DT's combative, freewheeling, "fake news" press conference, explained - VOX.com

[Bill USA]

.. interesting how often "fake news" is proclaimed by the most dedicated fraud, synthetic phony ever to get into the WH. Richard "the Plastic man" Nixon pales in comparison.


http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/16/14640364/trump-press-conference-fake-news

The fourth week of Donald Trump’s presidency has been tumultuous, with his top national security official being forced out due to scandal, reports that members of his campaign staff and associates had contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials last year, and various factions of his White House apparently knifing each other in the press. Meanwhile, an initial flurry of new policy actions has slowed to a crawl, his major immigration order remains blocked in the courts, and a significant legislative achievement remains far away.

So on Thursday, Trump tried to change the narrative by giving an impromptu press conference — and what a press conference it was.

Trump made the case that his administration was “running like a fine-tuned machine,” and that he’s made “incredible progress” on fixing the nation’s problems so far. He made a case to “the American people” that he was keeping the promises he made on the campaign trail. He also made a plethora of false claims on matters from the size of his Electoral College win to just what his executive actions actually did.

But the larger strategic goal of the presser became clear with one theme Trump repeatedly returned to — the alleged “dishonesty” of the media, an institution that, it is now clear, Trump has decided to fully elevate as his most important foe.
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[murielm99]

1. He lectured the press for about an hour

on how dishonest they are. They should have walked out. They need to boycott. Let Breitbart and Fox be the only ones to show up!

[AgadorSparticus]

2. I totally agree. Just don't give him a platform to spew his nonsense.