Trump Gushed They're 'Fighting For Me' As He 'Gleefully' Watched Capitol Riot On TV: Ex-Aide

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Then-President Donald Trump “gleefully” watched the violence at the U.S. Capitol unfold on TV a year ago from the White House dining room, and he gushed: “Look at all of the people fighting for me,” his former press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed Thursday on CNN.

Grisham, who has been harshly critical of the former president since quitting the Trump administration after the insurrection, was asked on CNN’s “New Day” about information that aides and even family members pleaded with Trump to intercede to stop the violence.

“I don’t know specifically” about that, said Grisham, though she added: “I know Mrs. Trump did not” urge him to take action to stop the riot.

“All I know about that day was he was in the dining room gleefully watching on his TV, as he often did. ‘Look at all of the people fighting for me.’ Hitting rewind. Watching it again. That’s what I know,” said Grisham.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-gushed-theyre-fighting-gleefully-013138740.html

[brush]

1. A monster, plain and simple.

[durablend]

2. Of course he did

Anyone of you really thought different?

[lame54]

3. Look at all the people going to prison for me

[gratuitous]

9. Well they didn't win, did they?

They were supposed to vanquish all of the defeated former guy's foes, escort him through the halls of the Capitol, waving palm branches, and crying Hosanna. When that didn't happen, they were just suckers and losers and of no further use to him. Once it became clear that the fighting wasn't going to achieve his hare-brained objective, and after two or three or a dozen takes to get it right, the defeated former guy called it all off.

[Busterscruggs]

4. All of his followers

Can't vote from prison, but the trumpers would love to change that I'm sure

[jcgoldie]

5. Wait im confused

Why was antifa and blm fighting for him?

[spanone]

11. ⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧

👍🏼

[MagickMuffin]

6. He's ALWAYS incited others to do the fighting for him, while he sits safely away from them

We're gonna march to the Capitol



Yeah sure you will. You can't even walk that far without your golf cart to handle the HEAVY LOAD

[LaMouffette]

7. This shows that way deep down inside, Trump despises himself--almost as much as we do.

To delight in the kind of carnage and rage displayed by his insurrectionists that day, because to him it was a demonstration of love, indicates that he is not only morally bankrupt, but also utterly lacking in self-esteem and has probably never ever loved or truly been loved. And he knows it. All the bluster, all the bullying, all the aggression, are just defense mechanisms.

I would feel sorry for him if I didn't hate him so much.

[FakeNoose]

8. With Chump, it's ALWAYS about him

Even when it isn't about him, he will make it about him. That's why he has been disinvited to so many events, such as weddings and funerals. Chump will always make himself the "star" of any event.

I'm certain that Stephanie Grisham already knew this even before the insurrection, but she continued working for him anyway. By the time she finally quit, her job was already over. No sympathy for Stephanie.

[Thomas Hurt]

10. He probably had visions of birthday parades, and his adoring idiots as well as the rest of us...

forced to attend....like NK.

[intheflow]

12. I remember reading a quick mention of this on January 6th or the day after.

Maybe even here on DU. It's lost in the flurry of reporting since. It's only a matter of time before a photograph surfaces. Think of the subpoenaed phone records. Either a leak or because the committee got all the recoverable photo data, including photos.

[Blue Owl]

13. tRump and his little glee club can fuck the hell right off