CNN responds to tRump's meltdown.

[mobeau69]

Link to tweet

[vlyons]

1. What was the question that Acosta asked

that ticked off Trump so much?

[mobeau69]

4. The fake invasion.

[homegirl]

31. Dentures slipping or

a small stroke?

[orangecrush]

40. Little Hitler

[BigmanPigman]

6. I think this may be it...I haven't seen it yet.

I saw about the last 10 min and it was like watching a train wreck. This is from BEFORE the Acosta part (trainwreck)...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142196020

[malaise]

18. That was shocking down to the mike grab

And they want civility?

[BigmanPigman]

20. I know...and he was just as bad to others

after this. He was really awful when he called a black woman reporter racist.

[malaise]

22. Until all reporters walk it

It will continue

[lunasun]

26. +1

[flibbitygiblets]

58. I'm torn about this solution. If only Fox shows up to pressers, when it will look like

the "press" is fawning all over Trump. Only fake news will get reported at WH press conferences. And those who only watch FOX (hello, pants-shitting white people) will think everything's fine.

OTOH, legit press needs to stop covering this shit-show because it legitimizes this insane behavior.

I think it's all going to come to a head soon anyway because the press is going to dig in and protect their own, which will probably result in more press passes being revoked, and my scenario where only FOX and maybe infowars are allowed to WH press conferences will be reality. Then we will have de-facto state-run news.

[dottie66]

60. shadow government?

The Dems should hold an alternative press conference at the same time. Perhaps even ask the same questions to the Dems that the prez won't answer truthfully.

[klook]

62. +1 (nt)

[JonLP24]

49. That's what white supremacists do

"You're the real racist."

[Tipperary]

23. The mike grab is astoundingly wrong.

All the media should be up in arms about this.

[The Genealogist]

27. The Republican definition of civility is "letting us do whatever we want without interference"

Whatever they do is above reproach because they did it.

[malaise]

28. Ding ding we have a winner

[Beartracks]

33. This, yes. "Getting mad at our bullshit is SO uncivil! Waah!"

[olegramps]

35. Trump is in melt down mode. The walls are closing in.

I keep wondering when is he going to totally lose it. When will the meltdown occur.

He has always gotten his way using money and threats to sue to bully people. This is not working and he is totally frustrated because his entire life he has been able to get his way like a spoiled child and now he is throwing a temper tantum. The best defense is to laugh at the poor demented man-child. Just give him a lollypop and ignore the poor fool; pat him on the head and a few consoling words will suffice. On the world stage he is regarded as an easily managed silly immature adolescent.

Just tell him that his pathetic whimpers are grandiose eloquent pronouncements and then have him sign their position statement on the doted line while patting the poor fool on the back as he grasp their hand like s drowning man desperately clinging to a life raft. He is so disillusioned and his ego so easily manipulated that he actually thinks that he has made a profound statement that ranks him with the most notable statesmen in history. The North Koreans and Russians play him just like the disillusioned fool that he is. Our allies shake their heads and wonder what to make of this abortion. It is a pathetic play and a promised tragic ending with Trump proudly basking in the footlights playing the part of the King of Fools.

[DeminPennswoods]

50. Nixonian

Nixon was melting down near the end of the Watergate investigation too.

[MrQRO]

34. I watched... Was Amazed!

The Orange Poo Flinger was in rare form this afternoon!

Not sure if he felt emboldened because he thought he was "Winning",
or scared because he lost the House....

But, he treated Acosta like a POS, and the NBC, and PBS folks, (as well as others)
the same.

Every non-American reporter he couldn't understand them....
He cut off every reporter's question with some canned lie, or talking point.

It was a shit-show...… BUT!

Here's what makes me sick, and has made me sick since last night!
It sure seems like a HUGE Majority of America is All In with this behavior, and with Him!
Yeah, the opposition did well, but I really had hoped that he would have gotten truly repudiated!

No such luck... Look at ALL that RED on the US map! It seems that a Whole lot of the USA is in his boat!
THAT depresses me!

[BigmanPigman]

36. Ditto, every word!

[shanny]

45. Not a huge majority, not any kind of majority.

55 million Americans voted for Democratic Senate candidates; 44 million voted for Repuke candidates. And with gerrymandering we had to clear a 7? 8?% margin in the popular vote to take the House...which we did.

We have a boatload of things to fix, but being in the majority isn't one of them.

[Gregory Peccary]

61. To Be Fair

California had 2 Dems and no GOP on the Senate ballot that accounted for 6 million of those votes. But your point still stands.

[shanny]

63. to be fair that indicates that the GOP Senate candidate wasn't strong enough

to finish in the top 2

[secondwind]

52. Never let all that Red upset you. Just remember

that Wyoming has only half a million people.

