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AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:36 PM Nov 2016

Trump THREATENS Press In Closed-Door Meeting; Here Are The Terrifying Things He Said

This is the best I have found reported thus far. I will continue to search for more reliable sources. I have followed New Century Times for sometime and their reporting seems to be honorable and reports the facts!

In something that could’ve been scripted by George Orwell, President-elect Donald Trump just has pretty much every major media personality and/or outlet over to Trump Tower for a closed-door meeting.

The NY Post stated:
“The hour-long session included top execs from network and cable news channels. Among the attendees were NBC’s Deborah Turness, Lester Holt and Chuck Todd, ABC’s James Goldston, George Stephanopoulos, David Muir and Martha Raddatz,
Also, CBS’ Norah O’Donnell John Dickerson, Charlie Rose, Christopher Isham and King, Fox News’ Bill Shine, Jack Abernethy, Jay Wallace, Suzanne Scott, MSNBC’s Phil Griffin and CNN’s Jeff Zucker and Erin Burnett.”

According to one source who confided in the NY Post:
“It was like a f–ing firing squad…Trump started with [CNN chief] Jeff Zucker and said ‘I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed.”
Adding:

“The meeting was a total disaster. The TV execs and anchors went in there thinking they would be discussing the access they would get to the Trump administration, but instead they got a Trump-style dressing down.”
It was basically Trump throwing a hissy fit and talking down to everyone in the media to tell them how very awful they are to him. Even though they were pretty soft on him throughout the course of his campaign, often given him an open forum and hours of free airtime to tout his craziness.

