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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:01 PM Sep 2016

So, some DC insiders are indicating Trump is raging behind the scenes right now

No links, these are just well connected people I personally know. Yeah, yeah anonymous person on the internet, so up to you if you want to believe me. Hopefully, my track record has earned the trust of at least a few DUers. Anyway, in list form:

-He is apparently extremely angry at Conway and has given her an ultimatum to fix the mess he feels she made (Why we're now seeing frantic birther press releases coming from his campaign now)

-He didn't want to do this and never wanted to give an answer on Obama's nationality. He was "bribed" with doing it by his team by being given assurances he'd get free advertisement for his new hotel if he held a major announcement there

-Very angry at the tone the media has taken in the aftermath and feels they're targeting him

-Especially livid that the hotel footage was not only not shown but actually erased.

-Is asking to have surrogates accuse the media of censorship of news because of the erased footage and wants to ban the media pool pretty much completely other than those he know are friendly to him

Edit: I apparently missed this, Hugh Hewitt already floating censorship angle:

So I argued w/ @realDonaldTrump and @mike_pence to allow everyone in, and advocated for pool. Now pool censoring news. Just wow. MSM melting
https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/776858666196762626

Can't wait to see what becomes public.

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So, some DC insiders are indicating Trump is raging behind the scenes right now (Original Post) Godhumor Sep 2016 OP
Good! tanyev Sep 2016 #1
Tweet from Forrest Trump TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #68
keep tweeting.....maybe you're head will explode KewlKat Sep 2016 #71
It's a fake one. I forgot about that faketrumptweet.com site for a little while. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #72
You don't need any help besmirching your character. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2016 #79
Maybe Donald Fudd? or Donald Fudge? Whatta putz! :) Akamai Sep 2016 #88
Donald Schlump. nt ginnyinWI Sep 2016 #111
He'd have to have some character first in order for it to be besmirched wouldn't he? n/t brewens Sep 2016 #110
Translation Oldem Sep 2016 #117
It appears they have taken away his tweeter so he can't go on a tweet storm rurallib Sep 2016 #2
HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY TOOK AWAY HIS TWITTER?? Link please. This will be GREAT if it's true!!! trueblue2007 Sep 2016 #17
when there is a tweet from one phone NewJeffCT Sep 2016 #20
Trump uses an Android n/t Godhumor Sep 2016 #22
He IS an android. pangaia Sep 2016 #69
Now, don't go insulting androids.....! lastlib Sep 2016 #76
Maybe it will blow up. yardwork Sep 2016 #105
It's my understanding the ones that use lots of hashtags are not Trump n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #24
Yeah, that would be way too much detail for his pea brain. klook Sep 2016 #74
That and he's 70 TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #84
just an observation - can't imagine he could restrain himself otherwise rurallib Sep 2016 #75
"Twitter, the online platform so easy to use. Even orangutans use it!" The ad just Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2016 #26
Looks like a blowup doll, too. catbyte Sep 2016 #34
And you just know that if there's someone in this world who would bang a blow up doll of Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2016 #36
Please...I beg you. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #40
That's probably why he's so hot to do Ivanka. catbyte Sep 2016 #45
. Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2016 #54
Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter keithbvadu2 Sep 2016 #85
OMG! I never saw that. anamandujano Sep 2016 #86
OMG there's no way of unseeing that. n/t NastyRiffraff Sep 2016 #91
she sure pulled her hand away quick tribe-time Sep 2016 #94
This is why my very Republican friend won't vote for Donald. Her response to this imagery was Tess49 Sep 2016 #116
Yer KILLIN' me, Smalls! volstork Sep 2016 #48
I happen to know where the Seattle Naked Trump Doll is. nolabear Sep 2016 #77
Great placement of his hands in front of the camera! maddiemom Sep 2016 #70
Don't insult orangutans... JHB Sep 2016 #92
Thank you. fun n serious Sep 2016 #3
'unfettered asshole elleng Sep 2016 #4
It looks like he is ready to burst from his containment. Chemisse Sep 2016 #46
Your creds are good BlueMTexpat Sep 2016 #5
Me too. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #42
Good. I hope he completely blows a fuse Farmgirl1961 Sep 2016 #6
You have cred with me JustAnotherGen Sep 2016 #7
From one DC insider to another... HipChick Sep 2016 #8
I would love to know... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #44
Glad that this stupid "event" is turning out to be a disaster for his campaign Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #9
All this sounds very plausible. Thanks for sharing, Godhumor. n/t pnwmom Sep 2016 #10
All of this is perfectly reasonable knowing The_Casual_Observer Sep 2016 #11
I can imagine canetoad Sep 2016 #12
I hope izzybella Sep 2016 #13
Thanks Godhumor. sheshe2 Sep 2016 #14
