Trump Claims There Are 'Phony Stories Of Sadness And Grief' At The Border
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Nicole Lafond | June 22, 2018 10:15 am
President Donald Trump has fully embraced a far-right conspiracy theory that the images and audio of devastated children distraught after being ripped from their parents arms are fake.
In a tweet Friday morning, President Donald Trump called the media coverage of traumatized immigrant children and parents phony stories of sadness and grief, orchestrated by Democrats for political gain. Then, in an unhinged twist, he defended the validity of the images because they existed during the Obama administration, but his predecessor did nothing about it!
Link to tweet
Earlier this week, conservative commentator Ann Coulter said during an interview on Fox News that the crying children recently separated from their families were actors. She warned the President to not buy the show. He seems to have listened.
Trumps tweet comes just days after Trump appeared to believe the stories of grief-stricken families, signing an executive order Wednesday that called for the detainment of families together, but sought to abolish a federal protection that limits how long a child can be held in detention.
Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-phony-stories-sadness-grief
irisblue
(32,980 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)Yet, here is the greatest threat on the planet who could actually bring life to an end being worshiped by his minions of nincompoops, white supremist and common racist trash running wild among us. Any sane society would have locked up this maniac, con-man, sexual predator, racist, homophobe, pathological liar, luster of his own daughter, woman abuser in the a padded cell decades ago. I would fear for the safety of any psychiatrist who would venture to delve into the swirling cesspool psychic of this monster.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,181 posts)His tweets are not reality nor fact-based. They are a biased, distorted reality to reflect well upon him.
He is certifiably crazy
Botany
(70,516 posts).... (the lock her up chanters) ..... buy into this crap too. Trump talks about
his wall to keep us safe and his base chants "build the wall, build the wall"
even though that wall will do nothing about keeping us safe and or stopping
the non stop mass shootings.
Shipwack
(2,164 posts)He tweets to keep his deplorables in step.
On second thought, maybe he does beat the drum for us too; he hopes that we will become numb from the noise and just give in to despair.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Sophia4
(3,515 posts)He needs to appoint temporary judges.
He also needs to appoint a commission to investigate the causes and solutions for the essential problems in the countries from which the refugees come. Is it really a matter of poverty? Or violations of human rights? What is really causing mothers with children and so many young boys and men to leave their homes and come to our border?
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)into the system..............and where is the right wing congress on this................nowhere.
That's not what the dollars are suppose to be allocated for....................under some pretext on national security............
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)and now a Democratic Congressman from California - said that was a really stupid idea. JAGs are already stretched very thin and are also not trained in immigration law.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)He is struggling to keep his head about the deluge that he, and he alone, started. The truth hurts, doesn't it widdo Donny? You are exposed and there is no place to hide. Lying about this is not going to work for you this time. Too many people see you for what you are: A SMALL LYING COWARD WHO CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT FOR THE DECISIONS YOU YOURSELF MADE. Time to grow up!
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)Sharp eyed DU reader caught it:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2090723
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)My Spouse and I were wondering if that was a newly created Set. Got a bad habit of looking at Background of anything that is a Propaganda set up.
First tip off. Tent and awning at the Entry,Second,all the Glass area was freshly cleaned to produce the best camera pictures,noticed the so called art work,maybe a few hours old. So many tip offs.
One has to remember,when Trump moved into the White House he set up a full TV Production Shop with complete Wardrobe and Make up departments.
Had to laugh at the Duluth so called rally the other night. Who in the hell were they trying to fool. There were more people outside protesting than inside playing stupid. Oh btw,did anyone else notice the Traveling Clown Show of about fifty that show up as back drop were every Trump goes.
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)The Nazis tricked the Red Cross sucessfully.
Read this link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5154971/Nazis-built-fake-town-concentration-camp-fool-world.html
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)settlement, 20 days max, no family separations, no zero trump tolerance, most released on promises to appear (87% appeared for immigration/asylum hearings, not Lying Trump 3%)....and was NOT a racist...see the difference?
Fascist leader versus democratic leader....no comparison. Anyone telling you different is being willfully ignorant...like Birther Don.
Good to see the Hate has come back to bite him on the ass and all he has is ducking Anne Coulter to give him his defence...laughable and pathetic man.
ancianita
(36,079 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)MariaCSR
(642 posts)DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)What extraordinary evidence do you have for your extraordinary claim?
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Zoonart
(11,869 posts)paleotn
(17,931 posts)I don't. Whatever he spews is just garbage to be ignored.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)Couldn't be happier
Just because he doesn't love and care for his kids doesn't mean other people act the same way.
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)is the man in the White House!
logosoco
(3,208 posts)I really don't think he IS a phony. I think he really is ignorant and selfish all the way to his core. It is not an act!
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)There is nothing else to say. He is as sick and depraved as all the other psychopaths who have managed to gain power throughout history. There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that if giving the opportunity, Trump would exhibit the same level of cruelty as seen in North Korea, Franco's Spain, or during the Nazi regime during WWII.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)More accurate headline - Trump hides girls and babies, refuses to let anyone see what they are really experiencing and puts out propaganda photos with no children in them to hide the true and intentional torture of brown babies and children.
DBoon
(22,367 posts)so I won't
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He knows there has been children abused even more than what he's done, and its true. Drugged , beaten , and more and the pictures and proof should be enough to impeach him for high crimes with . Another psychological stunt for his base , believe me not the truth.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)the hatred for its admin and silly tweets are bogus.
We'll show the handjob in nov...wont't we?
The Drumwalker
(17 posts)In addition to being a traitor and an arch criminal, Donald Trump is a megalomaniacal, sociopathic, malignant narcissistic, pathological liar with a non compos mentis nincompoop on top! I am not that religious but I PRAY that at the end of this nightmare there is a happy ending. Say a prayer! 🙏Amen...
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)Everyday is a new nightmare. The longer he goes on without anyone stopping him, the more bold he gets.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)marble falls
(57,102 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)How the hell does that compute?