The president-elect packs his news conference with paid aides ready to jeer reporters.

[octoberlib]

By ANNIE KARNI 01/11/17 03:49 PM EST


NEW YORK — When Donald Trump gathered the press at Trump Tower 20 months ago to announce his unlikely candidacy for president, he reportedly paid actors to fill the marble lobby and cheer.

Not much — and everything — has changed since.

On Wednesday morning, when the president-elect once again faced hundreds of reporters from around the globe gathered in his lobby -- this time for his first press conference in seven months — Trump filled the room with paid staffers who clapped and cheered as he blasted members of the media as purveyors of “fake news.”

If the cheering staffers created a sense of support for Trump as he denied any collusion with the Russians during the campaign and promised to get Mexico to pay for his wall, the scene outside was a reminder of the other side of the coin. Protesters holding up signs likening the Trump-Pence team to a “fascist regime” lined up across Fifth Avenue from Trump Tower in protest.


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-press-conference-paid-staffers-media-233496

[Thinkingabout]

1. Hum, so Trump like the jeers, well, guess we will have to accomodate him, time to jeer him on

every occasion, and even when he is not present, he has thin skin, we can wait for the reaction on twitter.

[HipChick]

2. This is a very insecure and weak person..

not a person you want in leadership

[KittyWampus]

3. The media should simply ignore his "press conferences" if he ever deigns to have another.

[MineralMan]

4. They're his personal claque.

It's rare to have an opportunity to use that word. Thanks.

[Skittles]

5. Trump is such a fucking coward

[Guilded Lilly]

6. He actually believes he will become King on Jan 20. n/t