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Miles Archer

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:09 PM Oct 2018

Reporters ask Trump if he'll "tone down his rhetoric and stop attacking journalists and opponents"

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JUST NOW: @realDonaldTrump has nothing to say as several reporters (myself included) ask him if he’ll tone down his rhetoric and stop attacking journalists and political opponents.

2:11 PM - 24 Oct 2018


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Reporters ask Trump if he'll "tone down his rhetoric and stop attacking journalists and opponents" (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2018 OP
That was a LOUD and CLEAR "NO!". BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #1
he is directly the cause DrDan Oct 2018 #4
He wants this. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2018 #2
Several months from now: John Fante Oct 2018 #3
I wouldn't be surprised hurple Oct 2018 #5
He has urged violence from Day One. That is all. nt Hekate Oct 2018 #6
Don't stop asking just because he had nothing to say today gratuitous Oct 2018 #7
"Trump had nothing to say....." figures!! riversedge Oct 2018 #8
Bashing people is his whole schtick. Come on, he's supposed to come up with a whole new act? mahina Oct 2018 #9
But the base loves the old hits. In It to Win It Oct 2018 #10

BigmanPigman

(51,609 posts)
1. That was a LOUD and CLEAR "NO!".
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:13 PM
Oct 2018

He loves it, he encourages it by instigating violence and even rewarding it. It is his fault. He is indirectly the cause. Anyone who says otherwise is full of BS. All fingers point to the NATIONALIST as the one and only reason for this at this time.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
3. Several months from now:
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:20 PM
Oct 2018

"According to a WH source, Trump privately fumed at having to condemn the foiled attacks. He felt his retweet of Pence's own half-assed condemnation was sufficient."

Trump wanted to ramp up the rhetoric leading into the election. He's likely pissed that this will stymy him.

hurple

(1,306 posts)
5. I wouldn't be surprised
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:22 PM
Oct 2018

If it's eventually discovered that he made and mailed the bombs himself.

Well, I would be, actually... But only insomuch as I never imagined he'd be smart enough to actually build a bomb, himself.

Or how to mail something.



gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Don't stop asking just because he had nothing to say today
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:27 PM
Oct 2018

An encouraging sign from the media; I hope it goes beyond a shrug of resignation and "Well, he had nothing to say when we asked him." Keep asking until he answers. Even if he says, "You've asked that question before." Remind him that he didn't answer the question, so you're asking again.

In It to Win It

(8,254 posts)
10. But the base loves the old hits.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:48 PM
Oct 2018

They don’t go to rallies to hear about policies. They go for the “lock her ups” and the “crooked Hillarys”

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