Trump's slap at 'fake' media draws boos, hisses from Davos crowd

[orangecrush]

Source: USA Today

DAVOS, Switzerland President Trump's swipe at the "fake" news media Friday at the World Economic Forum prompted some hissing and booing from the audience.

During a question-and-answer session with the forums founder after his main speech to the group, Trump said it wasnt until he became a politician that he realized how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be.


The comment prompted some scorn from the room.

Schwab declined to comment on whether his questions for the president were too soft, but he said, As a politician who we are familiar with we are used to him expressing his views about the media.



Read more: https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1068671001

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Making US a laughingstock.

Video -

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Trump is using the term fake news to fight for his own credibility

It is snarky, cynical, paranoid, and detrimental to a free press.

It is unAmerican.

The only fake news comes from faux news and those who re-spew it.

[orangecrush]

7. typical dictator crap

it speaks volumes.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. It just echoes

I watched a video on WWII last week, it referred to tactics of de fuhrer

infallibility principle - the fuhrer is always right

ubermensch - fuhrer as superman, and of course the non-Aryans as subhuman

Exactly what we are seeing today

[orangecrush]

13. very simply

Trump is following a formula given him by Putin.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Video? At least the world is seeing first hand what a horrible creature this is

and that there is NO way the American people elected him.

That of course on the ground KGB agents flipped votes and hundreds of voting precincts in several states. Or interfered with computer software, etc

Hillary did NOT go from being ahead by several points in multiple states to losing them in 3 days.

[orangecrush]

5. here it is

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. Thank you. He is a disgusting person. I am ashamed to occupy the same

space as people who adore him.

[barbtries]

21. i agree with you.

will it ever be proven, i don't know.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Seth Abramson had a good comment about Trump saying "fake news"

substitute "bad" for "fake" and you pretty much have the explanation

[PatSeg]

4. Ah yes, that works

[orangecrush]

6. perfect

it works.

[DFW]

8. Exactly nine years ago

I met Howard Dean in Geneva right after he attended Davos. It was a celebration of Obama's inauguration at the home of one the Swiss-domiciled Democrats Abroad.

What a contrast, but at least after years of dedicated, smart and educated Americans who care about both the world and our country's role in it, all attending see the contrast Trump is, and know full well that he is the exception, not the rule. The rest of the people attending will realize to what point "we the people" are cringing at what has been foisted upon us, and that we are not what Trump embodies. Of all people, the attendees at Davos know this better than anyone, because for years, they have been meeting with our best and brightest. They know that even the most cynical, business-minded, money-worshipping Republican is a better human than the one we sent them this year.

[orangecrush]

9. Truth!

[smirkymonkey]

36. What is the European press saying about him?

Do they realize what a joke he is or are the in on the charade of taking this idiot seriously?

[DFW]

38. Fear not. Here, they see through him like through a thin glass window

The European press realizes what a joke he is, and never lets a day go by where they neglect to point it out.

What they don't understand is how we let this happen to ourselves.

[smirkymonkey]

39. Honestly, I don't understand it either.

He thinks that because there were no protesters (who weren't able to get near the summit) that he is a rock star in Europe. It drives me insane that he can't see how much he is ridiculed and hated by the rest of the world. I wish he would visit the UK. I am sure they would give him the welcome that he deserves. Nobody can dish out disrespect like the British.

[DFW]

40. It's one thing to guard a nearly inaccessible village in the Alps

It's quite another to guard a visitor in a large city. If Trump were to visit London, Paris or Berlin, it would be nearly impossible to conceal the level of disdain the Europeans hold for him.

[llmart]

10. He had no problem with the press...

when they were giving him ten times the free exposure for his candidacy for President than any other candidate, including Hillary.

It's always about him - "me, me, I, I, blah, blah, puke puke. He's a disgusting malignant narcissist and an embarrassment to our country.

[orangecrush]

14. Exactly

[LisaM]

22. Yeah, bingo!

He'll never admit that the media handed him the office. (Neither will they, for that matter).

[louis-t]

11. So much winning...

[BumRushDaShow]

15. "how mean, how vicious"

[orangecrush]

16. back in his happier

grabbing days.

[Sophia4]

17. Trump is a self-centered joke.

You have to see this in context.

Most of the Europeans who go to Davos live in societies in which this kind of narcissism, this egocentrism, is the subject of ridicule.

Trump is the very image of the primitive American when it comes to social values. He is such and egotist that it is beyond belief. He does not seem to care about anyone but himself and maybe his children. That is my opinion based on having lived in different countries in my life.

[orangecrush]

19. He is an ignoramus

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and those at Davos likely forsee his downfall.

Thanks for the post!

[smirkymonkey]

37. He is the ultimate Ugly American.

I can't think of why anyone at Davos would take him seriously or want to listen to anything he has to say. Surely they must all know what a joke he is. They can't all be as brainwashed as the trumpers over here.

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. From what little I can glean, the much hoped-for (at least by me) walkout was a bust.

I'm very disappointed in that, and fully expect the WH andor Faux to spin it as disapproval for the nasty media.

And so it goes...

[orangecrush]

20. The booing

was pretty good.

He can't call it fake news if it's on video.

[Cold War Spook]

23. Yes he can,

and yes he does. His people believe him no matter what he says.

[packman]

24. Interesting you would say that -

You are exactly right. On our local right-wing A.M. radio station, they are spinning it that the crowd was booing the press also and supporting Trump's opinion.

[red dog 1]

25. K&R...Thanks for posting

Will this nightmare ever end?

[orangecrush]

29. Not soon enough

and thank you!

[Gothmog]

26. Trump is a spoiled child with no self control

[Ghost Dog]

28. The whole Trump Davos speech & Q&A is here, for those curious:

Starts around 12 minute mark:

[orangecrush]

30. Thanks!

Horrifying as it is.

[Ghost Dog]

31. You're welcome!

... If you watch from the beginning... I like the way he's forced to stand during the interminable comic-opera orchestral anthem...!

Edit: Ah correction: this was edited!. The music lasts a good five minutes in the original!

[orangecrush]

32. Good

I hope his bone spurs were killing him!

[Ghost Dog]

33. He bore it well, I thought, actually.

Seriously, though. His performance was... I hate to say it... Quite solid.

[orangecrush]

34. Good evening! (Eastern time)

Hope your weather is sunny and beautiful!

[Ghost Dog]

35. Almost always!