•He predicted that the press would claim that he was “ranting” and “raving.” “Tomorrow the headlines are going to be ‘Donald Trump rants’ — I’m not ranting and raving,” he said.
Well, he called that one!
Posted on 02/16/2017 4:35:02 PM PST by Hojczyk
President Trump took his message “straight to the people” Thursday in a wide-ranging and at times contentious press conference that covered Russian relations, leaks to the media, immigration policy, the final fate of ObamaCare and a multitude of other subjects.
Trump complained at the White House presser that he “inherited a mess” from President Obama, but nevertheless pledged to fulfill his campaign promises.
“I’m here again to take my message straight to the people,” Trump said. “As you know, our administration inherited many problems across government, and across the economy.
“To be honest, I inherited a mess — at home and abroad — a mess,” said the president, who has served for less than a month, adding that “ISIS has spread like cancer. Another mess I inherited.”
Trump also used his nearly half-hour introductory statement to take a stinging shot at the press corps.
“The press has become so dishonest that if we don’t talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people,” said Trump.
“The press is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control,” he added.
The president dismissed reports of chaos within his administration. “It is the exact opposite. This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine,” he claimed.
The president even touted the crowds expected at an upcoming weekend rally in Florida. “I just heard that the crowds are massive,” he said of the event scheduled for Saturday.
Speaking of his campaign promises, Trump pledged to deal with the drug problem ailing America, claiming that “drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars.”
Trump also said he’d issue a new executive order related to a travel ban next week — and knocked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for blocking his last one. “That circuit is in chaos,
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It was awesome. I’ll bet the shrinks had them knocking down their doors on this, Illegal Aliens Day.
It wasn’t a rant. It was a critique!
Rant? It has been the media’s response that has been foaming at the mouth.
This author sounds like a typical msm pussy.
I enjoyed it. Thanks, President Trump.
He just reaffirmed that he’s doing what he said he would do.
•He predicted that the press would claim that he was “ranting” and “raving.” “Tomorrow the headlines are going to be ‘Donald Trump rants’ — I’m not ranting and raving,” he said.
Well, he called that one!
Trump foretold the MSM would label it as such.
Trump said (to paraphrase) “See, I’m up here having a good time, I’m calm and enjoying talking to you, but you are so dishonest you will report that I’m ranting. I’m not ranting, I’m just answering your questions”.
Nailed it.
This is great now Trump even writes their headlines!
It’s like doing word puzzle to find their weasel words and phrases in this thing. And they are there.
I believe I heard somebody at the news conference today predicting a headline worded exactly that way. Wonder who?
Listening to it now. Amazing! Trump is The Man!
George W. Bush was nice to the media and they absolutely destroyed him. They even destroyed him for 8 years after he left. His lack of response and weak team hurt republicans for years. It enabled obama to get elected.
I am thrilled that we’ve got someone that will stand up to the biased media.
He should say this in every press conference. After all, Obama set precedence by saying he inherited a mess for all eight years he was in the White House. Repeat it often.
People LOVE TRUMP, and Hate him because he calls the white things white, and the black things black. He doesn’t mince words, and people don’t like it when their toes get stepped upon. All that he said was true. Let’s ADMIT we have had an elephant in our press conference rooms before.
I bet the snowflake media broke all their crayons taking out their anxieties on their coloring books.
It was MUST SEE TV!!!
That's exactly what it wasn't and exactly what Trump predicted what would be the Very Fake News Story that would be produced.
I watched it about an hour ago.
......with the BIGGEST SMILE on my face!
Plaigerism!
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