Trump blasts media, calls journalists 'very unpatriotic' for reporting on government

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What? I'm just laughing at your source. Calm yourself.

its nbcnews after all

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See, this shit right here is why it's hard to take conservatives seriously. Why you ask? Let's look!



That's the claim from the NBC op-ed piece by Evan Siegfried. That's quite a claim and as Evan says, it would fly in the face of reality and facts! Let's see what the USA Today editorial board actually wrote now, shall we?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...ates/89770472/



They're specifically speaking about personal scandals, matters of behavior related to him and his family rather than policies or government activity, of which the USA Today editorial board is absolutely correct. And Siegfried is little more than a dishonest baby who has to lie to find a way to be "victimized" by "the left".

It's hard to take his piece remotely seriously when literally 5 paragraphs in he's already lying. Earlier too if we look to actual internet history and see that the "Binders full of women" comment coverage was largely driven by the reaction to his comment from viewers who commented on it on social media. Media covered the reaction and reacted afterwards, but despite Siegfried trying to pin the blame on media for portraying him as an "anti-woman extremist" (which they didn't do, though they did present his comments in context with many of his policies related to women's issues including reproductive rights etc.) they were absolutely not leading that charge.

You know how superficial this sounds? "Hey we are not talking about scandals that actually matter like obama letting banks that engaged in widespread criminal fraud of the hook or how he turned Libya into ash in an illegal war. No, his family was glitzy and presentable. Thats what matters"

Thats why no one takes liberals seriously.

[Edge-]

You know how superficial this sounds?

It's not superficial, because it's a literal distinction between scandals for his administration (expansion of drone program and some dubious legality, fast & furious etc.) and personal scandals which he was free of that other administrations weren't (Bush Jr's daughters partying too hard, Clinton getting an Oval Office blowjob etc.).

It's a distinction made specifically to juxtapose his lack of personal scandal over 8 years with the fact that Trump was entering office mired in personal scandal.

"Hey we are not talking about scandals that actually matter like obama letting banks that engaged in widespread criminal fraud of the hook or how he turned Libya into ash in an illegal war. No, his family was glitzy and presentable. Thats what matters"

On the downside, Obama's blunders in Syria, Iraq and Libya helped give rise to the Islamic State terror group in those nations and beyond. Like other recent presidents, he will leave his successor a much larger federal debt and virtually no progress on curbing the benefit programs that drive deficits. And, despite his 2008 campaign pledges, he wasn't able to change the way Washington works or radically improve racial relations.

Literally from the USA Today piece. It's not a lengthy post-mortem on his presidency, it's a statement from an editorial board. It's not going to exhaustively go through his presidency and every win/loss/scandal, but it paints a rather accurate portrayal of a president that was a good man, had a largely successful presidency, but wasn't perfect and had his fair share of blunders.

Good lord dude, do you even read the articles you link or comment on?

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It's not superficial, because it's a literal distinction between scandals for his administration (expansion of drone program and some dubious legality, fast & furious etc.) and personal scandals which he was free of that other administrations weren't (Bush Jr's daughters partying too hard, Clinton getting an Oval Office blowjob etc.).

It's a distinction made specifically to juxtapose his lack of personal scandal over 8 years with the fact that Trump was entering office mired in personal scandal.

The bush jrs daughter partying too hard was slandering bullshit not worth a scandal. The reason why obama didnt have one of those superficial ones is because no one dared to get close to it. There are videos of obamas daughter twerking her ass in a smartphone video, and you can bet your left nut it would have been a scandal if it was bushes or whoever republicans daughter.

Literally from the USA Today piece. It's not a lengthy post-mortem on his presidency, it's a statement from an editorial board. It's not going to exhaustively go through his presidency and every win/loss/scandal, but it paints a rather accurate portrayal of a president that was a good man, had a largely successful presidency, but wasn't perfect and had his fair share of blunders.

Good lord dude, do you even read the articles you link or comment on?

The pathetic strawman to obsessively distinct between private and political scandals is laughable. Every political scandal is also to a large part a personal one.

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The bush jrs daughter partying too hard was slandering bullshit not worth a scandal. The reason why obama didnt have one of those superficial ones is because no one dared to get close to it. There are videos of obamas daughter twerking her ass in a smartphone video, and you can bet your left nut it would have been a scandal if it was bushes or whoever republicans daughter.

I mean, one of his daughters smoked weed once which was a bit embarrassing, but that's about it. I have no clue where this "no one dared to get close" comes from.

