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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 05:41 PM Jan 2017

Baghdad Sean: It's 'Demoralizing' For Trump To See Media Narrative About Him

During his first daily briefing with reporters, White House press secretary Sean Spicer launched into a rant about the media's treatment of Donald Trump when asked why the President discussed the crowd sizes at his inauguration during a speech at the CIA headquarters on Saturday.

"I's not just about a crowd size. It's about this constant, you know, 'He's not going to run. Then if he runs, he's going to drop out...'" Spicer said. "There is this constant theme to undercut the enormous support that he has. I think it's unbelievably frustrating when you're continually told it's not big enough, it's not good enough, you can't win."

Spicer said that Trump kept defying the odds only to face a new narrative,

"He keeps getting told what he can't do by this narrative that's out there. And exceeds it every single time. And I think there's an overall frustration when you turn on the television over and over again and get told that there's this narrative that you didn't win, you weren't going to run, you can't pick up this state," he said. "Over and over again there's this constant attempt to undermine his credibility and the movement that he represents. And it's frustrating for not just him, but I think so many of us that are trying to work to get this message out."

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Baghdad Sean: It's 'Demoralizing' For Trump To See Media Narrative About Him (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
Better keep him away from DU... nt Buns_of_Fire Jan 2017 #1
LOL Cha Jan 2017 #22
That whole tantrum was ridiculous meadowlark5 Jan 2017 #2
And the media's treatment of Trump is "unprecedented"?!?!?!?!? MotorCityMan Jan 2017 #34
ahhh, does tRumplethinskin have a sad? Is the big, bad ol' media not being nice to the Orange Anus? Raster Jan 2017 #3
Haha! manicraven Jan 2017 #30
And yet they mock us as "special snowflakes" nt. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #4
Poor widdle Donnie. Baghdad Sean must realize we're just getting warmed up. Vinca Jan 2017 #5
Yeah, this is traditionally the honeymoon period. Retrograde Jan 2017 #37
Please, I'm getting a little misty here Cirque du So-What Jan 2017 #6
Ari Fleischer on CNBC today Turbineguy Jan 2017 #7
fleishcher is a fooking tool. of course they'd have him on Cha Jan 2017 #24
Definitely not big enough. onenote Jan 2017 #8
I caught that, too wordpix Jan 2017 #23
Oh grow the fuck up! smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #9
"It's Not Big Enough: The Donald Trump Story" FSogol Jan 2017 #10
.................... Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #11
........... LeftInTX Jan 2017 #12
It's possible this fool is this stupid lindysalsagal Jan 2017 #13
two words don. tough shit. now, imagine your black. spanone Jan 2017 #14
Or Hillary MotorCityMan Jan 2017 #36
As demoralizing as...for example... Nonhlanhla Jan 2017 #15
Exactly! "What goes around, comes around!" manicraven Jan 2017 #40
Well said. narnian60 Jan 2017 #43
Good. tanyev Jan 2017 #16
Donald Trump has performed thru the years as a Biting Gnat to others great and small tibbiit Jan 2017 #17
Go fucking cry on Vlad's shoulder for God's sake world wide wally Jan 2017 #18
lmao: "He keeps getting told what he can't do... And exceeds it every single time." wordpix Jan 2017 #19
Maybe we should start telling him things he cant do that would be a benefit to the country Trekologer Jan 2017 #35
Yep. It's easy to get under tRump's skin. manicraven Jan 2017 #41
Poor, little dear, did he gots his widdle fee-fees hurted? nt procon Jan 2017 #20
How about some details, Spicer? Paladin Jan 2017 #21
Boo Hoo Gothmog Jan 2017 #25
"I think it's unbelievably frustrating when you're continually told it's not big enough" Yavin4 Jan 2017 #26
That was the best line! manicraven Jan 2017 #42
He keep being told he's a lying repulsive piece of shit Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #27
Someone give him some cheese to go with his whine onecaliberal Jan 2017 #28
What a snowflake. n/t Denzil_DC Jan 2017 #29
Somebody should tell Il Douche that that's politics. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #31
Here Donnie this should help. yellowcanine Jan 2017 #32
Poor baby: politics is not for the thin-skinned Retrograde Jan 2017 #33
Can dish it out but can't take it luvMIdog Jan 2017 #38
yeah, I think it's demoralizing too fishwax Jan 2017 #39
So it's our fault he's a dick? louis-t Jan 2017 #44
So let me get this straight, the bully can't take his own medicine? HipChick Jan 2017 #45
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #46
Posted this to facebook and in comments wrote: appleannie1943 Jan 2017 #47
I thought I was the only person that had stupid people like that Dem2 Jan 2017 #51
No, you are not. They are also too dumb to realize how much I get a kick out of needling them. appleannie1943 Jan 2017 #53
There are those who post the crap about it being unpatriotic to not support the President Dem2 Jan 2017 #57
What movement....to make the wealthy even more so? Please, SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #48
Welcome to Washington D.C.! Rex Jan 2017 #49
Is Donald tough or a whiny little b****? Dem2 Jan 2017 #50
How does someone with no morals C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #52
Fornicate him 47of74 Jan 2017 #54
What a complete SNOWFLAKE. ❄️❄️❄️⛄️❄️❄️❄️ nt Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #55
Kind of like having idiots demanding to see your birth certificate and refusing to hold hearings on JudyM Jan 2017 #56

