Trump used FOX News as his instant soapbox today

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...much like state television is used by dictators and autocrats.

They allowed it... and, the president stepped right onto that televised stage, barged right in, unannounced. It looked, in the end, like even the Trump-friendly FOX hosts were uncomfortable turning their program into the Trump show. I could be wrong, but that may be one of the things Murdoch was thinking when he called and told them to get out the hook and end the bleeding.

These are strange and perilous times.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Lawrence is devoting his whole show to it.

My mouth is still hanging open as I say repeatedly !!!!!!!

[blogslut]

2. He got the hook. There is no doubt.

A while back people were wondering what step would be the step too far for this man.

I posited that there would be no step too far. Instead, he would take a step too many. People, even his most ardent fans, would grow weary of him. I think that's starting to happen.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. He fucked himself bigly today. nt

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5. it had the feel of a man on the run

...three friends sitting in a malt shop having a pop, and the bad kid runs in screaming a crazy tale of conspiracies and recriminations. You just listen and nod, then beg off.

There's a limit to what even deplorables are willing to associate themselves with. It's like, I don't mind supporting you, in theory, from a distance, but you can't actually hide here.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Like Lawrence said, that call to yank him off the stage came from the top.

I didnt get that feel of a man on the run, but rather an idiot with no clothes.

[CentralMass]

4. I haven't watched Fox since the 2008 primary.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I've never seen anybody step on a rake like that on live TV.

I'm sure he thought he was brilliantly presenting his positions, but in fact he flushed whatever might have remained of his attorney-client privilege right down the sewer, while lacking any clue that he'd just fucked himself. It was both horrifying and gratifying; the best evidence I've seen so far that Spanky is both barking mad and as smart as bait.

[Wawannabe]

8. Exactamundo

Man!

Tell it like it is.

[JenniferJuniper]

9. One of the presidential historians on MSNBC tonight

said that 50 years from now people will still be watching and analyzing that interview in it's historical context.

It was horrifying. But a train wreck you can't look away from.