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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,741 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:04 PM Jun 2019

Trump Admits He 'Gets Along' Better With Dictators Than With U.S. Journalists

President Donald Trump conceded on Saturday that he “gets along” better with the world’s autocrats and dictators than with U.S. reporters.

The president made the confession in a testy confrontation with CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who challenged him at a press conference at the end of the G-20 summit in Japan. The journalist asked: “What is it with your coziness with some of the dictators and autocrats at these summits?”

Trump responded to the room of reporters: “I get along with everybody, except you people ... I get along with (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin, I get along with Mohammed (bin Salman) from Saudi Arabia.”

Trump also often touts his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Indeed, he arranged a surprise meeting with the dictator on Sunday as part of his trip home from the summit.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trump-dictators-jim-acosta-reporters_n_5d17fee4e4b07f6ca57e7974?ncid=other_twitter_cooo9wqtham&utm_campaign=share_twitter

Because they know you're a simpleton who's easy to manipulate.

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Trump Admits He 'Gets Along' Better With Dictators Than With U.S. Journalists (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP
Yep. For a lifelong con man, Trump is an easy mark. n/t Beartracks Jun 2019 #1
Truer words never spoken... RHMerriman Jun 2019 #2
He gets along better with dictators that citizens. Kath2 Jun 2019 #3
Maybe if the press corps had butchered Sarah Sanders like a prize hog? gratuitous Jun 2019 #4
ha ha hilarious. It's all a big joke to Trump. librechik Jun 2019 #5
Dictators don't have to tell the truth. moondust Jun 2019 #6
Well, obviously they have so much more in common. eppur_se_muova Jun 2019 #7

RHMerriman

(1,376 posts)
2. Truer words never spoken...
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:13 PM
Jun 2019

Truer words never spoken...

The thing is, I don't know that he's ever really been in charge of enough to call him a con man; that implies some understanding and knowledge of what's going on...

He's more like the carnival barker, sucking the marks in for the real sales pitch.

He's a hired hand, not the mastermind.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Maybe if the press corps had butchered Sarah Sanders like a prize hog?
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:23 PM
Jun 2019

Would Trump like them better then? Seems to be the bar for admission to Trump's good graces.

librechik

(30,673 posts)
5. ha ha hilarious. It's all a big joke to Trump.
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:30 PM
Jun 2019

way to go Bwah ha ha, Donald the dick tator. The only thing that could make things worse is if he were serious. And maybe he's covering up with the joke. This is unacceptable behavior!

moondust

(19,958 posts)
6. Dictators don't have to tell the truth.
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 10:40 PM
Jun 2019

They can just make shit up and use force as necessary to make people accept it. Donny must really, really envy his dictator lovers and desperately wish he, too, could force his ridiculous bullshit down people's throats without all the annoying "fact-checking" and questioning and protestations and disbelief and...disloyalty.

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