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(164,183 posts) Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:35 AM Nov 2020

White House Reporter Caught On Mic After Bizarre 1-Minute Trump Briefing [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

Josephine Harvey·Reporter, HuffPost
Tue, 24 November 2020, 7:47 pm GMT-6·1-min read

Some White House reporters seemed more baffled than usual on Tuesday after President Donald Trump delivered a minute-long press briefing in which he failed to mention that he had finally agreed to transition power to President-elect Joe Biden.

The surprise briefing was Trump’s first in weeks. But instead of offering his concession, Trump boasted about the Dow Jones hitting the “sacred number” of 30,000 ― ignoring his previous claim that a Biden win would prompt a market crash. He then abruptly departed after 64 seconds, ignoring the torrent of questions from reporters about when he might acknowledge his loss.

“Well that was weird as shit,” one reporter is overheard commenting immediately after Trump’s departure.

“That was one of the stranger ones we’ve had,” someone else noted.

Read more: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-one-minute-press-briefing-014741163.html

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And it ends as it began LearnedHand Nov 2020 #1

Good catch. nt chowder66 Nov 2020 #3

To Hillary, in fact. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2020 #11

Absolutely Hekate Nov 2020 #12

I saw weird as shit tending on twitter Sapient Donkey Nov 2020 #18

Is the little mind he has finally gone and he forgot where he was. CatMor Nov 2020 #2

This reminds me of a scene BootinUp Nov 2020 #4

stealin' that one stopdiggin Nov 2020 #5

Yes, that was back when they paid writers more than lunch money for their work, and it showed. PSPS Nov 2020 #7

Spock once made a drastic Hail Mary maneuver to escape certain destruction lunatica Nov 2020 #15

There was a recent humorous summary/review of that episode ("The Galileo Seven" ) BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #20

Thank you! That is so enjoyable! bedazzled Nov 2020 #25

I have several shelves of Trek novels in my bookcases BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #27

I am having a trek and dark shadows pandemic bedazzled Nov 2020 #28

I remember coming home from school BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #29

I watched shadows first run... bedazzled Nov 2020 #30

Oh the Dark Shadows was watched first run BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #31

The dad on lost in space was hot too! bedazzled Nov 2020 #32

One other big difference between the old stuff and the current stuff BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #33

Wussolini's Appearances Remind Me Of This Scene smb Nov 2020 #34

There was also a "What the hell was that?" right at the beginning of the reporter post-chatter. LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #6

Well, that's implied with "that was one of the stranger ones." PSPS Nov 2020 #8

Here's a Twitter link with video of end uppityperson Nov 2020 #9

Yeah, Weird trump SHITE.. but would Cha Nov 2020 #10

Trump really does not get it. In this case, it is believed that rally PatrickforO Nov 2020 #13

Well it certainly wasn't anything Trump did lunatica Nov 2020 #17

Everyone in America should look back as the last four years comes to a close and say..... RussellCattle Nov 2020 #14

I think he's cracking... myohmy2 Nov 2020 #16

They're just now noticing that Trump's "press conferences" are weird as shit??!! yardwork Nov 2020 #19

THIS THIS THIS BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #21

Amen, amen, amen. Paladin Nov 2020 #23

he has a really weird idea of what is "sacred" LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #22

Money is the only thing he's ever really cared about. Paladin Nov 2020 #24

True! LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #26