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Thu Jan 12, 2017, 08:24 AM Jan 2017

Trump had his Staff Laughed, Clapped Along During Adversarial Press Conference

Donald Trump was met with a rousing round of applause when he exited the elevators Wednesday at Trump Tower for his first press conference in 167 days.

But that enthusiastic greeting came from members of his own staff, not the estimated hundreds of reporters who gathered to ask him questions.

Trump's family waited in the wings of the stage to his right, while senior advisers including Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer and Steve Mnuchin stood to the left, out of view of the cameras. A small, vocal group clustered near Trump's family by the elevators acted as cheerleaders for the President-elect for the duration of the hour-long event, laughing heartily at his jokes and responding aloud to his rhetorical questions.

When Trump asked if Russian president Vladimir Putin would have found Hillary Clinton to be a greater adversary, a few of his staffers called out "no!"

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-press-conference-boasted-own-cheering-section

Propaganda 101

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Trump had his Staff Laughed, Clapped Along During Adversarial Press Conference (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jan 2017 OP
Only a matter of time before the 1st amendment is voided. libtodeath Jan 2017 #1
I blame Republicans like Pence who stood there and let t(r)ump LIE & DECEIVE AMERICANS Sunlei Jan 2017 #2
Jesters at the Court. kairos12 Jan 2017 #3
I know. It was practically like canned laughter! ElementaryPenguin Jan 2017 #4
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