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Why all the on air "head scratching" on the Sweden thing? CLEARLY (Original Post) annabanana Feb 2017 OP
Infowars. yallerdawg Feb 2017 #1
Wow. I just looked at the Infowars website and I am dumbstruck. PatrickforO Feb 2017 #4
My wife thinks it was Fox 'news.' Apparently, PatrickforO Feb 2017 #2
He's too busy campaiging for 2020. Filed within hours of taking oath. Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #6
John Oliver pointed out that Trump tweets what he hears on news, mostly Fox dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #7
The only tragedy that even approaches what happened in Sweeden would be world wide wally Feb 2017 #3
Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #5

PatrickforO

(14,584 posts)
4. Wow. I just looked at the Infowars website and I am dumbstruck.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 03:39 PM
Feb 2017

The lies abound.

Actually I'm not completely dumbstruck.

I have two words: FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

PatrickforO

(14,584 posts)
2. My wife thinks it was Fox 'news.' Apparently,
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 03:31 PM
Feb 2017

Tucker Carlson had an episode on the Scandinavian countries last night on Fox and there was a part about Sweden. Trump must have been glued to his set last night, as opposed to attending briefings, reading serious articles and otherwise DOING HIS ACTUAL JOB.

And then, he throws the 'last night in Sweden' bombshell out during a 'campaign rally.'

WTF????

The campaign's over, Donald. It's OVER. Now you have to be a big boy and actually try and be president. I know it's sometimes HARD, but you have to put your big boy hat on!

Sigh...

Crash2Parties

(6,017 posts)
6. He's too busy campaiging for 2020. Filed within hours of taking oath.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 03:44 PM
Feb 2017

He's accomplishing several things:
- avoiding having to do his actual job (he'll send pence to do that)
- keeps his base riled up
- legally prevents certain people from criticizing him too harshly in any public forum as they would a standing president.
- distracts the media with crazy lies
- distracts everyone away from Congress & their privatization of pretty much everything that's not nailed down.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. John Oliver pointed out that Trump tweets what he hears on news, mostly Fox
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 03:45 PM
Feb 2017

and the MSM reports on it, thus making it real in Trump's eyes.
So in effect, he creates his own reality system which is validated the next day by the media.

Bizzaro.

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