Trump: Leaks Are Real, 'News Is Fake' And 'I'm Not A Bad Person'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 16, 2017, 1:53 PM EDT
President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that the leaks coming from his administration are real but the reporting based on that information is "fake." He also complained that he does not deserve the media's "hatred" because he is "really not a bad person."
"The leaks are absolutely real," Trump said during a press conference. "The news is fake, because so much of the news is fake."
"If the information coming from those leaks is real, then how can the stories be fake?" a reporter pressed.
"The reporting is fake," Trump insisted. "Here's the thing, the public isn't you know, they read newspapers, they see television, they watch. They don't know if it's true or false because they're not involved. I'm involved."
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Trump: 'Russia Is Fake News'
By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 16, 2017, 1:42 PM EDT
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that "Russia is fake news" and insisted that he has no business connections in that country.
Trump appeared to be responding to a Tuesday report from the New York Times that members of his campaign staff made repeated contact with Russian officials before the 2016 election.
"Russia is fake news. Russia this is fake news put out by the media," Trump told reporters at a press conference.
"Speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don't have any deals in Russia," he said.
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gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Hillary's "reset" button, and on and on about his election...
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)He doesn't even have any cole slaw or potato salad.
Or even a fucking basket to put them in.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)great line of reasoning, there He's dangerous but sometimes I just have to laugh at the rapey buffooon
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)and it resulted in complete blither as a response. I laughed out loud when I heard it.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Acosta was going after him!!! 45 said no one believes him.
#ibelievejimacosta
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,746 posts)meaning he has all of that and more!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,746 posts)when you have $650 million (or more) of debt, you will take relief from whoever offers it!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)end of subject. He did it all in the US and elsewhere, didn't have to go to Russia at all.
BumRushDaShow
(128,746 posts)His mistake was making deals with those Russian crime bosses.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Nixon moment. Remember,Nixon attacked the Press first and then he used the IRS and FBI to attack those who he thought was one of his so called Enemies.
BTW,many were active in Local Democratic Organizations,and that is another story.
starshine00
(531 posts)attacking the fourth estate, there is a difference, a vast one, between two hundred years of a free and open press, and a country with very little history of journalistic freedom. I hope for the sake of the future of our country that this attack on our press with taking out the fourth estate only as a prelude to much more devious doings is going to fail utterly.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)to a John Dean interview. If you have read Dean's book,well,you are seeing what he wrote in real time. He calls it a Authoritarian Regime and if not put in check,our Nation is in real trouble.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)certainly don't seem bothered by Trumpenfuror. I wonder if they're getting some of the Russian spoils, too.
They could be in on it. The pres. campaign was not all Trump, the GOP helped him
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)for Money and Power.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)tRump is getting less useful to him by the hour.
jb5150
(1,178 posts)the more lies they will catch him on.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Except that two-year-olds are far, far, far, far, far, FAR more mature.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)starshine00
(531 posts)jack69
(163 posts)you are a bad person trying to create fake news. Not the other way around. Tell the networks to quit letting him use them like another twitter account. Last three days he has been on TV around noon. Anything is better than watching and listening to him.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)I was torn between laughing and feelings of deep sadness that this man-child sits in the oval office.
Katytexas
(5 posts)Why would Flynn's conversation as a private citizen with Russian ambassador be classified???? Drunk trump kept saying leak was of classified information.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)Nitram
(22,776 posts)This is not going to be pretty.
Thekaspervote
(32,751 posts)Fake news was not yet with us but Nixon, who at least did some good things before he went whacko said "I'm not a crook."
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)He must be scared shitless today.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Grins
(7,205 posts)"The leaks are real, the news is fake, and I am Czar of all the Russias!!!"
jzodda
(2,124 posts)That title sounded better and is more truthful
Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)The Orange Squishy is high as a kite.