Trump rips 'Saturday Night Live' over 'total Republican hit jobs': 'This is the real Collusion!'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

BY JUSTIN WISE - 02/17/19 08:07 AM EST

President Trump early Sunday accused major news networks of engaging in "collusion" against his administration, asking how NBC's "Saturday Night Live" could get away with "hit jobs" without "retribution."

Link to tweet

The tweet from Trump came just hours after "Saturday Night Live" took aim at his move to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of his long-promised border wall.

Actor Alec Baldwin, who has repeatedly impersonated Trump throughout his presidency, called the emergency "fake" and called out many of the justifications Trump used to support it.

"We have a tremendous amount of drugs flowing into the country from the southern border--or the brown line as many people have asked me not to call it," Baldwin said. "That's why we need wall. Because wall works. Wall makes safe."

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/430377-trump-rips-saturday-night-live-over-total-republican-hit-jobs-this-is-the-real

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UPDATE:

No Joke: Trump Urges 'Retribution' Against Saturday Night Live and 'Many Other Shows'

by Tommy Christopher Feb 17th, 2019, 8:55 am

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Trump then followed up with an all-caps rendition of his favorite Stalinist phrase:

Link to tweet

Saturday night's episode of SNL featured a cold-open that tore into the press conference at which Trump admitted his national emergence was not a national emergency while he was declaring a national emergency. There was also a biting segment during Weekend Update in which Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi rubbed Trump's nose in the border compromise deal.

It is unclear what, exactly, Trump wants investigated, or what "retribution" he thinks is in order, but the First Amendment appears to protect comedy shows, even if they all make fun of the same guy.

full article + video
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/no-joke-trump-urges-retribution-against-saturday-night-live-and-many-other-shows/

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[MiniMe]

1. Did the Snowflake never watch SNL during the Obama and Bush administrations?

Or during the Clinton, Bush and Reagan administrations. Give me a break.

[Archae]

11. Heck, it goes back to the Ford presidency.

Remember Chevy Chase imitating Ford as a total klutz?

Or when they satirized Jimmy Carter at Three Mile Island?

"Oh that's different!"

[Liberty Belle]

46. Not to mention their parodies of Hilary, ripping apart the podium

in a debate with Sarah Palin for instance.

[Archae]

62. Why post a video from a far-right kook like this?

Here's another of the videos at his YouTube site, "proving" that Obama is putting in a "New World Order."

[Mr. Frost]

63. Best I can find

Know where I can find the interview in its entirety?

[Archae]

64. No, and quite simply, I don't give a shit.

Chevy Chase had his own opinions, including those about his fellow actors on SNL.

So why should I really give a shit about what one guy who left the show early on say?

[Mr. Frost]

67. Just trying to make a point

I apologize. I didn't realize this video came from an inappropriate source.

[eShirl]

16. hell, he's been *on* SNL more than once

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Here

[groundloop]

2. Tiny just boosted SNLs ratings

[Roy Rolling]

37. Grandpaw Donald

[jpak]

3. I thought we had a National Emergency

Why is he watching SNL at Mar-a-Lago?

[riversedge]

5. I have to chuckle--Trump watches SNL--bet his BP was sky high!

[pandr32]

20. Gotta admit that I see a little hope in that

[paleotn]

36. Good.

[Scarsdale]

8. Why is he watching SNL?

Because he had golfed all day, and it was dark outside. I wonder if his son, Beavis Jr. had told him he should watch S&L? That is what little Donnie calls it.

[TNNurse]

9. Exactly

[riversedge]

4. Question is--How does Fox get away with their dangerous lies Mr. Trump!!

Link to tweet

[politicaljunkie41910]

61. Trump says SNL is the real collusion. Hmmm!!!!!

Collusion: secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.

Damn, is he really that dumb? Is that what they teach you at the Wharton School of Business you so proudly brag about every chance you get? No, Mr. Trump. Collusion is what you, your family, and your cohorts do secretly and illegally to deceive others or to gain an unlawful advantage. What Alex Baldwin does is called COMEDY and guess what; it's LEGAL. Not only is it LEGAL, he's damn good at it, and he's FUNNY. You might be able to laugh along with him if you weren't so corrupt and his jokes didn't keep hitting so close to home. But then that's your fault not his. He's doing what he was hired to do. YOU, not so much. Yours will go down in History as the most corrupt administration EVER in our nation's history. You make Nixon look like a Boy Scout.

[riversedge]

6. at he same time Trump tweeted: THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
1h1 hour ago

THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[c-rational]

30. The rigged and corrupt media are the consultants you and your ilk hired to steal the 2016 election,

including Cambridge Analytica and Psy-Group. You do know enough to call the media Fakely , because many(most) of the corporate 'news' groups are less than fair. The price we have paid since the days of Reagan and the abolishment of the Fairness Doctrine is a less just and less fair society.

