Paints himself as victim in angry speech

[struggle4progress]

David Smith in Phoenix

Donald Trump has sought to portray himself as the .. victim of .. Charlottesville, launching an .. assault on the media and branding journalists who "do not like our country" as the .. source of division in America.

At a rally in Phoenix .. the .. president attacked coverage of his response to the white supremacist violence and complained bitterly to his audience about how he had been treated.

He re-read three statements he made in the wake of the tragedy and, deploying authoritarian rhetoric, declared:"It’s time to expose the crooked media deceptions and to challenge the media for their role in fomenting divisions and yes, by the way, they are trying to take away our history and our heritage.: The crowd – some scowling, some laughing – turned and jeered at journalists in the media enclosure and chanted: "CNN sucks! CNN sucks!" ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/23/donald-trump-arizona-rally-phoenix

[JustAnotherGen]

1. 2020 Campaign rally

He's a joke and so are his loser supporters.

[kentuck]

2. I find myself watching more and more of CNN...

If he is criticizing them, they must be doing something right?

[7wo7rees]

3. Sick, angry, small, demented czar/king/despot!

Mocked and horrified by entire world. Jeebus damned it all. I knew chaos was in store but never, ever in my wildest imaginations was it anything near this level so quickly.