http://newcenturytimes.com/2016/11/21/trump-threatens-press-in-closed-door-meeting-here-are-the-terrifying-things-he-said/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Trump THREATENS Press In Closed-Door Meeting; Here Are The Terrifying Things He Said (Original Post) AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 OP
Half of them worship him liberal N proud Nov 2016 #1
It's "bizzarro world" where everything is bass ackwards. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #32
I can picture Chuck Todd looking at the others like they're traitors. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #50
After the media destroyed Hillary, they deserved this lecture, albeit from the wrong person. LonePirate Nov 2016 #2
You got that right. (nt) lady lib Nov 2016 #13
& kellyanne is fine with it all UTUSN Nov 2016 #3
Her statement was reminiscent of Baghdad Bob. n/t cynatnite Nov 2016 #4
More like Goebbels. kairos12 Nov 2016 #20
Oh....good memory... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #35
TV commentary will spend the next four years begging for access. sarcasmo Nov 2016 #5
Does anyone else think this will backfire? Qutzupalotl Nov 2016 #6
You give them far too much credit. They are highly paid functionaries who need to enough Nov 2016 #27
If he thinks they were tough on him before...n/t cynatnite Nov 2016 #7
I wish they would grow a pair and do their job! AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #8
AMEN! rurallib Nov 2016 #24
Here's what Baghdad Kellyanne had to say about the meeting: The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #9
Baghdad Kellyanne.... I love it!!! AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #12
Goddamn it. kimmylavin Nov 2016 #22
yep....yay fascism..... dhill926 Nov 2016 #31
She thoroughly disgusts me. Lucinda Nov 2016 #36
Coming from her you know that he did explode in anger. Kablooie Nov 2016 #47
Off the record - by whose fugging malaise Nov 2016 #61
No one .. cannabis_flower Nov 2016 #62
what's with all these "so and so should think twice" barbtries Nov 2016 #66
"Total disaster" ... sounds like Trump talk. He leaked it himself. elehhhhna Nov 2016 #10
I think you nailed it. bettyellen Nov 2016 #44
Yep. Straight from his 250 word vocabulary. Bobbie Jo Nov 2016 #51
100% agree Generic Brad Nov 2016 #53
I guess the media get the red out Nov 2016 #11
Well it is safe to say... AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #14
Trump is literally biting the hands that fed him duffyduff Nov 2016 #15
If this is true wryter2000 Nov 2016 #16
Amen to that! Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2016 #57
This is all bullshit! They (the Media) elected him, this was just for show... Firebrand Gary Nov 2016 #17
The image being formed in American's minds - and the minds of world citizens - is of a bumbling WestSeattle2 Nov 2016 #18
If so, I wonder why they are nervous.... Lucinda Nov 2016 #37
They desperately want to control how the Trump administration is defined in the public's mind. WestSeattle2 Nov 2016 #43
i can't believe the major news networks wouldn't report on it if he went berserk spanone Nov 2016 #19
When did this meeting occur? cwydro Nov 2016 #21
Today AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #23
Today (11/21/16) at 1pm mtngirl47 Nov 2016 #25
Some advice to Trump and Baghdad Kelley: OldRedneck Nov 2016 #26
Let's hope the consequences Twain alluded to come to pass Martin Eden Nov 2016 #28
Oh, thank you. Sunny05 Nov 2016 #41
Yeah, I keep reading that old saying but the truth is the people Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2016 #46
So glad Chuckie Todd was there. Paladin Nov 2016 #29
But spineless Chuckie Toad will continue to kiss up to Trump and his entourage Fla Dem Nov 2016 #67
Yeah. More of Chuckie's "Both Sides Do It" bullshit to look forward to. Paladin Nov 2016 #68
New link from New York Post AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #30
The media is selling their soul to the nazi. Just read how CNN reported it still_one Nov 2016 #33
Disgusting!!! AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #38
I know we all won't do this; TrishaJ Nov 2016 #64
My contract is soon up AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #65
I have Netflix, Amazon and YouTube tavalon Nov 2016 #70
Thanks great advice. AmericanMan1958 Nov 2016 #71
Seig heil mein fuhrer! Fla Dem Nov 2016 #45
I want to trust CNN more than NYPost metroins Nov 2016 #52
THIS IS JUST FREAKING DISGUSTING Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #34
They'll cower to him Bobbie Jo Nov 2016 #39
They probably... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #55
The maggot cant MFM008 Nov 2016 #40
And they all said, "yes sir, Mr Trump, sir" world wide wally Nov 2016 #42
And no one got up and walked out? lonestarnot Nov 2016 #48
Honest ta gawd...if you are from a vulnerable sector of the population, I'd recommend MADem Nov 2016 #49
GROAN WomanWhoRoars Nov 2016 #54
I did three things on the day after the election still_one Nov 2016 #56
The MSM took part in the stolen election. In a smoke filled backroom, they are McCamy Taylor Nov 2016 #58
Finally found something we agree on. They do suck. mahina Nov 2016 #59
It appears the "conflict of interests" stories really got under his skin. kentuck Nov 2016 #60
They sat there an let him rant? BSdetect Nov 2016 #63
If they didn't say "Go fuck yourself" and walk out Nevernose Nov 2016 #69

Qutzupalotl

(14,317 posts)
6. Does anyone else think this will backfire?
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:46 PM
Nov 2016

I thought the media were humoring Trump during the campaign, letting his rants play out for ratings. And yes, they probably helped him win. But if all they have to fear is him dressing them down — and it's already happened — why would they ever give him the benefit of the doubt again?

enough

(13,259 posts)
27. You give them far too much credit. They are highly paid functionaries who need to
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:00 PM
Nov 2016

pronounce the party line in order to stay in their jobs. They will fall in line, and quickly.

AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
8. I wish they would grow a pair and do their job!
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:49 PM
Nov 2016

For the life of me, I can't figure CNN. They put Corey Lewandowski on their network, while he was getting paid by the CNN network and the Trump Campaign.
If I was CEO of CNN, me and the fat orange bastard would of went at it.
I would make it my personal mission to destroy him.

I know, Calm Down, this is corporate America!
The "For the Love of Money" motto just pisses me off!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
9. Here's what Baghdad Kellyanne had to say about the meeting:
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:54 PM
Nov 2016
“No that’s not true at all. I sat right to his left. He did not explode in anger,” Trump aide Kellyanne Conway said Monday, disputing the account during an interview on Bloomberg Politics's "With All Due Respect."

