Trump threatens to cancel White House briefings, cites "Accuracy" as reason

[Michael haxz]

[QUOTE]President Trump threatened Friday morning to end White House press briefings, arguing that “it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” to the American public. Trump's comments come after his description of his decision to fire FBI Director James B. Comey in an NBC News interview Thursday flatly contradicted the accounts provided earlier by White House officials, including Vice President Pence, exposing their explanations as misleading and in some cases false.

[I][U][B]In a pair of tweets[/B][/U] [/I]sent Friday, Trump suggested he might do away with the daily press briefings at the White House and instead have his spokespeople communicate to the public only via “written responses.”[/QUOTE]

[URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/12/trump-threatens-to-cancel-white-house-briefings-because-it-is-not-possible-to-always-tell-the-truth/?utm_term=.da7b5b14275e[/URL]

[URL]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863000553265270786[/URL]

[URL]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863002719400976384[/URL]

Beep Beep Red Fucking Alert

[proboardslol]

Reminds me of this warning from earlier in the year:

[url]https://medium.com/@alexey__kovalev/message-to-american-media-from-russia-6e2e76eeae77[/url]

[quote]These people are not your partners or brothers in arms. They are your rivals in a fiercely competitive, crashing market and right now the only currency in this market is whatever that man on the stage says. [B]Whoever is lucky to ask a question and be the first to transmit the answer to the outside world wins. [/B]Don’t expect any solidarity or support from them. If your question is stonewalled/mocked down/ignored, don’t expect a rival publication to pick up the banner and follow up on your behalf. [B]It’s in this man’s best interests to pit you against each other, fighting over artificial scarcities like room space, mic time or, of course, his attention[/B]. It’s getting especially absurd because some — increasingly many — reporters will now come with large, bright placards aimed at attracting the president’s attention to names of their regions or specific issues.[/quote]

[DokVis]

I didn't really want to believe the whole Russian thing, it sounded like bullshit, but JFC, every time the white house opens its mouth, it just makes it look like it.

That or they are so incompetent, but even if that is true, they shouldn't be in there at all.

[Conely]

[QUOTE]Trump suggested he might do away with the daily press briefings at the White House and instead have his spokespeople communicate to the public only via “written responses.”[/QUOTE]

for a guy whose only useful skill is talking to people, this is the political equivalent of hiding under some coats

[Orpheus]

I say do it. The more paranoid and insular this administration becomes, the quicker it'll fall to pieces. Let them willfully give up all ability to shape the conversation surrounding their shitty, corrupt-as-fuck billionaire government.

[EmperorScorpious]

[quote] “it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” [/quote]

You're suppose to be a businessman, right?

If your employees can't do the job, fucking fire them then and get replacements

[DiBBs]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52218690]You're suppose to be a businessman, right?

If your employees can't do the job, fucking fire them then and get replacements[/QUOTE]

They can't speak with 'perfect accuracy' because if they did, Trump would be dragged out of the white house in handcuffs.

[ironman17]

Let's hope that the folks who get laid off are able to spill all and form a "resistance" group of sorts. Not the traditional kind of resistance, more like the kind that tries to legally muscle Trump out of the White House BEFORE we have to drag him to the guillotine.

[Zonesylvania]

[quote] “it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” to the American public.[/quote]
Yeah, and I'm the Queen of England. Your spin doctor style narrative won't save you from your impeachment forever, you shitheap.

[proboardslol]

[QUOTE=ironman17;52218716]Let's hope that the folks who get laid off are able to spill all and form a "resistance" group of sorts. Not the traditional kind of resistance, more like the kind that tries to legally muscle Trump out of the White House BEFORE we have to drag him to the guillotine.[/QUOTE]

I'd rather see him impeached and convicted over resignation

[ScottHarvey77]

[QUOTE=proboardslol;52218723]I'd rather see him impeached and convicted over resignation[/QUOTE]

I don't know. At this point, I'd genuinely take almost any outcome that leads to him being removed from the position. Resignation, impeachment--the bottom line is that his administration is up against the wall, desperate, and needs to be replaced before they do something that'll have serious repercussions. They've done enough damage as it is, and the sooner something happens the better.

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=proboardslol;52218723]I'd rather see him impeached and convicted over resignation[/QUOTE]

Resignation and conviction aren't mutually exclusive.

[Raidyr]

So the problem isn't fake news, its fake press secretaries

[Cufflux]

Have the press briefings just been a tradition? Other than respect and common sense, what does the WH lose by doing away with them?

[Mister Sandman]

[quote]“it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” to the American public.[/quote]
Who would have thought that the guy we spent a full year debating or not he means, literally what he is saying, contradicting himself half the time, and saying the most insane bullshit, would have a fucked up relationship with the press.

I don't even necessarily blame Sean Spicer or Conway for being such blundering idiots. Imagine if your boss was Trump, and he just did the dumbest shit ever, and now it's your job to go out and make it seem like it's not the dumbest shit ever. And then he contradicts you two days later.
While I do think Spicer is a dipshit you have to be a [I]little[/I] bit sympathetic when he and the rest of Trump's employees have to try to translate what Trump's saying or doing to us, probably without actually knowing what the fuck he's doing or saying themselves.

[paramud]

[media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863000553265270786[/media]
[media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863002719400976384[/media]

:bullshit:

[Biotoxsin]

Only written responses? Sounds like a way to lessen Spicer's public appearance. Wonder if Trump is embarrassed of the WH press's performance

[Cutthecrap]

I'm trying to think of a financial strategy to bet in the stock market right now with all this stuff happening but I just haven't got any ideas. Like the dude who saw the opportunity to buy Raytheon before the Syria strike.

Something someone will be affected by this but I can't nail any company or business...

[Bob The Knob]

[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;52221578]I'm trying to think of a financial strategy to bet in the stock market right now with all this stuff happening but I just haven't got any ideas. Like the dude who saw the opportunity to buy Raytheon before the Syria strike.

Something someone will be affected by this but I can't nail any company or business...[/QUOTE]

The US Dollar [URL=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN18603T]has fallen a tiny bit[/URL] as an apparent result of the political uncertainty, if that helps

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=Paramud;52220690][media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863000553265270786[/media]
[media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863002719400976384[/media]

:bullshit:[/QUOTE]

Well, at least then we'd have all of his bullshit in writing.