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The president meets the press – in a most unusual way
americanthinker.com ^ | 6/16/2018 | Peter Barry Chowka

Posted on 06/16/2018 9:07:50 AM PDT by rktman

At 8:25 A.M. E.T., President Trump strolled out of the West Wing and over to the Fox News camera position a hundred or so yards away on the North Lawn, where Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy was doing live reports for his and his colleagues' morning show that was being produced back at Fox News HQ in New York. The Secret Service kept the mob of White House press back as Doocy attached a lapel microphone to the president and then, standing next to him in the morning sun, proceeded to question him uninterrupted for the next half-hour. The rest of the press, one-upped by Fox, was struggling to listen as its members were corralled in a pack several yards away.

At 9 A.M. Doocy had to sign off when Fox & Friends ended, but the fun wasn't quite over. President Trump sidled over to the press gaggle and proceeded to submit to a wide variety of questions shouted at him for the next twenty minutes. That encounter was broadcast live by CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1a; media; msm; press; reachable; trump
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LOL! WINNING! Not surprised he didn't stroll over and let acosta interview him for the same amount of time. Nice job Mr. President.
1 posted on 06/16/2018 9:07:50 AM PDT by rktman
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And the same day the IG reports that numerous news personnel have been in collusion with the DNC receiving bribes etc.

SO PDJT rewards the “good guys”. Makes me smile.


2 posted on 06/16/2018 9:11:45 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: rktman

new thinking

new way of doing things

cuts through the current nonsense pretty well


3 posted on 06/16/2018 9:14:24 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: rktman

4 posted on 06/16/2018 9:21:18 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: rktman

It’s weird, whenever Trump goes off script, live and uncut so to speak, I’m always incredibly impressed, absolutely in awe of his command of the facts, his stand, etc., and inevitably, the same thing is characterized by the press as “unhinged”.


5 posted on 06/16/2018 9:27:03 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: rktman

It appears the MSM did not write headlines especially for eht stories they published from this presser. They already had a set of headlines set to go for whatever the next Trump story was to be.


6 posted on 06/16/2018 9:27:58 AM PDT by arthurus (lpdfa)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Didn’t see the ear bud in his ear? You know, the one Putin communicates with to tell Trump what to say. LOL! I suppose I shouldn’t put that out there. Unless I’m trolling the lsm who would jump on it like a june bug.


7 posted on 06/16/2018 9:29:08 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman; Liz

I saw the part where one perp was always interrupting the President.

“Which network are you from,” Trump asked.

“CNN”, was the reply.

Trump threw his hands up in the air. It was great.


8 posted on 06/16/2018 9:30:10 AM PDT by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: Libloather

LOL! Missed it but I can picture it.


9 posted on 06/16/2018 9:34:11 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

The only thing the damn MSM had on their mind was trashing Trump for meeting with the monster who treated his people so bad. Trump cut them off with -I don’t want a Nuke coming your way.


10 posted on 06/16/2018 9:34:21 AM PDT by Lumper20
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Obola would not have done that unless Valerie had passed out printed copies of ‘permitted questions & topics’ to the reporters in advance. Mr. Trump is in his element, and looks completely at ease.


11 posted on 06/16/2018 9:34:31 AM PDT by lee martell
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I watched the replay and it was unreal. I think he would have talked to Steve another 30 minutes if F&F had not gone off the air. Then at one point Steve’s son came on for a minute and Trump talked to him as well.

One fun moment was Trump talking about CNN and their Faker News, then he looked over his shoulder and said did you hear that CNN. It was fun to watch.


12 posted on 06/16/2018 9:39:07 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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I don’t post many threads, but this was an AMAZING INTERVIEW. This is INCREDIBLE to watch:

My thread is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3663654/posts

The link to the actual interview is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCVSx_4V0wo


13 posted on 06/16/2018 9:40:22 AM PDT by BobL (I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
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It’s a win... Win for Trump, win for the people, win for Fox...


14 posted on 06/16/2018 9:42:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (Obama said clingers. Hillary vomited deplorable. FBI used lazy POS. Trump calls us Americans.)
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I'm not convinced that the whole thing was Trump off script.

Doocy isn't a field reporter and he's unabashadly in the tank for DJT. I don't have much trouble seeing Trump set this "impromptu" Q&A up with Doocy as a reward to him and a poke in the eye to the monkey cage screamers in the rest of the press pool.

15 posted on 06/16/2018 9:44:23 AM PDT by skimbell
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Sure, but whatever coordination there may have been, you can definitely tell when Trump is reading from a script or not. I’m not bothered when he does, it’s part of the job description to an extent, but when he’s on his own, that’s when the real fun starts!


16 posted on 06/16/2018 9:49:00 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: El Cid

Ping


17 posted on 06/16/2018 9:52:37 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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“Obola would not have done that unless Valerie had passed out printed copies of ‘permitted questions & topics’ to the reporters in advance. Mr. Trump is in his element, and looks completely at ease.”


Even with his teleprompter, Odumba is such a pain in the arse to hear so I don’t even want to imagine him with a teleprompter not working because of too much sunlight. Hum, euhhh, .... euh... humm.


18 posted on 06/16/2018 10:00:30 AM PDT by miniTAX
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To: rktman
Best part:

Reporter (with an accusing tone): "So you are blaming President Obama for losing Crimea?"
Trump: Yes. . I'm blaming Obama. . yes it was Obama's fault"

HA HA HA HA. . .beautiful!!!

19 posted on 06/16/2018 10:11:21 AM PDT by McBuff (To be, rather than to seem)
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Those who follow, take their lessons from the past, making sure they follow previously set protocols and ways of doing things.

True leaders, on the other hand, forge new paths and set new precedents for those who follow them.

I think leaders like Trump are merely amused by the media and political opponents because it takes them so long to catch on to what he's really doing.

20 posted on 06/16/2018 10:21:21 AM PDT by HotHunt
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