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While Trump plays golf with Abe, press pool held in room with black trash bags taped over windows (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2017 OP
They are idiots for being there. SamKnause Feb 2017 #1
Agreed. Are they hostages or representatives of the supposedly independent media? guillaumeb Feb 2017 #3
They have a job to do BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #20
+1000 TrekLuver Feb 2017 #53
Agree...Press pool---just get your equipment and FUCKING LEAVE!!! Bengus81 Feb 2017 #23
Huh?? So they can't see Trump CHEAT on the course?!?! Bengus81 Feb 2017 #2
No photos of his waistline....I'm sure those are vanity bags SticksnStones Feb 2017 #4
No photos of FATSO allowed? MoonRiver Feb 2017 #19
*snort* smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #21
No telling what that psycho will do! MoonRiver Feb 2017 #25
spewing soda here.........thank you for that image! KewlKat Feb 2017 #57
You are most welcome! MoonRiver Feb 2017 #59
Tweet from Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs about this: highplainsdem Feb 2017 #5
Trump criticized Obama's taking a bit of time off here and there to golf. toddwv Feb 2017 #35
They can't leave and film beyond the room? chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #6
I'm guessing Trump doesn't want pics of his fat rolls or Abe's eye rolls highplainsdem Feb 2017 #7
Waiting for similar pictures from 3rd world countries..... JohnnyLib2 Feb 2017 #8
For just a second, I had an image of them with black bags over their heads. tanyev Feb 2017 #9
Hey! Woah! Wait a minute! toddwv Feb 2017 #34
Pull the damn plastic off. dalton99a Feb 2017 #10
A lot of the people responding on Twitter are saying just that. highplainsdem Feb 2017 #11
Good! President Obama he ain't. Cha Feb 2017 #61
He is conducting public business, and as taxpayers we demand transparency... HipChick Feb 2017 #12
"Tear down that damn plastic..." !!! orleans Feb 2017 #55
YES! Why someone hasn't already pulled the bags off is bizarre! Vinnie From Indy Feb 2017 #13
Seems the obvious thing to do, what am I missing.... NotThisTime Feb 2017 #36
hear hear. mopinko Feb 2017 #15
Shite, at least pull up/down a corner and tape away! demmiblue Feb 2017 #16
Probably not Secret Service but Louis1895 Feb 2017 #30
And why would that group be allowed to take the place of Secret Service? MoonRiver Feb 2017 #38
It is my understanding that Trump has his own palace guard that works alongside the Secret Service Louis1895 Feb 2017 #47
That's what I said.. can't they just take tear the bags down? Cha Feb 2017 #66
He doesn't want anymore "who wore it better, Dump or Obama" photos, lol. nt JTFrog Feb 2017 #14
They should pack their bags, get on the bus and leave. Vinca Feb 2017 #17
The Press is getting what it deserves, they normalized that psycho bastard. nt Blue_true Feb 2017 #18
Jennifer Jacobs tweets that the Japanese press are also being held there. highplainsdem Feb 2017 #22
Why would you subject yourself to this humiliation? sarcasmo Feb 2017 #24
Because they normalized him and think he is sane. nt Blue_true Feb 2017 #56
But you must admit..... Turbineguy Feb 2017 #26
Yes! This is the neatest onset of fascism ever! A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2017 #51
Making the First Amendment Great Again (nt) neeksgeek Feb 2017 #27
Press pool report from WaPo reporter about how this started: highplainsdem Feb 2017 #28
This is why they should be at Camp David, not Trumps private Mar-A-Lago resort herding cats Feb 2017 #50
How Tacky.. this should piss the press pool off even more.. can't they Cha Feb 2017 #64
So why don't they tear the bags off? vlyons Feb 2017 #29
Nobody there has access to a plastic-ripping item? A fingernail clipper? Shoelace tip? Comb? democrank Feb 2017 #31
Beware of the fire sprinklers, folks. MineralMan Feb 2017 #32
No shit dembotoz Feb 2017 #49
SNL - Are you paying attention? Could we see a skit of this tonight? nt avebury Feb 2017 #33
I'd bet they are scrambling to get scripts written 2naSalit Feb 2017 #37
SNL needs an additional SNL (Sunday Night Live) and just avebury Feb 2017 #41
They are getting so much written for them by Trump Blue_true Feb 2017 #58
That's more probable 2naSalit Feb 2017 #62
I wonder if they're Hefty bags. Would be fitting for Trump. grossproffit Feb 2017 #39
"Polite" is the wrong way to treat Trump. hunter Feb 2017 #40
They don't want anyone to hear what Abe is saying to Trump jmowreader Feb 2017 #42
Pull the fucking bags off the windows....or just walk out of the room and refuse to come back!!!!! LongTomH Feb 2017 #43
Rybolovev is there with flynn gwheezie Feb 2017 #44
But Hillary didn't have a PC for months mcar Feb 2017 #45
GOOD! tavernier Feb 2017 #46
KICK....for this insanity! nt Bengus81 Feb 2017 #48
The Asian reporters have gigantic box lunches HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #52
My guess is Abe didn't ask for reporters to be put Blue_true Feb 2017 #65
It's hard to believe cloudbase Feb 2017 #54
What!? Is blotus afraid to show his game? lol Wonder Cha Feb 2017 #60
Their employers should tell them to grab their equipment and leave.....this is just KewlKat Feb 2017 #63
Somebody lifted the garbage bag! A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2017 #67
Trash bag conceals douche bag Blue Owl Feb 2017 #68

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
1. They are idiots for being there.
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 11:56 AM
Feb 2017

Last edited Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Why do they continue to allow themselves to be treated this way ???

