Posted on 11/16/2016 6:43:16 AM PST by mandaladon
Because I frequently wake up at a depressingly early hour I sometimes wind up catching the replays of late night cable news hosts. That was the case today, and when I first tuned in I became concerned that some sort of constitutional crisis was engulfing the nation. Something had happened involving Donald Trump and he had disappeared. Oh no! What could it be?
As it turns out, Trump’s traveling press corps had been given the full lid signal last night as the President Elect settled in at Trump Tower. After they cleared out, the First Family in waiting decided to go out for a steak dinner at a nearby eatery. Yes, this was the crisis of the day. (The Hill)
Donald Trump left Trump Tower without his press pool on Tuesday to have dinner with his family, according to reporters.
The president-elect reportedly received a standing ovation and cheers upon arriving at 21 Club, a New York City restaurant, an hour after his spokeswoman had called a “lid,” signaling to the reporters following him that he was in for the night.
Spokeswoman Hope Hicks said she “wasn’t aware of this movement,” adding she wouldn’t do anything to “leave the press in the dark.”
So Trump ate dinner with his wife and children. Now, you might be wondering why this is so awful. (I know I certainly was.) It’s apparently a terrible violation of protocol, you see. No… I didn’t make that one up myself. It’s a quote from Sam Stein.
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At this rate, the White House Press room will look like the dimensions of the inside of my horse trailer.
Wonder if there is a contest going on with the nominees of who will actually get Press credentials.
“I ALWAYS invite the media when I go to a steakhouse, and they never show up. What gives?”
I think we should all call the media and let them know where we are going. “WKRP?, yes I’d like to let you know I’m headed down to the sub shop.”
That would be fun. :>)
I’ve been in it a number of times...WITH DJT! As I have mentioned elsewhere, he was on the Board of Directors for a company I worked for in the 80s. I just humbly made badges beforehand and ran the badging table there for the meetings for about seven years. He always showed up, and was very professional.
Umm speaking of which could the WH rent it, after you used it to haul your horses a long ways but before you clean it, to be the new WH press room?
That’s how you corral the press corps! :-)
Don’t try to understand ‘em,
Just rope, throw & brand ‘em...
Um... Right. What in the world? Are we going to have to begin putting "No kidding, this is not satire" in every title from now on? Tomorrow's headline: TRUMP USES WRONG FORK - NATIONAL SECURITY THREATENED.
The Secret Service guys have to be laughing their collective butt off. The rest of the country sure is.
Obama and wife did it during first days in WH. Dubya did it on Thanksgiving in Afghanistan.
Didn’t Bill dump the media AND his SS to rape several women?
I’d ditch the press to go to “21”. Trump ought to say to the media, “get use to it cause you don’t matter”.
I’d ditch the press to go to “21”. Trump ought to say to the media, “get use to it cause you don’t matter”.
I hope his inner circle press pool consist of One America News and Right Side Broadcasting. When he holds press conferences, these two entities should be seated in the front row and be called upon repeatedly.
The Commie Press should be excluded outright. Oh, the squeals they would emit!
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