[SWBTATTReg]

56. Thanks for pointing out again. I imagine just off the top of my head that those states, such as...

KS, North D., South D., Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico (basically that little chunk of the west (w/o Calif., Wash, Oregon)) probably has a total (roughly 10 states) of 20% of the Senate reps, yet have only 5%-10% of population? There has been some discussions here on DU about the lopsided representation that seems to prevail, to which the founders/writers of the constitution and its amendments never intended. Again, people in the repug party analyzed computer printouts of people distribution vs. getting control of Congress representation and went down that path.

Didn't really do it for the people but purely for the representation of party only.

[Funtatlaguy]

53. When you buy into a cult the only out is sadly koolaid.

[brush]

57. The red on the map means nothing. The population of the states is what matters.

[flibbitygiblets]

59. To your last point, the red map does not reflect the population, only area which is misleading

the population in those tiny blue areas is bigger than all those big red areas. If you look at a map of how Oregon voted in the last election, for example, you'd think the place was crawling with Republicans. But most of the population is concentrated in the bigger cities, which are predominantly Democratic strongholds. The same is true in CA and NY and many other states with highest population in the US. In small states like the Dakota's there are a majority of Republicans but again, the total population of those states is very small.

So when you see all that red on a US map, think about how many people live in those blue areas compared to red ones.

What's interesting to me is how many Democrats are highly concentrated along the east and west coasts. Maybe something about the ocean makes people more calm and rational?

[Petrushka]

47. C-Span video showing all of Acosta's questioning of Trump.

&fbclid=IwAR2y39uXTSD2g0NvXB168krmReeBdcSH9XUd1bllRLS2s_HB_rXr7f8g5bg

[Scarsdale]

51. tRump was likely upset

because his spray tan was especially orange today. His white circled eyes looked clown-like. He has gained so much weight, he has to stand back from the podium, and lean forward to reach the mike! For the very first time in his misguided, corrupt life, he is being asked real questions. The gop is to blame for this disaster. They HAVE to pay for all the misery they have put this country through by supporting this orange ass. Too bad the entire press did not turn around and leave him standing there, spouting his bull. Why were they there, since he said nothing of any importance. He just took over the airwaves for no reason at all, apart from getting himself on TV.

[PatSeg]

2. K&R

[dem4decades]

3. The rest of the press should post the same thing. Yes even Fox "News"

[gratuitous]

5. Those attacks went too far from day negative 1

Failing to call them out has brought us to this pretty pass, and I'm glad that today CNN feels Trump has gone too far. Will they feel that way tomorrow, too? I thought CNN would have been fed up with Trump after he tweeted out that gif from his pro wrestling days when he clotheslined a dude with the CNN logo superimposed over his head.

Did you think Trump would dial it back after you let that go?

[ailsagirl]

24. Even before Day 1

It's his style

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Excellent, but whatever you do don't read the replies.

The Trumpist MAGAssholes are out in force today!

[lunatica]

25. Thanks for taking up the MAGA prefix for all

Things MAGAf#*ked

[2naSalit]

8. I just noticed, and it happened during the press conference

is that now all the media that I have seen so far (CNN, MSNBC, NPR) are suddenly not being overly cordial in how they cover the cheato.

They are mocking him now in not too veiled ways and it's very refreshing.

[BigmanPigman]

10. They are still saying "falsehoods" instead of LIES!!!!!

Why do they do that? Don Lemon calls them "lies" and I respect him for that.

[2naSalit]

12. Decorum?

[FiveGoodMen]

19. Yes, it would be impolite not to cover for Hair Furor just a little!

[lunatica]

29. They're doing the right thing by not calling him an out and out liar to his face

It would cost them their jobs. Just because he’s an asshole isn’t cause for our side to feel it’s OK to crawl in the MAGAgutter. They need to respect the Office of the Presidency. It’s best in the long run to go high because they’re the White House press.

Jim Acosta’s unrelenting politeness and professionalism even when he’s attacked by Trump directly just makes Trump look like he’s out of control. Trump knows that too. And he IS out of control.

[Sugarcoated]

9. I don't have the stomach to listen

Was Acosta doing his job? Is that what made the orange anus lose his shit?

[BigmanPigman]

11. He is nuts and hates losing...the combo is not good.

Even though he was prepared to lose he isn't taking it well. Can you imagine when they try to subpoena his tax returns, or Mueller indicts JR? Talk about a meltdown!

[japple]

21. He also promised total government shutdown if the Dem. Congress tries to investigate

him or his administration.

But Trump said that he would react aggressively to any attempt to look into possible corruption in his administration or investigate his personal finances or conduct in office, as Democratic leaders have said they are planning to do. He vowed to respond with “warlike posture” that would extinguish any hopes for bipartisan progress.

