ABC reporter Rachel Scott asked Trump about the motivation behind his $5,000 promise to lure voters to the polls, noting that America is already $40 trillion in debt.
“If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” Scott asked Trump outside of Air Force One with a gaggle of other, mostly male, reporters.
The president said, “I didn’t do it for turning out to vote, I’m doing it as a reward for people having to put up with five years and four years of a horrible situation caused by Biden.”
Continuing to blame the former president for “just a horrible thing Biden did to our country,” Trump repeated that the $5,000 was “almost a reward for the people having to put up with Biden’s policy.”
Trump then turned to another reporter. When Scott attempted to ask a follow-up question, a normal journalistic practice, the president pointed at her and snapped, “Not you!”
Undeterred, she mentioned another previous cash splash that did not eventuate, asking him, “You also offered tariff refund checks…”
While she was still talking, Trump moved in close to Scott and said, “Not you! Hey!” and then barked loudly at her, “Not you!” His face appeared contorted as he shouted at the 33-year-old reporter.
An annoyed Trump pointed at Scott and said, “Your network and you, you’re the worst,” before taking a question from a male reporter.
Man, does he hate being asked tough questions from smart, articulate women. Very insecure of him.
It’s not really a tough question, it’s a obvious follow up everyone should ask
For normal people, yeah it’s really not. But it is a tough question if you’re a compulsive liar who spouts stupid promises and consistently fails to deliver on them. This why he freaked out at her.
Indeed. It’s pretty much a softball. But the big manly macho he-man that is donnie couldn’t take it.
Its not even really a smart or articulate question, it’s a blindingly obvious question with an obvious answer, and one Trump is not even smart enough to dance around the question like other slimy politicians, so he just resorts to lazy insults. It’s just what ignorant and inarticulate people do.
I like how he fucked up and said FIVE years.
BTW, no idea just what the fuck he’s even talking about that people had to “put up with” when it came to Biden being in office. That’s such bullshit and I hear him and his accomplices repeating it over and over in the hopes that it turns into a truth. The economy was doing great under Biden and only improving with time.
It was great not having to worry about whatever daily chaos a stupid ape like donnie might do.
Yes, economy recovered better than most after pandemic, but Dems got blamed anyway. Could have continued the progress and stability, but nah. The information is available to learn but most don’t care, just watch their social feeds and taught that learning is stoopid!
Proudly not too bright,
Self-inflicted damages,
Their stuff costs more now
I hate the guy as much as anyone, but “lunge” is a bit of an exaggeration. Yes, he steps towards her and is a condescending prick (as expected) but lunge a bit hyperbole.
He’s lunging as much as his hamberderbod allows
Also consider this…
The man is an adjudicated rapist, a sentence the Supreme Court held beyond last appeal. A man who’s been known to brag about sexually assaulting women and children (yes, guess what, waltzing into a changing room and ogling naked teenagers DOES count as sexual assault! Regardless of you owning the beauty pageant they’re attending!), who has made multiple creepy and incestuous comments about his own daughter, and most importantly who was CLOSE friends with the worst sexual predator of the past century, for some 20-25 years.
The man is a walking, talking, diaper-shitting red flag for any woman. A step towards a woman from him is at the very least, intimidation. A threat.
Oh absolutely. I just feel that headlines generally use hyperbole. I understand the practice and how in this day and age it’s more or less the norm. It’s more frustrating to see something like “lunge” and then watch the clip and go “oh. He took a step”.
Can you imagine the never ending month long shit show from Republicans if Obama had talked to a reporter like that ? You’d never hear the fucking end of it.
Trump is still talking about Obama playing basketball once.
STILL!
Don’t forget the latte salute, the tan suit, the feet on the desk, not wearing a tie, and other atrocities that Obama has unleashed upon the nation.
How could I forget? TRUMP WON’T SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT! 😂
Edit: I still call Grey Poupon “Obama mustard.” somehow, it makes it even more delicious.
I’d love to have a flag or a shirt that says: “Obama Mustard. Never Forget.”
Oh, and thanks for the tip; I’ll have to remember to call it that. 🤣
I wonder if fox news has covered this
Do you really? They ignore this kind of story unless they have a way to spin it as him actually being good and strong and smart and such a big boy business boy president with the bigliest man dick you ever saw.
They do that?
Was such a hard day!
Oompa loompa get big mad!
Lash out at woman!
This reminds me of two scenes from the LotR trilogy.
- in FotR when Bilbo loses control for a moment when seeing the ring
- pretty much any of the scenes in TT and RotK where Smeagol suddenly switches to Gollum for a moment
That’s a terrible insult to Bilbo, Smeagol and Gollum.
I meant how the really ugly side of Trump showed for a moment as he stepped toward the reporter. You can see the pretend slip from his face and it goes looking full of malice and anger.
Same as the shifts I described.
