The insecurity of Donald Trump, in 1 remarkable story

[riversedge]

The insecurity of Donald Trump, in 1 remarkable story


https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/politics/donald-trump-fox-news-rupert-murdoch/index.html?utm_content=2019-04-04T07%3A05%3A04&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social



Updated 7:02 AM ET, Thu April 4, 2019

(CNN)Buried in the middle of a richly reported and incredibly detailed New York Times profile of Rupert Murdoch, his family and the vast media empire he oversees is a remarkable anecdote about Donald Trump from the 2016 campaign that illuminates just how desperate the then-candidate was to prove that he was worthy of running for president.

Here it is:
"After the Fox contributor and Weekly Standard editor Stephen F. Hayes called Trump 'a clown,' Trump faxed [Fox News anchor Bret] Baier a copy of his résumé, with a note scrawled across it in black marker: 'Tell Hayes no clown could have done all this!'"

Pretty amazing -- and revealing -- right?
A billionaire celebrity running for president faxes(!) a copy of his resume to a conservative commentator who was dismissive of him. But not just that! He adds his own personal touch, noting that "no clown could have done all this!"


Now, it's important to remember that Trump is legendary for having articles he likes (or doesn't) printed out, scrawling a note of praise or contempt on them and then having the article faxed to its author. (Virtually every political journalist I know, including me, has been on the receiving end of one of Trump's faxed missives.)
But still!.................................................

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Not surprising, it's very illuminating! n/t

[gratuitous]

2. "Virtually every political journalist . . . has been on the receiving end"

Are these off-the-record faxes? Why don't reporters publicize these whiny little self-serving missives from Needy Amin? Afraid of losing access to someone who's going to lie to you, then berate you for printing his lie when it blows up in his face later? That's a source you want to protect at all costs!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar of all persons once got this treatment for Trump.

[smirkymonkey]

4. What a pathetic little snowflake!

SAD, Donnie, SAD!