Trump took a question from a reporter he considered hiring and used it to bash the media

[highplainsdem]

From the Washington Post this morning:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/06/trump-took-a-question-from-a-reporter-he-considered-hiring-and-used-it-to-bash-the-media/


President Trump spoke for about seven minutes during a joint news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Thursday before an interpreter opened the session to questions from journalists. Without hesitation, Trump called on the Daily Mail's David Martosko, who was a candidate to become White House press secretary before withdrawing from consideration two weeks ago.

“I have to ask about this,” Martosko said, after starting on the subject of North Korean nuclear deterrence. “Since you started the whole wrestling thing, what are your thoughts about what has happened since then? I mean CNN went after you and has threatened to expose the identity of a person they said was responsible for it. I'd like your thoughts on that.”

“Yeah, I think what CNN did was unfortunate for them,” Trump replied. “As you know, now they have some pretty serious problems. They have been fake news for a long time. They've been covering me in a very, uh, very dishonest way.”

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What a scene: The president of the United States, on foreign soil, awarding a reporter he considered hiring the first of only two questions available to American journalists at a joint news conference — then using the occasion to bash other media outlets.

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[spanone]

1. poor little man. can't take criticism from the media...sad.

[malaise]

2. I am waiting for any journalist to ask him what was more fake than

his birther bullshit about Obama. Groper Don the Con makes up shit all the time and assumes everyone else does the same.

Lock him up!

[Stinky The Clown]

3. An the morons who voted for him will EAT IT UP

Yeah. Fuck Yeah! Fake News.

[Docreed2003]

4. Trump sounds like the prototypical abuser...

"What CNN did was unfortunate.."

That's like saying "If you hadn't been bad, I wouldn't have had to punch you in the face".

This question was clearly staged and Trump was prepared for it. In his warped mind, he's never at fault.

[emulatorloo]

5. "I am tweeting in a very dishonest way. My top adviser ran a Fake News group called Breitbart"

"I fabricated a fake story about Obama's birth. I have a fake voter 'integrity' commission to support the fake notion that I won the popular vote."

All he does is lie and engage in psychological projection.

Wonder how much they paid that flack to ask that bullshit question?

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. It's a steady job, but he wants to be a paperback writer. nt

[lpbk2713]

6. Not aware of what's going on around him.

When will the people close to him care enough to get him professional help?

[oberliner]

7. The Daily Mail is a right-wing British tabloid

No surprise that they would ask about a wrestling meme video.

[Mr. Ected]

9. Wait til CNN starts covering the impeachment proceedings

Or the NY indictments that are sure to come down.

Real justice. Fake news. Right.