Richard Wolffe: Trump's trainwreck press conference ushers in a clueless presidency

[brooklynite]

The Guardian:

Donald Trump is not what he seems. The supposed master of media manipulation stumbled so often at his first press conference, it is hard to recall why anyone thought the TV star was good at this stuff in the first place.

If the potentially explosive story embroiling him weren’t so salacious, you might say this is a case of the emperor’s new clothes. Instead, it’s safe to say the Trump presidency is already in shambles. And it has yet to reach its official start.

For a showman who promised to restore the Reagan era – and even ripped off Reagan’s slogan – this is just one of the most surprising revelations of the past few days.

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Judging from Wednesday’s trainwreck press conference – the first since July – Trump and his handlers have no self-discipline and no strategy to deal with the Russian crisis that has been simmering for the best part of the past year.

[Dulcinea]

1. The Donald wasted a golden opportunity today.

I can't believe anyone thinks this asswipe is "presidential." And yet, some people do.

That's how much they hate President Obama & Hillary Clinton.

[mreilly]

3. I saw a right-wing cartoon the other day...

... which depicted Don the Con as the "adult" in a room full of babies crying about racism and manipulated elections and so forth; the gist of it was "Thank God the adult is here to put these kids to bed."

I couldn't stop laughing, but probably not at what they intended. Donny is the biggest whining crybaby of them all, who howls how unfair it is if anyone even dares to criticize him, spending his evenings bitching on Twitter like a spoiled brat.

And they actually thought they could pull that stupid cartoon off with a straight face?

[royable]

6. It's more of this 1984-ish crap.

"War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", etc.

The alt-right is in an alt-reality.

[pangaia]

2. Richard Wolfe just thinks too much.

When dealing with trump, you can not use brain cells.

There is no logic other than lie and shit on everything.

That's it,

Lie and shit....

[marybourg]

4. He has no strategy to deal with Obamacare

either. " Replace", which he said over and over, is not a plan, it's just a word.

[BigDemVoter]

5. And not one goddamned repig will say a fucking word.

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That entire party should be legally banned.