I'm the president of the United States, don't ever talk to the president that way," Trump insisted.

[Miles Archer]

Link to tweet

Trump was pressed on his refusal to concede by Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason.

“Don’t talk to me that way,” Trump replied.

“You’re just a lightweight, don’t talk to me that way,” the lame-duck president demanded.

“I’m the president of the United States, don’t ever talk to the president that way,” Trump insisted.

[soothsayer]

1. Can't say that for much longer, loser!

But it does show what’s on his mind.

Heeheehee

[JudyM]

58. I hope Biden tucks this one away for future use against him.

He wouldn’t, but we can hope

[RobertDevereaux]

2. The missing number...

Washington, 1.
Obama, 44.
Biden, 46.
There never was a 45.
Between 44 and 46?
Zip, zero, nonentity, null, 0.

[lame54]

20. Elevators will go from 44 to 46

[gordianot]

33. I have a sick feeling Biden may be 47.

Trump pardons Pence who then becomes 46 and then pardons Trump.

[electric_blue68]

3. Just, wow. So arrogant. You're The President NOT a king.

And for this this job you've been even less than a light weight pReident Drumph! 😠

[CatMor]

4. That coming from someone who treats reporters like dirt ..

Someone who makes up nasty names for Reps and Senators of the US has the nerve to tell someone not to talk to him that way. He doesn't deserve one ounce of respect.

[dweller]

5. and now everyone knows

exactly how they should speak to him from this point forward ...

he’s so easy to trigger

✌🏻

[tanyev]

6. Marking to resurrect when he applauds some RW nutjob for being rude to President Biden.

[RainCaster]

7. Ask to see his birth certificate

That racist mf had no problem talking down to President Obama.

[Cha]

9. Right.. Shite for brains insulted President

Obama SO the Orange Swamp BLOB can STFU.

And, what.. the reporter asked a Question!

[Cha]

8. How about donald Lame Duck?

[LizBeth]

10. Anyone know what was asked or how it was asked?

[Miles Archer]

17. Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason

Check out under the tweet in my OP...the exchange is described there.

[LizBeth]

31. " Trump was pressed on his refusal to concede " I see, thanks

[gratuitous]

11. Proper response to His Petulancy

"You're making me work on Thanksgiving, asshole; why don't you do YOUR job?"

[maxrandb]

12. If this guy didn't have security

He'd get the shit beat out of him every fucking day.

If this fucker was at a construction site, there'd be a line to kick his ass.

If he were on one of my Navy ships, he'd get his ass beat everyday.

If he worked in a grocery store, he'd get his ass beat everyday.

If he was in your office, he'd get his ass beat everyday.

If he was a waiter, the staff, from manager to dishwasher would line up to kick his ass.

If he just showed up at a party you were throwing, guests would want to beat his ass within minutes of his arrival.

[maxrandb]

13. I've never met a tough guy

who ever had to tell me he was tough.

Reporter should have asked him to come out from behind that desk and say that to my face.

[Hekate]

22. His response would depend on their size and gender. He uses his body mass to slam women...

...up against walls as a form of assault, up to and including rape. Dollars to holes in donuts he has assaulted smaller men in the same way, minus only the penetration of rape.

As for reporters or anyone else trying to lay hands on him — he has federal bodyguards, remember?

[mtnsnake]

42. +1000

[NCDem47]

14. Oh my.

The ANGER in that response! Everything is such an affront to him.

He is due for a full on psychotic break come Jan. 20.

Good for the media.

[calguy]

15. Trump had no problem talking to other presidents that way

Before he was president.

[xmas74]

16. They need to tell him they'll speak to him as they please

Because he works for them and not them for him.

They need to remind him he isn't their boss.

[moonscape]

28. Good point! "You might be the President, but

you are our subordinate"

[xmas74]

35. Maybe it's just me

But I'd remind him of it every single time.

[radius777]

59. +1. Our tax dollars pay his salary and he works for us. /nt

[Towlie]

18. Reminds me of the scene in Clear and Present Danger when Jack Ryan confronts the president.

 
←

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109444/quotes?item=qt0420363

The President: How dare you come in here and lecture me!

Jack Ryan: How dare *you*, sir!

The President: How dare you come into this office and bark at me like some little junkyard dog? I am the President of the United States!

The movie's end left the viewer to assume that the president was impeached, removed from office, and generally got what he deserved for what he did, but reality since then has cast that story in a very different light. The crimes committed by that fictional president pale in the light of Trump's crimes but it's by no means a given that Trump will ever face justice.

[barbtries]

19. he's so abusive.

how i would love to see one of his victims call him out on that.

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. The correct response would have been "You work for me motherfucker".

And don't you ever fucking forget it asswipe.

[LeeAndrews]

23. The Dictator doesn't like to be questioned

How did this MFer ever manage to get elected. What a prick.

[Lock him up.]

38. Over 73 million gullible deplorables voted for that bullying moron...

That's about 1 in 4 citizens.

[bdamomma]

67. Propaganda works

nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

24. I would call him a loser and a criminal

Waste of skin to his face. He fucks protocol so I will too,asshole.

[bdamomma]

68. I would call

him out and I bet he would get up and leave too. He shovels it out but can't take it when someone confronts him.

[iluvtennis]

25. trumpty dumpty has always believed because he is POTUS, ppl have to bow down to him. Respect is

a two way street. To get respect, you have to give respect.

Reading between the lines of the the Mary trump book, this is something his parents never taught him.

[ancianita]

26. THE LOL PRESIDENT SPEAKS!

[RockRaven]

27. Respect and deference are earned, shit-brain.

You deserve neither. With ANY title.

[The Roux Comes First]

29. Speaking of Lightweight, All You Have is Lard

Merely being an overweight bully is not much of a credential.

