Trump destroys CNN in new tweet

[JGibson]

That violence against journalists-inciting CNN bodyslam tweet is yet another reason that he is an authoritarian thug disgracing American values.

[ProudModerate2]

[ProudModerate2]

At this point Trump isn't the problem anymore it's people like OP

I like the OP's comical use of the word "destroys" in the thread title.
He was partially correct ..... except for the fact that it is the president who is self-destructing.
All the childish and clownish behavior is a very slow but consistent further loss of support from some Republicans and many Independents. Keep-up the good work mr president !  LOL.

[Thomas Jackson]

I love how the triggered liberals feign outage here.

The tweet was one of the best that President Trump has ever posted!

[The Mikado]

Donald Trump is Modern Day Sane.

[Badger]

Greatest tweet in presidential history.

Congratulations. You have forfeited what little more Authority you had for your arguments in join the club of Absolut doofuses like Ghost Monkey. Welcome to your new internet Club of losers to a once at least semi-respectable poster.

I'm sure Pope Francis would be very proud.

Are you capable of posting anything other than personal attacks? Good grief.

1. Yes. Frequently.

2. I call out stupid posts. The fact that a person posted it is not the point.

3. Your seeing RI lauding Trump's repeatedly grossly unprofessional behavior--which at least arguably implies support for the ongoing threat of violence towards reporters and other opponents, but regardless has reduced the OFFICE of POTUS to an absolute laughing stock--to be a lesser sin than calling him out on it--to include the facing the uncomfortable fact that for someone who continually prides himself on being more Catholic than the Pope and all those who disagree play risk with their immortal soul would have to concede His Holiness would have diametrically opposite views--merely reflects your indefensible lingering support for the literal worst president in American history.

So, in short, whatevs.

[Badger]

Donald Trump is Modern Day Sane.

[Vosem]

I really don't think the tweet breaks any new ground for Trump. It's childish and kinda crass, but, well, so were the last 50. Nor does it break any new ground for Atlas Forum; the reactions are exactly the same as they've been in the past. I am curious about one thing, however...

Just another steppingstone to the inevitable Will Hurd presidency.

How does this possibly logically follow?

[RI]

Greatest tweet in presidential history.

Congratulations. You have forfeited what little more Authority you had for your arguments in join the club of Absolut doofuses like Ghost Monkey. Welcome to your new internet Club of losers to a once at least semi-respectable poster.

I'm sure Pope Francis would be very proud.

Oh come on. The tweet is a joke, but the far bigger joke are the  histrionic cries that this is somehow "violence-inciting" or beneath the president or an attack against freedom of the press. Politics has become one big joke in this country, and we've made it that way. When I laugh at Trump, I'm also laughing at myself and you and all of us. We deserve all of this; the least I can do is find it entertaining.

[Devout Centrist]

It's Just A Joke Stop Getting So Angry It's Not Like He Means It

[publicunofficial]

I hate having a literal retard as President.

This isn't unprecedented, this isn't a new low for him, I just wish we had a President, any President, with basic cognitive functions who cares about the job he has.

[Sir Mohamed]

Now folks come on. Even if you're a supporter of Republican policies, this is just dumb and not adult. It's kindergarden behavior at best. Let alone presidential behavior. How low has this dude gone? Doesn't he have a job to do? Why is he spending time with kind of garbage instead of working on our problems?

With that being said: Elect a clown, expect a circus.

[Crumpets]

I don't get Trump's beef with CNN. Nobody watches CNN (apart from Trump apparently), and if you do, it's aggressively milquetoast and bland. When was the last time CNN actually broke a story, let alone an anti-Trump story? It just seems like a dumb target. Why not post the same GIF with an ISIL flag instead of a CNN logo? Then Trump would have come across as badass, given ISIL's big league losses recently. As it is, it just feels like an old guy yelling at the mean TV people.

[hueylong]

I really don't think the tweet breaks any new ground for Trump. It's childish and kinda crass, but, well, so were the last 50. Nor does it break any new ground for Atlas Forum; the reactions are exactly the same as they've been in the past. I am curious about one thing, however...

Just another steppingstone to the inevitable Will Hurd presidency.

How does this possibly logically follow?

It doesn't. It's a joke. I like Will Hurd.

[Badger]

Greatest tweet in presidential history.

Congratulations. You have forfeited what little more Authority you had for your arguments in join the club of Absolut doofuses like Ghost Monkey. Welcome to your new internet Club of losers to a once at least semi-respectable poster.

I'm sure Pope Francis would be very proud.

Oh come on. The tweet is a joke, but the far bigger joke are the  histrionic cries that this is somehow "violence-inciting" or beneath the president or an attack against freedom of the press. Politics has become one big joke in this country, and we've made it that way. When I laugh at Trump, I'm also laughing at myself and you and all of us. We deserve all of this; the least I can do is find it entertaining.

No. Some of us don't take the jackassed view that our politics--and thus our government structure, and thus our country and its future--is such a joke that you might as well sit back and laugh.

OF COURSE this is beneath the presidency! It doesn't take "histrionics" to object to Trump's utter buffoon-like behavior, just simply not being a dunce.

Don't cower behind "gee, the system's so messed up I might as well laugh at the president being a literal clown" to waive off your support of it.

You and your ilk readily and even fervently seek a series of policy goals so adamantly, you're absolutely willing to write off the dignity of the POTUS, America's standing in the world, and any remaining notion of civility in political discourse to obtain said goals.

