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Much to the disappointment of folks at CNN, nobody at the long tablewho included NBCs Lester Holt and Chuck Todd, ABCs David Muir and George Stephanopoulos, and CBSs Norah ODonnell and Margaret Brennanbothered to ask why the president had gone out of his way to exclude the cable network run by Trumps former friend Jeff Zucker.
MSDNC isnt here as well, Trump quippedto polite chuckles but zero protests (not even by Meet the Press and MSNBC anchor Todd) from his captive audience, who were there ostensibly for a briefing on tonights State of the Union address but instead were treated to a lot of presidential boasting about his poll numbers and the through-the-roof stock market, and a lot of gloating about the fiasco of Iowas Democratic caucuses and the general disarray in the out-of-power party.
Trump made sure to criticize his Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for declining to lower interest rates further. Asked about the exploding trillion-dollar deficits his administration has created, the president claimed that lower interest rates will allow him to reduce the red ink in his second term.He was chill, said a lunch guest. He wasnt angry at all. He was friendly, outgoing, and relaxed. He was confident that hell be re-elected.
Trump also was sanguine about his participation in the fall presidential debates, saying, Yeah, Ill do it, even though, he claimed, the debate commission is filled with a bunch of Never Trumpers. At one point Trump recalled that he had been an early donor to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumers first House race, and added: AOC is gonna run against him in the primary and shes gonna kick his ass, a lunch guest quoted the president as predicting.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-had-americas-top-tv-news-anchors-over-for-lunch-and-ate-them-alive?via=twitter_page
Too bad they didn't have enough respect for their colleagues and refuse to attend.
Link to tweet
I reached out to several of these networks asking why they were still participating despite the CNN snub. No one would speak about it on the record.
spanone
(135,823 posts)He was chill, said a lunch guest. He wasnt angry at all. He was friendly, outgoing, and relaxed. He was confident that hell be re-elected.
--some real journalism there--
global1
(25,241 posts)Putin most probably assured him a win along with holding the Senate. Why do you think Moscow Mitch did what he did with the impeachment votes. They're confident they'll win in Nov.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)"My brother Jeb promised me he would deliver Florida and I know he will".
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)... Lester Holt
... Chuck Todd
... George Stephanopoulos
... Norah ODonnell
... Margaret Brennan
They should not have attended. They disgraced themselves and their careers.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)These network anchors attended 45's White House lunch:
NBC -- Lester Holt, Chuck Todd
ABC -- David Muir, George Stephanopoulos
CBS -- Nora O'Donnell, Margaret Brennan
PBS -- Judy Woodruff
Fox News -- Bret Baier, Chris Wallace, Martha McCollum
C-SPAN -- Steve Scully
Anderson Cooper
Wolf Blitzer
In 2016, Lesley Stahl, of CBS's 60 Minutes, asked Trump in why he continually insulted the media, he replied:
"You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you."
Now a lot more no ones will believe them, either.
Me.
(35,454 posts)chia
(2,244 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)obsequiousness!
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)that Comb-over Caligula is going to get his 2nd term, because he is the ultimate RATINGS CRACK.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Fucking media whores. They don't give a shit about our country, about watching our government devolve into a fascist dictatorship - not as long as they get to yuck it up with "the Donald" and collect their paychecks.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Angry and thoroughly disgusted. I have lost all hope.
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)but don't lose hope. He will keep doing horrible things to our country and we will continue to be isolated.
But we cannot lose hope.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)he has done nothing but ridicule and disrespect them for 4 years now yet they still clamor at his feet. I can't help but feel disgust for the lot of them.
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)and told them they had no integrity or self respect.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)bdamomma
(63,836 posts)I hate what they done to our country.
How can people not know their history we are going to be in the dark for a very long time.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)Karadeniz
(22,503 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)I noticed Muir drooling over tRump during world news so he probably got to sit at the big boy table.
Takket
(21,560 posts)is highly unethical. There is no excuse for attending such an event. It is basically like a city offical taking gifts from a contractor in exchange for directing contracts to them.