I doubt that he will ban the media. After all, publicity is his life blood. Free publicity is Gold. politicaljunkie41910 Sep 2016 #15
Sentiments Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #38
Come on, we all know who's really responsible for this -Meredith McIver. randome Sep 2016 #16
Thanks, Godhumor gademocrat7 Sep 2016 #18
It's not at all hard to believe that he's raging because people are saying bad things about him SticksnStones Sep 2016 #19
Good. Glad he is pissed. He says stupid things that he always regrets later when pissed. kydo Sep 2016 #21
CNN reported that he was reluctant to do this mcar Sep 2016 #23
DUMP TRUMP Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #25
Undoubtedly true...And what a fucking loon BeyondGeography Sep 2016 #27
Deplorable! mgardener Sep 2016 #28
... catbyte Sep 2016 #29
grumpy cat is the perfect comment for this. niyad Sep 2016 #60
Many people are saying using the press for a free commercial isn't news. herding cats Sep 2016 #30
... catbyte Sep 2016 #51
I'll just BET he is... Thin-skinned brute . . . annabanana Sep 2016 #31
I hope he caught the Black Congressional Caucus. Vinca Sep 2016 #32
I almost feel sorry for Conway wryter2000 Sep 2016 #33
I think Don the Con's babysitter's name is spelled Con-Way. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #55
Possible jmowreader Sep 2016 #80
Good catch! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #83
hahaha ban the media pool! yeah the press will love that! unblock Sep 2016 #35
Yep! Kber Sep 2016 #53
K-fucking-Booooooom mobeau69 Sep 2016 #37
Best idea to not follow him anymore adigal Sep 2016 #39
Juicy tidbits! Chemisse Sep 2016 #41
Trumptantrum...lol SummerSnow Sep 2016 #43
This might be a good time to tweet him & point out what a disaster his event was. CaptainTruth Sep 2016 #47
He basically tried to get the press to sit through a timeshare presentation. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #99
I just tweeted ellie Sep 2016 #108
Cue the ubiquitous Hitler video rant... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #49
Today, I saw the press actually act the way they should. world wide wally Sep 2016 #50
This is what happens mercuryblues Sep 2016 #52
He was just bragging about his testosterone levels too. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #56
I hope he doesn't pull chunks of hair from her head tavernier Sep 2016 #57
All of these things are very believable and entirely consistent The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #58
good, maybe his overblown ego will explode all over the place, or he will have a stroke or something niyad Sep 2016 #59
Yeah, I almost posted Ilsa Sep 2016 #62
many of us have a special bottle chilling just for him. niyad Sep 2016 #63
The explosion, CVA should appear on live TV Fritz Walter Sep 2016 #64
"may he receive everything he deserves" niyad Sep 2016 #65
Good work, Godhumor. Ilsa Sep 2016 #61
Bill Maher is back tonight.... dawnie51 Sep 2016 #66
Thank you Jesus! nolabear Sep 2016 #78
It would have been simple if he never came out and pushed the birther theory, Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #67
We can stick a big fork in him, as he is DONE. BigDemVoter Sep 2016 #73
Erasing the tape was the ultimate ring sting insult for Trump Narcissists can't stand being ignored Monk06 Sep 2016 #81
He's nervous and stressed about the upcoming debate Ligyron Sep 2016 #82
I want to see that hotel's LONG FORM building permit. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #87
Since Trump is not a DC person, and the Repub establishment largely disavows him... Beartracks Sep 2016 #89
He still has some insiders on his team democrattotheend Sep 2016 #90
Priebus is the ultimate insider and he talks to him almost every day. And Pence is connected pnwmom Sep 2016 #93
D'oh! How could I forget Priebus? Beartracks Sep 2016 #98
All I'll say about it is that he was in DC for this Godhumor Sep 2016 #95
Wasn't doubting you. Beartracks Sep 2016 #97
I was a little surprised to hear him say that Obama was born here in the US. AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #96
You've got a great track record, Godhumor! SunSeeker Sep 2016 #100
People are saying .... . applegrove Sep 2016 #101
Conway should walk jeanmarc Sep 2016 #102
She's as ethically challenged as tRump is. I've watched her on TRMS and she lies by omission.... marble falls Sep 2016 #103
she was both laughable and despicable last night.... dhill926 Sep 2016 #112
Hard to believe his staff wanted him to revive the birther issue paulkienitz Sep 2016 #104
They had no choice. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #107
Had to get it out before the debates was what I heard egeorgequi Sep 2016 #118
Here's hoping somebody gets a recording of one of those rants. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2016 #106
Who the eff does he think he is? I pray he loses by a landslide to put him in his place. God help us judesedit Sep 2016 #109
I usually don't wish harm on someone cagefreesoylentgreen Sep 2016 #113
I can't help but feel the same way. Unlike the Ilsa Sep 2016 #115
I had a feeling the Trump/Conway love affair wasn't going to last....... Jade Fox Sep 2016 #114
The grandlizard drumpfenfuhrer gwheezie Sep 2016 #119
Trump is raging ... Jopin Klobe Sep 2016 #120
Art Of The Deal - Really? DallasNE Sep 2016 #121
Thanks for posting, Godhumor. n/t VOX Sep 2016 #122

