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Disbelief asTrump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’
Has the downward spiral of the President's mental state begun to accelerate?
Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’ to the Ground
President Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.
The video, about 28 seconds long, appears to be an edited clip from a years-old appearance by Mr. Trump in WrestleMania, an annual professional wrestling event. It ends with an onscreen restyling of the CNN logo as “FNN: Fraud News Network.”
Cartoonish in quality, the video is an unorthodox way for a sitting president to express himself. But Mr. Trump has ratcheted up his attacks on the news media in recent days — taking aim at CNN, in particular — while defending his use of social media. In a speech on Saturday, he said: “The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House. But I’m president, and they’re not.”
The video, which was also posted to the official @POTUS Twitter account, was met with a mix of criticism, disbelief and dumbfoundedness. Some journalists denounced its portrayal of violence as dangerous, saying it could incite attacks or threats against news media employees.
The administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mr. Trump’s homeland security adviser, Thomas Bossert, defended the video when he viewed it for the first time during a broadcast interview with Martha Raddatz of ABC News. “No one would perceive that as a threat,” Mr. Bossert said. “I hope they don’t.”
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Disbelief asTrump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’
There has been a fair amount of speculating about whether the President is inciting violence.
Now, I don't know about that.
To me the take home point is that this is just stupid, childish, even strange behavior.
This is a 70 year old man who happens to be President of the United States, and this is how he spends his time? This is what he thinks is important, or clever?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Disbelief asTrump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’
Really beyond belief to this that this mentality is the Commander in Chief. It is no wonder that Congress is revisiting the War Powers Act to limit this person with uncontrollable rantings.
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"