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deminks

(11,270 posts)
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:18 PM Jul 2024

OMG, 🍊 🐔 Donald tightens reporter's water bottle




Here is the story you need to run!

Trump just childishly tightened a black female journalist's water due to her hard questions!

Please don't let this not be covered!

End snip.

Video shows him reaching over the table to get reporter's water bottle and tighten the lid.

Weird.
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OMG, 🍊 🐔 Donald tightens reporter's water bottle (Original Post) deminks Jul 2024 OP
Hope that makes it to the late night shows. 2naSalit Jul 2024 #1
he later drank from it, lolol Celerity Jul 2024 #20
Thanks... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #22
Definitely VERY weird! Siwsan Jul 2024 #2
Trump has always had an odd habit of unnecessarily readjusting objects around him. OCD? PeaceWave Jul 2024 #37
Ewwww get the red out Jul 2024 #3
Maybe he tried to drop Rohypnol into it nt Wicked Blue Jul 2024 #4
This would not surprise me. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #10
Weird Sanity Claws Jul 2024 #5
Which is why they object they know they are kooky and strange. TheKentuckian Jul 2024 #29
This seems about par for the course canetoad Jul 2024 #6
The most petty and vindictive weirdo in history Blue Owl Jul 2024 #7
remember when he brushed off newdayneeded Jul 2024 #12
Looks like a practiced mean trick he does all the time. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #8
I wonder how many MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #13
Oh yes, good point. it is a two part mean prank. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #19
Agree. MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #30
Why would anyone cover this who isn't looking for clickbait? Chakaconcarne Jul 2024 #9
Update: check this whole vid about 1:34:00. He just stole her water and couldn't open the bottle. Double bogus but not mahina Jul 2024 #28
No MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #31
You are right that he did tighten the lid but watch the whole series of events mahina Jul 2024 #34
Thanks! MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #46
Raja mahina Jul 2024 #47
What an asshole MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #11
I think he needed to quench his dry ass mouth CANADIANBEAVER69 Jul 2024 #14
Even children know ownership of water bottles. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #21
I must say it was a strange thing to do, regardless. CANADIANBEAVER69 Jul 2024 #24
It was a practiced move. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #33
What's with the apologists? MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #32
I think he tightened it too. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #35
Exactly! MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #40
that much I completely agree CANADIANBEAVER69 Jul 2024 #43
Yes but we have to take other variables into account. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #45
The best explanation predictor is past behavior. Irish_Dem Jul 2024 #44
Thank you. CANADIANBEAVER69 Jul 2024 #41
I am not an apologist thanks CANADIANBEAVER69 Jul 2024 #39
Then I wasn't referring to you MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2024 #42
I see it as a positive FHRRK Jul 2024 #15
Would not Rebl2 Jul 2024 #16
Definitely a WEIRDO Emile Jul 2024 #17
I hope she doesn't touch that bottle with a 20 foot pole! MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #18
Look at him EndlessWire Jul 2024 #23
He's stealing Marco Rubio's thunder! Blue Owl Jul 2024 #25
He went full Marco WheelWalker Jul 2024 #27
Djt cannot stand women, especially women of color, frying him over a flame. Jrose Jul 2024 #26
The most massive asshole on earth. spanone Jul 2024 #36
Weird. Wednesdays Jul 2024 #38

2naSalit

(94,087 posts)
22. Thanks...
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 04:48 PM
Jul 2024

I didn't know where to look for it.

Jeebus, I think he just lost more votes from the few who were going to vote for him.



But Rev Al said that Q45 intended to go on and insult them to show his minions that he disrespects them and that he has no intention to be civil to anyone who is black or asks him questions. With video clips.

Sounds about right.



Siwsan

(27,378 posts)
2. Definitely VERY weird!
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:22 PM
Jul 2024

A piece of plaque must have broken loose in his Swiss Cheese brain.

PeaceWave

(1,233 posts)
37. Trump has always had an odd habit of unnecessarily readjusting objects around him. OCD?
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:00 PM
Jul 2024

get the red out

(13,649 posts)
3. Ewwww
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:22 PM
Jul 2024

There's no way she could drink her water after his stubby little hands were all over the top of it!

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
10. This would not surprise me.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:36 PM
Jul 2024

Do you remember the Trump White House drug list that was published?

I was shocked by the huge numbers of drugs being handed out, especially the fact some of them
were classic date rape drugs.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
29. Which is why they object they know they are kooky and strange.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:35 PM
Jul 2024

Yet demand to be seen as the "default".

canetoad

(18,402 posts)
6. This seems about par for the course
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:29 PM
Jul 2024

For tsf, but I really hope the press or Harris campaign jumps on it out of all proportion and runs with it. This is the epitomy of Weird.

 

newdayneeded

(2,493 posts)
12. remember when he brushed off
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:42 PM
Jul 2024

dandruff off of a world leader's shoulder? How about when he told the Italian leader his wife looked good for her age. How about pulling in another leader toward him with an aggressive handshake? this guy is a fucking joke!

