Trump gloats about his 'takedown' of CNN's Jim Acosta before Twitter ranting about his 2016...
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Source: RawStory
Trump gloats about his takedown of CNNs Jim Acosta before Twitter ranting about his 2016 Electoral College win
TOM BOGGIONI
14 JUL 2018 AT 07:48 ET
While most of America was asleep, President Donald Trump was awake in Scotland where he said he was going to play golf (my primary form of exercise!) and ranting at the media once again on Twitter.
Earlier in the morning Trump called the indictment of 12 high ranking Russian officials charged with influencing the 2016 presidential campaign stories before once again attacking CNN.
Referring to a press conference in England where he refused to take a question from CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, the president gloated that it was a takedown and he was anxious to see if the Fake News covered it.
So funny! I just checked out Fake News CNN, for the first time in a long time (they are dying in the ratings), to see if they covered my takedown yesterday of Jim Acosta (actually a nice guy). They didnt! But they did say I already lost in my meeting with Putin. Fake News, he tweeted before adding, Remember, it was Little Jeff Z [Zucker] and his people, who are told exactly what to say, who said I could not win the election in that there was no way to 270 (over & over again) in the Electoral College. I got 306! They were sooooo wrong in their election coverage. Still hurting!
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no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)The nation, along with the entire world, is facing a profound upheaval comparable to that of the Industrial Revolution in which our nation went from a 65% family farm culture to 35% between 1865 and 1900 and which steadily continued to today's 8% of family farms. The age of automation is in full swing and has accounted for 85% of the loss jobs in manufacturing and general clerical positions with more reductions in sight. The Intelligence Age with its promise of artificial intelligence promises to portend even greater and more rapid change.
The situation demands highly informed intelligent directors in control analogous to the administration's that engineered the recovery following WWII. These included the Marshall Plan that saved Western Europe from Russian domination and progressive plans that put a college education within the grasp of the working class, especially the GI Bill that provided veterans with not only educational, but assistance in business creation and housing. These highly effective programs were made possible because of joint cooperation of Democrats and Republicans who put the welfare of the nation ahead of politics. The election of a two-bit actor, who was the bought and paid for puppet of the wealthy, signaled the end of full cooperation and the onslaught of demonizing of the Democrats by the Republicans. The major factor was the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine in broadcasting and the ownership of multiple radio stations. The rest is the resulting history that takes us to today's crisis and paralysis of government.
It isn't hyperbole to say that we are facing a critical challenge and that the 2018 and 2020 elections are critical. The government under the continued control of the Republicans, who are unable to comprehend the situation, must be defeated. Their ridiculous adherence to nostalgic dreams of the recreation of an age gone by is an exercise in pure fantasy. The young people must be awakened to the challenge as to what type of government will meet the demands that they will face. Their most powerful weapon is the vote and failure to do places their destiny in the hands of the oligarchs and the a dismal future.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Blind, dark, deluded Donny. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Mueller is fine-tuning and calibrating the scales of justice.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)Actually, I think everyone except his idiot supporters thought Trump made as ass of himself by trying to publicly humiliate a member of the independent media, and then immediately taking a question from a reporter from the American Pravda network, FOX.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)dalton99a
(81,516 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)A year and a half in, and he's still talking about his Electoral College 'win'.
Alexandra Petri pointed this out, 17 months ago:
"It turns out that when Trump said we dont win anymore and you will get sick of winning, what he meant was that he will answer every question put to him over the next several years by telling you the story of how he won the election. I am sick of winning, definitely. "
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)Yes, I AM sick of hearing about Trump "winning"!
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)but a dangerous bore. Without money and influence, he'd just be that annoying braggart at the end of the bar, who thinks he knows it all and manages to offend pretty much everyone.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)running loose in a dynamite factory.
I'd never turn my back on him, if he was in my physical presence.
But he's still a blabbering big mouthed crashing bore of a nazi. Thinks he's hypnotizing people by repeating his same stupid old lies, a hundred times in a row.
It isn't working.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)There is often no rhyme or reason to what he does or says. He tends to be in the moment for the most part, reactive and intentionally destructive. He seems to thrive on being unpredictable and chaotic, as if that was a good thing. He reminds me of a cartoon villain who destroys things just because he can.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)He senses, in a low, unintelligent way, the best way to lie and grift, what would be best for li'l donnie in any given situation.