BannonsLiver

(16,448 posts)
20. They have a job to do
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:41 PM
Feb 2017

Would you prefer they all decamp and go cover city council meetings in Bumblefuck, Arkansas or somewhere else? Leave Trump to Breitbart or other fawning media outlets?



Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
23. Agree...Press pool---just get your equipment and FUCKING LEAVE!!!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:54 PM
Feb 2017

Then when Chubby McTrump comes back in a suit for his close up NO ONE will be there. SCREW that POS!!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. *snort*
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:49 PM
Feb 2017


Maybe they don't want anybody to see him clobber Abe over the head when Abe kicks his ass on the golf course.

highplainsdem

(49,034 posts)
5. Tweet from Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs about this:
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:07 PM
Feb 2017



Trump's press corps has been placed in a basement suite at Jupiter golf club. Black plastic over windows to give Trump privacy as he golfs.


toddwv

(2,830 posts)
35. Trump criticized Obama's taking a bit of time off here and there to golf.
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:11 PM
Feb 2017

This is probably a combination of a lame attempt to keep pics of his golfing out of the public eye and his ego getting shredded by this:

JohnnyLib2

(11,212 posts)
8. Waiting for similar pictures from 3rd world countries.....
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:09 PM
Feb 2017


Foreign correspondents must have similar stories.

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
34. Hey! Woah! Wait a minute!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:08 PM
Feb 2017

We have to round up all the illegal immigrants and dirty libruls first!

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
12. He is conducting public business, and as taxpayers we demand transparency...
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:21 PM
Feb 2017

Tear down that damn plastic...

demmiblue

(36,885 posts)
16. Shite, at least pull up/down a corner and tape away!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:37 PM
Feb 2017

I wonder if they are being watched by the Secret Service?

highplainsdem

(49,034 posts)
22. Jennifer Jacobs tweets that the Japanese press are also being held there.
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:53 PM
Feb 2017

She reports for Bloomberg -- I posted her tweet about the windows in a reply above.

Here's her latest tweet:




Japanese press are holed up with us at Trump Jupiter, no better access to their leader. Not clear if US side or Japan side vetoed golf pix.





I think we can safely bet that this was Trump's idea. He wants to humiliate the press, see how far he can go in treating them with contempt.

highplainsdem

(49,034 posts)
28. Press pool report from WaPo reporter about how this started:
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:01 PM
Feb 2017

This is a tweet from someone posting an image of the report from WaPo's John Wagner:




Text of that pool report:

The pool was escorted into the clubhouse after Trump and Abe were out of view and then led downstairs to a fitting room, where we're told we'll be staying for awhile. The door and windows are covered with black plastic so we can't see out.

Photographers were instructed not to take pictures on the grounds of a "private club."

herding cats

(19,567 posts)
50. This is why they should be at Camp David, not Trumps private Mar-A-Lago resort
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 04:35 PM
Feb 2017

Not to mention Trump is making money off this meeting, and selling access to heavy hitters.

This is wrong on so many levels I can't even count them all.

Cha

(297,629 posts)
64. How Tacky.. this should piss the press pool off even more.. can't they
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:36 PM
Feb 2017

just tear down the bags?

Thank you for this info, hpd

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
29. So why don't they tear the bags off?
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:02 PM
Feb 2017

Would make a great protest action. When will the MSMedia say enough to Traitor Trump's insults? Where is Dan Rather, when we need him? (That's a rhetorical question.)

democrank

(11,103 posts)
31. Nobody there has access to a plastic-ripping item? A fingernail clipper? Shoelace tip? Comb?
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:04 PM
Feb 2017

Most of them will do anything for access, even allow themselves to be humiliated and mistreated. It's downright ridiculous.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
41. SNL needs an additional SNL (Sunday Night Live) and just
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:43 PM
Feb 2017

do nothing abouat skits on the Trump Administration and Rethugs in Congress. There is just too much material to just do 1or 2 skits on Saturnday night.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
58. They are getting so much written for them by Trump
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:29 PM
Feb 2017

And his band of clowns that SNL is scrambling to decide which to use.

2naSalit

(86,775 posts)
62. That's more probable
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:35 PM
Feb 2017

yet they still have to make the show and get makeup and props and casting right. I'm so glad they are so good at it.

hunter

(38,326 posts)
40. "Polite" is the wrong way to treat Trump.
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:38 PM
Feb 2017

The modern press is gutless because the jobs are so hard to get.

Covering Trump is their "reward" for being complaint.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
42. They don't want anyone to hear what Abe is saying to Trump
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:53 PM
Feb 2017

"Trump-san, you've hit nine balls into the rough and five into the ocean, and we're still on 3. Perhaps this is not the game for you."

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
44. Rybolovev is there with flynn
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:15 PM
Feb 2017

The wh is not releasing details of who is there. It's more than trump doesn't want to be photographed looking fat.

mcar

(42,372 posts)
45. But Hillary didn't have a PC for months
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:19 PM
Feb 2017

and when she did it was short so the MSM (hello, Chris Cilizza) kvetched that it didn't count as a "real" press conference.

They should all be very happy now.

tavernier

(12,400 posts)
46. GOOD!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:20 PM
Feb 2017

Get off your asses, get out of that room where you await a photo op or some idiotic lie out of his mouth, and go expose some REAL news, because there is a LOT of it happening right now under your noses!!!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
65. My guess is Abe didn't ask for reporters to be put
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:36 PM
Feb 2017

In a dungeon. That is why his Press is getting at least treated to food.

cloudbase

(5,525 posts)
54. It's hard to believe
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:01 PM
Feb 2017

that a man who apparently doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground can play golf.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
63. Their employers should tell them to grab their equipment and leave.....this is just
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:35 PM
Feb 2017

NOT right and why stick around when they are told they can't do their jobs.

Rip off the plastic or go home. They should stop covering the Con period.

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