Of Course Trump's Election Press Conference Went Off the Rails

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Trump held a press conference Wednesday to address Tuesday night’s midterm election results. Though Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, the president was quick to declare victory. “Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!” he tweeted late Tuesday, following it up Wednesday morning with a mix of self-adulation and mob-like threats directed toward Democrats, who for the first time since he took office will have the numbers to check his power. Though Trump seemed fired up at the prospect of appearing before reporters to defend his party’s performance, he appeared drowsy and disinterested as he assessed the previous night’s outcome

When Trump opened the floor for questions, he grew defensive. A particularly tense exchange played out when CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Trump about his decision to characterize the caravan of Central American migrants making their way to the United States as an invasion. “You should let me run the country,” Trump ultimately said. “You run CNN.” When Acosta pressed Trump for an additional question, all hell broke loose.

“CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them,” Trump said after Acosta finally sat down. “You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn’t be working for CNN. You’re a very rude person. The way you treat [Press Secretary] Sarah Huckabee [Sanders] is horrible. The way you treat other people is horrible.”

Link to tweet

Trump then called on NBC’s Peter Alexander. When Alexander attempted to defend Acosta, Trump wasn’t having it. “I’m not a big fan of yours, either, to be honest,” he said. This prompted Acosta to stand back up and continue to grill the president. “You report fake news, which CNN does a lot,” Trump said to Acosta. “You are the enemy of the people.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-press-conference-clips-753033/

Aw the poor baby.

[manor321]

1. It was never on the rails. :)

[BigmanPigman]

2. He is certifiably insane.

The whole world saw that and agrees he needs a straightjacket and padded cell ASAP!

[Meowmee]

3. This

50 trillion times this

[Maine-i-acs]

4. You would think that after a bomb was sent to CNN by one of his RedHats,

he would stop calling the Press "the enemy of the people"
or maybe he just wouldn't say that to the specific network that had a bomb sent to it the week before
but no, he could not rein it in for a moment;
this is Donald J. Trump
and it'll be a bumpy ride yet.

[Cha]

5. Nobody who isn't Brainwashed is one of your Fuckng Fans,

you Insane POSS.

[Initech]

6. Honestly the more it unravels the more I think Trump wants to get caught.

He's just tanking it at this point, and what happened today is just more proof of this. Argh, I wish that we could have a do over of the last two years.