The Trump Presidency: Part 17

[Ladewig]

Another round of Trumpistas doing their best imitation of that creature from Hotel Transylvania... "I didn't do that!"

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/13/politics/trump-fake-video-shooting-media-critics-doral/index.html

Seems that neither the organizers of the event, nor noted attendees, not anyone associated with the Trump family, Trump re-election effort, Trump organization knows just how those videos got in there.

I suspect that this “mystery” will also include how none of the event’s staff or attendees jumped up and said “stop this video - it is grossly inappropriate.”


I must say, I am surprised I haven’t yet heard cries of “False flag! The Democrats made this tape and snuck it into our peaceful and idyllic conference.”

 

[Armitage72]

I must say, I am surprised I haven’t yet heard cries of “False flag! The Democrats made this tape and snuck it into our peaceful and idyllic conference.”

Give them time. The organizer of the event has said it was submitted by a third party and the situation is under review.

 

[Minoosh]

Trump Tweets

Adam Schiff now doesn’t seem to want the Whistleblower to testify. NO! Must testify to explain why he got my Ukraine conversation sooo wrong, not even close. Did Schiff tell him to do that? We must determine the Whistleblower’s identity to determine WHY this was done to the USA.

....Democrat’s game was foiled when we caught Schiff fraudulently making up my Ukraine conversation, when I released the exact conversation Transcript, and when Ukrainian President and the Foreign Minister said there was NO PRESSURE, very normal talk! A total Impeachment Scam!

OK, he's still fixated on the whistleblower's ID which is IMO kind of strange, and I think even a lot of Trump supporters aren't too hung up on this detail. P!us, he keeps yammering on about Schiff's comments as if he's afraid people will really believe he was being quoted verbatim. It says a lot about his opinion of "the base," or maybe it's Trump who is completely baffled by satirical flourishes. He thinks hyperbole is libel. So keep it up; it's fun to watch his meltdown.

 

[JoeMorgue]

https://gizmodo.com/everything-we-k...oting-video-screen-1839021632?utm_source=digg

The video getting everyone’s attention this weekend is called “The Trumpsman: The MAGA Service,” created by TheGeekzTeam, part of a loose collective of pro-Trump video creators known online as Meme World.

TheGeekzTeam digitally placed Trump’s head over the main character of The Kingsman as he shoots his way through a church. The fake Trump can be seen killing a number of politicians, including Adam Schiff, John McCain, Maxine Waters, Bernie Sanders, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama. Wealthy liberal activist George Soros is also killed in the video and some of the people in the video received pipe bombs from the so-called MAGA Bomber, Cesar Sayoc, back in October of 2018.

The Trump character also shoots a number of people with news outlets superimposed on their heads, including logos for CNN, Politico, the Washington Post, NPR, and ABC News, among others. Trump can also be seen shooting news figures like Rachel Maddow and Mika Brzezinski.

 

[phiwum]

Trump Tweets

Somebody please explain to Chris Wallace of Fox, who will never be his father (and my friend), Mike Wallace, that the Phone Conversation I had with the President of Ukraine was a congenial & good one. It was only Schiff’s made up version of that conversation that was bad!

“Serial killers get more Due Process than the Democrats give to the President of the United States.”
@marklevinshow

I know that first sentence got away from him, but is he saying that Chris Wallace's father isn't his father? Either in biological terms or something else?

 

[JoeMorgue]

I know that first sentence got away from him, but is he saying that Chris Wallace's father isn't his father? Either in biological terms or something else?

"You'll never be the kind of man your father was" is the best Trump to functioning normal human translation I think.

 

[Worm]

I just read that as 'Chris Wallace will never be as good as his father.'

 

[alfaniner]

Another round of Trumpistas doing their best imitation of that creature from Hotel Transylvania... "I didn't do that!"

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/13/politics/trump-fake-video-shooting-media-critics-doral/index.html

Seems that neither the organizers of the event, nor noted attendees, not anyone associated with the Trump family, Trump re-election effort, Trump organization knows just how those videos got in there.

Perhaps I just noticed it, but the trend now is that when an involved individual (...OK, it's always an old white guy Republican) is asked about an important document or video that was released, they say "I haven't seen it."

 

[alfaniner]

I know that first sentence got away from him, but is he saying that Chris Wallace's father isn't his father? Either in biological terms or something else?

Something else -- in that Chris will never be the journalist and man his father Mike was.

 

[johnny karate]

Another round of Trumpistas doing their best imitation of that creature from Hotel Transylvania... "I didn't do that!"

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/13/politics/trump-fake-video-shooting-media-critics-doral/index.html

Seems that neither the organizers of the event, nor noted attendees, not anyone associated with the Trump family, Trump re-election effort, Trump organization knows just how those videos got in there.

'The targets include CNN, Politico, Black Lives Matter, the BBC, the Guardian, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Hillary Clinton, the late senator John McCain, Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama and others inside the “Church of Fake News”'

I'm sure that the audience at the event were all appalled and offended by that video........

