UPDATED: Trump appears to promote violence against CNN with tweet

[DonViejo]

Last edited Sun Jul 2, 2017, 12:35 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: The Washington Post


By David Nakamura July 2 at 10:24 AM

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. A day after defending his use of social media as befitting a modern day president, President Trump appeared to promote violence against CNN in a tweet.

Trump, who is on vacation at his Bedminster golf resort, posted on Twitter an old video clip of him performing in a WWE professional wrestling match, but with a CNN logo superimposed on the head of his opponent. In the clip, Trump is shown slamming the CNN avatar to the ground and pounding him with simulated punches and elbows to the head. Trump added the hastags #FraudNewsCNN and #FNN, for fraud news network.

Link to tweet

The video clip apparently had been posted days earlier on Reddit, a popular social media message board. The president's tweet was the latest escalation in his beef with CNN over its coverage of him and his administration.

A White House spokeswoman with the traveling press corps hotel here in Bridgewater, N.J., a few miles from Trump's golf club, declined to address questions about the tweet. Trump has no public events planned for Sunday; his schedule lists phone calls Sunday night with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He is scheduled to return to Washington on Monday evening and participate in an Independence Day event at the White House on Tuesday.



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CNN Responds to Trump Tweet: Juvenile Behavior Far Below the Dignity of His Office

by Josh Feldman 10:39 am, July 2nd, 2017

CNN has now responded to President Trumps tweet rather seriously upping the ante in his war against the news network.

Youve probably seen by now that Trump tweeted a fan video of himself literally fighting back against CNN.

The official @CNNPR account responded with this tweet recalling the words of Sarah Huckabee Sanders just days ago:

Link to tweet

And then came this full statement from CNN responding to Trumps juvenile behavior:

Link to tweet

more
http://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn-responds-to-trump-tweet-juvenile-behavior-far-below-the-dignity-of-his-office/

[Thinkingabout]

1. Yes, this is not the first time, Sanders does not need to lie for Trump, he is his best witness

to violence. There was the attack in Oregon and the guy thinks it is okay for only white people to strike out against those who are not white. Terrorism at the best.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Donald Trump wants his deplorables to beat up or kill reporters, etc.

and liberals.

[Initech]

31. And we have 40 years of hate speech coming from talk radio to thank for that.

[underpants]

3. Boy that Kathy Griffin sure is terrible huh?

He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013 - he's good friends with McMahon- and apparently stole most of his speech.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029279736

[pangaia]

5. HALL OF FAME? Was he actually a .. what ever you call it..

I don;t watch that shit..
boxer? fighter? killer?

[underpants]

11. Yes he appeared on a prime time show

He and McMahon had a "Billionaires Challenge" or something. Trump actually "wrestled" him and McMahon had to get his head shaved.

[pangaia]

12. Jeeze, what have I been missing?

All that time wasted playing Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, Bruckner,, and I could have been watching this.

[underpants]

14. LOL

[Bradical79]

16. You've missed his small buissiness administrator

Yes, that's one of our cabinet members pretending to get beat up in a wrestling ring.

[pangaia]

18. Ugh,,thanks for the heads up... maybe or....

OK this week I am promoting Microwave Dave and the Nukes, whom I saw in Huntsville a few weeks ago,,,
SO--
to wash that GIF out of my eyeballs, and yours...

[RhodeIslandOne]

40. Rump and Linda are 1 and 2 for the worst stunners ever taken

They both need the same treatment again.

[PJMcK]

22. Don't forget:

Mahler, Copland, Vivaldi and maybe some Dylan!

[pangaia]

23. I mentioned Mahler,,

Copland,,, no.

vivaldi yes...
Dylan,,, yeah, I'm in that generation..I finally saw him live for the first time a few years back... procelsss.
And I will add Chris Rouse.


OK here;s another

[PJMcK]

24. Of course you did

I'm just being snarky and screwed up!

Touche!

[pangaia]

26. Ha ha..... snark is good....

[PJMcK]

27. On the other hand...

...Mahler rates a second mention, brilliant as he was.

[pangaia]

4. ".......an old video clip of him performing in a WWE professional wrestling match,.."

