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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That guy needs to be removed from office immediately.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

That guy needs to be removed from office immediately.

Until recently, I agreed with you.

Now, I want them to watch. Watch it all, all of it, every single minute of it.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 27 points 14 hours ago

What a little bitch.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Bitch, you might* be able to bar them from the white house, but you can't keep anyone from filming you in public or wherever they allow press, or from reporting on you. Suck it up, crybaby bitch boy.

*emphasis on "might". Let's see what the courts determine.

[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 22 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

It'd be hilarious if CNN and other news agencies did something that'd totally skewer and enrage the president in response to his bullshit: stop showing live footage / coverage of Trump, and instead just have either News anchors attempting to read his quotes word for word, or have something like a black lesbian actor portray Trump recreating his word soup speeches. Or maybe have it be cartoony animated re-enactments, similar to what we sometimes see come out of Asia. "Subtlety" emphasize things like his sleeping, shitting himself, hair issues, simp'ing for Harp, etc.

A narcissist, having his public appearance clipped.

Or maybe just officially partner with SNL to do skits for presidential news coverage. America's a fuckin joke these days anyhow, may aswell embrace it.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is actually a really bad idea. During the election cycle, anchors would often quote Trump and Harris without showing direct clips because it allowed them to quickly convey the candidate's positions and get into any commentary the broadcasters wanted to do.

The results sanewashed Trump. Instead of long, meandering diatribes, the news was going, "Trump vowed to lower grocery prices on day one if elected. When pressed on how, he did not provide additional information."

Which sounds way more coherent and electable than anything that actually comes out of his mouth. The further removed from the direct source you are, the easier it is for people to dismiss the things he says and does as exaggerations by the news media when the truth is that the news media is underselling the madness.

[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago

Oh, I'm not saying to shorten it or clean it up. Have them read the whole thing, word for word, as best they can.

I think it was in his first term, for example, when foreign news translators were getting in trouble constantly for translating what he said directly -- his drivel was such nonsense that people just couldn't believe it, it all sounded so stupid. And without Trumps cadence, the stupidity stands out even more. If you add on to that an actor that's the "wrong color" for Trumps pride, and make them stumble over his nonsense word choices, with the occasional "woops I'm shitting myself midspeech" facial expression thrown in for good measure...

I mean, I'd be laughing pretty hard. And I'm sure Trump, if he saw that on multiple stations, would go totally off the deep end. It's petty, and low brow, so I'm pretty sure he'd be able to understand it.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm surprised he remembered. Guess he was Lucid at the time.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Probably thinking about this:

https://sh.itjust.works/post/55486542

Or one of the other similar accusations.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Definitely not, that's literally got nothing to do with the article.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 5 hours ago

That's why it's worthless to write or ready anything about that 💩. There's hundreds of reports and nothing positive happens.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 12 points 17 hours ago

Cry about it you orange turd.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Versant owned website, btw, before anyone bothers going there and getting the half-page popup saying you have no data privacy rights

[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Former Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig recently said Trump is desperate and acting like a trapped animal.

[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

This easily describes about 80% of his entire life

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish the trap involved a spike pit.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

while we're dreaming, can there be snakes too?

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

"Why is he digging through a pile of snake kebabs?"

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

What, you don't like to eat poison?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 183 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He thought he could ban CNN from being in his presence? lol. lmao.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 98 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Literally I think he believed that by denying them press credentials, he was killing the network outright.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

Just narcissist things.

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 18 points 1 day ago

I wonder how our very fine president would feel if CNN wanted to talk to everyone at the UN except him. And if the other networks did the same.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.social 93 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's right. He should be in prison, and they should be covering serious things. None of us should be 'here' 🙃

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I'd settle for him being face down in a shallow ditch.

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[–] RockBottom@feddit.org 114 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Start calling them the trump files.

[–] moustachio@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

The Israeli blackmail files would probably most accurate thing to call them

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] o0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

The TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES (TM)

FTFY

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

you talking about the Trump-Epstein Friendship Files

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 138 points 1 day ago

Such a fragile little man, that tiny-d donnie.

They should retort - "by all rights, you should be in prison".

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago

“I banned you from the White House. That means you can’t cover me anywhere I go!”

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago

(Not directed at CNN)

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every question to this piece of human garbage should start with as a Pedo and conman how would you ....

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[–] pamparana@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

A decade of this pedo rapist moron has aged me by 50 years at least.

What a stupid man-child.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 33 points 1 day ago

Come get your Alzheimer's president, Republicans,. he's confused about where he is again.

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 38 points 1 day ago (8 children)

"I blocked them on Trath Social, why not in real life?"

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think networks should just start splicing in helicopter noises whenever this guy opens his mouth.

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