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[NullPointer]

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

This was absolutely embarrassing that this was even done. On the bright side, SNL has material for however long this insanity lasts

 

[mattwhite924]

Here's an interactive Gigapixel photo from when Trump was speaking. You can zoom into the back and clearly see how much open space there is.

My favorite part is Bush and his poncho.

 

[Coffinhal]

2 years!! 2 years. It's very important that democrat voters realize that's when they can make some major change if they bother

2 years to evaluate what went right and wrong with Obama and build a new project with fresh ideas, fresh faces. That's what matters, not calling citizens to a "useful vote" against Trump with nothing to back it up other than "the worse happened, we're less worse, vote for us". It never works, or when it works, it leads to future disasters.

 

[crazyprac]

CNN needs to stop with these Trump surrogates. This woman in red is nut job.

 

[BrassDragon]

It's pretty weird that the guy who handles media relations for the White house wears a very poorly tailored/fitted suit that's too light and busy for the backdrop. Isn't he supposed to have staff for these details?

 

[Master Yoshi]

Get this fuckhead off the air, CNN. Fuck.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Perhaps Trump is a savior in disguise that is going to unite America together in their hate for him?

 

[LiK]

CNN needs to stop with these Trump surrogates. This woman in red is nut job.

Watching this now and yea, waste of time listening to these shills.

 

[lastplayed]

How long before you have your own state sponsored news channel that's the only authorised platform to spread the truth?

 

[RPGCrazied]

And not one word about the protests today that gulfed the country and made Trump's inauguration look fucking pathetic. No spinning that, its just truth.

 

[mclem]

Can the media report that Chumps dick is really tiny just so we get this guy holding another press briefing with diagrams and good angled shots of Don's dick to show that the media are just super mean and Donald has the yugest dick, just the biggest? You know, like any good President would.

We need to get smart. The media should report that his handwriting on his tax returns is really poor, practically unreadable.

 

[teh_pwn]

Jesus.

Even notorious neocon hawk and Fox News commentator Bill Kristol was disgusted by Sean Spicer's display of propaganda.

Bill Kristol ‏@BillKristol 1h1 hour ago
"It is embarrassing, as an American, to watch this briefing by Sean Spicer from the podium at the White House. Not the RNC. The White House."

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/822937940968013825

The comments. They'll turn on anyone.

 

[Aselith]

Maggie Haberman at NYT is saying that this press briefing was their attempt to take their story off the protests. It worked, have to say.

Their way of killing other news stories is making a weirder news story, it happened throughout the campaign.

Well, that's just not going to happen. Monday is going to have them hounded with questions about the march.

 

[Phreaker]

I love that they are freaking out. I can't even believe the tone of their first press briefing.

 

[Coffinhal]

Here's an interactive Gigapixel photo from when Trump was speaking. You can zoom into the back and clearly see how much open space there is.

And the angle isn't even great, you need to have a high angle shot to clearly see the holes behind the first rows

 

[Linkark07]

Perhaps Trump is a savior in disguise that is going to unite America together in their hate for him?

He is the Chosen One. He will bring balance to unity...

 

[Joqu]

The comments. They'll turn on anyone.

I wish. But no, not anyone.

 

[Retro]

The comment section of youtube is full of rage and hate. Its fucking scary

The Comment Section exists and operates completely independent from reality.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Jesus.

Even notorious neocon hawk and Fox News commentator Bill Kristol was disgusted by Sean Spicer's display of propaganda.

Bill Kristol ‏@BillKristol 1h1 hour ago
"It is embarrassing, as an American, to watch this briefing by Sean Spicer from the podium at the White House. Not the RNC. The White House."

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/822937940968013825

The twitter comments. Jesus. These people look at a photo and cry fake.

 

[BocoDragon]

Perhaps Trump is a savior in disguise that is going to unite America together in their hate for him?

Oh so he's like the giant extradimensional squid in Watchmen? Checks out.

 

[Etzer]

I saw this live and couldn't believe it. He was so angry... about tweets and pictures.

 

[Donos]

Ahh, now i finally know that I'm in the Matrix. This can't be real otherwise.

 

[Kadey]

I think there will actually be fists thrown and violence among politicians before this term is over. It might not even get to finish if Trump and company keeps it up.

 

[meppi]

Bwahahaha. What the fuck is going on in this briefing!

Holy shit. Cancel everything and put some normal people in charge, stat!

If yesterday's grass cover of the field gets this kind of response, what the fuck are they going to do when something actually happens?
Nuke whatever and whoever they don't like?

The whole fucking office of the presidency is going to end up damaged beyond repair if they keep this up a week, let alone a week or a month.

Fucking hell.

 

[PJV3]

After that I am so looking forward to Trump/Republicans getting trounced in an election, please make it happen.

 

[Chittagong]

 

[Tonguer]

White House Press Briefings about tweets

#ThatsMyPresident

We have the best crowds, we have the biggest crowds, we have the biggest crowds, we have the best grass, we have the biggest magnetometers , we have the most far back fences, we have the most best numbers, we have the biggest numbers

Ha, exactly.