“By the way it’s an off the record meeting so whoever said that and mischaracterized it should think twice,” she continued. “But no he did not explode in anger.”


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307134-trump-aide-on-media-meeting-he-didnt-explode-in-anger

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
66. what's with all these "so and so should think twice"
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 11:29 AM
Nov 2016

threats coming out of her?! that's at least the second time i've heard her quoted saying those same words.

they're so ready to go full nazi. i am fucking beside myself. the helplessness. looking around and noticing that hardly anyone else around is seeing what i see or choosing to la de da along as if it isn't happening.

i don't think i am over the shock yet.

 

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)
10. "Total disaster" ... sounds like Trump talk. He leaked it himself.
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:57 PM
Nov 2016

Red meat for his naziboyz and when the press reports facts about this asshole he'll yell " they're mad because I stood up to them".

Watch.

Crazy like a Fox. A classic narcissist move.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
53. 100% agree
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 11:46 PM
Nov 2016

When I read that word I knew he was the source of the leak it was him puffing his chest for his brownshirts and trying to make the rest of us fear him as a tough guy. If he really did threaten them and made such an impression, then no one would have reported what happened. So that means he was completely ineffective with his threats or the reports of what happen at the meeting are total bullshit.

My vote is for total bullshit.

AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
14. Well it is safe to say...
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:06 PM
Nov 2016

Trump will test every American's courage!

We will all be tested!!

History will not be kind to those who falter!!!

 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
15. Trump is literally biting the hands that fed him
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:10 PM
Nov 2016

Especially Jeff Zucker.

Of course, if he decided to jail Zucker, I'd be happy with it.

Zucker created the Trump disaster.

wryter2000

(46,051 posts)
16. If this is true
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:13 PM
Nov 2016

I don't think it was a good idea on his part. As the saying goes, never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.

Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts)
17. This is all bullshit! They (the Media) elected him, this was just for show...
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:16 PM
Nov 2016

Journalist, the vast majority of them are fucking cowards and they disgrace the memory of the great ones who came before them!

WestSeattle2

(1,730 posts)
18. The image being formed in American's minds - and the minds of world citizens - is of a bumbling
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:42 PM
Nov 2016

idiot, surrounded by Neo Nazis, White Nationalists, and amoral business interests. The Donald is just all atwitter. Even Miss Kellyanne's patent plastic smile disappeared for brief moments today, revealing the snarling werewolf that she really is. They're nervous, as the future of their administration teeters on the precipice of disaster.

Priceless.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
37. If so, I wonder why they are nervous....
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:30 PM
Nov 2016

everything appears, on the surface, to be going their way...

WestSeattle2

(1,730 posts)
43. They desperately want to control how the Trump administration is defined in the public's mind.
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 11:02 PM
Nov 2016

They're losing the impression battle. It's hard to overcome first impressions. That's why Trump gets so unhinged about silly SNL skts, and Pence being "dissed" in public. Kellyanne Conway is obviously stressed to the breaking point as well. She knows what's at stake at this stage of the administration.

spanone

(135,844 posts)
19. i can't believe the major news networks wouldn't report on it if he went berserk
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:45 PM
Nov 2016

or someone didn't get it recorded


mtngirl47

(990 posts)
25. Today (11/21/16) at 1pm
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:57 PM
Nov 2016

Off the record...with Trump telling them how he would eliminate the 1st Amendment unless they started saying nice things about him.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
26. Some advice to Trump and Baghdad Kelley:
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:58 PM
Nov 2016

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

-- Mark Twain



Sunny05

(865 posts)
41. Oh, thank you.
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:50 PM
Nov 2016

I needed that and am sure others do, to. My God, please let that be true still ...
tho it probably suggests WaPo and other sources (maybe some websites that are factual -- but you know, an electronic analog to a newspaper) will be the ones to take him on. I do feel better that you posted that!

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
46. Yeah, I keep reading that old saying but the truth is the people
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 11:15 PM
Nov 2016

holding the purse strings have no interest in putting all that ink to good use. The owners will instruct the newsreaders to fall in line and play nice. In the end nothing will come off this other than "Thank you sir, may I have another."