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
79. You don't need any help besmirching your character.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:58 PM
Sep 2016

As you say "I (you) am the only one who can fix this“

Loser of the year. May as well change your name to Donald Mud.

Oldem

(833 posts)
117. Translation
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 02:42 PM
Sep 2016

for those who might prefer truth. MSM is just now beginning to cover the election fairly. Video destroyed to prevent my marketing ploy--finally speaking the truth about my character." (Probably too many characters, but I'm not a tweeter.)

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
2. It appears they have taken away his tweeter so he can't go on a tweet storm
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:04 PM
Sep 2016

and let us know how he really feels.

Tough being a con man when you're outed

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
20. when there is a tweet from one phone
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:30 PM
Sep 2016

it's trump, if it's from another phone, it's his campaign.

one is iphone, the other is not an iphone. Not sure which is which.

lastlib

(23,244 posts)
76. Now, don't go insulting androids.....!
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:49 PM
Sep 2016

(They have feelings, too, yannow... )

B'sides, they may turn on us hoomans.

klook

(12,157 posts)
74. Yeah, that would be way too much detail for his pea brain.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:42 PM
Sep 2016

Plus, with those tiny hands his widdle fingies get all tired out after typing 140 characters over and over.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,196 posts)
84. That and he's 70
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 08:33 PM
Sep 2016

I'm 60 and I don't do a lot of hashtagging either. Most of the ones with childish insults are his too.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
75. just an observation - can't imagine he could restrain himself otherwise
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:48 PM
Sep 2016

yet recently his twitter has been quite subdued.

