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Miles Archer

(23,292 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:52 AM 4 hrs ago

Trump's ADORABLE, plump little Tourette's Syndrome Cherub Steven Cheung loses his sh*t over Grampy's war

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-goon-melts-down-at-cnn-host-over-trumps-rambling-iran-speech/

Trump’s top mouthpiece, Steven Cheung, has thrown a tantrum at a CNN host who dared to question the president’s war in Iran.

Abby Phillip and the NewsNight panel were reacting to Trump’s freewheeling address to the nation on Wednesday evening, in which the 79-year-old president said the “core objectives” of his campaign against Iran were “nearing completion.”

Phillip poured scorn on the president from the top of the show. In her opening remarks, she said: “If you were looking for some new insights from the president about how this war is going, where it‘s headed, how exactly it might end, I‘m not sure that you got it today. The president basically repeated a lot of the things that he‘s been saying in Truth Social posts, except he said it out loud.”

This didn’t land well with Cheung, the White House communications director.

“Totally unhinged @abbydphillip of CNN has no sense at all,” he began his rant on X. “Complete lightweight who has no idea what she is talking about on foreign policy. It’s now clear why her ratings are in the s--tter.”
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Trump's ADORABLE, plump little Tourette's Syndrome Cherub Steven Cheung loses his sh*t over Grampy's war (Original Post) Miles Archer 4 hrs ago OP
Cheung Is probably one of the clueless aides telling him he did a good job Renew Deal 3 hrs ago #1
I would find it really difficult to feel empathy johnnyfins 3 hrs ago #2
Maybe if the dumbfuck indicated where and why she was wrong chicoescuela 3 hrs ago #3
Steven Cheung is what would happen Rob H. 3 hrs ago #4
How do you know Cheung has Tourette's? Fiendish Thingy 3 hrs ago #5
lol good luck with that, bub. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #7
I care about Cheung as much as he cares about me. Miles Archer 2 hrs ago #9
Cheung was involved in vile Arlington NC photo op. Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #6
" ADORABLE, plump little Tourette's Syndrome Cherub" BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #8
Another slap in the face DEI appointment by Donnie Dementia. travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #10
Obnoxious, thy name is Cheung. But then, aren't they all? nt Buns_of_Fire 1 hr ago #11
Chunk has a face like a pigs ass, and the Hey Joe 45 min ago #12

Renew Deal

(85,174 posts)
1. Cheung Is probably one of the clueless aides telling him he did a good job
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:10 AM
3 hrs ago

While causing markets to tank. The speech was unpresidential.

johnnyfins

(3,776 posts)
2. I would find it really difficult to feel empathy
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:12 AM
3 hrs ago

or sympathy for this guy if someone punched him in his arrogant face. Just sayin...

chicoescuela

(3,086 posts)
3. Maybe if the dumbfuck indicated where and why she was wrong
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:16 AM
3 hrs ago

he might seem a little credible. All he did was insult a woman of color so he just sounds like an ignorant hater.

Rob H.

(5,853 posts)
4. Steven Cheung is what would happen
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:58 AM
3 hrs ago

…if you put a business suit on a buttplug and gave it a Twitter account.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,242 posts)
5. How do you know Cheung has Tourette's?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 AM
3 hrs ago

And if he did, why would you mock him for it?

Tourette’s is stereotypically known as the disorder that causes someone to involuntarily swear or say inappropriate things. Most recently a presenter at the BAFTA awards who has Tourette’s was paired with another presenter who is black, and the man with Tourette’s shouted out the “N” word on live television.

In my experience (I’m a retired therapist) that presentation is the least common- although some form of vocal tic is required for the diagnosis, it is much more common for it to take the form of non-verbal vocalizations such as grunts, whoops, shrieks, etc. combined with motor tics such as blinking, jerking, grimacing etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome

Cheung is a contemptible lackey who deserves our scorn, but not at the expense of stigmatizing mental health and neurological disorders that many others struggle with. If someone had cerebral palsy, we wouldn’t mock him as a “spaz”, and if someone had schizophrenia, we wouldn’t mock them as a “psycho”, would we?

Rant/lecture over.

Miles Archer

(23,292 posts)
9. I care about Cheung as much as he cares about me.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:55 AM
2 hrs ago

I understand everything you said. It's not where I'm coming from at all. And, it's just one of those days where I'm not in the mood to "defend" myself or "explain myself to you" any further than that.

No offense. If I felt the need to own the accusations in your "Rant/lecture," I'd do that. I don't feel the need.

Cheung is a foul pig who likes to include "your MOTHER" swipes in his rants. He's insulting, crude, a fucking pig, and if it makes you feel better to hear me cast him in that light, I guess my work is done here, until the next post response where someone psychoanalyzes me and tells me all about my intentions and motivation.

"Have a nice day."

Kid Berwyn

(24,419 posts)
6. Cheung was involved in vile Arlington NC photo op.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:09 AM
3 hrs ago

Excerpt…

After NPR first reported the altercation last week, campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said they were "prepared to release footage" of the incident, and attacked the Arlington employee as someone "clearly suffering from a mental health episode." Cheung also said they were granted access to have a photographer present, and pointed to a statement from Gold Star family members that invited Trump to attend the ceremony.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5101991/trump-campaign-arlington-national-cemetery-staff-debate

One thing is obvious: Traitor Cheung is an insane asshole.

travelingthrulife

(5,192 posts)
10. Another slap in the face DEI appointment by Donnie Dementia.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:02 AM
2 hrs ago

'Communications Director' role to someone who speaks like this.

Hey Joe

(620 posts)
12. Chunk has a face like a pigs ass, and the
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:24 PM
45 min ago

personality of a rabid ferret.
Those are his better qualities.

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