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BRAD REED
26 JAN 2017 AT 07:39 ET
President Donald Trump watches a lot of cable news, and it seems his fixation with whats on TV is so strong that hell interrupt important meetings to chat with top cable news hosts. A Politico report on Trumps relationship with the media claims that Trump will regularly take phone calls from MSNBCs Joe Scarborough despite being in the middle of high-level meetings.
The Morning Joe host has emerged as one of Trumps key confidantes, as he was regularly seen entering Trump Tower during the presidents transition, and he even went to Trumps New Years Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The Politico report also notes the contradictory nature of Trumps relationship with the media. Even though he has regularly attacked Scarboroughs MSNBC program and the New York Times, for instance, he apparently craves approval from both.
He has told political allies that the news media is his best foil because his supporters dont trust mainstream outlets, Politico writes. Yet, he chats with network executives behind the scenes, trying to shape his coverage, and he obsesses over ratings.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/trump-regularly-interrupts-high-level-meetings-to-take-phone-calls-from-morning-joe-report/
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Like, send him a schedule or something ??
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)OMG!
Botany
(70,489 posts)God, are we going to get out alive?
underpants
(182,767 posts)I've posted this half in jest before. This is getting unnerving. Of course it could all be a rude but I can't see the angle on it.
Botany
(70,489 posts).... he watches TV 24/7, reads alex jones & breitbart (and doesn't know they are fake),
stops Cabinet meetings to go on Morning Joe, is still up @ 3:00 AM having twitter wars,
and he is acting guilty as hell over Russia and the coup/stolen election.