Maybe I am too hopeful.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
36. And you just know that if there's someone in this world who would bang a blow up doll of
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:03 PM
Sep 2016

themselves, it's this dude.

keithbvadu2

(36,823 posts)
85. Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 09:01 PM
Sep 2016

Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter

Body Language Expert Weighs In on Donald Trump’s Awkward RNC Stage Hugs With Melania and Ivanka

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-awkwardly-hugs-melania-ivanka-expert-weighs-in-w430543


Dr. Oz Edits Out Creepy Trump Comments About Kissing His Daughter

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/15/dr-oz-edits-creepy-trump-comments-kissing-daughter.html
.
.

Tess49

(1,580 posts)
116. This is why my very Republican friend won't vote for Donald. Her response to this imagery was
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 02:38 PM
Sep 2016

"Oh, hell, no!" She was chased around her home by her step-father from the time she was 10 until she was able to leave home. Her mother never stepped in to help her, afraid that the man I'll call Steve (because that was his name) would leave. She said he never "got" to her, but it wasn't for not trying. She was horribly offended by this at a gut level. She also wonders if the worst has happened -- that Donald molested his daughter.

nolabear

(41,986 posts)
77. I happen to know where the Seattle Naked Trump Doll is.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:51 PM
Sep 2016

The possibilities are endless...

I actually do. It's in a little vintage shop on Seattle's Capitol Hill called The Parking Space, just in case anyone is curious. I keep meaning to get up there and do photos.

elleng

(130,964 posts)
4. 'unfettered asshole
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:06 PM
Sep 2016

literally all the time, as you said.

'Like he was today.

Can the minders keep his phone away from him?

Is he willing to continue dully read from scripts?

I think he doesn't think he needs it anymore and is no longer consenting to be baby-sat.'

Looks like repugs will have a raging maniac to 'deal with!'

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
46. It looks like he is ready to burst from his containment.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:11 PM
Sep 2016

It'd be great to see another Trump spewage. People who think he is finally a serious candidate need regular reminders of his mental frailties.

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
5. Your creds are good
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:06 PM
Sep 2016

with ME, Godhumor! And these descriptions sound very like Trump's typical reactions.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
8. From one DC insider to another...
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:10 PM
Sep 2016

This totally back fired in comparison to what he wanted...

Now, let's see what surfaces..

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
44. I would love to know...
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:10 PM
Sep 2016

Who is responsible for the smile on my face all day.

Maybe it was Dee Plorable (KellyAnne) herself!

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,414 posts)
9. Glad that this stupid "event" is turning out to be a disaster for his campaign
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:10 PM
Sep 2016

Lots of other stuff before this, of course, should have sunk him (almost everything that he has said or done would have sunk any other candidate) but, hey, if this is what it takes to finally get the MSM to realize that they're being played like a harp from h**l, so bet it.

canetoad

(17,167 posts)
12. I can imagine
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:13 PM
Sep 2016

That he would be twisted about his hotel ad not being shown, so therefore - you must speak the truth.

Well done.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
15. I doubt that he will ban the media. After all, publicity is his life blood. Free publicity is Gold.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:16 PM
Sep 2016

What he's probably afraid of is that the media will start to cover him as a candidate and not the celebrity that they have been treating him as, and holding him to the standard that they hold Clinton, and not kissing his A$$. He already gets more air time than any other candidate and he's been playing them like a finely tuned fiddle. Hopefully, they are pissed enough that they recognize the error of their ways and they will no longer continue to allow the double standard prism in which they view his candidacy to continue.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
38. Sentiments
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:05 PM
Sep 2016

exactly. This whole Campaign is a Corporate Media Creation with the wink and nod,we will give you the free play,just remember,we want big tax cuts and special favors later.

Appears our e-mails to these so called Media outlets are having some limited success.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
16. Come on, we all know who's really responsible for this -Meredith McIver.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:17 PM
Sep 2016

I expect she'll be tendering yet another resignation letter very soon now.
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It might rain and it might not.
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SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
19. It's not at all hard to believe that he's raging because people are saying bad things about him
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:27 PM
Sep 2016

And his scheme to get free advertising for his hotel was a huuuuge fail...a word he does NOT wish to have associated with any part of him.