[kacekwl]

7. Same way you do

President Traitor.

[yaesu]

10. I never watch SNL but I did try last night but missed the open so to the vid section I go. nt

[3Hotdogs]

12. Why there's no retribution or counterpoint? The Republicans eliminated the Fairness Doctrine.

Now, go fuck yourself.

[pandr32]

24. I think its funny he equates SNL with all his so-called "Fake News"

He is so sensitive he forgets he is watching a parody of himself and others.

[Achilleaze]

13. "Whine, whine, whine." - republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

Dirty Donny luvs to dish it out, but wilts like repube pansy when there's a whiff of well-deserved mockery.

How unmanly to whine all the time about how you think "life is unfair" to you. He is such a Whiney republican Wanker.

[ginnyinWI]

14. Spoken like a wannabe dictator.

Sorry but this is as close as he's going to ever get to reining them in.

[Docreed2003]

15. Commander Thin Skin is at it again...

He's such a pathetic excuse for a human

[Gothmog]

17. I love the fact that trump is upset

[Iliyah]

78. Ditto . .

[orangecrush]

18. Putin Fluffer

is the real "enemy of the people".

Referring to the legitimate press as an "enemy of the people" should of itself be an impeachable offense, but this scumbag gets away with everything... so far.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Humor is processed in the frontal and temporal lobes.

I'd say this is red flag for brain damage. But then we knew that.


Decoding Humor Experiences from Brain Activity of People Viewing Comedy Movies
Yasuhito Sawahata, Kazuteru Komine, Toshiya Morita, Nobuyuki Hiruma
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Measured fMRI data were labeled on the basis of the lag before or after the viewer’s perception of humor (humor onset) determined by the viewer-reported humor experiences during the fMRI scans. We trained multiple binary classifiers, or decoders, to distinguish between fMRI data obtained at each lag from ones obtained during a neutral state in which subjects were not experiencing humor. As a result, in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the right temporal area, the decoders showed significant classification accuracies even at two seconds ahead of the humor onsets. Furthermore, given a time series of fMRI data obtained during movie viewing, we found that the decoders with significant performance were also able to predict the upcoming humor events on a volume-by-volume basis. Taking into account the hemodynamic delay, our results suggest that the upcoming humor events are encoded in specific brain areas up to about five seconds before the awareness of experiencing humor. Our results provide evidence that there exists a mental state lasting for a few seconds before actual humor perception, as if a viewer is expecting the future humorous events.

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The present study found that the broad brain areas were involved in the prediction of upcoming humor perception. Particularly, brain areas, such as prefrontal and temporal areas, were shown to be involved mainly in the prediction of upcoming humor perception. The inferior frontal areas have previously been shown to be involved in understanding or inferring others’ mental states [28] and understanding semantic context in speech [29], [30]. The temporal poles and superior temporal sulcus (STS) included in the temporal ROIs have been shown to be involved in the inference of others’ intentions and recalling socially relevant memories [28], [31], [32]. These basic characteristics in the prefrontal and temporal areas may support our finding that there is mental processing for preparing or expecting upcoming humor before the perception of it.

More at the link.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081009

[mjjoe]

21. He never learns

The more he screams about it, the more attention it will receive. Ratings will increase and SNL will ramp up the mockery. This is much like the Streisand effect.

Previous presidents had the good sense to either laugh it off, play along or not react to it at all.

[Timmygoat]

22. I cannot get my head around

The fact that he sent people over to Europe to ask that he be nominated for the Nobel Peace Price, is there any institution he wants to cheapen to make himself look good.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. I'll bet he loves "Last Man Standing" starring tRumpanzee Tim Allen

Enemy of the People...yes he is!

[Traildogbob]

29. Yep

Use to love early Tim Allen. Pre-trump, then he bashed PRESIDENT Obama and liberals until I said enough of this shit and refused to watch, as I do any Fox. I am not calling on retribution of his trump ass kissing shows and stance, but I just refuse to watch. Just don't watch Dumpy Donny, rather than do MORE destruction of the constitution. Until FOX and the couch Tumors are removed as the Goebbels propagandist they are........STFU!!!

[mwb970]

33. I won't watch it because of Allen.

No right-wing aholes allowed in my home!

[bluestarone]

24. What about FOX NEWS DONALD???????

[Roy Rolling]

26. Thanks!

"Thanks for the free publicity about one of our shows"
--------NBC

Trump wanted to be the center of TV coverage and he finally got what he wanted. He plays the old man who yells "get off my lawn!" at current television comedies.

[c-rational]

27. This is a comedy show donny two scoops. The real hit job that should be investigated is your

hit job on American democracy, the rule of law, planet earth, the economy and anything good in this world.

[Firestorm49]

28. I wish.

I wish that a single day would come by where I didn’t have to refer to the Goof Ball In Chief as a moron. Just one day,

But, it isn’t going to happen, so welcome to Sunday.

