How many other people in the world have done that?
The total handed over so far from his impromptu fund raiser is 5.6 million dollars. As explained in the press conference it took time to properly vet the charities to make sure they met required standards. The press have been disgusting throughout all of this process. It is so beautiful to see him roast them for their behaviour.
David Gelbaum and Alan Fournier, to name two. Don't think they bothered to brag about it on national TV, nor were they bullied by the press holding their feet to the fire to pony up.
He has personally handed over one million dollars from his own pocket to US veteran charities. How many other people in the world have done that?
The total handed over so far from his impromptu fund raiser is 5.6 million dollars. As explained in the press conference it took time to properly vet the charities to make sure they met required standards. The press have been disgusting throughout all of this process. It is so beautiful to see him roast them for their behaviour.
Oooh lets post the whole masterful conference then. It all gets listed. The amount of times that trump rips into the press and the vets behind him crack up is just wonderful.
A glorious stumping of the liberal media who project their own dishonesty and worthlessness onto Trump. The vets know he's all heart.
Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, I simply don't want a president who speaks and treats his opponents they way he does. Find another way to call out a reporter, besides calling him a "sleazebag."
Do not question, doubt or scrutinize The Messiah for he will smite thee with great vengeance...
(...) The donations Trump announced on Tuesday were related to a Jan. 28 fundraiser for veterans that he held in Des Moines, on a night when Trump skipped a GOP debate due to a feud with its host, Fox News. That night, Trump said he'd raised $6 million. Most of it came from other donors, but Trump said he would give $1 million of his own.
After that, however, Trump became reluctant to release details about what had become of the money. At times, too, his staff gave out false information: More than a week ago, Trump's campaign manager said that Trump had already given out his $1 million in personal gifts.
As it turned out, he had not. Trump made his $1 million donation last Monday evening, after a day of inquiries on Twitter — Trump's preferred social-media platform — by The Washington Post.
On Tuesday, Trump was giving away donations that had originally come in from other people, and were routed through his Donald J. Trump Foundation. He said that, in all, the fundraiser had brought in $5.6 million — but that more money would come in.
Trump detailed new gifts to more than a dozen veterans groups, most of them $75,000 each. By Tuesday afternoon, several of them had confirmed to The Post that they had indeed received the checks. Trump said that all of the money had been paid out, except for a single check to one group waiting for IRS authorization.
But, even as Trump described these gifts, he would interrupt to blast the press again.
"The press should be ashamed of themselves. And on behalf of the vets, the press should be ashamed of themselves," Trump said at one point. "Instead of being, like, 'Thank you very much, Mr. Trump,' or 'Trump did a good job,' You say, 'Well who got it? Who got it?'. ... And it makes me look very bad."
The presumptive GOP nominee also hurled insults at reporters in the audience, whom he accused of liberal bias and of attempting to diminish his efforts.
"You're a sleaze because you know the facts, and you know the facts well,” Trump said in one instance, pointing at a reporter from ABC News.
By law, nonprofit charities like Trump's foundation are not supposed to participate in political campaigns. At this event, however, Trump described the nonprofit's gifts at what was clearly a campaign event — at which he bashed his rivals, and talked up his poll numbers. He spoke from a podium that said "Make America Great Again," the slogan of his campaign.
No, I don't think Trump initially wanted anything to do with actually being president. I'm sure it started out as an ego stroke, the ultimate commercial for the Trump brand and his next reality venture. Now his massive ego and his hubris won't let him quit, as long as he has the blind adoration of his supporters.
It's like someone dared him to ride the bull and now he won't get off.
And if he did, at this late date, who would the GOP rally behind (even if they could rally instead of attack)?