Rage seems a predictable Trump response.

mcar

(42,334 posts)
23. CNN reported that he was reluctant to do this
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:35 PM
Sep 2016

which is why he didn't take questions and kept it so short.

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
27. Undoubtedly true...And what a fucking loon
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:43 PM
Sep 2016

The shit these demented Trump voters would stick us with. Fuck them.

mgardener

(1,817 posts)
28. Deplorable!
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:46 PM
Sep 2016

Can you use your campaign to promote your business? Isn't that beyond deplorable? Or legal? Many, many people are asking!
Who pays the media people following him?
Was any campaign money used to for his 'press conference' today?


herding cats

(19,565 posts)
30. Many people are saying using the press for a free commercial isn't news.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:47 PM
Sep 2016

Many, many people on the Internet are saying that.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
31. I'll just BET he is... Thin-skinned brute . . .
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:49 PM
Sep 2016

The least self aware human being in the public eye... except maybe Kim Jong Un.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
32. I hope he caught the Black Congressional Caucus.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:50 PM
Sep 2016

The women, especially, were amazing. I told my husband it was only a matter of time before Trump addressed the performance and called them some of the usual wonderful names he saves for women.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
80. Possible
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 08:03 PM
Sep 2016


If they lock him in one of these until the 10th of November, maybe they can keep him away from a smartphone long enough to rescue his campaign.

unblock

(52,253 posts)
35. hahaha ban the media pool! yeah the press will love that!
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:56 PM
Sep 2016

just think what great coverage you'll get after you really piss them off!

mobeau69

(11,145 posts)
37. K-fucking-Booooooom
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:05 PM
Sep 2016

"period". Like it's over. Ha. Just because you want it over doesn't make it so, you asshole. We're just getting started you pathetic piece of shit.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
39. Best idea to not follow him anymore
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:05 PM
Sep 2016

I just suggested that on my own thread.

And Hugh Hewitt is whine about this, so it seems like you're right about that.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
41. Juicy tidbits!
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:08 PM
Sep 2016

I hope he fires Conway. She's the only reason he's gone up in the polls.

It's funny that he feels entitled to hotel infomercial coverage!

CaptainTruth

(6,594 posts)
47. This might be a good time to tweet him & point out what a disaster his event was.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:19 PM
Sep 2016

A farce, bait-and-switch, use of political position to enrich himself (a campaign event promoting his hotel? can you say "conflict of interest?" see Newsweek), maybe mention that whoever set it up wasn't very smart (try to make him turn on his staff).

Just a little psyops fun.

ellie

(6,929 posts)
108. I just tweeted
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 11:47 AM
Sep 2016

to him that he and campaign are a disaster and he should quit. I used the hashtags: #DropoutDonald #LyingDonald #Aloserisaloser

Wounded Bear

(58,666 posts)
49. Cue the ubiquitous Hitler video rant...
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:25 PM
Sep 2016

in 3.....2.....1.

Just to make clear, I think that meme has been vastly overused for everything from sports memes to cooking shows ad nauseum. Now, when we get a character of someone who fits the caricature perfectly, it's old hat.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
50. Today, I saw the press actually act the way they should.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:28 PM
Sep 2016

They didn't buy the spin from the Trump surrogates,They pushed back when lied to or the truth was being distorted. They didn't just nod and move on. They didn't let the surrogates change the subject and even pushed for direct answers.

Is this asking them too much to do on a daily basis?
Its in the job description for God's sake.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
52. This is what happens
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:29 PM
Sep 2016

when your campaign refers to the media as Nazi gas chambers. The media has always had the power to nuke his campaign all they had to do is report on any number of serious issues he has like they would if a Clinton did/said it. The real question is will they bow to his empty threats or keep it up?