Kindly don't insult our intelligence by saying this is nothing more than a Faustian bargain where you have to support the idiocy of our current A$$hole is Chief in order to get the social conservative doctrine you long for in place, and if America's basic political contract is torn asunder in the process, you'll sign said contract every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[Devout Centrist]

I hate having a literal retard as President.

This isn't unprecedented, this isn't a new low for him, I just wish we had a President, any President, with basic cognitive functions who cares about the job he has.

Calling him a retard is insulting to mentally retarded people. They have way more control and intelligence.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Again I see cons here and on the link to Brietbart justify his actions under payback for the Obama years. Obama never treated cons like this and you are lying to yourself cons if you think so

[mgop]

it is just a joke. obama have colbert and jon stewart for that and trump have to do everything by himself.

[Yank2133]

I love how the triggered liberals feign outage here.

The tweet was one of the best that President Trump has ever posted!

This pretty much sums up the modern conservative. It is all about trolling liberals, they don't really stand or believe in anything.

[Badger]

it is just a joke. obama have colbert and jon stewart for that and trump have to do everything by himself.

Stop posting. Stop breeding.



(OK, TJ, you may have a point on this one. But c'mon man, consider the source! )

[hueylong]

Greatest tweet in presidential history.

Congratulations. You have forfeited what little more Authority you had for your arguments in join the club of Absolut doofuses like Ghost Monkey. Welcome to your new internet Club of losers to a once at least semi-respectable poster.

I'm sure Pope Francis would be very proud.

Oh come on. The tweet is a joke, but the far bigger joke are the  histrionic cries that this is somehow "violence-inciting" or beneath the president or an attack against freedom of the press. Politics has become one big joke in this country, and we've made it that way. When I laugh at Trump, I'm also laughing at myself and you and all of us. We deserve all of this; the least I can do is find it entertaining.

No. Some of us don't take the jackassed view that our politics--and thus our government structure, and thus our country and its future--is such a joke that you might as well sit back and laugh.

OF COURSE this is beneath the presidency! It doesn't take "histrionics" to object to Trump's utter buffoon-like behavior, just simply not being a dunce.

Don't cower behind "gee, the system's so messed up I might as well laugh at the president being a literal clown" to waive off your support of it.

You and your ilk readily and even fervently seek a series of policy goals so adamantly, you're absolutely willing to write off the dignity of the POTUS, America's standing in the world, and any remaining notion of civility in political discourse to obtain said goals.

Kindly don't insult our intelligence by saying this is nothing more than a Faustian bargain where you have to support the idiocy of our current A$$hole is Chief in order to get the social conservative doctrine you long for in place, and if America's basic political contract is torn asunder in the process, you'll sign said contract every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Huge portions of these people don't care about any policy goals. They're driven by simpler, more instinctual things which Trump plays to.  

I love how the triggered liberals feign outage here.

The tweet was one of the best that President Trump has ever posted!

This pretty much sums up the modern conservative. It is all about trolling liberals, they don't really stand or believe in anything.

Basically this.

[publicunofficial]

I hate having a literal retard as President.

This isn't unprecedented, this isn't a new low for him, I just wish we had a President, any President, with basic cognitive functions who cares about the job he has.

Calling him a retard is insulting to mentally retarded people.

Not making an insult, I legitimiately think Trump has vascular dementia.

[mgop]

badger is not r, he is d. and he want's the d...

[Mr. Morden]

Wait, so you're telling me this isn't Trump's real Twitter feed?  I'm confused now.

[The_Doctor]

Badger, don't stop. It saves me from angrily responding and I feel cathartic.

That said, Republicans shouldn't necessarily applaud this. I know a lot of Trumpists are going "hey, he took on the media! We like that!" But consider the inverse - 64% of the public doesn't like Trump's behavior about the media. You guys should bear that in mind this is Trump preserving his base, to the point of alienating everyone else.

The question is why? Either scenario, in my view, doesn't bode well for his core people.

The non-conspiracy theory says that he doesn't know how to do anything else and doesn't know how to broadly assemble a coalition and govern. This kind of behavior is just him doubling down on his fan base and doing what he knows best - riling up people, trying to put on a spectacle, and keeping his people with him, and nothing else. It's continuing the ineffective and stagnated presidency. it amounts to a vicarious release for his supporters but little else. once again, I refer to Trump hardening the opposition, turning off swing voters, and doing it bit by bit. He's also damaging the GOP brand in the next 4-8 years.

The conspiracy theory says that there's more to come on Russia and Trump may figure that to ride out the storm, he should harden his base's opposition to anything. #FakeNews is one way to insulate himself from the storm and he can loudly use that to keep his supporters from abandoning him. If they had to consider the facts.

Neither option is exclusive by the way. Neither, honestly, ends well for his supporters. Presidents need to keep their coalitions broad enough to pass a law, preserve their legacies, and not wind up failed presidents. (Or one term presidents).

Of course, there is the possibility his supporters don't care about the laws passed as much as they care about deportation and trade and the Supreme Court, and fail to consider the broader ramifications of letting the issues fester. I've heard more than one Trump supporter out loud voice support for single payer (to the point where I think the Trumpists wouldn't mind a Bernie Democrat).

All of these scenarios, honestly, end well for the Democrats. A failed presidency is a big stepping stone to putting the Democrats in power. Horrifying for the Reaganites like me but less horrifying to the Perotian Trumpists who may not care that an ideological Democrat is in power. (The worst of both worlds is for the committed base Republican who is also a committed trumpist).

side note: I am lapsing into liking the informal lower case Apathetic Austrian way of typing. We're very different people (insofar I know ) however.