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
2. That whole tantrum was ridiculous
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 05:45 PM
Jan 2017

And Obama didn't deal with that daily? Hourly? Did you ever see him or any of his press secretaries coming out and whining about how mean the media coverage is about him :whaa:

MotorCityMan

(1,203 posts)
34. And the media's treatment of Trump is "unprecedented"?!?!?!?!?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:28 PM
Jan 2017

HELLO?!?!?!?! I think Hillary would have a different opinion on that, she's been dealing with it for over 30 years.

Raster

(21,010 posts)
3. ahhh, does tRumplethinskin have a sad? Is the big, bad ol' media not being nice to the Orange Anus?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 05:46 PM
Jan 2017

TOO FUCKING BAD. Grow a pair, asswipe.

manicraven

(901 posts)
30. Haha!
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:24 PM
Jan 2017

Did they forget that their man-child ridicules others for every reason under the sun and has commented that he never has one moment of regret?

Retrograde

(11,416 posts)
37. Yeah, this is traditionally the honeymoon period.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:29 PM
Jan 2017

Things usually go downhill after the first few months.

Cirque du So-What

(29,700 posts)
6. Please, I'm getting a little misty here
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 05:48 PM
Jan 2017

Dog forbid that the very important ego should not be stroked sufficiently.

Turbineguy

(40,040 posts)
7. Ari Fleischer on CNBC today
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 05:48 PM
Jan 2017

going on about the liberal media. Yeah, those would be the people who gave Trump $billions worth of free air time.

Nonhlanhla

(2,074 posts)
15. As demoralizing as...for example...
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:01 PM
Jan 2017

someone demanding your birth certificate, denying your religion, etc.?

Yeah, must be hard.

manicraven

(901 posts)
40. Exactly! "What goes around, comes around!"
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:41 PM
Jan 2017

We don't have amnesia! He showed NO respect for President Obama with his relentless birtherism and nasty attacks, via tweets and even a press conference.

But it actually goes further than just the left striking back at tRump due to his lousy and unfair treatment of President Obama; it's the fact that he KNOWS he IS an illegitimate president who basically got in because of dirty tricks, hacking, and an archaic electoral system, so his skin is thin and he can't mask his insecurities. Silly tRump thought as soon as his "coronation" was done, most Americans would jump on board and adore him because that's how his narcissistic brain works. We're supposed to bow down.

tibbiit

(1,601 posts)
17. Donald Trump has performed thru the years as a Biting Gnat to others great and small
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:07 PM
Jan 2017

He is the critical gadfly who is always giving his opinion (and he has the microphone) to the news media. No issue is too small or petty for him to react too and give his opinion. He derives pleasure from nipping at well... anyone or anything he pleases. Imagine if he had to put up with the irritation of himself over five years of birther-ism. Jesus fuck he would have imploded. As always for ever, bully-flies can dish our but can't take the swat back.

We need to never let up the ridicule, or swarming bites back at him. He cant take it. His wife on the other hand needs be investigated by social welfare... she is an abused woman in a loveless weirder than shit, marriage. Run Melania!

So Trumps a Biting Gnat who is now being bit hard... which will be at least a little fun to watch for a little while. (while at the same time being sickening and destructive and harmful to our country and people) And Melania needs to get out!
tib

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
19. lmao: "He keeps getting told what he can't do... And exceeds it every single time."
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:12 PM
Jan 2017

"He keeps getting told what he can't do by this narrative that's out there. And exceeds it every single time. "

Spiced Whiner has it right for once: Trump exceeds what he's told he can't do every time. Keeps all his businesses, works with Russia to get elected, slams CIA et. al. for finding Russia was behind the hacks, grabs puzzies, lies about how many came to his coronation, gets bailed out by Russian crime bosses who want money laundered via Trump real estate, the list goes on.

