Just once, when Trump tells a reporter "YOU know that," I'd like them to reply "NO, I DON'T."

[Miles Archer]

Just posted the Charlottsville "very fine people on both sides" video in a different thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212372834

...and he pulls that "The left was violent, VERY violent, you know that. You KNOW that" shit, and it went unchallenged.

And as we know, one of his signature "tells" is to say "As you know," or "You know that," and it seldom if ever goes unchallenged. If a reporter DOES challenge him, he simply re-asserts himself, and they back down.

It's designed to subdue an opponent by giving them a false sense of "importance" or "intelligence" by agreeing with his lies.

And one reporter after another succumbs to it, rolling over and exposing their soft white underbelly in the name of "ongoing access."

[iscooterliberally]

1. I miss the days where Trump was easy enough to avoid by simply not watching The Apprentice. n/t

[SamKnause]

3. Proud to say I never saw a single episode.

I am so sick of this bloated piece of shit.

Unfortunately, there are others;


Mitch McConnell

Lindsey Graham

Barr

Mulvaney

Jarrod & Ivanka

Mnuchin

Miller

The list is endless.

Watching Congressional hearings certainly shows the idiots who have power in the country.

Some of their testimony can be damaging to ones ears and brain.

[Miles Archer]

9. Same here. I found the whole concept to be stupid and odious.

The closest I came to seeing an episode was seeing the commercials for the show, and they sickened me.

[iscooterliberally]

11. I'm with you on not watching a single episode. The commercials were bad enough.

I also agree with your list of villains. What a horrid group. I went ahead and made a small donation to Amy McGrath even though I don't live in Kentucky. Even if we don't take the senate back, I sure would love to see that snake in turtle's clothing sent packing. He has so much blood on his hands.

[SamKnause]

2. When he tells a lie I would like to see 1 reporter say that is not true, or that is a lie.

I would like them to team up.

Keep asking the same question until he answers or waddles away.

Gang up on him.

They just don't seem to have the heart to do that.

It was done 1 time during a Huckabee press conference.

They received great praise from the media.

I would have thought that would have been a hint, but alas it was not.

[Atticus]

4. Agree. I'd also like it if, when Trump interrupts with that "Excuse me! Excuse me !" crap,

that someone would say "OK, I'll excuse you for rudely interrupting me. Now shut up and listen for a change!"

[bearsfootball516]

5. That's a good way to make sure your organization loses press access for the rest of his term

[Atticus]

6. IMHO, it needs to be done. Biting one's lip and "taking it" for the sake of access at some

point becomes cowardice and complicity. We are past that point.

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. He definitely does that.

He likes to pull as many as he can into the chaos. I think he also uses that ridiculous thumbs up gesture in the same way. He wants others to mimic it, so they appear to agree with him.

He’s like a giant orange shitnado of lies and corruption.

[Maven]

8. They will never challenge him to his face.

There are a lot of stenographers in our current press corps who see their job as basically just collecting opposing soundbites to fill time or space. Not to challenge the powerful in the pursuit of truth.

[mfcorey1]

10. Yes! Yes! Yes! I hate when he and other rethugs use that all the time and there is no

clapback!