Posted on 07/23/2015 6:50:47 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Donald Trump blasted CNN’s Anderson Cooper during a TV interview Wednesday, telling the anchor that the public “doesn’t trust” Cooper or his reporting.
The GOP presidential candidate was boasting about his high poll numbers and became furious when Cooper mentioned a poll that Trump was not aware of.
“I am leading across the board,” Trump said told Cooper.
“And then you hit me with this poll that I didn’t see before, where oh, gee, it’s not even that kind of a poll.”
The former reality-TV host then gave Cooper a lesson in ethics and the public trust.
“All I know is I have a very big group of support,” Trump said. “And I think one of the reasons is the people don’t trust you and the people don’t trust the media. And I understand why.”
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Anderson Cooper is such a tool. Fake, phoney fraud....
It was a million-dollar response to Cooper’s comment. What’s CNN’s base now? 200,000 viewers at best?
His numbers just went up another 10%.
DONALD TRUMP, GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You keep bringing up negative. You only want to talk about negative. Why don’t you bring up the positive?
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: I did.
TRUMP: Excuse me.
COOPER: I started off with the Washington Post poll.
TRUMP: You started off the interview —
COOPER: No, I started off with the Washington Post poll.
TRUMP: You start off the interview with a poll that I didn’t even know existed.
COOPER: I started off with the Washington Post poll. Intentionally, because I knew you would accuse me of that.
TRUMP: All I know is every poll I am leading in and you give me these two polls where it is different states. They’re not even a national poll.
COOPER: Check the record.
TRUMP: I’m sure the record is fine.
COOPER: I started off with the Washington Post poll where you are way out in front.
TRUMP: I just think it is very unfair. Talk to me about a poll I have never even saw.
COOPER: It came out today.
TRUMP: It’s not even a poll. It’s in three different states and you are hitting me with this. Frankly, I think it is a very unfair question. I think it is an extremely — you start off the interview with that. You don’t say, I led in the FOX poll. I’m leading in the ABC/Washington Post poll.
COOPER: You’re leading across the board.
TRUMP: I am leading across the board. And then you hit me with this poll that I didn’t see before, where oh, gee, it’s not even that kind of a poll. All i know is I have a very big group of support. And I think one of the reasons.
COOPER: Among Republicans you are way out in the front.
TRUMP: Let me tell you. The people don’t trust you and the people don’t trust the media. And I understand why.
COOPER: Right. And politicians.
TRUMP: You know, I have always been covered, fairly, accurately because it was usually a financial press. And you know numbers are numbers and my numbers happen to be great. So, I was always sort of treated fair.
With the media it’s, not all cases, some, some of the political media is great. And really honest. Even if they’ve don’t want to want to be, they’re really honest. But I find that 60%, 70% of the political media is really, really dishonest.
You know I tell the story, the American dream — I talk about the American dream in speeches. The American dream is dead but I’m going to make it bigger, better and stronger than ever before. The American dream is dead. But i’m going to make it bigger, stronger. Right. And I go ‘boom!’ and I do it with great bravado and the audience goes crazy.
The other candidates had better start going Trump on the media. If they wait too long, they are simply going to be called Trump imitators.
Will he do it?
If so, what will he do?
Fag boy got Trump’d.
My question is FReepers, do you vote a Trump / Cruz ticket?
He’s going to Texas to inspect the border, invited by the Border Patrol.
http://wgntv.com/2015/07/23/donald-trump-visiting-us-mexico-border-today/
Donald Trump visiting US-Mexico border today
I like Trump in the way he doesn’t take any c**p from liberal news interviewers. Hit back.
You missed the part that followed your last paragraph about the American dream. He repeated a couple of times that he says in his speeches that the dream is dead but I’m going to bring it back. And then he came home to is wife and she told him it was a bad thing he said so he asked her what she was talking about and she replied that he said “the America dream is dead”.
So the media cut off the part where he said I’m going to bring it back.
Although no different from them picking and choosing his McCain comments.
Faggie Cooper will have Trump charged with a hate crime.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/with_replies
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump 4h4 hours ago
What a waste of time being interviewed by @andersoncooper when he puts on really stupid talking heads likeTim O’Brien-dumb guy with no clue!
All “news entertainment” is the same. All of it is utter crap.
No, absolutely not under any circumstances.
Trump is not a real Conservative. He advocated for gun control, he has supported single payer health care, and he was registered as a Demoncrat as well as voting for Obozo.
Yes, I am leaning that way.
If a journalist is interviewing you and asks a leading or stupid question as they do with everyone but Hillary, swat them and make it sting. That is what the public expects.
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