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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:38 AM Jan 2018

At Davos, Trump castigates 'vicious' media

Source: Politico

By POLITICO STAFF 01/26/2018 09:11 AM EST

President Donald Trump on Friday used a brief question-and-answer session after his address in Davos, Switzerland to criticize one of his favorite targets: The media.

Speaking to an audience of global world and business leaders, Trump castigated the media as “nasty” and “vicious.”

“As a businessman I was always treated really well by the press. You know, the numbers speak and things happen. But I've always, really, had a very good press,” he said. “And it wasn't until I became a politician that I realized how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be.”

It was his second broadside against the media on Friday. Earlier in the day in Davos, Trump called reports that he wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller “fake news. Fake news. Typical New York Times. Fake stories.” The New York Times was the first to report that Trump ordered Mueller fired but eventually backed down.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/26/trump-davos-media-attack-370863

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At Davos, Trump castigates 'vicious' media (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Yep, they just need to praise the wonderfulness of me, otherwise they lie. lark Jan 2018 #1
If the press is fake, then why worry? ginnyinWI Jan 2018 #2
Sounds more like he was talking about himself PatSeg Jan 2018 #3
I thought a President was supposed to go to Davos and represent his country. ginnyinWI Jan 2018 #9
Hopefully, all these people know this very flawed person Hortensis Jan 2018 #13
Oh, I'm sure they do PatSeg Jan 2018 #17
Exactly PatSeg Jan 2018 #16
"the numbers speak and things happen." bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #4
So he played the victim card again? Here's my shocked face... bullwinkle428 Jan 2018 #5
Its all the medias fault. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2018 #6
If anyone here listened to the speech, please do your best to AJT Jan 2018 #7
"I've always, really, had a very good press, BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #8
If he said it then the opposite is closer to the truth. n/t ginnyinWI Jan 2018 #10
Exactly. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #14
The press has been shitting all over him since the 70's. He is a dick. chelsea0011 Jan 2018 #11
I know, I lived in NYC for twelve years and I never remember the press being kind to him. smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #25
Nasty, mean, vicious, fake. dalton99a Jan 2018 #12
Well he ALMOST didn't embarrass us underpants Jan 2018 #15
Especially when Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists tie him w/ Bayrock and Mossack Fonseca ancianita Jan 2018 #18
Jesse Ventura was more entertaining, sarisataka Jan 2018 #19
Wait a second!! Richard D Jan 2018 #20
FAKE NEWS.... Dem4eva Jan 2018 #21
The "fake press" doesn't need to defend itself..No news outlet that is broadcasting or Stuart G Jan 2018 #23
Biggest fattest snowflake president in history. truthisfreedom Jan 2018 #22
While what you said may be true...snowflakes in the world take offense to being compared to Trump Stuart G Jan 2018 #24
Politico left out a key part of the story... C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #26

lark

(23,105 posts)
1. Yep, they just need to praise the wonderfulness of me, otherwise they lie.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:42 AM
Jan 2018

Sayeth the anti-democratic, would be constitution destroyer, orange assface.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
2. If the press is fake, then why worry?
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:44 AM
Jan 2018

On the one hand, he enjoys having an enemy to point the finger at.

On the other hand, if he is innocent and they are fake, then why get upset at them? Let your actions show your worth!

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
3. Sounds more like he was talking about himself
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:46 AM
Jan 2018

Until Trump became a politician, most people didn't realize "how nasty, how mean, how vicious, and how fake" he was. He is always projecting.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
9. I thought a President was supposed to go to Davos and represent his country.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:02 AM
Jan 2018

This guy only wants to talk about himself.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. Hopefully, all these people know this very flawed person
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:41 AM
Jan 2018

doesn't represent anything but his fleeting whims and the machinations of kleptocrats.

Just hearing him in person must make his disability all the more real to them. Surreal moments probably spring up wherever he goes.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
17. Oh, I'm sure they do
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 12:10 PM
Jan 2018

If you talk one on one with people from other countries, they have a lot of sympathy for what we are going through, as they did during the Bush years, though I think they are as perplexed as we are as to how this came about.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
16. Exactly
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 12:07 PM
Jan 2018

Trump never represents anyone or anything besides himself. I've known my share of self-absorbed men in my life, but no one came close to the narcissist in the White House.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
4. "the numbers speak and things happen."
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:48 AM
Jan 2018

Is he saying the media were paid off? Because that would explain a lot of favorable press in some supposedly liberal newspapers about many things, even unrelated ones, that are entirely opposed to anything liberal at all.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
7. If anyone here listened to the speech, please do your best to
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:55 AM
Jan 2018

give an honest review of how he did. I just can't listen to him myself.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
25. I know, I lived in NYC for twelve years and I never remember the press being kind to him.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jan 2018

They always portrayed him as the buffoon and braggart that he is. Everyone, and I mean everyone - rich and poor - looked down their noses at him because he was such a pathetic joke. Nobody had any respect for him. I don't know why he thinks that the press ever had any respect for him. I don't think he really gets sarcasm.

ancianita

(36,095 posts)
18. Especially when Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists tie him w/ Bayrock and Mossack Fonseca
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 12:13 PM
Jan 2018

He thinks other offshore account holders will sympathize with him, but they know his numbers ain't fake.

He's a sleazy bum and a loser.

sarisataka

(18,663 posts)
19. Jesse Ventura was more entertaining,
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 12:18 PM
Jan 2018

As governor he referred to the press as media jackals. Creative and it sounded much less whiny although no less foolish

 

Dem4eva

(41 posts)
21. FAKE NEWS....
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:20 PM
Jan 2018

what an utter ass clown. Shame on the NY Times and any other outlet that they don't fight back on this tired, lame, DUMB refrain this maniac keeps spewing. Figure it out and counter act this POS

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
23. The "fake press" doesn't need to defend itself..No news outlet that is broadcasting or
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:26 PM
Jan 2018

delivering the news needs to defend itself.....Trump doesn't like it, but it is in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.......exact words:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
24. While what you said may be true...snowflakes in the world take offense to being compared to Trump
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:32 PM
Jan 2018

Yes, even the fat big snowflakes do not like being compared to idiot Trump

now..I must admit, I have not consulted with the ISA, (Idiots Society of America) as to whether or not they like being compared to Trump...but that is for another post..

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