All Things Trump: Is it over yet?

[Brian Peacock]

And there have been many reports of shipments of masks from China, as "goodwill gestures" come propaganda are faulty.

True? According to Snopes readily proven correct.
It quotes an announcement signed by State Secretary Pompeo, and dated Secretary February 4, 2020, which reads in part:

This week the State Department has facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials. These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people.

Today, the United States government is announcing it is prepared to spend up to $100 million in existing funds to assist China and other impacted countries, both directly and through multilateral organizations, to contain and combat the novel coronavirus.

Pompeo also tweeted about it.

So the U.S. and the W.H.O. are both in collusion with the C.C.P! When will it ever stop?!1!?

[Cunt]

I guess I have higher expectations for the President than the media.

Tell me about other characters who the media have smeared similarly, and how they 'rose above it'.

Not a casual drive-by either...this is years of relentless paid airtime hating Trump...

If anyone who has been the target of such media smears has handled it better, I'm all ears. So far though, it seems the only approach is to humiliate them again and again, publicly.

[Sean Hayden]

Well, let's not pretend to have done a survey of presidents and their relationships with hostile media. That's a research project. Joe may have an example or two he could provide, he seems like a US history buff.

It's not a problem for any president to vehemently disagree with or disparage the media, and they often deserve it. What I'm looking at is Trump's approach, or the way the president conducts himself in general with regards to his office. I see him as unprofessional, and even where he may be justified in lashing out he does so poorly, without style or wit, and without giving confidence.

I don't think it should be controversial for me to say that I'd like to see better in the White House.

[Seabass]

Tell me about other characters who the media have smeared similarly, and how they 'rose above it'.

Reporting his actual words and actions is not smearing.

[Cunt]

Well, let's not pretend to have done a survey of presidents and their relationships with hostile media. That's a research project. Joe may have an example or two he could provide, he seems like a US history buff.

It's not a problem for any president to vehemently disagree with or disparage the media, and they often deserve it. What I'm looking at is Trump's approach, or the way the president conducts himself in general with regards to his office. I see him as unprofessional, and even where he may be justified in lashing out he does so poorly, without style or wit, and without giving confidence.

I don't think it should be controversial for me to say that I'd like to see better in the White House.

He uses the press briefings as a rally. He picks out the stupidest attackers, pulls video of them making stupid statements, and points them out in the crowd when the idiocy glows.

Everything but a laff track. (which WILL be added in post, when they cut up ads)

He could be better, but it wouldn't be seen in these rallies.

If media news reporters were focused on revealing facts, rather than showing how 'Trump Is Bad', the things couldn't be rallies. They would be boring as fuck.

Instead, the dumbest 'reporters' get roasted in front of his supporters.

Dems see it as Trump being horrible, but that's what they see anyway.

His base sees it as Trump mocking the fat wealthy roastie chick. They laff.

Neither is informed of anything, by the way.

I haven't learned much from these briefings, except that for some reason the media hates chloroquine because Trump said it (but they don't mind Cuomo, who also said it)

[Cunt]

Tell me about other characters who the media have smeared similarly, and how they 'rose above it'.

Reporting his actual words and actions is

This is a quote from you, Seabass.

smearing.

Quote-mining isn't a thing.

How often have you listened to his whole speech? Compared to quote-mined clips from places like CNN I mean.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Old news, but there were those who claimed that the intelligence report on Russian interference in the 2016 election didn't really say what it said, and who doubted whether there was any real evidence to support it, since much of that evidence was not made public. A bipartisan committee of the US Senate examined the report and the intelligence evidence supporting it, and a redacted version of their results has been published. From that committee report:

The Committee found that the ICA [Intelligence Community Assessment] provides a proper representation of the intelligence collected by CIA, NSA, and FBI on Russian interference in 2016, and this body of evidence supports the substance and judgments of the ICA.

Regarding FBI, the ICA states, in its "Scope and Sourcing" introduction, that "[ w ]e also do not include information from ongoing investigations." - The Committee found that the information provided by Christopher Steele to FBI was not used in the body of the ICA or to support any of its analytic judgments. However, a summary of this material was included in Annex A as a compromise to FBI's insistence that the information was responsive to the presidential tasking. [page 7]

...

The Committee notes that, as is the case with all intelligence questions, information continues to be gathered and analyzed. The Committee finds the conclusions of the ICA are sound, and is reassured by the fact that collection and analysis subsequent to the ICA's publication continue to reinforce its assessments. [page 51]

[Hermit]

[Joe]

Ah, the old post turtle. It's a political staple. I wondered when it would come for Trump.

[Tero]

At FB and Bella

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[Joe]

Well, let's not pretend to have done a survey of presidents and their relationships with hostile media. That's a research project. Joe may have an example or two he could provide, he seems like a US history buff.

It's not a problem for any president to vehemently disagree with or disparage the media, and they often deserve it. What I'm looking at is Trump's approach, or the way the president conducts himself in general with regards to his office. I see him as unprofessional, and even where he may be justified in lashing out he does so poorly, without style or wit, and without giving confidence.

I don't think it should be controversial for me to say that I'd like to see better in the White House.

Hillary Clinton had it worse than Trump and dealt with pretty well until she was finished running. Heck, as I recall they were pretty rough on old Bill and he managed. Trump's just thin-skinned, but the White House press corp is a pretty craven lot. If they had a shred of professional integrity, they'd blow off the the White House BS, dig up all Trump's secrets,and run them 24x7.

Closest parallel I can think of in my life is Nixon, who hated the media. When he lost his run for Governor of California two years after losing the 1960 Presidential race to JFK, he told reporters, "you don't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

It was before my time, but "tail-gunner" Joe McCarthy apparently has a bad relationship with reporters. He reportedly once had a physical altercation with a reporter that was ironically broken up by Nixpn, then a brand new Senator.

Of course, the press hounded Thomas Jefferson and John Adams back in the day, to the point of slander. Our media is positively genteel next to that. And yet, Jefferson was a champion of a free press. I guess that's rising above it.

Of course, the best way to rise above a hostile press is summed up in a famous picture.

[Cunt]

Hillary Clinton had it worse than Trump and dealt with pretty well until she was finished running. Heck, as I recall they were pretty rough on old Bill and he managed. Trump's just thin-skinned, but the White House press corp is a pretty craven lot. If they had a shred of professional integrity, they'd blow off the the White House BS, dig up all Trump's secrets,and run them 24x7.

They have been desperate to do so, and after several years of investigations, accusations and impeachments, there hasn't been any found.

Like the search for a god, the search for a scandal to match the legends around Trump simply doesn't exist.

I know, I know...absense of evidence isn't evidence of absence...

But they still have nothing sticky on him. The Russian collusion hoax ruined their credibility, which they then burnt to ash with the Ukraine witholding conspiracy, to be followed closely by their rush to forward the articles of impeachment...a month later, to no effect.

Yeah...they would dig up all Trump's secrets, if they had a hope.

It's almost like we have been watching them try and fail for years though...

[Tero]

AOC represents one of the largest COVID-19 districts in the House
https://twitter.com/MSNBCPR/status/1252732498041323520

[Cunt]

AOC represents one of the largest COVID-19 districts in the House
https://twitter.com/MSNBCPR/status/1252732498041323520

She will be the hero who wins your approval over Trump.

If SHE can't get him out of office with her sass and her squad, maybe Biden can...

(spoilered to hide Bidens chances)

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

[Tero]

No crotch shots of AOC this time?