Trump's slap at 'fake' media draws boos, hisses from Davos crowd
Source: USA Today
DAVOS, Switzerland President Trump's swipe at the "fake" news media Friday at the World Economic Forum prompted some hissing and booing from the audience.
During a question-and-answer session with the forums founder after his main speech to the group, Trump said it wasnt until he became a politician that he realized how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be.
The comment prompted some scorn from the room.
Schwab declined to comment on whether his questions for the president were too soft, but he said, As a politician who we are familiar with we are used to him expressing his views about the media.
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Making US a laughingstock.
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bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)It is snarky, cynical, paranoid, and detrimental to a free press.
It is unAmerican.
The only fake news comes from faux news and those who re-spew it.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)it speaks volumes.
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)I watched a video on WWII last week, it referred to tactics of de fuhrer
infallibility principle - the fuhrer is always right
ubermensch - fuhrer as superman, and of course the non-Aryans as subhuman
Exactly what we are seeing today
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Trump is following a formula given him by Putin.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)and that there is NO way the American people elected him.
That of course on the ground KGB agents flipped votes and hundreds of voting precincts in several states. Or interfered with computer software, etc
Hillary did NOT go from being ahead by several points in multiple states to losing them in 3 days.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)space as people who adore him.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)will it ever be proven, i don't know.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)substitute "bad" for "fake" and you pretty much have the explanation
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)orangecrush
(19,617 posts)it works.
DFW
(54,436 posts)I met Howard Dean in Geneva right after he attended Davos. It was a celebration of Obama's inauguration at the home of one the Swiss-domiciled Democrats Abroad.
What a contrast, but at least after years of dedicated, smart and educated Americans who care about both the world and our country's role in it, all attending see the contrast Trump is, and know full well that he is the exception, not the rule. The rest of the people attending will realize to what point "we the people" are cringing at what has been foisted upon us, and that we are not what Trump embodies. Of all people, the attendees at Davos know this better than anyone, because for years, they have been meeting with our best and brightest. They know that even the most cynical, business-minded, money-worshipping Republican is a better human than the one we sent them this year.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Do they realize what a joke he is or are the in on the charade of taking this idiot seriously?
DFW
(54,436 posts)The European press realizes what a joke he is, and never lets a day go by where they neglect to point it out.
What they don't understand is how we let this happen to ourselves.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He thinks that because there were no protesters (who weren't able to get near the summit) that he is a rock star in Europe. It drives me insane that he can't see how much he is ridiculed and hated by the rest of the world. I wish he would visit the UK. I am sure they would give him the welcome that he deserves. Nobody can dish out disrespect like the British.
DFW
(54,436 posts)It's quite another to guard a visitor in a large city. If Trump were to visit London, Paris or Berlin, it would be nearly impossible to conceal the level of disdain the Europeans hold for him.
llmart
(15,552 posts)when they were giving him ten times the free exposure for his candidacy for President than any other candidate, including Hillary.
It's always about him - "me, me, I, I, blah, blah, puke puke. He's a disgusting malignant narcissist and an embarrassment to our country.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)LisaM
(27,830 posts)He'll never admit that the media handed him the office. (Neither will they, for that matter).
louis-t
(23,297 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)orangecrush
(19,617 posts)grabbing days.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)You have to see this in context.
Most of the Europeans who go to Davos live in societies in which this kind of narcissism, this egocentrism, is the subject of ridicule.
Trump is the very image of the primitive American when it comes to social values. He is such and egotist that it is beyond belief. He does not seem to care about anyone but himself and maybe his children. That is my opinion based on having lived in different countries in my life.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:12 PM - Edit history (1)
and those at Davos likely forsee his downfall.
Thanks for the post!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can't think of why anyone at Davos would take him seriously or want to listen to anything he has to say. Surely they must all know what a joke he is. They can't all be as brainwashed as the trumpers over here.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)I'm very disappointed in that, and fully expect the WH andor Faux to spin it as disapproval for the nasty media.
And so it goes...
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)was pretty good.
He can't call it fake news if it's on video.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)and yes he does. His people believe him no matter what he says.
packman
(16,296 posts)You are exactly right. On our local right-wing A.M. radio station, they are spinning it that the crowd was booing the press also and supporting Trump's opinion.
red dog 1
(27,849 posts)Will this nightmare ever end?
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)and thank you!
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Starts around 12 minute mark:
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Horrifying as it is.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)... If you watch from the beginning... I like the way he's forced to stand during the interminable comic-opera orchestral anthem...!
Edit: Ah correction: this was edited!. The music lasts a good five minutes in the original!
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)I hope his bone spurs were killing him!
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Seriously, though. His performance was... I hate to say it... Quite solid.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Hope your weather is sunny and beautiful!