What Did President Trump Do Now?

Chula Vista · 01-22-2017, 10:29 AM

Alternative facts?

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer's false claims about the size of the crowd at President Donald Trump's inauguration were "alternative facts," a top Trump aide said Sunday.

In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," host Chuck Todd pressed Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway about why the White House on Saturday had sent Spicer to the briefing podium for the first time to claim that "this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period."

"You're saying it's a falsehood. And they're giving -- Sean Spicer, our press secretary -- gave alternative facts," she said.

Todd responded: "Alternative facts aren't facts, they are falsehoods."

Conway then tried to pivot to policy points. But later in the interview, Todd pressed Conway again on why the White House sent Spicer out to make false claims about crowd size, asking: "What was the motive to have this ridiculous litigation of crowd size?"

"Your job is not to call things ridiculous that are said by our press secretary and our president. That's not your job," Conway said.
Todd followed up: "Can you please answer the question? Why did he do this? You have not answered it -- it's only one question."

Conway said: "I'll answer it this way: Think about what you just said to your viewers. That's why we feel compelled to go out and clear the air and put alternative facts out there."

Stephen · 01-23-2017, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Alternative facts?

That is beautiful isn't it? LOL they're not lies they're alternative facts. Genius in its stupidity.

Trollheart · 01-23-2017, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

That is beautiful isn't it? LOL they're not lies they're alternative facts. Genius in its stupidity.

Don't forget negative profits...

Spoiler for which are...:

Anteater · 01-23-2017, 08:12 AM

Honestly, I think I feel more sympathetic for Trump at this point compared to the media. Especially when they make threats that contradict their job description.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.a29e1c444870

riseagainstrocks · 01-23-2017, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Honestly, I think I feel more sympathetic for Trump at this point compared to the media. Especially when they make threats that contradict their job description.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.a29e1c444870

You're correct that Zucker should have never said this. All CNN needs to do is train their cameras on Trump and 6 months from now he'll have dug his own grave. The man is still in campaign mode. It's hard to keep talking about 'American carnage' when you're the man in the big chair. Americans have short attention spans; Obama was blamed for the 2008 financial collapse, even though it was the culmination of 8 years of Bush's policies.

But this is kind of like an anti-police protester spitting on cops, lopping piss-balloons, etc. and then being shocked when it takes longer than usual for them to respond to a 911 call at that guy's house. Unfair, yes. Understandable, also yes.

I quite like this adversarial relationship though. If anything, it will hasten the demise of his political movement. I mean, the man can't help but lie. His inaugural event was under-attended compared to past inaugurations. The Women's March brought in more than double the people but he could not stop himself from both insinuating that they were poor losers and lying about the turnout. Small lies beget big ones. He'll be caught in a doozy he can't walk back from soon enough.

**Goofle** · 01-23-2017, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

All CNN needs to do is train their cameras on Trump and 6 months from now he'll have dug his own grave.

You know how many times this has been said over the past few years? He's the President.

Anteater · 01-23-2017, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

You're correct that Zucker should have never said this. All CNN needs to do is train their cameras on Trump and 6 months from now he'll have dug his own grave. The man is still in campaign mode. It's hard to keep talking about 'American carnage' when you're the man in the big chair. Americans have short attention spans; Obama was blamed for the 2008 financial collapse, even though it was the culmination of 8 years of Bush's policies.

1. Bush didn't help things by any means, but it was Bill Clinton who created the foundation for the 2008 financial collapse. Bush's biggest failing was that he didn't put anything in place to prevent things from turning out as they did.

2. His inauguration wasn't underattended: that's spin based on a photograph that was intentionally shot earlier in the day than the corresponding time to Obama's inauguration. Clever, but just proves yet again that the media don't check their sources well.

**Frownland** · 01-23-2017, 10:31 AM

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1. Bush didn't help things by any means, but it was Bill Clinton who created the foundation for the 2008 financial collapse. Bush's biggest failing was that he didn't put anything in place to prevent things from turning out as they did.

I'm pretty sure you mean Reagan, not Clinton.

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2. His inauguration wasn't underattended: that's spin based on a photograph that was intentionally shot earlier in the day than the corresponding time to Obama's inauguration. Clever, but just proves yet again that the media don't check their sources well.

Uh huh. What superior media did you find this out from?