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Trump tells Adin Ross he wants to ‘fire’ Black journalist who grilled him onstage (www.independent.co.uk)

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Donald Trump said he would “fire” the ABC News journalist who grilled him about his past comments during a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31.

During his appearance on Adin Ross’s livestream on Kick on Monday, Trump was asked for his reaction to the event, which his campaign appeared to cut short by 30 minutes when it was clear that he led the session off the rails.

“This woman starts talking … about racism, and I said, ‘You didn’t even say hello to me,’ and I’m doing them a favor by doing this,” Trump told Ross on Monday. “I’m doing this out of respect to the Black community.”

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 183 points 3 months ago

I love how he feigned outrage at being asked about his own actions and words, and they let him go without answering the question.

If journalists had any integrity they would all band together and ask that same question first until he answers it without deflecting.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 93 points 3 months ago

Not very far down the “why is the US so fucked up” list is the abandonment of journalism.

[-] Atsur@lemmy.world 66 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is it abandonment if it’s being intentionally suppressed, suffocated, and murdered by billionaires? Real easy for a bezos/musk/gates type to buy up something like, say, the Amazon-owned Washington Post, and then only publish what is favorable to the rich

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

like Hearst did 100 years ago? the newspapers have been locked down by the rich since the beginning. the internet broke them for 20 years, but they mostly caught up again.

[-] Atsur@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Sure. I never said it was a new phenomenon, I just used a recent example

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

Even the independents have to be careful what they say. Criticise the wrong thing, and suddenly all your adverts dry up.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 42 points 3 months ago

I give them props for asking in the first place. Most journalists would never think of asking hard hitting questions because that would post them access in the future. This journalist realized that there was no possibility of her having access in the future anyway and went with it.

[-] Pavidus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

This is the part I always find infuriating, regardless of who is being interviewed.

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[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 103 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"i'm doing them a favor" LOL

fucking idiot can't even comprehend that anyone giving him a platform to flap his greasy jowls is literally them doing him a favor. fuck, i can't wait until i never hear about this incompetent shitheel ever again

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 90 points 3 months ago

What an insecure weirdo.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

All narcs are like this. Form over subtance, all projection, any excuse they can death-grasp to weasle out of any committment or obligation.

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Like is he aware that she’s not one of his employees? This just seems like such an out of pocket thing to say

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 62 points 3 months ago

Wow. Dementia Don the RACIST rapist with 34 felonies that can't complete a coherent sentence is really a special snowflake isn't he? He's very fragile, maybe it's because he's sooo old. He needs to drop out, it's embarrassing.

[-] citrusface@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Yeah that shit is fuckin weird

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

He really hates it when a woman is anything but completely deferential to him.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 59 points 3 months ago

As if Trump does anything out of respect for anyone.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

and I said, ‘You didn’t even say hello to me,’

It's a media interview, you're not coming over to her house for a friendly chat.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

I didn't watch but based on Donald claiming she didn't say hello I assume that she did say hello.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't remember what she said, but it was a basic cordial welcome a journalist would give.

Edit: I can't find exactly how he was introduced, but this is what he said after she asked him her first question:

“I don’t think I’ve been asked a question in such a horrible manner,” Trump replied. “You don’t even say hello, how are you.”

She didn't say that to you because she wasn't having a friendly chat with you, dumbfuck.

[-] NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Found the whole thing that includes when they are walking out on stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgod-nqFEEc

Edit: There was a bit of hot mic somewhere nearby so you could hear a little bit before he sat down:

RS: "Hi Mister Trump, just take a seat over there, thank you."
DT: "Uh, how are you? How are you?"
RS: "Good"

Music dies and mic turns on:

RS: "Mr President, we so appreciate you giving us an hour of your time. I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think that it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama saying..."

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[-] LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 41 points 3 months ago

If anything, this is a sign that Rachel Scott is highly employable to make that insecure orange wanker go off the rails! He's a weirdo who desperate cultists want to get elected. Not worthy of being handled with kid gloves, grill his ass!

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They hate it so much when they can't take away ur toys and necessaries. I love it!

[-] LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 3 months ago

Same, I truly love to see these weirdos getting destroyed on TV. It won't sway the cultists overmuch but general population will likely be, "I don't wanna vote for that."

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[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

He later said that “if I owned that network I would fire her so fast.”

Aww, poor widdle baby doesn't own all of the media. 🥺

This may be a ridiculous statement, as are most he makes, but it's still vital to recognize that what he's saying is, should he make it back into office, he would do whatever he could to control the press. He's already been on that since the beginning with his "fake news" bullshit.

Don't get complacent. He's dangerous.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

He later said that “if I owned that network I would fire her so fast.”

"won't someone rid me of this troublesome reporter?"

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Retribution. He's obsessed with it. I want to say it's weird but it's actually scary.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 3 months ago

It's scary weird.

[-] TimMadisun@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Trump thinks she was 'Uppity' I'll bet.

[-] DevCat@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Ross — a 23-year-old streamer with a mostly young male audience of more than 1.4 million Kick followers and 4.4 million YouTube subscribers — fawned over the former president during a 90-minute stream and gave him a Rolex and a Tesla Cybertruck wrapped in images of the former president.

A dumpster for a dumpster fire.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago

This kid gave Trump a Cybertruck? That's wild

[-] HWK_290@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Cue campaign finance violations and ensuing endless litigation and appeals that ultimately goes nowhere slowly. Sigh

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

trump can't even drive.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

A Cybertruck with a special wrap that showed Trump right after he was shot.

Because that's totally what I'd want, a Cybertruck with a picture of me bleeding on it.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago

It's also been speculated that this is the same Cybertruck that he shot with a gun several months ago for a video, with the wrap covering the bullet holes.

This dumb fuck cheaping out and giving his idol a second-hand gift is funny on its own, but knowing that it might be full of bullet holes is just poetic.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Adin Ross usually sniffs the farts of the people he interviews. For real. That's his thing. He interviews someone well-known, then he asks them to fart in his face as the finale to his live stream. I am not making this up.

I think the Trump camp only agreed to an interview with the king of live stream fart-sniffing because they are desperate to energize younger voters the way Kamala does.

I am deeply disappointed they cut him off before the end, where he would absolutely have asked Trump if he could smell his fart. Someone must have realized who Adin Ross was at the very last moment and panicked.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 months ago

Then Adin smelled Trump's chair.

[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Step aside, J.D. Couch-fucker, and make way for Chair-Sniffer.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

Starting to think Trump has a furniture fetish.

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Furniture fetish by proxy

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Man, that thumbnail looks like a miserable time.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Looks like a SNL skit

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Freeeeeedom of speeeeeeech for me, not for thee

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

These two weirdos are definitely banging eachother

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Does he know that not everyone is working for him? Is this dementia or delusions of grandeur?

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago

Yes

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