Nikki Haley defends Trump, says 'disgusting' media coverage makes United States look bad to world

[dajoki]

Nikki Haley defends Trump, says ‘disgusting’ media coverage makes United States look bad to the world
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nikki-haley-defends-trump-says-disgusting-media-coverage-makes-united-states-look-bad-to-the-world/2018/09/26/3f2fdaa8-c18a-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html?utm_term=.8f7591ae2051

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley defended President Trump on Wednesday, saying Americans are more prosperous than ever and blaming a “disgusting” barrage of media criticism for making “us look bad” to the rest of the world.

“It’s gotten so disgusting, really,” Haley said in a morning appearance on “Fox & Friends.” “The idea that he’s not mentally fit. The idea that we’d be talking about the 25th Amendment. None of that is true — it couldn’t be farther from the truth. You’ve got a president who is nonstop going all the time. The Cabinet is just trying to keep up with him.”

Haley’s comments came a day after some world leaders laughed when Trump asserted during a speech to the U.N. General Assembly that he had already accomplished more than most of his predecessors at the White House. The awkward moment prompted Trump to confess from the podium that he “didn’t expect that reaction,” though he later insisted to reporters that he intended to get laughs.

Trump has been beset by renewed questions about his competence. A new book, “Fear,” by journalist Bob Woodward reported that top aides sought at times to hide information from the president or disregard his orders in an effort to stop what they believed were Trump’s worst instincts. And an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, written by an administration official, asserted that numerous Trump aides were working to protect the country from his impulsive decision-making.

“He’s getting things done left and right,” Haley said. “How can you honestly think a man who doesn’t know what he’s doing is getting this much done on jobs, on trade deals, on foreign policy, look at the stock market. Americans are living better than they ever have, and you’re going to question his leadership?”

Haley said that Trump was respected by his global peers and insisted that it was the U.S. media that looks foolish in its coverage of the president.

[lapfog_1]

1. This is the last political job she will ever have, apparently.

[Iliyah]

2. Oh gawd please STFU

The Republican party is an embarrassment.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. wow, she is simply a fan of his - another sycophant - and not too bright, it seems - just like the

rest of his swamp. she clearly has little respect for the ability of the rest of the world to see through her gaslighting bullshit

[spanone]

4. no nikki, your boss makes the United States look bad...p.s. he's not mentally fit.

watch his press conference yesterday, ma'am

[MontanaMama]

5. Wow! Haley is all in

with the tRump love it appears. She’s the one who should be embarrassed.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Not to wish unwell, but I hope this ends her career...

[dajoki]

15. So do I n/t

[MontanaMama]

17. Don't think th, at is wishing ill will at all.

I would call it "natural consequences".

[JHan]

6. Oh Nikki..

[bdamomma]

7. the world knows

about how stupid this jerk is.

[Autumn]

8. Media coverage isn't whats "disgusting". It's Trump, Haley and the whole

administration that is fucking disgusting, and that includes every single Senate and House Republican.

[gratuitous]

16. Exactly - it isn't the coverage, it's the behavior, Nikki

Lots of disgusting people hate having their disgusting behavior exposed. It isn't the fault of the people telling the story that it's so disgusting; it's the fault of the people doing the disgusting acts.

And another dignity wraith joins the ranks.

[tblue37]

9. No, TRUMP makes the U.S. look bad to the world! nt

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. Haley's "He's getting things done right and left" doesn't mean he's getting the right things done.

Hell, the same argument could have been made about Hitler. He certainly got things done right and left. #MNGA

As far as the press trying to make Mushroom Dick look bad, all they are doing is reporting exactly what he says and exactly what he does. If Haley doesn't like it, she should tell her boss to grow up.

[Johonny]

11. Let's see he's got done... well, no wall, no NAFTA, no agreement with Iran, no agreement with N Kore

no climate agreement, no trade agreement with China... trade war with everyone including Canada, Fucking Canada! I don't know, what the fuck has he done, Nikki? Honestly what the fuck has he done?

[Orsino]

12. Yeah, they keep pointing their cameras right at him, with the sound left on.

They're making us look stupid and mean.

[Wounded Bear]

13. I'm pretty sure she meant to say "honest" reporting makes him look bad...

That would be more accurate.

[BigDemVoter]

18. What a FUCKING moron.

Goddamn, she is STUPID. . . .