TPM - "STILL NOT NORMAL: Why Trump's Presser Was So Jarring"

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trump-press-conference-this-is-not-normal

By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published JANUARY 11, 2017, 6:14 PM EDT

The Donald Trump who took questions from reporters Tuesday in his first press conference as President-elect was the same combative, short-tempered figure the American public saw on the 2016 campaign trail, down to the red power tie.

The President-elect personally dressed-down a CNN reporter in scathing terms. He limited his comments on what a replacement plan for Obamacare would look like to a vague promise to “repeal and replace” the healthcare law “essentially simultaneously.” His responses were cheered on enthusiastically by a small group of staffers.

In short, two months after winning the White House in a historic upset and nine days out from Inauguration Day, Trump appeared no closer to adhering to the norms that have traditionally regulated the office he is poised to assume.

Russell Riley, associate professor at the University of Virginia’s nonpartisan Miller Center of presidential scholarship, told TPM that Trump’s remarks demonstrated a “personalization that you just do not see in the history of the presidency.”

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[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. tRump? Norms?? Now that's funny!! Nothing's normal about the Fuhrer-Elect or his conduct.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Trump said he was planning to run the country like a business

he just never told anyone except his kids that he was going to take the country's money and put it into his business that he is still going to run

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. That's what will get his ass impeached, if it happens. n/t

[Butterflylady]

4. I'm sorry, but

what does Russell Riley mean by " personalization"? It can't be good.

[unblock]

5. I think it means he's not acting presidential

He's still acting like the same old clown he's always been.

[Hortensis]

9. The same old person suffering from clinical narcissism.

I took it as an oblique reference to what-is-not-discussed about our Prez-elect, springing from yet another illustration of how he inevitably ends up presenting all issues as about him ("I will fix it and it will be beautiful"--because HE does it).

Amusing that he's apparently adopting immediate (and impossible) replacement of the ACA as a stick to display his power over congress to his supporters. Polls say their confidence in him is sagging sadly. Unfortunately, when he realizes it's impossible he's likely to just deflect to something else that'd please them. Maybe decide to prosecute Hillary or something.

[Doreen]

6. "Trump Peroanalization" means

This is HIS ( TRUMPS ) country. We BELONG to him. He is our DICTATOR. On January 20th we are no longer truly free. I am wondering if he will declare marshal law on the 20th or the 21st. He is positioning his children to take over.

[world wide wally]

7. Trump was absolutely right about one thing:

The American dream is dead!

Along with the rest of America

[Sunlei]

8. I blame Republicans for shoving their unfit dangerous man down Americans throats!

Using the unfit patsy to shove Republican 'policies' down Americans throats.