More pushback, please.

[samnsara]

30. hes the people servant!

[Mr. Ected]

32. Those are the exact words he'll be saying

As the cuffs clink shut on his wrists.

[Green Line]

34. Every single day I hate him more

He’s a repulsive asshole

[tinrobot]

36. He's going full Captain Queeg.

Tell us about the strawberries, Donald.

[jmowreader]

46. There are scenes in that movie that are even worse

Remember the "movie" scene?

[thenelm1]

37. Yet he has no problem what so ever trashing his predecessor(s), or anyone who doesn't

kiss his abundant keester. Eff him.

[Salviati]

39. The really funny thing about trump is...

... that no matter how profoundly insecure he is (and boy howdy, is he), it's really not enough as is warranted by the reality of his situation...

[judesedit]

40. Tell him, "What goes around, comes around". You get back what you give

It's called karma.

[LudwigPastorius]

41. Eat shit, you bloated, orange, human garbage!

(Was that Presidential enough you think?)

[BigmanPigman]

43. He usually saves that attitude for female, Black journalists.

This pig needs the shit beaten out of him, endlessly.

Best Thanksgiving in years...Biden WON and the pig is going to jail after he loses the NY cases as well as big $$$.

[Miles Archer]

64. Exactly, my immediate reaction was "What if Yamiche Alcindor asked that?"

Probably would have told her she was "nasty" with a few added swipes. And the MAGAts would have cheered him for it.

[Major Nikon]

44. This is the same dickhead who said Obama was the founder of ISIS

Every member of the WH press corps should be calling him a fucking liar to his face. At least that much would be true.

[AllyCat]

45. While he sat at his kiddie table? Who's the lightweight Killa Con?

[58Sunliner]

47. Talk about triggered. Enraged loser.

[GulfCoast66]

48. I'll never meet the SOB. But if I ever did he would get an earful

He’s an American no different than me. If I told him to fuck off he could do nothing about it.

[COLGATE4]

49. Respect isn't demanded - it's earned.

[jalan48]

50. He talks like a mob boss. nt

[bdamomma]

69. cause

he is a mob boss/thug "the don" he was labeled that in NY.

[bamagal62]

51. Fuck him. The president works

For the people.

[KWR65]

52. I'm the King of America. Don't ever talk to me that way!

Drop dead a$$hole.

[struggle4progress]

53. Shame, shame, shame

[Cha]

54. Not for long you're NOT.. Orange

Swamp Blob.

[smirkymonkey]

55. This is what impotent rage looks like.

?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

56. Proper response: Mr Impeached President, how does it feel to be a loser of the popular vote twice?

[muriel_volestrangler]

57. Fuller excerpt

Trump was bullshitting about the election being a fraud, and Mason was trying to say something (the question had been "just to be clear, sir, if the electoral college votes for Joe Biden, will you concede?" )

Trump starts off "well, if they do, they've made a mistake, because this election was a fraud ...", and puts forth his own BS about more people voting for Biden than Obama in swing states, but not in the others, and he claims that shows it's a fraud (of course, in 2016 he was boasting about how it was concentrating on swing states than he won; and it's simply not true - Biden got a bigger percentage and absolute number of votes than Obama in Massachusetts and California, the first non-swing states I checked).

Trump continues "... so no, I can't say that at all, it's a ..."
Mason: "... you won't ..."
Trump: "... it's a possibility. They're trying to ... Look, between you people ..."

At that point Mason is trying to say something, but it's not loud enough to hear; this is when Trump launches into his temper tantrum "don't talk to me that way". You can hear Mason's "sorry sir" underneath the tantrum, but Trump ignores that.

So, at that point, Trump's answer to to whether he'd concede when the electoral college choose Biden, his answer was "no", then "it's a possibility". Later in the conference, he appeared to change that to "of course", so a reporter pressing him for clarity was pretty damn important.

[radius777]

61. Mason said "Just answer the question". /nt

[BlueStater]

72. Why did he apologize?

It makes me sick to hear he did that. And to call him “sir”? I could just vomit.

First off, he did nothing wrong. That orange prick is not a fucking king and not entitled to only questions that he feels comfortable answering. Secondly, that shitsack doesn’t respect his own office and has never even tried to, so there’s no reason to grant him the respect typically afforded to a president. Thirdly, the asshole is a despicable excuse for a human being and is NEVER worthy of respect no matter what undeserved office he holds.

[gulliver]

60. "Don't ever talk FROM the President that way!"

Trump shows bottomless disrespect for the Presidency in the way he talks FROM the office.

[ProfessorGAC]

62. The Title Is Only Thing Deserving Respect

Not the fraud in temporary hold of the title.

[Blue Owl]

63. Go fuck yourself Donny you fat piece of shit

[lpbk2713]

65. Wrong.

We haven't had a president for four years.

[bdamomma]

71. A murderer

is more like it.

[ProfessorGAC]

66. Thought Of An Ideal Response!

"In 56 days, I won't have to."

[StarlightGold]

70. Ok how's this...

“You filthy pile of horse shit, go crawl to the corner of the room and die already.”
Waddya think?

[WyattKansas]

73. Like Blowhard Donnie even has the etiquette, grace, ethical, or moral qualities to...

Treated like a sewage mover in Slumville, USA. What a thin skinned whiny little bitch with little mouse balls.

The South Park show needs to come up with a cartoon of tRUMP, very similar to Eric Cartman playing cop driving his tricycle around demanding everyone, 'Respect My Authoritah.'

[occupant]

74. Big Mouth Blowhard

I just wish that I had the chance to tell that fat fuck off. I have four years of pent up frustration to blow off at him and he'd fall back off his little chair if I got started. He'd be spittin and a snorting but I'd make him pop a clot ! The hate is so real...