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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCharles P. Pierce: Trump's UN Presser Was Hilarious Until It Was Horrifying
Meanwhile, he threw Vice President Mike Pence under the bus without looking up.
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The president* closed his busy news day with a press availability at the United Nations in New York. He was just as dishonest and calumnizing as he usually is, but he did it with an affect, and in a voice, that made him look as though he were a basset hound on Quaaludes. Almost without looking up, he lugubriously tossed Mike Pence under the bus by telling congressional Democrats (and the press) to "look at Mike Pence's phone calls." Which, I assume, will now happen.
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But, to me, the moment of all moments came when we had what the indefatigable Daniel Dale of CNN calls a "Sir Story," one of those fables in which a manand it's almost always a "big, tough man"comes up to him with tears in his eyes and thanks him just for being president*. On Tuesday, we had a Sir Story that featured dozens of world leaders, a true epic.
"So many leaders came up to me today and they said, 'Sir, what you go through, no president has ever gone through. And it's so bad for your country."
Nothing remotely like this, of course, ever happened. Think about that long enough, and it stops being funny. - Esquire
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The president* closed his busy news day with a press availability at the United Nations in New York. He was just as dishonest and calumnizing as he usually is, but he did it with an affect, and in a voice, that made him look as though he were a basset hound on Quaaludes. Almost without looking up, he lugubriously tossed Mike Pence under the bus by telling congressional Democrats (and the press) to "look at Mike Pence's phone calls." Which, I assume, will now happen.
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But, to me, the moment of all moments came when we had what the indefatigable Daniel Dale of CNN calls a "Sir Story," one of those fables in which a manand it's almost always a "big, tough man"comes up to him with tears in his eyes and thanks him just for being president*. On Tuesday, we had a Sir Story that featured dozens of world leaders, a true epic.
"So many leaders came up to me today and they said, 'Sir, what you go through, no president has ever gone through. And it's so bad for your country."
Nothing remotely like this, of course, ever happened. Think about that long enough, and it stops being funny. - Esquire
Odd and whiny for sure. tRump is just as we all thought, a big wimpy POS!
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Charles P. Pierce: Trump's UN Presser Was Hilarious Until It Was Horrifying (Original Post)
ffr
Sep 2019
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"Sir, I just wanted to say how great it was when you stole money from the cancer kids charity and
NCLefty
Sep 2019
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NCLefty
(3,678 posts)1. "Sir, I just wanted to say how great it was when you stole money from the cancer kids charity and
spent it on yourself and your family. No president has ever done so much for himself!"
usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)2. "Sir, I just wanted to say how great it was when you decided to separate families and caged kids....
.... just to show the world how evil and heartless you truly are.
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)3. Sir, it was so great when you kicked Chuck Norris' ass
He's been needing that for years.
Danascot
(4,690 posts)4. Sir, I just wanted to say how great it was when you
ran into the collapsing World Trade Center and rescued hundreds.
... and when you ran into the Parkland school to stop the shooter.
... and, and, and