And slandering? No, his daughters were partying super hard to the point that it became a joke that even made it onto the venerable (lol) Robot Chicken. It's not slander if they're actually doing that shit. Those allegations would have to be false for that to be the case and...well...they're not.

The pathetic strawman to obsessively distinct between private and political scandals is laughable.

Do you even know what the strawman argument is? Because it sure seems like you don't.

Every political scandal is also to a large part a personal one.

No, it's not. Literally. At all. That's not how words work.

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No, it's not. Literally. At all. That's not how words work.

Look, if you dont think political atrocities like the illegal libyan war reflect poorly on a person in addition to his policies, then we are done here.

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Look, if you dont think political atrocities like the illegal libyan war reflect poorly on a person in addition to his policies, then we are done here.

Your inability to understand the difference between policy/administration scandals (political) and personal scandals (non-political) isn't my problem, dude.

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Your inability to understand the difference between policy/administration scandals (political) and personal scandals (non-political) isn't my problem, dude.

And bless jesus your inability to view things in a non binary way is not mine.

[Poopymonster]

wasn't it just a month ago a deranged white terrorist shot up a newspaper staff?

It's almost like Trump is deranged and doesn't understand the consequences of his speech and actions.

Yes.
And he may understand but he sure as hell doesn't care.

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And bless jesus your inability to view things in a non binary way is not mine.

He's literally explaining non-binary nuance to you. You're the one demonstrating an inability to see that nuance.

[Poopymonster]

He's literally explaining non-binary nuance to you. You're the one demonstrating an inability to see that nuance.

Well, he/she/it does have their Jeebus Blinders on.

[Wyrt]

Your inability to understand the difference between policy/administration scandals (political) and personal scandals (non-political) isn't my problem, dude.

Pff, we all know putting Dijon on his burger was a huge personal scandal.

[Ahhdurr]

Pff, we all know putting Dijon on his burger was a huge personal scandal.

Not as big as those mom jeans.

[Glnger]

Not as big as those mom jeans.

nah, it was the coffee salute(heard round the world) that made Republicans hate Obama... like 6 years into his presidency.

[Poopymonster]

nah, it was the coffee salute(heard round the world) that made Republicans hate Obama... like 6 years into his presidency.

The Tan Suit was his gravest sin.

[Cthulhu 2020]

During Obama years, conservatives: "Government should be completely 100% transparent!"
During Trump years, most conservatives: "WHOA THERE, STOP REPORTING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, WE KNOW IT'S THE TRUTH BUT REPORTING THESE SECRETS ARE TREASONOUS!"

[Crispin]

Yet you guys often cite from PolitiFact which often has opinion pieces.

Trump: "In the second quarter of this year, the United States economy grew at the amazing rate of 4.1 percent."

What did PolitiFact answer? "Strong but not amazing"
Someone tell them that amazing is an subjective term.

It gets even better

Trump: "We've accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions."
Politifact: "Obama did well too"

You do not see anti-Trump bias, even if your "fact checking source" argues like a 5 year old. Sad

And why is this person flaming undisturbed?

Historic proportions is a silly rhetoric, when the previous president did better, heck he was in charge for the turnaround. If anything it's Trump trying to steal the shine from Obama's years. Pathetic.

[SirBeef]

Factual reporting like this?

Looks like opinion pieces to me.
Doesn't surprise me one bit that you think opinion is fact, since you consider your own as facts all the time here.

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Yet you guys often cite from PolitiFact which often has opinion pieces.

Trump: "In the second quarter of this year, the United States economy grew at the amazing rate of 4.1 percent."

What did PolitiFact answer? "Strong but not amazing"
Someone tell them that amazing is an subjective term.

It gets even better

Trump: "We've accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions."
Politifact: "Obama did well too"

You do not see anti-Trump bias, even if your "fact checking source" argues like a 5 year old. Sad

And why is this person flaming undisturbed?

Well it would be amazing if it weren't for companies buying and selling goods like mad before tariffs kick in. Put hose products back down to normal levels and the GDP would only be under 3 in some estimates I have seen.

[Ryme]

Anyone have a link to the tweet where he calls them unpatriotic?

[luc54]

Anyone have a link to the tweet where he calls them unpatriotic?

https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonal...46663590797312 you can find all trumps tweets by searching trump tweet archive on Google.

[Ryme]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonal...46663590797312 you can find all trumps tweets by searching trump tweet archive on Google.

Much love.