"I want to demean/discredit you-so when you do negative stories about me-no one will believe you"

[kpete]

Lesley Stahl asked Trump in semi-private meeting why he’s always attacking the press. His answer: “I want to demean you and discredit you so that when you do negative stories about me, no one will believe you.”

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

UPDATED TO ADD VIDEO LINK:

Link to tweet

[irisblue]

1. And it's working with his base.

[world wide wally]

2. Sounds like time for the press to fight back before it's too late

[NewJeffCT]

8. They love the abuse

He helps give them bigly ratings, so they'll fall all over themselves to let Trump drive the news cycle.

[world wide wally]

13. Until they kill the goose that laid the golden egg (a free press)

then they can all go to work for the Trump Org.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. His base has ONE desire, kill or imprison women who exercise rights to their own body

Rump is on record he will do one of those. He isnt sure which yet.

NOTHING he does will matter to them. NOTHING

[pandr32]

4. If this is true it should be widely circulated by the press

May his own words bite him.

[pangaia]

10. "Should" is invariably an almost useless word.

[gratuitous]

5. Hey now!

That kind of talk is reserved for the media and the media only. It's not supposed to get out and bruited around by the hoi polloi. We dunderheaded simpletons don't grasp the nuance and the subtleties involved in the interactions between government officials and the media, and we're likely to misconstrue such plain language, and think that the president is consciously and willfully pursuing a personal vendetta against the popular media in an effort to make their reporting less believable to the cretins who support him.

Everybody pretend you didn't read that!

[demmiblue]

6. K&R

Link to tweet

[BBG]

7. Well duh

I thought it was obvious.

[Whiskeytide]

12. Right there with you ...

... Anyone to whom this is news has NOT been paying attention.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. It's halfway working. No one believes anything GOOD written about him, either.

Not even the praise when he manages not to wet himself during campaign rallies.

[ecstatic]

11. Completely without morals or a conscience. Completely unable to distinguish right from wrong,

which is why he often openly shares his disgusting thought processes from time to time... and, of course, he's always shocked at the backlash he receives when he reveals his thoughts.

The fact that he is willing to destroy the nation, it's norms, and the constitution to protect his own ego.... well... what kind of person does that?

[kentuck]

14. This quote should be everywhere .

It encapsulates his political philosophy .

[Grammy23]

15. We all figured this out months ago.

The press has plenty of ammunition to use against him. He has run his mouth for decades. On the record. They just need to bombard the news cycle with his bad deeds, his lies, contradictions, his awful business practices. Lay it all out there. Dare him to dispute it. If he does, hit him again. Never stop. Never let his sorry ass off the hook. There are plenty of the press and just one tRumpolini. Even he has a limited number of minions. The press out numbers him. And never ever let him see you sweat. Just take a number from his playbook. Double down and never back up. I want to see him crumble and melt like the Wicked Witch.

[Cha]

16. We knew. And, every fucking time he opens his

fake mouth he discredits himself.

[Mc Mike]

17. The next quote from Stahl should have been "Yeah. You're a lying asshole."

But she's fairly useless, except as a means to relay garbage to the US public.

[Kaleva]

18. Trump has very high negatives so I don't think his strategy is working.

[GusBob]

19. This is why he gets away with his lies

He has the press cowering