Posted on 01/11/2017 11:30:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In his first news conference since the Nov. 8 election, President-elect Donald Trump set social media ablaze on Wednesday with remarks including harsh criticism of the press and a defense of his goal to improve ties with Russia.
The session, held in the lobby of his Trump Tower headquarters in Manhattan, featured a number of viral moments, like an exchange with a reporter whom Trump accused of peddling "fake news."
"I'm not going to give you a question," Trump told the journalist from CNN, which reported on Tuesday that the Republican president-elect had been briefed by U.S. intelligence agencies about allegations that Russian operatives had compromising information about him.
"You are fake news!" he told the reporter in a moment that reverberated on Twitter.
Trump's comment that reporters were "the only ones who care" about whether he released his tax returns stirred up 165,000 tweets during the session. Social media users asked others to "retweet if you’re not a reporter and still care about seeing Trump’s tax returns."
In Russia, the hashtag #TrumpPressConference was a top-trending topic during the news conference and for several hours afterward.
"If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability because we have a horrible relationship with Russia," Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said in reference to the Russian president.
"I don't know that I'm going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't," Trump said, prompting thousands of tweets from people in Russia....
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Ironic, because it was supposed to set Donald Trump’s Presidency afire.
The World will love him for his candor. The Globalists will conspire to silence him.
When are these pinheads ever gonna learn? Trump gives a good as he gets......even more so. I’m so proud of him but I pray for his safety.......
I am just now watching the ‘Press Conference’. The Fox in Mexico reacted with huffing and puffing about a ‘stupid wall’. According to this article.. Funny who Rooters felt necessary to include in their ‘report’.
They sure have learned to stop accusing conservatives of spreading fake news, you can take that to the bank.
I am sorry, I just don’t get this fascination with tweets. Seems pretty silly to give any weight to an anonymous touch of a phone screen......
Trump has the planet by the balls.
I am sorry, I just don’t get this fascination with tweets. Seems pretty silly to give any weight to an anonymous touch of a phone screen......
Trump says it is like owning a newspaper without the losses.
It seems to be working for him.
I despise the press. Plenty of room at Gitmo.....maybe they ought to open up a fake news wing........grrrrrr
I think they will try to kill him.
Look at whatt WE do here in FR .... Trump does the same thing in a different vehicle.
He's lived large under threats for most of his life and I wish him continued success
Yes, me too. If they harm him or his family - it would be difficult not to go to war for him.
You have to wonder if TPTB forgot they weren't dealing with Trump the private individual. Trump is the head of a VERY savvy and sophisticated organization; which seems to be having no trouble running rings around ALL opponents.
Let us hope those who might consider harming Trump the answer to their problems recognize he was OUR LAST HOPE of defanging the Leftist bastards peacefully.
And as JFK famously said..."Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
I do not believe they understand how close they came, but I pray I'm wrong.
hahaha. Really shows the incompetence of Government “intelligence” when a real estate firm runs circles around them...
IF anything happens to Trump, we can look directly AT the “intelligence agencies” and they had better hope they get their “ASSets” out of Dodge. Quickly.
Do other countries have a similar fake news problem?
Do other countries have a similar fake news problem?
Other than the ones where all the bad stuff about Muslims is buried.
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