"Everybody loves our numbers, and trust me, you've never seen numbers like this before. I know a guy, great guy, he's the best with numbers, and I said to him, I said 'have you ever seen numbers like this?' And you know what he said to me? You know what he said? He said he's never seen numbers like this before, he's never seen these numbers. We have the best numbers, the best biggest numbers, and they are the biggest best numbers, trust me."

^^ not an actual quote. Thought I'd better clarify

I want to see one of the major respected news outlets just turn this whole thing up to eleven by running a headline like "Newly elected Trump blatantly lies to America about inauguration"

 

[SilentRob]

My gift to you, GAF.


The panel is flabbergasted by the WH Press Statement. The female member of the panel then goes on to attack the media and deflects. This is their reaction.

I couldn't resist

 

[jstripes]

Russian colleagues said this is what to expect.

The Toronto Star had a similar article.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Here's an interactive Gigapixel photo from when Trump was speaking. You can zoom into the back and clearly see how much open space there is.

lol There are some pretty great facial expressions hiding in this image.

 

[UberTag]

Donald Trump just used the White House press secretary as his own personal twitter feed to attack the truth and observable reality. This is in no way, shape or form funny. We can look at photo upon photo upon photo to KNOW he's lying.

Every American, regardless of party affiliation, whether you voted for Trump or not, should be absolutely terrified at what Sean Spicer just did.

And he's doing this over tweets and getting shown up by protest crowd sizes. Just imagine the dog-and-pony show we're going to get when Trump is trying to justify wars, the launch of nukes, the repeal of the ACA with no replacement or anything else in the face of observable reality that clearly refutes his claims.

I mean, this administration has ZERO credibility after just over 24 hours in office. Outside of the delusional idiots who would believe Trump if he told them to wear hats on their feet because hamburgers were eating people.

They're all living in Rand McNally. The rest of us are just going along for the ride.

 

[crazyprac]

Holy shit CNN going in with pics.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

30.6 million viewers, 18% lower than Obama at 38 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

inb4 Trump claims television viewers count as the crowd.

 

[norm9]

Tomorrow they will explain that all there might be a slight error in attendance numbers, but they thought it to be true. And then they'll move on.

 

[wumster3000]

Four years. Jesus Christ.

Won't be four years. Vegas is 4 to 1 odds that he will not make it 6 months.

 

[Strax]

I'm not from the US but why is the White House Press Secretary talking with the confidence of a middle school student?

 

[Curufinwe]

Hurt over crowd size? holyshit when someone enrages him he's going to order them killed, isn't he?

When the next ISIS inspired attack happens here, he'll nuke a random town in Syria.

 

[NullPointer]

CNN right now: "We don't know what he's talking about"

 

[Red]

Holy shit CNN going in with pics.

I am literally seeing people decry this as FAKE NEWS as I type this.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

CNN needs to stop with these Trump surrogates. This woman in red is nut job.

Yep turned it off. They almost never let anyone refute what they are saying either. They wed salad a lot of misinformation....oops now it's time for a commercial break and a new topic.

GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE.

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

Front page on Fox news is how Trump is the victim.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

President Donald Trump accuses media of lying about inauguration crowds, wrongly says crowd reached Washington monument.

It's glorious.

Hahaha. An angry AP headline, never thought I'd see the day. That says it all.

 

[Skux]

This was absolutely embarrassing that this was even done. On the bright side, SNL has material for however long this insanity lasts

The whole thing itself sounds like it'd be an SNL skit. I don't know how they're going to parody a parody.

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Is Trump or his team known to expell or ban journalists from official meetings, press conference or briefings of any kind ?

If not then he's going to do it soon.



Democracy isn't vote every two or four years and then shut up.

Soon it's going to be Breitbart, RT and the Daily Stormer in the press briefings. Imagine that shitshow.

 

[Nokagi]

"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," Spicer said, contradicting all available data.

...This is our life now. Our "President" and his yes men just walk out and blatantly lie to our face about stuff that is easily disproved.

 

[offtopic]

Long ago I decided he was a rejected extra from Total Recall.

 

[meppi]

Ahh, now i finally know that I'm in the Matrix. This can't be real otherwise.

Well scientists have slowly been coming around to the possibility, no matter how small the probability of there being a multiverse or everything we know being a large scale simulation.
What we are witnessing right now certainly seems to give that second one a heck of a lot more credence. lol
And people wonder, if there are other lifeforms out there that know about us, why they don't want to make contact.
This whole planet is a galactic laughing stock at this point while at the same time being a fucking horror flick.

 

[ZOONAMI]

Do we have a link to a legit article on this? I want to put in on my FB and twitter

 

[Curufinwe]

...This is our life now. Our "President" and his yes men just walk out and blatantly lie to our face about stuff that is easily disproved.

When the trade deficit explodes they will say it's fake news.