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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:24 AM Jun 2018

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!”




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.

Trump’s 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
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Trump Claims There Are 'Phony Stories Of Sadness And Grief' At The Border (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
That man is seriously damaged & disturbed. irisblue Jun 2018 #1
We have thousands of people locked up to prevent them from harming the innocent. olegramps Jun 2018 #21
Well said. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #36
He doesn't realize this daily drumbeat grows more tiring by the day bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #2
No doubt he heard these "facts" on Fox & Friends this AM and his base ..... Botany Jun 2018 #23
He doesn't beat the drum for us... Shipwack Jun 2018 #32
Resign now, you criminal monster C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #3
He needs to appoint more judges and process claims more quickly. Sophia4 Jun 2018 #4
They are, they are taking defense department dollars and putting 21 JAG's turbinetree Jun 2018 #7
Ted Lieu - a former JAG NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #19
Of course he did. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #5
Melanies visit was phony liberal N proud Jun 2018 #6
The one Malignia visited was a Potemkin Village, assembled overnight: Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #13
Now this is real reporting. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #25
Remember the Nazi fake "town" that was really a concentration camp. riverbendviewgal Jun 2018 #28
Of course many illegal immigrants were detained under Obama...but he obeyed the Flores Fred Sanders Jun 2018 #8
A phony hammer sees only phony nails. All that suffering he hasn't got the manly balls to face. ancianita Jun 2018 #9
Photo of crisis actor at the border Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #10
If he could just compress that into fourteen words, he'd have everything. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 #11
I don't think he tweeted that. MariaCSR Jun 2018 #12
? DeadLetterOffice Jun 2018 #16
Oh? That's President Donald J. Trump's Twitter account in the OP. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #20
Really?? I follow SHITLER and yes he did Tweet that this morning Bengus81 Jun 2018 #31
Keep digging. Zoonart Jun 2018 #14
Does anyone actually listen to what this loon says anymore? paleotn Jun 2018 #15
People love it when you take away their kids Renew Deal Jun 2018 #17
The biggest phony MyOwnPeace Jun 2018 #18
That was my reaction, but when I started thinking about it, logosoco Jun 2018 #27
Trump is a psychopath. madaboutharry Jun 2018 #22
sperate trump from his phone and watch him whine like a baby..perhaps tha twould give him a taste? beachbum bob Jun 2018 #24
Title is a lie. lark Jun 2018 #26
I know it is wrong to wish someone a slow painful death DBoon Jun 2018 #29
Which really means duforsure Jun 2018 #30
Then it probably believes Maxheader Jun 2018 #33
Trump is more than crazy The Drumwalker Jun 2018 #34
Sick and twisted, demented and demonic. truthisfreedom Jun 2018 #35
He has done so much damage already, it's staggering, & we're only 18 months into his term. CrispyQ Jun 2018 #37
In the dictionary definition of asshole it says: see tRUMP SammyWinstonJack Jun 2018 #38
Better than the false and feverish conspiracies spun by a paranoid WH! marble falls Jun 2018 #39
So these are "phony stories" but Obama had "the same pictures"? LiberalLovinLug Jun 2018 #40

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
21. We have thousands of people locked up to prevent them from harming the innocent.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:46 AM
Jun 2018

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.

bucolic_frolic

(43,181 posts)
2. He doesn't realize this daily drumbeat grows more tiring by the day
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:27 AM
Jun 2018

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)
23. No doubt he heard these "facts" on Fox & Friends this AM and his base .....
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:00 AM
Jun 2018

.... (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)
32. He doesn't beat the drum for us...
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:19 PM
Jun 2018

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.

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
4. He needs to appoint more judges and process claims more quickly.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:28 AM
Jun 2018

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)
7. They are, they are taking defense department dollars and putting 21 JAG's
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:31 AM
Jun 2018

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)
19. Ted Lieu - a former JAG
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:39 AM
Jun 2018

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)
5. Of course he did.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:30 AM
Jun 2018

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!

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,005 posts)
13. The one Malignia visited was a Potemkin Village, assembled overnight:
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:35 AM
Jun 2018

Sharp eyed DU reader caught it:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2090723

Someone on either MSNBC or CNN was talking to a reporter on the ground near this placeearly this morning. They were talking about all the activity during the night. Trucks coming and going, shipments of stuff coming in, etc. They had been keeping an eye on the place watching for kids arriving. I told my husband I bet they were going to let cameras in and were designing a nice set. Lo and behold, Melania arrives "unexpectedly." Right. Add that to the BS list.
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
25. Now this is real reporting.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:04 AM
Jun 2018

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.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
8. Of course many illegal immigrants were detained under Obama...but he obeyed the Flores
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:32 AM
Jun 2018

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.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,005 posts)
20. Oh? That's President Donald J. Trump's Twitter account in the OP.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:40 AM
Jun 2018

What extraordinary evidence do you have for your extraordinary claim?

We must maintain a Strong Southern Border. We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as the Democrats tell their phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections. Obama and others had the same pictures, and did nothing about it!


Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
31. Really?? I follow SHITLER and yes he did Tweet that this morning
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:52 PM
Jun 2018

Just because his Tweets sound over the top racist doesn't make them fake.


paleotn

(17,931 posts)
15. Does anyone actually listen to what this loon says anymore?
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:37 AM
Jun 2018

I don't. Whatever he spews is just garbage to be ignored.

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)
17. People love it when you take away their kids
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:37 AM
Jun 2018

Couldn't be happier

Just because he doesn't love and care for his kids doesn't mean other people act the same way.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
27. That was my reaction, but when I started thinking about it,
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:14 AM
Jun 2018

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)
22. Trump is a psychopath.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:47 AM
Jun 2018

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.

lark

(23,105 posts)
26. Title is a lie.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:10 AM
Jun 2018

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.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
30. Which really means
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:25 AM
Jun 2018

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)
33. Then it probably believes
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:30 PM
Jun 2018

the hatred for its admin and silly tweets are bogus.
We'll show the handjob in nov...wont't we?

 

The Drumwalker

(17 posts)
34. Trump is more than crazy
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:58 PM
Jun 2018

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...

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
37. He has done so much damage already, it's staggering, & we're only 18 months into his term.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 02:41 PM
Jun 2018

Everyday is a new nightmare. The longer he goes on without anyone stopping him, the more bold he gets.

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