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Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides
NY Slimes ^ | 1/23/2017 | Glenn Thrush (Appropriate Name)

Posted on 01/23/2017 8:48:56 AM PST by usafa92

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s first weekend in office unfolded much the way things often did during his campaign: with angry Twitter messages, a familiar obsession with slights and a series of meandering and at times untrue statements, all eventually giving way to attempts at damage control.

The problem is that what works on the way to the White House does not always work once a candidate gets there.

To the extent that there was a plan to take advantage of the first days of his administration, when a president is usually at his maximum leverage, Mr. Trump threw it aside with a decision to lash out about crowd sizes at his swearing in and to rewrite the history of his dealings with intelligence agencies.

The lack of discipline troubled even senior members of Mr. Trump’s circle, some of whom had urged him not to indulge his simmering resentment at what he saw as unfair news coverage. Instead, Mr. Trump chose to listen to other aides who shared his outrage and desire to punch back. By the end of the weekend, he and his team were scrambling to get back on script.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; first100days; trump; trump45; wishfulthinking
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To: usafa92

Laughable on its face.


61 posted on 01/23/2017 9:49:46 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: usafa92

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Purest unadulterated bovine excrement, served to the most deserving propaganda enthusiasts.
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62 posted on 01/23/2017 9:50:12 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: usafa92

I had to see the source and then I knew it was FAKE news.


63 posted on 01/23/2017 9:51:15 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: Bobalu

That is hysterical. LOL


64 posted on 01/23/2017 9:52:49 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: dforest

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Face it; infowars frequently tells people unsettling things about their criminal government.

Its not for slipper-footed tea sippers.
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65 posted on 01/23/2017 9:52:56 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: oh8eleven

Great idea.


66 posted on 01/23/2017 9:53:20 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: Az Joe

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Correctamundo!
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67 posted on 01/23/2017 9:55:14 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: usafa92

The different from FAKE news. This article is a flat out lie. Trump never once complained about the crowd size. He pointed out that media was LYING about the crowd. Just flat lie.


68 posted on 01/23/2017 10:03:31 AM PST by Terry Mross (I'm trying to be more tolerant of everyone. Including ignorant people.)
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To: BunnySlippers

I’m unfriending left and right .... and it’s getting worse.


I unfriended a few extended family members about 9 months ago, they were the kind of hideous horrifying women you would have seen at the Hag March.

At this point if any family member takes issue with what I post on my Facebook page, I don’t argue with them. I just tell them “If you don’t like what I post, then unfriend me.” I have a very angry, combative sister-in-law who was literally stalking me on my Facebook page, constantly starting arguments. I told her she was a troll and a stalker; I haven’t heard from her since LOL.


69 posted on 01/23/2017 10:05:34 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: headstamp 2

Yeah, sure, right. Just like the first few days after the election, all you heard from the MSM was that the Trump team was in “disarray”.


70 posted on 01/23/2017 10:19:14 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: BunnySlippers
Great idea.
The only trade off is having to sign back into any website (like FR) that requires ID and PW every time you fire up the browser.
71 posted on 01/23/2017 10:26:37 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: usafa92

Fake news alert!!!!


72 posted on 01/23/2017 10:26:58 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
I don’t see why people post the Slimes and Compost here. We know they are all in against Trump. “Know thy enemy” is good, but we already know them. What is the point of posting Slimes articles here and giving them the hit. I don’t get it.

Yes, it is frustrating to read the venomous Fake News put out by those DNC Press organizations.

However, FR is a discussion forum. Stop and think for a moment, not about all here who are of the same mind on issues, but about the Lurkers and others who have "found" FR.

The expertise and logic (both domestic and foreign) of FReepers that are brought to bear on revealing and ridiculing the propaganda spewed by these leftists is extremely valuable in providing truth to those who can read the spew, then read quality and truthful refutations of the spew.

So, I recommend that no matter how frustrating it is to read such BS, it is better to ridicule, laugh at, and eviscerate it for the Fake News that it is, and has always been.

Additionally, exposing the Leftist authors over and over is a good way to let FR readers know about them and to be able to recognize them when they publish their trash in other Lame Stream Media outlets.

So read however much of it You can stomach and then "Loose the Dogs of War" on the author (and the OP if he/she/it be a Troll).

Have a good "Trump kicks another Lefty's Tush" week FINF.

73 posted on 01/23/2017 10:52:01 AM PST by Col Freeper (Liberals: Devoted members of the "Church of the Eternally Offended".)
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To: oh8eleven

10 articles or sometimes they will publish one that does not count against the total.


74 posted on 01/23/2017 10:56:37 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom - Thomas Jefferson


75 posted on 01/23/2017 11:06:17 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
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To: usafa92

Thx ...


76 posted on 01/23/2017 11:56:56 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: usafa92

NYT peddling bullsh*t again.


77 posted on 01/23/2017 3:28:58 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: SkyDancer

You can just post a short synopsis of what they say. That would be better. You defile the site by linking to them.


78 posted on 01/23/2017 3:36:01 PM PST by Az Joe (11-8-2016-----We're still here President Reagan!!)
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To: Az Joe

Some sites won’t accept links anyway. But you’re correct.


79 posted on 01/23/2017 3:43:49 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: SkyDancer

The Slimes has nothing of value in it. The fact you think it does makes me suspicious of you.


80 posted on 01/23/2017 4:08:17 PM PST by Az Joe (11-8-2016-----We're still here President Reagan!!)
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