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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,839 posts)
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 06:13 PM Sep 2020

Trump screamed at Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch in "humongous blowup" over "unfair" coverage: report

Donald Trump reportedly "screamed" at Fox News owner and media mogul Rupert Murdoch earlier this summer over alleged "unfair" coverage of him.

Trump and Murdoch had the "humongous blowup" during a phone call, a new article by Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman revealed.

"Trump yelled that Fox's coverage is unfair and the polling is fake," a source told Sherman, adding that "Rupert defended the network's standards and polling."

According to the report, Trump blames Murdoch for airing critical segments about his presidency. Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin recently independently verified key parts of a bombshell exposé in which advisers close to Trump revealed to The Atlantic that he had called U.S. military heroes killed in combat "losers" and "suckers."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-screamed-fox-news-owner-180307859.html

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Trump screamed at Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch in "humongous blowup" over "unfair" coverage: report (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
I wish someone would just punch him in his big fat face Blue Owl Sep 2020 #1
good to see the rats on the ss trump turning on each other. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #2
Dirty Deathly Donnie is melting down UpInArms Sep 2020 #3
America's orangest snowflake in action The Genealogist Sep 2020 #4
He just knows how to make friends & influence people!1 UTUSN Sep 2020 #5

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
3. Dirty Deathly Donnie is melting down
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 06:47 PM
Sep 2020
Republicans Furious At Trump After He Yells At Billionaire Donor

But then Trump brought the conversation around to the campaign and confronted Adelson about why he wasn’t doing more to bolster his reelection. According to three people with direct knowledge of the call, one of the people said it was apparent. The president had no idea how much Adelson who’s donated tens of millions of dollars to pro Trump efforts over the years had helped him Adelson chose not to come back at Trump. When word of the call circulated afterward Republican party officials grew alarmed. The president had antagonized, one of the biggest benefactors at a precarious moment in his campaign. They rushed to smooth things over with him, but the damage may have been done. Damage may have been done. You don’t piss off the hand that feeds you, right? I’m going to be honest. Here would be honest. Um, I’m not gonna fault Trump for this at all.

I’m glad he pissed off his donor, but I’m also glad that the donor got pissed off because this is what happens. And I think Republican donors or democratic donors, hell all political donors. Y’all need to understand this a little bit. See these politicians that you keep giving cash to. Um, let’s think of him as like raccoons. You know, they show up at your back door. They look pretty cute. You know, they give me a little rabbits sometimes, but you know, you ain’t, you hand them Manila, wafer. You hand him a low cookie of some kind. You hand them a Cracker. They take it with their little hands and they just, they eat it. And then it looks cute. Right? That’s how these donors are with the politicians. Okay. I gave the cute little thing. The little Cracker I gave the cute little politician, the money.

Well, next thing you know, a week from now, that thing not only has come back every night, but now he’s starting to bring his friends. I Oh, wow. Okay. I start buying crackers. I guess there’s going to be a regular part of my routine. And that’s how the doning donating works. Excuse me. You can donate. Um, they started donating on a regular basis. You know, it just becomes part of their routine as part of their business. Now, when this suddenly they decided, you know what? These raccoons again, fat, you know, why am I giving these raccoons, all these crackers. It’s not cute anymore. What am I getting from it? Why am I doing this? Raccoons, do something for me. Why aren’t you listening to me? And that’s the point? The raccoon jumps up bites your face off cause raccoon doesn’t understand the raccoon. Just, I just want my cookie. Where’s why, why am I not getting a cookie? And now I’m pissed off at you. Well, yeah, Trump is the rabid raccoon. In this situation, he went up to Adelson and said, Hey man, you know, where’s, where’s, where’s the cookie. I need the cookie. Why, why is this not happening? And now the Republican party is horrified and they should be because, because this is what’s going to be happening from this point forward. And there is no way they’re going to be able to smooth things over with enough donors to save Donald Trump before the election.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
4. America's orangest snowflake in action
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 07:12 PM
Sep 2020

I've heard for some time now people on the right characterizing people on the left as "snowflakes." What do they think this orange asshole is? What do they think they are, whining and pissing and moaning about every little thing that doesn't go their way. Want to see REAL snowflakes? Just look for the red MAGA hats. There they are!

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