Y'know, it's only the fringe elements that like that kind of thing....

And of course, we all have to remember: It's the left that are really the violent ones.

 

[phiwum]

OK, he's still fixated on the whistleblower's ID which is IMO kind of strange, and I think even a lot of Trump supporters aren't too hung up on this detail. P!us, he keeps yammering on about Schiff's comments as if he's afraid people will really believe he was being quoted verbatim. It says a lot about his opinion of "the base," or maybe it's Trump who is completely baffled by satirical flourishes. He thinks hyperbole is libel. So keep it up; it's fun to watch his meltdown.

No, I don't think he has any such concern. It's just an opportunity to make Schiff look dishonest, facts be damned. Of course Trump will keep on it. Keep saying it and it will become true.

 

[phiwum]

https://gizmodo.com/everything-we-k...oting-video-screen-1839021632?utm_source=digg

Wait, NPR? They seem so nice! What the hell?

I could see PBS. Amna Nawaz lets her personal bias show in interviews. Really wish she was not so prominent.

But NPR? They're just nice. This goes too far.

 

[phiwum]

I just read that as 'Chris Wallace will never be as good as his father.'

Thanks to all respondents. That does seem a plausible reading. It somehow escaped me.

 

[Armitage72]

OK, he's still fixated on the whistleblower's ID which is IMO kind of strange.

There was an article quoted here or in one of the other threads suggesting that Trump is upset about not knowing who the whistleblower is because that means he can't give them a childish nickname or mock them for their looks or personal habits. Those are his main tactics for dealing with people who upset him, so he's helpless at the moment.

 

[TofuFighter]

OK, he's still fixated on the whistleblower's ID which is IMO kind of strange, and I think even a lot of Trump supporters aren't too hung up on this detail. P!us, he keeps yammering on about Schiff's comments as if he's afraid people will really believe he was being quoted verbatim. It says a lot about his opinion of "the base," or maybe it's Trump who is completely baffled by satirical flourishes. He thinks hyperbole is libel. So keep it up; it's fun to watch his meltdown.

This is the irony that I find mildly amusing about the situation.

Schiff shouldn't have tried his hand at satire/hyperbole/comedy in that situation at all, but most importantly he shouldn't have tried it because he's just not good at it, and he's just not trump enough. trump constantly, tactically, uses wild embellishments because he's a shameless conman and he knows it works on people. trump recognises what Schiff has done and I think he's angry about it because that's his schtick.

trump is now doing exactly what the Democrats have been doing since trump opened his mouth and complaining about a misuse of information by a person and on a platform that not it should not be misused on.

 

[kellyb]

There was an article quoted here or in one of the other threads suggesting that Trump is upset about not knowing who the whistleblower is because that means he can't give them a childish nickname or mock them for their looks or personal habits. Those are his main tactics for dealing with people who upset him, so he's helpless at the moment.

Yeah.
Plus, he really might want to exact extra-judicial revenge on them.

Trump...seems like that sort of guy, for real.

 

[The Don]

From this side of the Atlantic, it seems that Republican criticism of President Trump over the abandonment of the Kurds to their fate at the hands of Turkey has completely dried up in the last 48 hours.

Perhaps it's just because we only get a small subset of US stories but it appears that, as I feared, GOPers have decided that President Trump acted quite properly (or at least not as badly as would deserve anything other than mild criticism).

 

[Mumbles]

Yeah.
Plus, he really might want to exact extra-judicial revenge on them.

Trump...seems like that sort of guy, for real.

I'm not particularly inclined to feel bad for the media on this one - they're the ones that have carried his hatred and stupidity to the White House, after all.

Still, raging at McCain, reality-based news, and nonwhite people in general (including anti-violence movements) is pretty much on-brand for Dolt 45 and his MAGAt horde, so I don't care whether or not he pretends to be shocked by this video. And it's gotta be pretty tough for white supremacists out there that the most openly racist president in their lives is such an abject failure compared to his immediate predecessor, the first black president of the US, thus the childish tantrums they keep throwing.

ETA: I should amend the first paragraph to mean "mainstream media". Vice has acted pretty badly as well, but quite a few of the smaller outlets shown have been strongly against Cheeto Benito.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

Will be looking into the Scott Hapgood case, and the Island of Anguilla. Something looks and sounds very wrong. I know Anguilla will want to see this case be properly and justly resolved! @foxandfriends @SteveDucey @ainsleyearhardt

 

[varwoche]

From this side of the Atlantic, it seems that Republican criticism of President Trump over the abandonment of the Kurds to their fate at the hands of Turkey has completely dried up in the last 48 hours.

Perhaps it's just because we only get a small subset of US stories but it appears that, as I feared, GOPers have decided that President Trump acted quite properly (or at least not as badly as would deserve anything other than mild criticism).

Seems that way here too. Lindsey Graham, the harshest critic, actually has the nerve to call Trump's tepid threat of sanctions against Turkey a "game changer".

That whirring sound you hear is John McCain spinning in his grave. Who woulda thunk that Boo Boo would buddy up with the ranger.