Trump: Some people who write about me 'know nothing about me & have zero access'

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By LOUIS NELSON 09/12/2017 09:27 AM EDT

President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday morning at authors who write about him, posting on Twitter that their books and articles amount to “fake news” because “they know nothing about me.”

“Fascinating to watch people writing books and major articles about me and yet they know nothing about me & have zero access. #FAKE NEWS!” the president wrote on Twitter.

Trump did not make clear which authors, books or articles he was referring to, although he has been a regular critic of the news media, which he has often complained cover him unfairly. The president’s tweet coincided with the release of two prominent books related to the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton’s campaign memoir, titled “What Happened,” and NBC political reporter Katy Tur’s “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History.”

Trump has sparred in the past with Tur, whom he has characterized as a “third-rate journalist” and singled out by name at rallies, sparking the ire of attendees. The president has referred diminutively to Tur as “little Katy,” and at a July 2016 news conference, he told her to “be quiet” as she sought to ask a follow-up question about his invitation to the Russian government to find emails deleted from the personal email server Clinton maintained as secretary of state.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/12/trump-tweet-journalists-books-242586

[marybourg]

1. So says the birther

[Paladin]

2. He likes to dish it out, but he can't take it. Old news (nt)

[onenote]

3. Right. And all that Breitbart shit about Obama was written by people who knew and had access to him

Not.

The cognitive dissonance of Trump and his supporters is deafening.

[FakeNoose]

4. We know a lot more about YOU than you realize, Cheeto

What we don't know, we have suspicions on, and the rest will be proven by Robert Mueller.

It's all coming down!

[rock]

5. If they don't have

a TV, radio, phone, or newspaper, they have neither knowledge of you nor access.

[livetohike]

6. We know he's an asshole. What more is there to know?

He has to keep himself in the news everyday no matter how inane the comments.

[MGKrebs]

7. I kinda wish I knew a lot less about him.

[Dave Starsky]

8. It's not like you're hard to figure out, jackass.

Your own daily tweets, behavior, and lust for the limelight pretty much make you an open book.

[Nay]

10. THIS

Every tweet broadcasts exactly what you are, Trump. A yawning abyss of neediness, narcissism, and hate.

[forgotmylogin]

9. The Famewhore thinks people have no access nor insight to him. (n/t)

[IronLionZion]

11. Katy Tur's getting paid!

That is an awesome title and will no doubt get a lot of book sales. I bet the craziness was epic.

[beastie boy]

12. Likewise, some people who head governments...

know nothing about governing or the Presidency.

And people who write about him do.

So what's the point he is trying to make, exactly? If his criteria are to be applied, can we start talking about "fake Presidency"?

[Blue_Tires]

13. Funny he should mention access, because this explains a lot:

Link to tweet

[tanyev]

14. You're so vain, you probably think this book is about you....

[not fooled]

15. The reality

is no doubt even worse than what is reported.