Sounds like we're getting under their skin, which is the good news.

Trekologer

(1,078 posts)
35. Maybe we should start telling him things he cant do that would be a benefit to the country
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:28 PM
Jan 2017

No Donald, you can't expand Medicare to everybody.

No Donald, you won't be able to make public college tuition free.

etc.

procon

(15,805 posts)
20. Poor, little dear, did he gots his widdle fee-fees hurted? nt
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:12 PM
Jan 2017

If he just wants unquestioning adoration, hire some actors.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
21. How about some details, Spicer?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:14 PM
Jan 2017

Give it to us straight, Spicer: to what lengths is Fearless Leader willing to go, to stifle contrarian sentiment and protest against him? How big a hit is the Bill Of Rights going to take, to satisfy Fearless Leader's endless, unhinged need for overwhelming approval? Will the military be employed against the public? Will law enforcement be granted even more intrusive power to keep track of the population, STASI-style? Bigger prisons? Detainment camps? Like you say about Fearless Leader, Spicer: "He exceeds it every time." That's what we're afraid of, and that's what we're prepared to resist.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
26. "I think it's unbelievably frustrating when you're continually told it's not big enough"
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:18 PM
Jan 2017

And in that one sentence, the raison d'etre of Trump was explained.

manicraven

(901 posts)
42. That was the best line!
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:48 PM
Jan 2017

Things not big enough about tRump: hands, penis, brain, heart, soul, morals, ethics.

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
27. He keep being told he's a lying repulsive piece of shit
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:18 PM
Jan 2017

because that's exactly what he is.

Americans actually love underdogs... unless they're endorsed by every White supremacist group under the sun.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,447 posts)
31. Somebody should tell Il Douche that that's politics.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:26 PM
Jan 2017

People in politics get criticized, attacked, laughed at and generally disrespected. He's used to being the CEO whose ass has to be kissed regularly - those who dare criticize will lose their jobs, but it's not like that in politics. People with skins as thin as his don't belong in that line of work. Toughen up, Buttercup, or the next four years (or less, pending impeachment) are going to be very painful.

Retrograde

(11,416 posts)
33. Poor baby: politics is not for the thin-skinned
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:27 PM
Jan 2017

It's amazing that he made it to 70 without people saying NO to him. I guess that's what happens when you walk in to daddy's business and convince yourself you built it.

luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
38. Can dish it out but can't take it
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:29 PM
Jan 2017

Tuff stuff big baby. He slammed President Obama his entire presidency. Now he thinks a president deserves respect? He'll get none from me! At least he's being slammed for stuff he actually does. They made crap up about President Obama.

He wants pity and it's only been THREE DAYS hahahahahahaha

HipChick

(25,612 posts)
45. So let me get this straight, the bully can't take his own medicine?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 07:43 PM
Jan 2017

I might enjoy this more than I thought

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
47. Posted this to facebook and in comments wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:05 PM
Jan 2017

Baghdad Sean has given his second whining session.
I have a few enemies on facebook that are too stupid to unfriend me. People that voted for Trump are rarely bright enough to figure things out on their own.

Dem2

(8,178 posts)
51. I thought I was the only person that had stupid people like that
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:54 PM
Jan 2017

I'm like " if you don't want me to keep disagreeing with everything that you say then maybe you should block me or not follow me"



Sadly, most of them are too stupid to live

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
53. No, you are not. They are also too dumb to realize how much I get a kick out of needling them.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:15 PM
Jan 2017

Dem2

(8,178 posts)
57. There are those who post the crap about it being unpatriotic to not support the President
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 10:27 AM
Jan 2017

ROFL - so easy to knock out of the park

SammyWinstonJack

(44,316 posts)
48. What movement....to make the wealthy even more so? Please,
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:44 PM
Jan 2017

spare us the faux outrage. We don't care about his feelings, hurt or otherwise.

JudyM

(29,785 posts)
56. Kind of like having idiots demanding to see your birth certificate and refusing to hold hearings on
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:23 AM
Jan 2017

your nominees, including Supreme Court Justice and dozens of federal judges?

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