MAGNIFICENT! DJT at the Press Conference

2/16/2017 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

MAGNIFICENT!

I seldom watch press conferences by Presidents. Today I did.

What I saw was a masterful delivery, both in content and tone. For those that could not tune in, here are the bullet points:

1. He started right away by noting that the news media is "totally out of control", a theme he hit often throughout the presser.
   
   
2. He stated that he "inherited a mess, both at home and abroad."
   
   
3. He stated that "I’ve ordered plans to beginning a massive rebuilding of the US military" and "The greatest people in the world are members of the US military."
   
   
4. He stated that the Democrats have "screwed things up royally", and reminded us of all he accomplished in a few short weeks "with no cabinet".
   
   
5. Commented on the problem of drugs in America, reminding us that the country is awash in narcotics, and saying "We’re going to destroy the drug cartels. We’re going to have a wall that works."
   
   
6. He stated that there will be a "new and comprehensive EO next week to protect our people.”... . He also took a great little shot: “We will protect all Americans... (pauses)... (small little dismissive wave) .... even reporters.”
   
   
7. He warned that SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch "will be there one way or another" but he prefers "the old-fashioned way".
   
   
8. Then followed questions. There were several questions about Gen. Flynn. President Trump stated that Flynn is a good man, but the problems with the lack of correct communications with VP Pence were "unacceptable." He noted that Flynn did NOTHING wrong by contacting Russia, and "that was his job."
   
   
9. He then went on (several times) to call out the press on lying about the Russia contacts. Asked point blank, did anyone contact Russia during his run-up to the election, he stated "no one that I am aware of", then stated unequivocally that he "has no dealings with Russia", no business, no loans, and hasn't spoken to anyone from Russia for decades, except Putin, who called him twice to congratulate him for the win and the inauguration.
   
   
10. He then launched into a very scathing indictment of the leaks, of classified information, and the irresponsibility of the press for relaying he classified information. He went on further to note that classified calls to Mexico and Australia were also made public, and he wondered aloud how those calls were even known about -- much less a full transcript being released! He specifically called out that the leaks were likely from former Obama people.
    
    
11. When asked what his response to various provocations from Russia as of late, he laid the blame on the press, telling them that this fake scandal has made it very difficult to get a good working relationship with Russia. He hoped it could still happen. He mused, "Wouldn't it be great if the two major superpowers worked together on problems throughout the world...." The reporter pressed him to state what his responses to the provocations would be, and he outright refused, stating that "unlike previous administrations, I don't announce my plans for responses."
    
    
12. Over and over again, the subject of Russia came up, and over and over again, he smacked it down as pure fake news and lies. He remarked that the America people get it. He then went on to speak about the hate and pure anger of (as an example) CNN. He remarked that he doesn't mind a bad story, but he does insist on a fair one.
    
    
13. As an example of fake news, he called out the WSJ by name, who stated that the intel agencies are withholding information from him. He cited (someone, I forget who) who specifically said this is total garbage, total nonsense.
    
    
14. He held an olive branch out, telling the news agencies, that if they reported FAIRLY -- not positively, but FAIRLY -- that he would be one of their biggest boosters. The American people want to know what's going on, he said, but right now, they can't find out the truth.
    
    
15. He criticized the Democrats and Schumer by name for delaying the nominations for no good purpose. He said nothing else is getting done because the Democrats won't do their jobs. He noted that every administration loses a few nominees.
    
    
16. In several of the answers, he brought up how CNN actually provided the debate questions to Hillary. He chided Hillary for not being honorable and refusing them, and then contrasted the treatment he would have gotten: "Can you imagine, if I got the debate questions like Hillary did, you would call for the reinstatement of the death penalty and the electric chair for me...!!!"
    
    
17. When asked about DACA, he said this issue tore at his heart. He said there are many good kids that would be caught up in a revocation of DACA, and that this is his single hardest issue. He said the law was brutal, and that he'd like to revisit it to not hurt the innocents among those kids.

