Hallie Jackson Rejects Trump: 'NBC News Will Not be Issuing an Apology to America' for Tillerson...

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite


Hallie Jackson Rejects Trump: ‘NBC News Will Not be Issuing an Apology to America’ for Tillerson Report

by Ken Meyer | 12:00 pm, October 4th, 2017

Rex Tillerson has denied the report that he considered resigning as Secretary of State, but if Hallie Jackson is any indication, NBC News is prepared to stand by its reporting.

In a surprise press conference on Wednesday, Tillerson promoted the Trump Administration’s agenda while denying there was any intervention to get him to stay on his post. Trump went on a Twitter rampage against NBC before the presser, and by the time it concluded, the president demanded “an apology to AMERICA!” for the “fake news” report.

Link to tweet

As MSNBC reacted to Tillerson’s comments, Stephanie Ruhle defended the report by noting the current dynamic between Tillerson and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley. Ruhle also highlighted how Tillerson did not explicitly deny the part of the report which talked about how he once called the president a “f*cking moron.”

Jackson followed up by acknowledging Trump’s tweet and saying “NBC News will not be issuing an apology to America” as the president demanded. Carol Lee also chimed in to defend the report’s veracity, and she noted that it would be “problematic” for Trump if he lost another cabinet member so soon after the resignation of Tom Price.

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[Crowman2009]

1. Now who's the snowflake!

More projection from Dump!

[yallerdawg]

2. Refuted?

What American in his or her right mind doesn't consider the Dotard a "f*cking moron?"

Some things just cannot be denied!

[Historic NY]

3. LOL just because they said it now doesn't mean its not true. American doesn't need an aploogy!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Aidan McLaughlin on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/aidnmclaughlin

[renate]

15. I don't really know how Twitter works (seriously)

But is that Donald Trump retweeting a cartoon that says "An interesting cartoon that is circulating"? And isn't the cartoon from 2014?

So... is it kind of like Frederick Douglass being recognized more and more?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. It's a tweet of *****'s from October 22, 2014. Someone found it and is making it better known.

You might have intended your reply for this thread:

"An interesting cartoon is circulating..."

Here's the tweet. There are some parody accounts that purport to be from *****, but it looks as if this tweet is one he sent on October 22, 2014.

Link to tweet

Open it up to see the caption.

[renate]

17. thanks!

[Dave Starsky]

21. Is this for real?

I mean, did he REALLY tweet that image with that caption? Way back in 2014?

Now I really do feel like I live in some sort of Twilight Zone parallel universe.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. I'm sure Snopes will get on it right away. We'll find out soon. NT

[Mz Pip]

5. I believe it.

How can anyone who ever spent more than 5 minutes in The presence of Trump not think he's a fucking moron.

[MGKrebs]

6. The funny thing is, even if the story isn't true,

someone in the administration told them it was true. That's almost funnier- that someone would make up a story like that to leak to the press.

Trump keeps claiming "fake news" but it's not like the reporters are making stuff up. It's Il Duce Deuce's own people stabbing him in the back- whether it's actually true or not.

[bigbrother05]

7. Rex has a load of problems, but NBC isn't one of them

If he was working with NK on his own, he's a fool for making a public disclosure w/o his boss' okay.

If he was acting on tRump's orders and disclosed w/o a go ahead, he's an idiot.

If he was told to go and then disclosed only to be contradicted, he's a patsy.

In any scenario he's taking a fall he didn't expect.

So, given the mess in the West Wing, why wouldn't someone consider resigning when nothing they do is allowed to stand on it's own merits or be given any chance to make something happen within their own department.

[Hugin]

8. Whaaat? I remember the incident was widely reported when it happened a couple of months ago.

I bet I could find the links here in LBN... And now Trump is trying to say it never happened? Gaslighting...

[Roland99]

9. Unhinged, petty tyrant

[The Wizard]

10. How many lives were affected

and who was damaged by this "fake news?"

[area51]

11. American does need an apology --

from the electors.

[VaBchTgerLily]

12. STAND FIRM CNN-NO APOLOGY TO TRUMP!!!

[BigmanPigman]

13. He is pissed off at MSNBC and said they were even more "fake news" than CNN "fake news".

[LittleGirl]

14. The only channel that isn't fake news

is Faux Spews right?

What's the definition of propaganda?

[Wounded Bear]

18. I think Trump leans heavily towards Breitbart and InfoWars...

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Claiming "Fake News"

The only problem is, the "moron" part is irrefutably true. So, which part is fake?

[NastyRiffraff]

20. Like we can believe ANY of these people

The entire administration lies, regularly and frequently, taking their cues from Trump.

[Just Yakov]

23. Fuck you, @DonaldTrump

Kiss my royal ass. Resign today, and take the entire maladministration and the Republican CONgress with you.