The ‘tell the worker bees to rise up against the middle level of government’ idea is essentially a Chairman Mao move, isn’t it? A cheap way of punishing functionaries who you’re displeased with.
The Communist party version of this was somewhat weirder, I believe, because the same officials who’d be whipping up the peasantry to ‘denounce Comerade Chang’ would be the same officials who could have just removed Comerade Chang from his position, if they wanted to. Whereas Trump’s only going for ‘denounce Comerade Newsome’ because he CANT actually sack him.
“When will all of the “reporters” who have received Noble Prizes for their work on Russia, Russia, Russia, only to have been proven totally wrong (and, in fact, it was the other side who committed the crimes), be turning back their cherished “Nobles” so that they can be given…” https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1254479607627231232?
“…to the REAL REPORTERS & JOURNALISTS who got it right. I can give the Committee a very comprehensive list. When will the Noble Committee DEMAND the Prizes back, especially since they were gotten under fraud? The reporters and Lamestream Media knew the truth all along…” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1254479608617095172
:…Lawsuits should be brought against all, including the Fake News Organizations, to rectify this terrible injustice. For all of the great lawyers out there, do we have any takers? When will the Noble Committee Act? Better be fast!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1254479609472659456
Who wants to tell him that journalists don’t got “Noble” Prizes?
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So, I guess he doesn’t think the briefings are helping anyone? I mean, the idea is the keep the American populace informed, but apparently that’s not worth his time or effort because reporters aren’t praising him. Either he thinks the briefings are useless, in which case why throw a tantrum about it, or he thinks they are helpful but it’s not worth the trouble for him.
This is so absolutely batshit bonkers on so many levels…it’s like parfait. or a russian doll. let me count the ways…
Confusing Nobel prizes and Pulitzer prizes.
Misspelling Nobel, repeatedly.
Thinking that prizes will be withdrawn because he stamps he feet and holds his breath (and did anyone actually receive a Pulitzer for reporting on Russia, or any other scandal?)
Thinking that reporting can be somehow the subject of litigation.
That he’s obsessed with how he’s being viewed by the press.
That he’s still talking about Russia (Russia Russia)
And of course, the meta-offense, the ur-offense that covers his whole presidency…that he tweets about crap like this at all.
Notice what Trump accomplished with that tweet: we are talking about his stupidity and not about the latest confirmation of his complicity:
This severely undercuts the Barr/Trump project of intimidating all who would investigate or even question Trump (i.e. the John Durham inquiry). It removes talking points about ‘the Steele dossier’ and other Trump-defender favorites. And it’s bipartisan support of everything Mueller wrote.
I’m reminded of the episode of the Simpsons where Krusty the Clown runs for Congress, makes a comment about having people whacked during a fundraiser, and tries to play off the donors’ horrified reactions by saying “When you give me that look, it’s a joke”.
I wish the next time that sack of crap deigns to show up at a [del]completely taxpayer-funded rally[/del] press briefing, every reporter accosts him with, “Why are you spending your time on that nonsense? Do your damn job!”
Several years ago, I had a manager who was routinely outsmarted by cheese. One day, he sent out a memo about provisioning DS1s and DS3s. He accidentally mis-typed “DS1s and DS2s.” No big deal. We all had a little chuckle about it, until he spent the afternoon going from desk to desk with a copy of Newton’s Telecom Dictionary proving to us that DS2s were actually a thing.
Remember: being wrong about *anything *is a sign of weakness.