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
57. I hope he doesn't pull chunks of hair from her head
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:39 PM
Sep 2016

like he did to Ivana when he went into a rage.

No, seriously. I hope she has the smarts not to be in a room with him alone.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
58. All of these things are very believable and entirely consistent
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:45 PM
Sep 2016

with what we already know about Trump and his campaign.

I hope he fires Conway (even though the mess is his fault, not hers) because that would give even more credence to the chaotic state of his campaign. The whole thing was set up as an infomercial for the hotel - he lured the media to the event by telling them he would address the birther issue at that time. Then he spent 20 minutes or so getting fellated by some veterans, one of whom was himself a birther. After this went on with no indication he would say anything about the issue the tv news started cutting away - and only at that point he gave his terse statement that Obama was born in the US (including the lie that the whole thing started with Clinton). And then he walked off. The media - but photographers only, no reporters or producers - were then invited to go on a tour of the hotel. A producer was physically restrained from going on the tour.

So, finally realizing they'd been had, the pool participants decided not to use the footage and in fact destroyed the video, ruining Trump's infomercial.

CNN and MSNBC have been just furious about this all day. And Trump is furious that he didn't get the free advertising for his hotel that he was expecting.

Schadenfreude can sure feel good sometimes.

niyad

(113,336 posts)
59. good, maybe his overblown ego will explode all over the place, or he will have a stroke or something
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:46 PM
Sep 2016

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
64. The explosion, CVA should appear on live TV
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:59 PM
Sep 2016

Let that spectacle be his last -- a truly karmic October surprise (if not sooner).

Due to my Roman Catholic upbringing and education -- at the hands of Jesuits et al. -- I usually try to avoid wishing evil, pain, misfortune, disease, etc on others, but in Drumpf's case, I think an exception is warranted.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
61. Good work, Godhumor.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:50 PM
Sep 2016

I appreciate how connected you are to the insiders.

Let's hope this trend continues, Trump melts down, and voters see him for the unhinged, dangerous, narcissistic maniac he is.

dawnie51

(959 posts)
66. Bill Maher is back tonight....
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:06 PM
Sep 2016

and Kellyanne is supposed to be on. Wonder if she'll show. I think she's the first interview.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
67. It would have been simple if he never came out and pushed the birther theory,
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:11 PM
Sep 2016

Would have been no harm no foul. He knew this before he went a rant and now he has to pay the price. I hope more information comes out on his foundation, easy offense, will go a long way. Bring out some of the people he has stiffed over the years, he is a crook.

BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)
73. We can stick a big fork in him, as he is DONE.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:41 PM
Sep 2016

It sounds like the snoring MSM is FINISHED with das tRumpster. . . NEVER thought I'd live to see the day!

Ligyron

(7,633 posts)
82. He's nervous and stressed about the upcoming debate
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 08:06 PM
Sep 2016

where he may not get any help from the media this time

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)
89. Since Trump is not a DC person, and the Repub establishment largely disavows him...
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:16 AM
Sep 2016

... how is that DC insiders have any more of a backstage view than the rest of us?



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democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
90. He still has some insiders on his team
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:18 AM
Sep 2016

Kellyanne Conway is an insider, no? I imagine many other people on his campaign are seasoned political operatives.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
93. Priebus is the ultimate insider and he talks to him almost every day. And Pence is connected
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:28 AM
Sep 2016

to multitudes of insiders.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
95. All I'll say about it is that he was in DC for this
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:36 AM
Sep 2016

As I said in the OP, up to you whether you want to take the word of some anonymous guy on the internet (Though the censorship angle and the attempts of his campaign to change the topic in a very panicky state have both already happened)

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
96. I was a little surprised to hear him say that Obama was born here in the US.
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:51 AM
Sep 2016

He hangs out with Arpiao too much. I believe they have matching tattoos about birtherism.