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
29. So glad Chuckie Todd was there.
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:03 PM
Nov 2016

It was spineless media douchebags like him who helped Trump attain the "victory."

Fla Dem

(23,691 posts)
67. But spineless Chuckie Toad will continue to kiss up to Trump and his entourage
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 01:16 PM
Nov 2016

so they will come on his show. That's all it's about....ratings.

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
68. Yeah. More of Chuckie's "Both Sides Do It" bullshit to look forward to.
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 02:16 PM
Nov 2016

Fuck him, and all the other media whores who gave Trump a pass, while hyperventilating non-stop about Hillary's emails.

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
64. I know we all won't do this;
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 09:47 AM
Nov 2016

but the quickest way to send a message is to stop paying for cable and subsidizing CNN and FOX. When we buy cable, we have no choice but to pay for this garbage.

AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
65. My contract is soon up
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 09:51 AM
Nov 2016

So I have been searching for a way to beat the cable monopoly.

Looks like online TV for me. That will be a extra $165 a month.

Plus I get to screw the system!!!

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
70. I have Netflix, Amazon and YouTube
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 05:55 PM
Nov 2016

I'm able to get everything I care to see for less than 30 dollars. I've been off the teat for 25 years, happily.

AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
71. Thanks great advice.
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 06:04 PM
Nov 2016

Just need my son to help with wireless connections.
Need to be able to control from my lazy boy!

metroins

(2,550 posts)
52. I want to trust CNN more than NYPost
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 11:46 PM
Nov 2016

But I turn on CNN and all I see are Trump surrogates not being called out and them given free tint airtime to spout bullshit.

Wtf cnn?

Bobbie Jo

(14,341 posts)
39. They'll cower to him
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:32 PM
Nov 2016

just like they have all along. I thought maybe he invited them in for a personal thank you for handing him the election.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
49. Honest ta gawd...if you are from a vulnerable sector of the population, I'd recommend
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 11:28 PM
Nov 2016

getting a passport if you don't have one already. If you can't afford a passport, get a passport card so you can at least cross to Mexico or Canada.

No one really expects it will get THAT bad. I mean, really--this is AMERICA, after all.


But of course, no one expected that in Germany, either, people always assumed cooler heads would prevail, and yet, they didn't--and the way he's talking to idiots who are advocating military purges (like Turkey) and other excesses, this could go pear shaped without warning. He's a blowhard, but all it might take is someone overthrowing him to toss our entire system into chaos.

WomanWhoRoars

(175 posts)
54. GROAN
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 12:25 AM
Nov 2016

Certainly someone must have said ( either literally or figuratively ) go fuck yourself Mr. President Elect.

still_one

(92,219 posts)
56. I did three things on the day after the election
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 12:45 AM
Nov 2016

1. Downgrade my satellite service so I essentially just get the locals. No CNN, No MSNBC, no fox, no CNBC, etc.
2. Sent a donation to the ACLU
3. Sent a donation to Planned Parenthood


There are plenty of places where I can get my news. BBC, NYTimes, PBS. I don't need a bunch over overpaid idiots telling me how to think.

I will NEVER patronize those poor excuse for a "news services again. I don't need it for the aggravation, and I sure don't need it for the distortions and pure BS.

mahina

(17,669 posts)
59. Finally found something we agree on. They do suck.
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 04:41 AM
Nov 2016

I caught some of Democracy Now in the car today and thought to myself- what is this?
Journalism? On the radio?

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
60. It appears the "conflict of interests" stories really got under his skin.
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 05:25 AM
Nov 2016

He doesn't need the media. He can communicate with his followers with Twitter and videos. The day the media died.

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
63. They sat there an let him rant?
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 09:41 AM
Nov 2016

Gutless fools.

Stand up to bullies - its not hard.

This maniac will start a war in a hissy fit.

Or try to.

With such a compliant media I truly despair.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
69. If they didn't say "Go fuck yourself" and walk out
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 02:21 PM
Nov 2016

Then they deserve all the misery they get. The members of the media present, it would seem, have neither shame nor pride.

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