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
8. Looks like a practiced mean trick he does all the time.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:34 PM
Jul 2024

Reaching over to tighten a woman's water bottle so she cannot easily open it.
Embarrasses her and makes her look weak.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,660 posts)
13. I wonder how many
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:49 PM
Jul 2024

then ask him to loosen it for them so he looks like a "hero." Gawd he makes me sick.

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
19. Oh yes, good point. it is a two part mean prank.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 04:12 PM
Jul 2024

He waits until the woman is not looking and tightens the lid.
Then when she returns and cannot easily open it, he volunteers to "help" her.

He didn't think twice about it, look at him.
It was automatic.

It is a complete set up.
He sets up women over and over.

EJ Carroll in the dept store.
Stormy D in the hotel suite.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,660 posts)
30. Agree.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:50 PM
Jul 2024

That's exactly how I envisioned it.

He saw she wasn't looking his way and went right for it.

mahina

(19,197 posts)
34. You are right that he did tighten the lid but watch the whole series of events
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:56 PM
Jul 2024

and you will see.

I thought that was what I saw too until I saw the context.

Or don't. Cheers!

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,660 posts)
11. What an asshole
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:42 PM
Jul 2024

If I had a platform I'd put that clip on a loop and play it non-stop.

Could some buff huge muscle guy confront him about that? Stand right in front of him and glare down at him until he cries.

Then I'd put that clip on an endless loop.

CANADIANBEAVER69

(568 posts)
14. I think he needed to quench his dry ass mouth
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:53 PM
Jul 2024

and couldn't open it. He wasn't aware of his own bottle, IMO.

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
21. Even children know ownership of water bottles.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 04:21 PM
Jul 2024

A water bottle sitting across the table in front of another person is not theirs.

I think he could have opened the water bottle.

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
33. It was a practiced move.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:56 PM
Jul 2024

He has done it many times before.
Whatever the motive is.

And yes most of us do not reach across a table and take a water bottle sitting in front
of another person.

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
35. I think he tightened it too.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:58 PM
Jul 2024

But I admit it could be interpreted differently.

Though it seems clear to me that if he grabbed the water bottle to take
a drink, he would have taken a drink.

Certainly he could get the cap off of a water bottle.

Unless his motor skills are severely impaired.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,660 posts)
40. Exactly!
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:19 PM
Jul 2024

If he was going to take a drink from a bottle he supposedly mistook for his own, why didn't he drink from it then?

The intention and act are clear.

It seems like whatever he does, someone will say, oh he didn't mean it, or, that's not what happened...well, maybe he was loosening it for her, in anticipation of her needing a sip of water.

He looked and acted like the disgusting buffoon he is, IMO.


CANADIANBEAVER69

(568 posts)
43. that much I completely agree
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:24 PM
Jul 2024

He looked and acted like a disgusting buffoon that he is.
I can not stand the man and believe me, I am not trying to make any excuse. Everyone views things in different ways. Just a fact.

I check the headlines everyday, just like everyone else. Still no relief from that pile of vile.

Irish_Dem

(60,851 posts)
45. Yes but we have to take other variables into account.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:37 PM
Jul 2024

Trump was angry, stressed, and in hostile territory.
He would do whatever he could to embarrass the hosts of the event.

And we know he is a ruthless criminal with a history of sexual assaults and
poor treatment of women.

So if we have to take a guess about his behavior and motives,
he is probably up to no good, which is his default setting.

And it makes no sense he was looking to get a drink.
He didn't take a drink from the bottle.

CANADIANBEAVER69

(568 posts)
41. Thank you.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:20 PM
Jul 2024

I didn't think me thinking he is unable to open the water was going to cause anyone to JFC me lol. I do think he was sweating in that interview and just reacted and squirmed through out.

FHRRK

(996 posts)
15. I see it as a positive
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:56 PM
Jul 2024

Look at his body language, slumped, looks slovenly (don't use that word often) and defeated. Look at hers, body turned towards him, open, not defensive.

EndlessWire

(7,342 posts)
23. Look at him
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 04:57 PM
Jul 2024

pushing an excuse for the cop who shot the Black woman in the face. The cop up for murder now. That was horrendous. All because she had to turn her hot water off. What was she supposed to do, allow a fire hazard to go on unchecked? She had to tend to the stove.

I would only call a cop if there were active shooting going on, or something really major. Wouldn't stop me from helping a cop, but they are sometimes nuts, with poor results. The whole incident was on camera, except that the cop had his body camera turned off. But other cameras caught that, and there you are, minus one innocent lady who just called for help. Trump was frequently trying to avoid answering the questions put to him, and he gave one long, mish mashed answer to this one.

Jrose

(1,375 posts)
26. Djt cannot stand women, especially women of color, frying him over a flame.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:32 PM
Jul 2024

He knows he will melt and burn to a crisp in a debate with Kamala.

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