jeanmarc

(1,685 posts)
102. Conway should walk
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 01:37 AM
Sep 2016

She's getting a bunch of credit working with this orangutan, so she'll come out okay if it comes out she's giving her abuse and then he would have to hire what, a 4th campaign manager? Lol.

marble falls

(57,102 posts)
103. She's as ethically challenged as tRump is. I've watched her on TRMS and she lies by omission....
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 06:39 AM
Sep 2016

and gives non responsive answers to direct questions. She's polished and likable but she deserves whatever hell Cheeto-jebus is submitting her to. I hope he stiffs her wages and she has to sue to get paid when he fires her.

paulkienitz

(1,296 posts)
104. Hard to believe his staff wanted him to revive the birther issue
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 07:50 AM
Sep 2016

It was obviously a tactical mistake to do anything but ignore the whole topic and pretend it had gone away. I honestly thought this statement must have been self-sabotage.

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
107. They had no choice.
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 08:32 AM
Sep 2016

The headlines on Thursday after he was asked whether he believes Obama was born here were devastating: "Trump refuses to say Obama born in US.":

"Trump tells Post he is unwilling to say Obama was born in the U.S." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defiant-as-polls-rise-wont-say-obama-was-born-in-united-states/2016/09/15/48913162-7b61-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump-745pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

"Donald Trump Again Won’t Acknowledge Obama Was Born in U.S." http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html

His campaign realized his "I don’t talk about it any more" line was no longer working to keep the press off his back--and in fact was fueling damaging headlines that he was still a birther. They had to stop the bleeding.

So the Trump campaign threw together that "press conference" on Friday, but did a bad job of it. And Trump made it worse when he tried to use it as an opportunity for free advertising for his new DC hotel. A two-fer. Because Trump just can't help himself. A con's gotta con. The campaign figured the press would take it---like they had everything for the last 15 months. But they badly miscalculated. The press revolted when Trump ham-handedly banned reporters from the hotel tour (only allowing the camera people) and refused to take any questions at what he billed as a "press conference."

egeorgequi

(20 posts)
118. Had to get it out before the debates was what I heard
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 03:28 PM
Sep 2016

Had to get it out before the debates was what I heard.
Not that that's going to stop him being asked 30 questions about it anyway.
Such as - "Why the hell did it take you so long?" and "Did you ever believe it in the first place?"
- Pathological liar, been at it so long he can't keep track.

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)
106. Here's hoping somebody gets a recording of one of those rants. . .
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 08:11 AM
Sep 2016

. . .just like Mitt Romney's gaffe re the "47 percent" back in 2012.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
115. I can't help but feel the same way. Unlike the
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 02:29 PM
Sep 2016

"Christians" who are probably praying the pneumonia would kill Hillary, I'm not actively praying for his demise. But I must confess the feeling is present within me.

Jade Fox

(10,030 posts)
114. I had a feeling the Trump/Conway love affair wasn't going to last.......
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 02:27 PM
Sep 2016

Trump's misogyny won't allow him to tolerate being controlled by a woman for long.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
119. The grandlizard drumpfenfuhrer
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 04:05 PM
Sep 2016

Is fearlessly attacking the press & gates on twitter. Rarely mentions Hillary, I'm waiting for him to call Heidi Cruz ugly again.
I know his fans worship the fearless leader when his stunted digits fly off in a twitter rage but it's so off message his campaign has to be exasperated

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
121. Art Of The Deal - Really?
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 02:22 AM
Sep 2016

First Trump claims 82 year old Larry King "tricked" him into doing an interview on Russian TV. Now he is saying that his campaign manager, KellyAnn Conway "bribed" Trump into saying Obama was born in the United States. period.

It is like Michelle Obama says the presidency doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are. And boy is it ever revealing who Donald J. Trump is. Someone that is in over his head to the likes of Larry King and KellyAnn Conway. Putin has to be licking his chops over this dufus.

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