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underpants

(182,603 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:39 PM Jan 2019

Maggie Haberman is on CNN (and her magnetic personality) Are you ready for the excuse?

"He really didn't want to do this speech"
"He hasn't done one of these before because he doesn't like doing it"
Translation: He fell flat.



Chris cuomo actually backed her up saying he was at the off the record lunch today and Trump is much better reading rooms like that not these kinds of speeches. Maggie agrees.

Later she said it was a "Hail Mary"

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Maggie Haberman is on CNN (and her magnetic personality) Are you ready for the excuse? (Original Post) underpants Jan 2019 OP
Haberman? manor321 Jan 2019 #1
Yep. underpants Jan 2019 #2
Did she really say that or was this your prediction? ok_cpu Jan 2019 #3
Verbatim underpants Jan 2019 #6
Thank you. I'm over her and that paper. n/t ok_cpu Jan 2019 #8
Of course he likes doing "these" things gratuitous Jan 2019 #4
A "Hail, Mary"...? The mother of Jesus should sue for defamation... regnaD kciN Jan 2019 #5
As much as the NYT is hated by Trumpy in Public, Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #7
Plus the NYT sent out a weak breaking news that started off as BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #9
there may be a grain of truth in that. drray23 Jan 2019 #10
MSNBC had a similar story DeminPennswoods Jan 2019 #11

ok_cpu

(2,045 posts)
3. Did she really say that or was this your prediction?
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:43 PM
Jan 2019

Sorry, I'm away from the TV or stream. But, if she really said that I'm finally canceling my NYT subscription.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Of course he likes doing "these" things
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:45 PM
Jan 2019

It's just that he usually gives this speech in front of a paid, pre-vetted crowd of slavering fans. When he's just talking to a camera, there's nobody there to tell him how great they think he is.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
5. A "Hail, Mary"...? The mother of Jesus should sue for defamation...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:54 PM
Jan 2019

...for being linked in any way to Individual-666.

BumRushDaShow

(128,441 posts)
9. Plus the NYT sent out a weak breaking news that started off as
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:02 PM
Jan 2019

"President Trump's address to the nation on border security was at times misleading".

drray23

(7,616 posts)
10. there may be a grain of truth in that.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:18 PM
Jan 2019

Meaning Trump had planned to announce that it was a national emergency and carry on. He probably got dissuaded of doing that by people around him and ended up delivering a flat speech instead since he had already booked this appearance, he could not back out of it. So, they drugged him up and had him spew nonsense instead.

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
11. MSNBC had a similar story
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 07:54 AM
Jan 2019

that Trump not only didn't want to do the speech, but doesn't want to go to the border either. He apparently thinks both are ineffective and blames staff, specifically Bill Shine and communications shop for "making" him do it. To me, that's a pretty good tell he knows the speech flopped and the border visit will, too.

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