Trump also claimed he has the power to immediately end special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s expansive investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election but that he wants to “let it go on.”

“I could fire everybody right now, but I don’t want to stop it because politically I don’t like stopping it,” Trump said. “It’s a disgrace. It should never have been started, because there is no crime.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attempts-to-take-victory-lap-despite-republicans-losing-house/2018/11/07/8cec8226-e2a7-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.b60148ed4189

[paleotn]

30. Extinguish bipartisan progress?

That's rich. Like the Republicans actually want to do that...ever. And the fact that this Congress is meant solely to block anything and everything this abortion of an administration attempts to shove down our throats. I only wish we'd have taken the Senate so we could block every single, solitary appointment from now until 2021. Bipartisanship? That was never in the equation.

[duforsure]

54. Republicans in Congress should now know

HE'll try to hurt them too, and when they go after him he'll use another loophole to bypass all of Congress, including them. He's threatening all of this country now, accept all I want, and do , or else.

[lunatica]

32. Yes. Acosta was doing his job

and he didn’t back down when Trump attacked him. JIm Acosta was professional throughout and after the attack. The next person Trump called on immediately defended Jim Acosta as a complete professional. At that point petulant Trump snarled that he didn’t like that journalist either. The journalist answered calmly that he knew that and proceeded to ask him a question.

Meantime some young girl Trump aide was trying to wrestle the mike out of Jim Acosta’s hand which she was unable to do until he handed it to her. At that point she handed the mic to the other reporter who defended Acosta.

The video is posted in various places. You should watch it because it will be used throughout the next few decades as historical footage of the Trump Era. Hopefully it will be used as proof of his insane meltdowns and proof of why he was impeached or quit, or just went totally insane.

[Silent3]

13. Did you look at the responses to that CNN tweet?

It's nearly all right-wingers and/or right-wing/Russian bots whining about the need for the press to be "respectful" of the President, fake news blah blah, and trying to cast Acosta's attempt to hold onto the mic when an aide tried to grab the mic away into an "assault" on the woman.

[Pluvious]

15. I have TWO WORDS to retort to such "disrespectful" whining...

YOU LIE !!!

[sakabatou]

14. Now watch him attack CNN more

[flying-skeleton]

16. CNN is useless ....

They'll go on giving the ShitGibbon in the Whitehouse serious free advertising time !!

[lame54]

17. and now our special guest Kellyanne Conway

[Blecht]

39. exactly

Turn it off.

[Blue_true]

37. I read about what happened.

Absolutely insane for any leader to act that way. He personally insulted Acosta and when Peter Alexander stood up for Acista, Trump insulted him. Then other reporters came to their defense and Trump called the whole press liars, dangerous people. His language was threatening and was likely to incite violence against the press (more that what has happened).

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. Let's not forget the five reporters who died at the newspaper in Annapolis Maryland. . . . nt

[Cha]

38. HALLELUJAH!!

Ironic how cnn was partly responsible for getting trump rigged in but now trump won't ALLOW them to report a kernel of truth on his POSS so he pronounces them "the enemy of the people".. Projecting again.

Thanks, mobeau!

[Marcuse]

42. Remember Jamal.

[CountAllVotes]

43. Watched the whole thing on youtube earlier

This is what it has morphed into.

Is it still the same? No it is NOT the same as it was earlier but, here it is anyway:

[SergeStorms]

44. And the rest of the "free press"....

should stand behind Acosta and CNN as well. If they don't, this will eventually happen to them. All except FOX, of course. They're going to have to have their lips surgically removed from tRump's ass.

[Honeycombe8]

46. I stand behind CNN and all the legitimate free press. My support is complete. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. If the press would have treated him as a hostile witness a long time ago things might be different

Even outside of this dangerous repeating that CNN deserves terrorism against them because they are fake news, he has lied to them constantly, him or his surrogates. Treated them awful. Ridiculing them at his rallies, even mocking a disabled one of their profession.

Why they have not acted this brash back at him yet, as he is to them. Why have they not peppered him with uncomfortable questions more, sooner, I will never know. I hope this has begun a new more aggressive questioning of him. And Sarah Huckster who also insults their intelligence on a daily basis.

[watoos]

55. You ask why?

because CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, NPR are all complicit in electing Donald Trump, making profit was a secondary issue.

There was a deadline for Trump to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia for the murder of the Saudi journalist. Where is the reporting from CNN and the rest on that? Oh yeah, he was just a green card holder, not a real person just a resident.

What about the other journalists, less well known than Acosta who had their credentials revoked. A news network was banned.

This is kabuki theater, Acosta's boss and Trump will be playing golf at Mar-el-Loco this weekend, if I were a betting man.