The takeaway I got from this is that President Trump completely squashed the Russian #FakeScandal, that he showed himself to be calm in the face of fire, that his answers were both satisfying and also jabbed the out-of-control news media for their lack of truthfulness. He was funny in parts, and expressed that he was actually enjoying the presser.

This was the single greatest presser I could ever imagine. He was calm, relatively articulate, hit lots of major points, and shoved the lies back in the presses faces.

And these are the things he TOLD us he's doing. I'm sure there's lots going on that isn't going to be mentioned.... like finding and prosecuting the leakers of classified information.

[RetSignman]

I was ‘Schadenfreudin’ all over the place watching the press getting their asses handed to them.

[Cap Huff]

Regarding point 12 on Russia, I can see tomorrow’s CNN lead story now.

“President Trump claimed that he has nothing at all to do with Russia, but CNN has learned that Russian caviar has been served in at least three of the hotels owned by Trump. Furthermore, reliable sources have also revealed that borsch was served at his son-in-law’s Chanukah celebration. Some in congress are suggesting that the seriousness of the matters demands congressional investigations to determine the extent of Russian influence in the Trump family, and whether this rises to impeachable offenses.”

[Luke21]

A great man, Churchillian.

[Luke21]

Fox shows are good, but their news is getting indistinguishable from CNN.

[klamath]

See post #159. Thanks for the great summary!

[Rennes Templar]

I caught part of Fox’s Shep Smith after the presser, he was dissing Trump.

However, right after the event at CNN, It was good to see Wolf and Jake look like two boys who had just returned from a beating in the woodshed.

[spokeshave]

Yes. .the real deal. ..outstanding.
Caught some of it on Rush. ..

[Luke21]

Bob should have another drink or twelve and STFU.

[Fireone]

Agreed Laz!
Watched the entire thing....magnificent!

[Luke21]

Fox News was criminally bad last weekend. They are repeating what they’ve done ever since they acquiesced to the red/blue color map with the rest of the media. They pretend to be anti-establishment and then sound just like the others, as in Smith, Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, and the departed Megyn Kelly.

[Lazamataz]

CNN: TRUMP’S WIFE FROM FORMER SOVIET BLOC

Washington — There has been a stunning revelation that Melania Trump, President Trump’s wife, came from the Yugoslavian Province of Slovenia, which was under the control of the USSR at the time of her birth.

Aides to the President were quick to deny that this implies a Russian connection, and that she is a naturalized US citizen now.

However, members of the Democrat party called for further investigation of this potentially-explosive news. Maxine Waters was quoted as saying “This proves it! Russia hacked the election through Melania! We need to impeach Trump immediately!”

The effort to launch an investigation on this troubling issue is not limited to Democrats. Sen. John McCain stated in an official release, “It is obvious that Donald Trump is LITERALLY in bed with people from the Eastern Bloc. We should launch a Congressional investigation, and appoint a Special Prosecutor. Then we should fire nuclear weapons at Russia.”

The Government Ethics office joined the chorus for an immediate investigation, and Sen. Schumer stated “We need to deny all the nominees of Donald Trump, who is an obvious Russian spy.”

Further developments on this important story will be posted here.

[spokeshave]

SNOWY...How About ILWT
President Donald J. Trump (ILWT)
I Love Writing That

[tuffydoodle]

I’ve been banned from DU more than once, maybe more than twice....Good times!

[Lazamataz]

Elijha Cummings: WHO DID HE ‘KNOW’ AND WHEN DID HE “KNOW” HER?

[aquila48]

[NEMDF]

Excellent. You should email that to CNN just to see if it is on “breaking news” by tonight!

[Rennes Templar]

The only ones fair or pro-Trump are Lou Dobbs on Fox Business Network, Fox and Friends in the morning, and Tucker. Lou Dobbs will be fun to watch tonight, he should be giddy.

O’Reilly takes a conservative side of issues related to Trump, but not pro-Trump.

[Cap Huff]

“Emergency! Emergency! Evrybody people get from street!”

[sit-rep]

It was good... I still wish he would instigate a law for national press accountability... shut some of thos bastards down

[musicman]

Great Thread Laz!!
You've Earned Yourself
Some Cookies!!



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