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What time's the shit show? For some odd reason I'm in the mood to watch today. (Original Post) Goodheart Apr 2020 OP
scheduled for 5pm ET IcyPeas Apr 2020 #1
Thank you, IcyPeas. Goodheart Apr 2020 #2
Every day is a shit show 24/7. Those press conferences are ass showings. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #3
Providing an audience just encourages him. HeartachesNhangovers Apr 2020 #4
Better take your temperature. Your symptoms point towards some sickness Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #5
LOL Goodheart Apr 2020 #6
If you're drunk enough, anything's entertaining! n/t customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #15
I think he'll be extra whacko today since he's been made fun of all day. lkinwi Apr 2020 #7
I just discovered yesterday I could get it streaming NBC News Now. The networks quit covering brewens Apr 2020 #8
White House streams it too. Yonnie3 Apr 2020 #13
Although scheduled for 5:00 p.m., be prepared for delay. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #9
he tweeted it would be 5:30 IcyPeas Apr 2020 #20
Yup - already mentioned that in post #19 below. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #21
Sometimes you just have to see things with your own eyes. Grammy23 Apr 2020 #10
K+R I'm done with work for the week. I also will tune in today to see what the WH is doing lunasun Apr 2020 #11
Time has no meaning for Trump. SamKnause Apr 2020 #12
This, this, this....... a kennedy Apr 2020 #16
he SAID yesterday IcyPeas Apr 2020 #22
Empty podium at 5:00 PM rickford66 Apr 2020 #14
Those of us who torture ourselves watching is because Solomon Apr 2020 #17
I used to think that... IcyPeas Apr 2020 #23
Hey! Lysol Cocktail Hour! nolabear Apr 2020 #18
Now set for 5:30...which means even closer to 6:00. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #19
I bet today's will be a dandy... Buckeyeblue Apr 2020 #24
shitshow has begun... IcyPeas Apr 2020 #25
The coward ducked out! Goodheart Apr 2020 #26
4. Providing an audience just encourages him.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:05 PM
Apr 2020

I don't watch them, I don't read about them, I don't offer any opinion about them. If everyone ignored them, they'd stop.

brewens

(13,538 posts)
8. I just discovered yesterday I could get it streaming NBC News Now. The networks quit covering
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:13 PM
Apr 2020

them and all I have is antenna and streaming. I thought I couldn't get the daily shit show and was kind of disgusted when I found that and knew I couldn't resist. Today is different. Good thing I impulse bought a bunch of microwave popcorn. I can't wait.

Yonnie3

(17,420 posts)
13. White House streams it too.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:32 PM
Apr 2020

It is hosted by www.pscp.tv and the link is posted about an hour before on the White House twitter feed.

twitter.com/WhiteHouse

I've left the https:// out of the link to keep DU from accessing that account.

The stream from that source has been much better for me than through the news media.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
9. Although scheduled for 5:00 p.m., be prepared for delay.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:16 PM
Apr 2020

These things NEVER start on time. Five o'clock means somewhere between 5:10 and 6:30 in Chump time.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
10. Sometimes you just have to see things with your own eyes.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:17 PM
Apr 2020


On the other hand, I highly recommend self monitoring for signs you are getting stressed out or too angry. If it gets to be a problem, exit stage left. There are probably some Bugs Bunny cartoons on somewhere. Better to watch Looney Tunes than Looney Times.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
11. K+R I'm done with work for the week. I also will tune in today to see what the WH is doing
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:22 PM
Apr 2020

My gov comes on first in Il @ 2:30 . I listened to him yesterday as he extended the stay order here
I haven’t been able to catch the WH shit show lately . The blips I’ve seen have me very concerned as a citizen of course

SamKnause

(13,087 posts)
12. Time has no meaning for Trump.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:25 PM
Apr 2020

He is always late.

It is on purpose.

He controls the show.

He enjoys keeping people waiting.

He thinks it is a way to show his power or importance.

The briefing is usually 30 minutes to over an hour late.

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)
22. he SAID yesterday
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 05:25 PM
Apr 2020

he is the presenter

he is there to present the talent

HE SAID THIS!!

2nd clip down at about 20 seconds or so in...



rickford66

(5,521 posts)
14. Empty podium at 5:00 PM
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:35 PM
Apr 2020

Electrons will be wasted for an indefinite amount of time. Then something happens that you can't make up. Then talking heads wonder what they just witnessed. Then some dust settles for 24 hours. Rinse. Repeat.

Solomon

(12,310 posts)
17. Those of us who torture ourselves watching is because
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 04:12 PM
Apr 2020

we don't want to miss the big blow up when it finally happens. Unfortunately there's no bottom to what Americans appear to allow the guy to do. So he gets up there everyday crowing like a rooster as though nothing is wrong.

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)
23. I used to think that...
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 05:28 PM
Apr 2020

now I think even when he acts like he's mad... I think it's an act.

he loves these bully sessions with the press. he looks forward to them.

The daily White House coronavirus task force briefing is the one portion of the day that Mr. Trump looks forward to, although even Republicans say that the two hours of political attacks, grievances and falsehoods by the president are hurting him politically.

Mr. Trump will hear none of it. Aides say he views them as prime-time shows that are the best substitute for the rallies he can no longer attend but craves.

Mr. Trump rarely attends the task force meetings that precede the briefings, and he typically does not prepare before he steps in front of the cameras. He is often seeing the final version of the day’s main talking points that aides have prepared for him for the first time although aides said he makes tweaks with a Sharpie just before he reads them live. He hastily plows through them, usually in a monotone, in order to get to the question-and-answer bullying session with reporters that he relishes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/politics/coronavirus-trump.html

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
24. I bet today's will be a dandy...
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 05:30 PM
Apr 2020

Maybe he'll suggest drinking gas. Oil is so cheap that if this could be proven effective, it would be a cheap cure.

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