[mwb970]

31. Jesus, what a snowflake ahole.

trump can dish it out, but he sure can't take it!

[Mr. Ected]

32. The TV host is confusing fact with fiction and reality with fantasy

His television audience is plagued by the same syndrome...but only when they're on the defensive.

Never heard a murmur about Deep State or any of that nonsense until Trump and his TV entourage became targets of a criminal investigation.

[Pachamama]

34. I bet Alec Baldwin is laughing and can't wait to do another

...parody of the Orange Anus mouthed maniac...

The Cold open on SNL was great....And I love that it drives Trump nuts...

[riversedge]

35. #BabyTrump needs his pacifier

[paleotn]

38. Ooops, hit a nerve!

Keep digging around so we can find some more. I'm thinking off taking bets he's done in by blockage, blowout or garden variety MI. You pick.

[PeeJ52]

39. Would someone buy this idiot the SNL boxed sets so he can see they hit whoever is in office!!!

My God!!! What an IDIOT!!!

[RVN VET71]

45. The SNL parody is the real collusion?

A TV show? Colluding with whom? what? when? how? why?

It's time to Article 25 this prattling, disoriented, demented fool before he kills us all. As the walls close in ever tighter, his mind fragments ever more.

[Mabel]

40. Awwww I feel so sorry for Trump

I think I'll send him a gift certificate to McDonalds so he can have some more comfort food, I'm sure that will make it all better.

[Politicub]

42. What an idiot

It’s called satire, Twitler. Look it up.

[appleannie1943]

43. SNL has ripped every president since they have been on the air.

Suck it up buttercup, it is part of the territory you wanted to defile.

[Gothmog]

44. Poor baby

Link to tweet

?s=20

[workinclasszero]

49. Biggest MAGA snowflake of them all!

[Gothmog]

52. Yep

Link to tweet

[workinclasszero]

53. Great pic!

[Gothmog]

72. For this thread

Link to tweet

[area51]

47. "without retribution"?

Is he asking his unhinged followers to get revenge on NBC or any of the actors on SNL?

Hey Trump, if you don't like your administration parodied on a comedy show, THEN RESIGN!

[workinclasszero]

48. Duh Furor hates the 1ST AMENDMENT

Along with the rest of the Constitution he put his lyin hand on a Bible and swore he would protect!

Outrage from the Constitution protectin and lovin GOP right wing hate machine in 1..2..3..NEVER!!!!

IMO, this act alone is enough to impeach the Russian agent in the white house, not to mention a hundred other outrageous acts by the criminal bastard!

[Gothmog]

50. I love the Pelosi clap

Link to tweet

[Maxheader]

51. There it is..the final nail of its subconscience...

The realization most people think its a loon..

Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!

[thegoose]

54. Repeat after me...

Whiny....little....BITCH!

[Botany]

55. Do you see Chuck S. & Nancy P. complaining?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=rs6zY-ijaQE

[yurbud]

56. and that's why they had this ignorant sack of shit host?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Oh you poor snowflake

[Cha]

58. Thanks for bringing ATTENTION to it..

you stupid freaking Russian Puppet

[truthisfreedom]

59. Sootflake.

[colsohlibgal]

65. Somebody Give that Baby A Rattler

SNL has lampooned every President, The Toilet Tweeter In Chief is just a bigger joke and cruel buffoon than the others. As the old saying goes if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

May this National nightmare end in January 2021 with President Harris or Warren or O’Rourke or....any other progressive democrat.

[EarthFirst]

66. It's too bad there are too many syllables in a Borowitz piece...

He’d really lose his mind!

[Gothmog]

68. From Betty Bowers

Link to tweet

?s=20

[BlueStater]

69. SNL had the motherfucker host their show in November 2015.

This was after he spread racist lies about Obama and called immigrants rapists and criminals.

Just thought I'd remind everyone of this. It's nice that they're being brutal to him now, but their hands aren't exactly clean in the asshole's rise to power.

[Stuart G]

70. I have said it before, and say it again...Trump is nuts!! nt.

[Gothmog]

71. Snowflake in Chief

Link to tweet

[tavernier]

73. Thanks for the publicity, dingbat!

Did SNL pay him to do this promo???

[haele]

74. I found this SNL cold opening less bizarre than his actual press conferences.

SNL's version of Drumpf is far too coherent.

I think he would be better served if his staffers orchestrated his appearances to be more like Alec Baldwin's send-ups. He would sound less alarmingly senile. Just an observation.


Haele

[ck4829]

75. LOL

[Thekaspervote]

76. Hey dotard... does it look like the American people care? Have you looked at their ratings?

[Beartracks]

77. Dude doesn't even know what collusion is.

What an idiot.

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[Flaleftist]

79. Shades of Chancellor Sutler. nt