Every time he reacts off the cuff and pulls some disastrous outrageous bonehead move, he's trusting his gut and instinct, that sensed a threat to him getting more money and power, or a threat of punishment for his constant criminal actions.
Just my opinion. He's definitely not intelligent, or a planner.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)I wake up each morning to his tweets instead of his death notice.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)a perfect example of a true human being and a deplorable, despicable animal of a human being. A racist, bigoted gorilla in a china shop.
Snellius
(6,881 posts)His brain has become a Twitter bot repeating itself over and over again.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Well he does take questions from CNN, he took a question from me in Singapore at the conclusion of his summit with Kim Jong Un, but putting that aside, perhaps his own version of fake news there in saying that, Acosta said.
Acosta went on to say that he asked a question of the president as he and May were leaving the conference, this time with more success.
I asked, Mr. President, will you tell Putin to stay out of U.S. elections? and he did turn around and say, yes. Acosta said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/397001-trump-falsely-claims-cnn-did-not-cover-him-refusing-question-from-acosta-at-uk
heaven05
(18,124 posts)we know if he confronts Putin in their 'private' one on one meeting. We know better on this side of the political divide.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)direct cooperation is so much better!
Shaddox
(384 posts)Snellius
(6,881 posts)He puts "Trump" in front of everything he owns. He must call Melania "Trump Trophy". Will he try to rename America the "United States of Trump"?
CNN: "Despite being down in prime time viewership during the first three months of 2018, for example, CNN posted its second-best first-quarter ratings in 10 years."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-ratings-plunge/
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Now, after his most recent comments about Muslims, a 2020 British Open at Trump Turnberry is out of the question, according to a report from The Independent on Sunday. 2020 will not happen here, the U.K. paper quotes an R&A insider as saying. Turnberry will be back. But perhaps not Trump Turnberry.
That sounds like as long as Turnberry is linked to Trump, it may not have a shot at ever hosting the prestigious major. The Independent quotes another R&A member as saying, One word was thrown around: Enough. The report also has a PGA official in the U.S. saying, Trump has been good for golf, and golf has been good to Trump. Can we live without him? Maybe well have to.
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Turnberry has hosted four British Opensin 1977, 1986, 1994 and 2009. Trump bought it in April of 2014. Since then, it did get to host the 2015 RICOH Womens British Open, though the LPGA released a statement that suggested it wanted to move the event, but didnt have time. With just three weeks until the championship, a change in venue for this prestigious major simply isnt feasible without significantly diminishing the event, the July statement said. By no means, however, does this decision suggest support for Mr. Trumps comments. The LPGA will continue its commitment to diversity and inclusion in the game of golf as it has done for the last 65 years.
http://fortune.com/2015/12/14/trump-turnberry-loses-british-open/
Snellius
(6,881 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)A bully on the world stage that continues to embarrass our country.
dawnie51
(959 posts)a nasty, malevolent, hateful person, who only survived at all because he had money, and when he blew through the money, devised criminal methods to replenish the funds, so he could continue his disgusting ways. The gross, ignorant rantings we are being treated to are nothing new; it is the very essence of him.
nature-lover
(1,469 posts)It was not a take-down. It was deliberately rude and then he immediately took a question from Fox. Don't think he realized that when he was walking away and he answered a shouted question, it was Jim Acosta's.
George II
(67,782 posts)Just another day in the office.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)At least in private.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)The enablers and conspirators are pretty much isolated to pro-Trump Republicans here in the United States. And Russia, of course.
CRK7376
(2,199 posts)how many Trump Elementary, Middle and High Schools will be built or renamed honoring this POS. I will retire before I ever teach in a school named after this orange, dotard buffoon.
marlakay
(11,476 posts)I normally don't even see his supporters even online but this morning on FB was checking out new chick flick online and a bunch of the comments were from Trump supporters not going to the sweet movie because a few of the actors said something bad about Trump.
A few even said I don't like some of the things he does and has done but I still support him. Why? Abortion? Taxes? I don't get it at all.
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)this fucking side show that he presents..............is just that a fucking side show...............
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210869859