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FakeNoose

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45. If we go after the journalists, then they'll never be on our side

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:12 PM

Aug 2025

Believe it or not we still have a lot of newspeople hoping Chump will go down, however it happens.
Personally I'm rooting for the Grim Reaper to cancel his dance card, but that's just me.

If we alienate the reporters & pundits, it just means they're fully in cahoots with Chump. That won't help us a bit.

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"That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. [View all] senseandsensibility Aug 2025 OP

It's coming, I tried to tell people they needed to arm themselves Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #1

Guns aren't going to help us. Peaceful protest is the only way. Gunplay will only give them excuse for more force. LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #27

Good luck with that! tonekat Aug 2025 #61

I mean, if you want to get guns for self-defense against random rightwing nutjobs going after LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #66

Agreed tonekat Aug 2025 #67

To protect themselves Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #28

I don't mind guns and have shot them before, however.... Quanto Magnus Aug 2025 #64

He said he stopped 7 wars and prevented 3 and not a single member of the press (I'll not call them journalists) asked MLAA Aug 2025 #2

Well, in fairness that might sound rude senseandsensibility Aug 2025 #3

So true. MLAA Aug 2025 #5

These members of the "press" need a new name... ultralite001 Aug 2025 #14

PRAVDA Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #32

🤣🤣🤣 ultralite001 Aug 2025 #48

With each passing day Trump sets new standards for "the most batshit crazy" things a president can do. sop Aug 2025 #4

I can Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #33

I dread it and think it will be very dark mountain grammy Aug 2025 #41

What election? MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #58

And to top it off Turbineguy Aug 2025 #6

I read that it added a "Mad King" quality to the whole thing senseandsensibility Aug 2025 #7

They may be going easy because they're afraid of him. calimary Aug 2025 #8

They don't deserve their jobs senseandsensibility Aug 2025 #10

The Felon has been known to ban certain news outlets Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #39

They're covering their arses, not important news. Harker Aug 2025 #13

Well said Friend! Ligyron Aug 2025 #20

... Harker Aug 2025 #47

They have orders BigMin28 Aug 2025 #25

However, it wasn't the usual MAGA hat. llmart Aug 2025 #9

Well, he did say Mossfern Aug 2025 #11

goddamn that HAT is so fucking stupid and obnoxious... and to wear it in the Oval??? Just beyond parody and sanity!! LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #26

Bullet-Proof Vests for Christmas... BurnDoubt Aug 2025 #12

Where I grew up they'd call that there "bat shit crazy with a hat on". twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #15

Maybe as a party we should concentrate on going after journalists KS Toronado Aug 2025 #16

You think they don't already Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #40

If we go after the journalists, then they'll never be on our side FakeNoose Aug 2025 #45

Exactly... FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #54

I had to stop watching. writerJT Aug 2025 #17

He was trying SO HARD in his slobby shirt and dopey hat. Maru Kitteh Aug 2025 #18

At least he wasn't wearing a tan suit! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #46

WaPo oberle Aug 2025 #19

Well of course Random Boomer Aug 2025 #60

One reporter asked him today about Epstein. Emile Aug 2025 #21

He seems to be more frightened about Epstein than anything else. travelingthrulife Aug 2025 #43

Makes me think the "Epstein" thing is so much more than just sex... nt slightlv Aug 2025 #65

I was so hoping for an Onion headline MustLoveBeagles Aug 2025 #22

Maybe he'll just fucking die already. Orrex Aug 2025 #23

Nobody listened the Harris Johonny Aug 2025 #24

Trump is being pumped to compete with Newsom bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #29

The hat MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #30

This was a crazy press conference LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #31

Kinda wish Junior would knock him on his ass and tell him to put a tie on Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #36

Exactly! A sign of his rapid decline... paleotn Aug 2025 #38

Geez, he is identical to his mother BigmanPigman Aug 2025 #42

Silly me, feeling bad cuz I turned Deadline off & switched to Ancient Aliens so I could nap Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #34

trump used to call for his Roy Cohn. Totally Tunsie Aug 2025 #35

Just die you bastard!!!! paleotn Aug 2025 #37

It's probably more important to know what BootinUp Aug 2025 #44

He looks awrful róisín_dubh Aug 2025 #49

The "effing" White House "press" corp maxrandb Aug 2025 #50

The longest period I have listened to him is the time between seeing him and picking up doc03 Aug 2025 #51

My job has me in a lot of homes with Fox or Newsmax Orrex Aug 2025 #53

He's gone full Captain Queeg surfered Aug 2025 #52

...and the msm treats it like any other normal press conference. spanone Aug 2025 #55

Does he know how ridiculous he looks wearing Emile Aug 2025 #56

I said in a different thread that I think he must have the opposite... 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #62

Journalism is evolving. tryharder Aug 2025 #57

Red hats Hartpi978 Aug 2025 #59

This event was indeed batshit crazy LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #63