Trump responds to Meryl Streep: denies mocking reporter

[mnhtnbb]

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President-elect Donald J. Trump dismissed Meryl Streep as “a Hillary lover” early Monday morning after the actress, in a speech at the Golden Globes award ceremony, denounced him as a bully who disrespected and humiliated others.


“It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter,” she said, referring to a speech by Mr. Trump in 2015 when he shuddered and flailed his arms, seeming to mock a disabled reporter for The New York Times. “It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can’t get it out of my head, because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life.”

Mr. Trump, as he has done many times before, grew heated in the interview as he flatly denied that he had intended to make fun of the Times reporter, Serge F. Kovaleski.

“I was never mocking anyone,” Mr. Trump said. “I was calling into question a reporter who had gotten nervous because he had changed his story,” arguing that the reporter had been trying to back away from an article he wrote in September 2001 about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and elsewhere that month.

“People keep saying I intended to mock the reporter’s disability, as if Meryl Streep and others could read my mind, and I did no such thing,” he said in the interview.

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/movies/trump-meryl-streep-golden-globes-speech.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Here's the CNN report--with tape--of Trump and what Meryl Streep described

Doesn't Cheeto know this is on tape? Don't his supporters know it is on tape? We are really down the rabbit hole with this guy. Just another example of how he lies about everything.

[Feeling the Bern]

1. Can't read what isn't there, asshole. Go eat a bag of dicks!

[SayItLoud]

38. Circulate this:

tRUMP45*

the asterisk applies to any achievement gained through questionable means. It will drive him crazy. Hope there is some congressional group that will make this happen. But, we, the other side of the Less Educated can circulate tRUMP45* every post, tweet and eventually the MSM will start to talk about it.

[lastlib]

44. Good idea! With the asterisk denoting that he LOST by 3mln votes!

LOST by 3 MILLION votes. I wish that fact would sink in to that little orange pea-brain of his.

[uponit7771]

2. I pray more Americans demonize MiniPootin with as much class as Streep did... or...

... without class.

Just never ever normalize this fuck

[mnhtnbb]

4. She did a perfect job of shaming him for the venue: focused on acting

and interpreting the message behind the performance.

But, of course, Meryl Streep is one class act. Trump is totally without class.

[uponit7771]

5. +1

[blueseas]

43. +100

Very true!

[Separation]

7. Agreed

I wish SNL and other comedians would stop imitating him. It's not that it isn't funny as hell, I mean I almost pissed my pants when Alec Baldwin was doing the debates and came after Clinton like in Jaws.

However, I think that by parodying him, it minimalizes him. I'm never t sure if I'm explaining it right or not.

[Dave Starsky]

40. You are explaining it perfectly.

Yeah, the debate skits were hilarious, but this shit ceased to be funny a long time ago. This demented jackass is going to get people killed--either through starvation, war,or some other calamity that he tweets us all into. I can't laugh at him any more than I can laugh at an airline pilot who stumbles onto my plane reeking of alcohol.

[Cha]

3. He doesn't care it's on Vid.. he knows his dumbass fans will stick

up for him.. they like his lying. They're a bunch stupid liars.

[SticksnStones]

6. Didn't have to read his mind, just his body language.

And THAT was clear as day.


Donnie continues to lie.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. So, should I believe Trumpsky or my lyin' eyes? Tough call.

I mean, it's POSSIBLE that he was just filling his diaper at that PRECISE moment in his presentation, right?

I know when my kids were filling their diapers, they just kinda got red in the face and grunted, but maybe they do things differently in his family.

[mnhtnbb]

9. Liar, liar, pants on fire!

He really is more and more exhibiting the characteristics of a sociopath.

[Ilsa]

22. It seems to me that he meets 5/7 traits for

Sociopathy: 1. Pathological lying
2. Emotional detachment (may be hard to evaluate from our positions - needs someone closer)
3. Narcissism
4. Reckless attitude
5. Anger (explosive, over minor sleights)
6. Manipulation
7. Revolving door of friends

1, 3, 4, & 5 seem pretty clear and obvious, and can be evaluated objectively. 2, 6, & 7 may need input from close family. I don't think all of them are required for the diagnosis.

[lastlib]

46. Bull, Bull, Diaper's Full!!

Absolutely a textbook sociopathic case!

We WILL be at war within six months. If not with a foreign country, with ourselves.

[lindysalsagal]

10. He ignored the fact that she started with hollywood, foreign and press

and that the press needs our support. That's the point. Which, of course, he totally missed.

[mnhtnbb]

11. Of course he missed it: he's a narcissist. Everything is about him.

And only what is about him is what matters.

[bdamomma]

12. PATHOLOGICAL LIAR

Hey you stupid jerk, its all on tape and yes you did mock a reporter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This jerk along with Mitch McConnell and the rest of his cabal should be thrown out!

[spinbaby]

13. He's melting down on Twitter

"Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a....."

"Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him......."

""groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!"

[mnhtnbb]

15. He's a pathological liar.

[vanlassie]

16. Over-rated? There he goes, projecting again.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. lol good one !!!!

[Fast Walker 52]

18. such a sad pathetic small man

he really needs to be slapped hard.

[mobeau69]

23. "...one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood..."

[True Dough]

31. Streep just received a lifetime achievement award last night

to celebrate an incredible career of being "overrated."

Trump so incredibly thin-skinned and juvenile. He can't even see how his insulting Streep in retaliation makes it all the more obvious that he was indeed entirely capable of having mocked that reporter, which he absolutely did. He shows no self-control.

[mnhtnbb]

36. Trump will never be respected the way Meryl Streep is by her peers.

Trump is so jealous he can't see straight. He will NEVER be admired or respected by former or future living
presidents. Never. History will not treat him kindly. He's so fu*king jealous of Meryl Streep
that his orange skin probably turned green overnight and he had to schedule an extra dose of spray glo
this morning.

Cecil B. DeMille Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Cecil_B._DeMille_Award
Honorary Golden Globe Award for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment"

Take a look at the recipients.

Meryl Streep has been nominated for 30 Golden Globes (and holds the record for the most nominations) and won 8.
She has been nominated for 19 Academy Awards and won 3. (She holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated 19 times since her first nomination in 1979)

[Historic NY]

47. Trump only gets conjured up awards from Mobsters.....

President-elect Donald Trump rang in the new year together with Joseph "Joey No Socks" Cinque — a convicted felon with ties to notorious Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, a recently released video has revealed.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-appears-mobster-affiliated-felon-new-year-bash-article-1.2932315


http://observer.com/2017/01/joey-no-socks-mobster-hospitality-award-donald-trump/

[neeksgeek]

14. ... yes you did ...

How do I know? I saw it on tape, and it's exactly the same behavior as I put up with throughout elementary and high school from bullies just like you who found my physical challenges amusing. You're not my president.

[mnhtnbb]

17. So now the question is whether the media will confront him with the tape?

Play it in his face and then ask him to deny it?

Will the media do what Meryl Streep invited them to do? Show him up to be the bully and liar that he is?

[Fast Walker 52]

19. some part of the media probably will, but he is not granting access to the media

they could show it on TV of course

[HopeAgain]

20. GMA lead with the story AND the video...

Basically showed him to be a liar, but since BOTH sides are now dissing the "main sream media", it won't matter...

[mnhtnbb]

25. He could have deflated the whole thing, but he's such a narcissist

he's incapable of ever admitting he might be wrong.

The guy is seriously wrong for the job. He cannot be allowed to serve.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. It's sad that we are going to have to go through the next 4 years

with this fucking nonsense. "Yes I did" / "No I didn't"..... with the media dutifully reporting every ridiculous "tweet" since he refuses to have press conferences.

One of our local Philly station Tech/Social Media reporters just had a story on this -

Trump Tweets, Are They News?
January 8, 2017 11:51 PM By Melony Roy

by Melony Roy

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Is Twitter an effective or appropriate platform for presidential news? Americans are divided on the issue – and so are journalists. David Boardman, Temple’s Dean of Media and Communications, calls the movement among some journalists to boycott covering Donald Trumps tweets “really misguided.” “If that’s how he chooses to communicate with the American people, absolutely we have to cover it. It gives us great insight into what he’s thinking at any point in time, it’s clearly unfiltered,” said Boardman.

This method of communication has created a conundrum for journalists. “It puts tremendous pressure for speed on the press, because you can’t sit back and wait for a convenient time to fact check him, it’s out there instantaneously to millions of people,” Boardman said. He says the key is to not simply report on what he tweets. “To immediately provide as much context and truth squading on his comments, because he’s shown time and again to put out statements that ultimately were shown not to be factual. That’s definitely the responsibility of the press,” said Boardman.

It seems you can can expect the tweeting to continue after the inauguration. Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says he’ll continue to use Twitter often throughout his presidency.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/01/08/trump-tweets-are-they-news/

[liberal N proud]

26. Why does the trump team think that if they deny something that it didn't happen?

Do they think that all the recorded video and printed documents are not saved somewhere?

This is how ignorant the people who are about run the government are?

[mnhtnbb]

28. He has gotten away with lies for so long that it's part of his character to lie and deny.

FFS, he was rewarded with enough people ignoring his lies in the election that he is about to be sworn in as POTUS.

[underpants]

29. He's such a delicate little snowflake. Why respond at all?

If he didn't watch it (as he says) why even acknowledge it?

What a child he is.

[rtracey]

41. because

Because 64 million people says they can do it....

[Paladin]

27. "...as if Meryl Streep and others could read my mind..."

Yeah...as if.

[Littlered9560]

30. There is no doubt he was mocking him.

Yet I know people (who I once thought were rational) tell me that he wasn't. Of course they are the same folks who are sure CNN is a liberal news station.

[mnhtnbb]

32. When people are confronted with truth that makes them uncomfortable

they will find any 'reason' to dismiss what makes them uncomfortable if it means they would have to change their minds
about it. The psychological term for it is cognitive dissonance.

You could probably show the tape--with no commentary--just the tape of Trump to 100 of his supporters and the majority of
them would find an excuse to disbelieve it.

[Littlered9560]

33. So true.

This election has been a real eye opener for me. I didn't realize so many of my closest acquaintances are bat shit crazy.

[myohmy2]

34. excellent, Ms Streep...

...now if we can keep distracting the tweeting bastard, maybe he won't have time to blow up the world...

...to be fair, after watching that clip, I think Cheeto should be considered for a Golden Globe...

[lastlib]

48. or an Orange Glob..........

(kinda like a golden globe, only no prestige, and no shape, and it matches him.)

[yuiyoshida]

35. On January 20th We will HAVE a Crazy Person AT THE WHEEL, driving this Nation

and if he doesn't hit a tree, He Will DRIVE US OFF THE CLIFF! BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS!

[Amimnoch]

37. "I didn't do what everyone in the world saw me do."

"If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." - J. Goebbels.

[Blanks]

39. Good Morning America...

Showed her, showed him, explained what the story was about (Trump claimed Muslims we're celebrating in New Jersey).

They (Stephanopalous and Karl) tore into him a bit.

[bucolic_frolic]

42. Put him in the Looney Bin

mentally ill people deserve to be treated in a place that is appropriate for them

[forgotmylogin]

45. I predict many moments like these.

"You did this."
"No, I didn't."
"Here's the clip."
"...No, I didn't."

[malaise]

49. Good - now they'll have to play what she said

They've been avoiding it since 5.00am

Groper Don the Con is s fucking pathological LIAR

[uppityperson]

50. That is not showing him "groveling" but mocking you lying ass Don