BY PETER MELLADO
PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 29, 2017
MSNBC news host Joy Reid published an epic Twitter thread following the release of President Trump’s recent interview with the New York Times. The interview caught everyone by surprise, first and foremost because it was with the Times, publication with which the president has been incredibly hostile, but also for his calculated language and his trademark self-promotional flourishes with little if any basis in facts.
As many as 24 claims Trump made in the 30 minute interview have been rated false or misleading by the Washington Post, and more than a few experts have commented on the president’s mental state after reading the transcripts released by the New York Times.
Joy Reid took a slightly different tack. She began her flurry with an observation about the president’s tone in the interview, saying, “Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend… his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.”
In a subsequent set of tweets, she focused on what she called Trump’s “autocrat’s impulse” when it came to governing, adding that “He literally adopted a “Godfather” phraseology to all but say Democrats could have avoided blue state tax hikes via SALT if they had “come to him” to plead for his largesse.”
After more pointed observations, like how he appears to believe his presidency is one huge reality show, she finishes with a warning to Democrats about the lose-lose proposition of working with President Trump.
“If Democrats go along, it will only feed his grandiosity. If they don’t, it feeds his rage and opens the black hole of vengeance inside him, which he could take out on them, vulnerable populations, maybe other countries (war is still not unthinkable…) I just don’t know.”
Read more
http://washingtonpress.com/2017/12/29/msnbcs-joy-reid-just-revealed-everyone-missed-trumps-bizarre-ny-times-interview/
This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
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