PERFORMING?

Huh?

[EL34x4]

6. I think I'll restrain my outrage...

...And save it for the shit Trump does quietly under the table while the rest of the world is talking about his stupid tweets.

[Stuart G]

7. Well this one does it..He just can't shut up. He cannot stop.

Shutting up is something we learn. There are times it makes sense not to respond. If Trump put up a violent fake clip of him slamming CNN, then he has stepped over the line......AGAIN.... But this is a little worse, him being physically violent to the press in a fake video at this time, not only is stupid beyond belief,.....,
but shows lack of ability to contain oneself, and lack of respect for others.. Respect for others is an obvious characteristic of someone who is supposed to be a "world leader."

So, whatever went on in the past, is not enough. He needs to start up worse than ever. This one will not .."blow over" It is not cute, funny, or cleaver in any way. It is not a joke.

It is immature on a level rarely, if ever, seen by any world leader. It is a very sad reflection of Trump.

............................I feel bad for this country for having such an immature person as a leader...........

[Sunlei]

9. I'm very disappointed & angry at Republicans* who enable & use the JE(R)K bullshitte(R) to further

their pro-Corporation agenda.

*some elected Ds also who spend to much time focused on trumps crazy behavior.

[Sunlei]

8. He or employee hired to BOT 3 million twitter messages daily are inciting violence. BAN THE ACCOUNTS

Twitter should ban those accounts. Everyone on twitter reading those tweets should use the menu and REPORT THEM.

If it was IS terrorists inciting people to lash out at 'targets' those accounts would be banned from Twitter!

[Stuart G]

10. Good Point..last sentence says a whole lot....

"If it was IS terrorists inciting people to lash out at 'targets'..." those accounts would be banned from Twitter

[StepnKretchit]

13. Heaven help us all.

The "President" of the United States just put a hit out on CNN.

[broadcaster90210]

15. The Press has only itself to blame.

It has normalized this type of Right Wing behavior for years either directly or with the time honored "both sides do it" BS.

We have no Press really. Let 'em get abused like this. Maybe, just maybe (I doubt it) they will wake up.

[Lheurch]

17. Best part of Trump in WWE

(not original audio but best video I could find):

[NastyRiffraff]

19. And people wonder why

I, and many others, refuse to call him President.

[RoBear]

21. Please

add me to that list.

[Soxfan58]

20. When I was young

The two things you knew were bullshit were pro wrestling, and the national enquirer. Trump has aligned himself with both, while screaming fake news.

[IggleDuer]

25. Just wondering... Who paid for this.

I seriously doubt that the Trumpenfuhrer has the computer skills to edit this video by himself. If he had a government employee do this, he is violating the law.

He cannot have government employees inciting violence to satisfy his personal vendetta. Considering his maturity level, I wonder, if gets convicted, will he be sent to a Federal penitentiary or Juvenile Hall?

[RKP5637]

28. Water Boy Trump Twits Again! n/t

[jalan48]

29. And CNN is Corporate News. What will happen to smaller more progressive outlets?

[Hamlette]

30. His fight with the media is as fake as WWW

He hates the media because they tell the truth. Duh. "you're the puppet".

How do we get that point across?

[Calista241]

32. I lol'd. If he wasn't our President, it would be kinda funny.

[mdbl]

33. Trump is such a weirdo

Please contact your republican reps in congress and ask that they remove him. They will still be able to pass all their regressive shit with Pence, but at least we won't have bullshit spewed all over twitter from him.

[Maeve]

34. It was fake then, it's fake now--only he should know

No one is paying CNN to stay down and someone else is liable to throw a chair into the mix if he's not careful.

[left-of-center2012]

35. Totalitarian governments put out propaganda

So Trump puts out fake news,
but calls the press 'fake news'?

[Initech]

38. This is so fucking disturbing that he's going there.

Shut down his account now!

[hawy]

39. true to form

Back when he made that video he was a clown trying to look tough in a simulated sport event that wasn't any where close to reality. Now he is trying to look tough against fake news, another opponent not based on reality. That clown will step in it every step he takes.