I Call Bullshit

[NanceGreggs]

I’ve been hearing from the bobble-heads all afternoon that Trump was ecstatic over the way the hearings went.

Well, I just watched Trump’s Chopper Chat and he is obviously pissed-off. He kept calling the reporters there ‘the fake news’, and called their questions ‘dumb’.

He kept reverting back to ‘witch-hunt’, and insisting this entire ‘Russia thing’ was a hoax, and that Mueller had absolutely no facts to base his findings on.

It seemed obvious from his demeanour and attitude that he is far from ‘ecstatic’ – in fact, he looked rather shaken. If he honestly was the least bit joyful about today’s events, he sure didn’t show it – quite the opposite; he was surly, combative, and downright nasty. That’s not the way a man who thinks he just won a victory acts.

[spooky3]

1. Exactly Nt

[Roy Rolling]

37. Of Course

It’s exactly how an innocent person acts.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. Yup, 45 gets batshit crazy when he doesn't like something or something is not going the way he

expects it to.

[skylucy]

3. Bingo! +1000000

[Iliyah]

4. He is scared and so are the Republicans . . .

Corporate media is it's ruse.

[certainot]

59. their most important medium and only advantage is talk radio, which russians have been

using for at least 10 years and was hinted at as "harm to ongoing matter" redactions

[H2O Man]

5. Recommended.

[Demit]

6. Thanks for the summary! Can't bear to watch him.

And Chopper Chat—is that yours? I never heard that. I assume it's when he's on his way somewhere in the helicopter & they shout questions at him?

[NanceGreggs]

14. Yes, I've dubbed those events ...

... "Chopper Chat". It's that TV show where Trump stands in front of a revved-up helicopter and screams lies over the noise.

[Demit]

24. It's wonderful. I'm adopting it!

[lunasun]

33. Good dub . I'm picking it up "Chopper Chat"

[Chipper Chat]

34. OMG I hope I'm not related.

[Efilroft Sul]

66. You win post of the day in my book!

[Chipper Chat]

83. I didn't think anyone would notice.

[Efilroft Sul]

85. I notice all the cool posts.

[The Wizard]

58. Reagan used to

point to his ears and pretend he couldn't hear the questions.

[TheRealNorth]

7. I am sure the shill in the corporate media were told the line they had to tow

So that they still had access (whatever that is worth, cause it's not like being able to ask a question at an administration press conference is going to get you the truth).

But it seems like some in the MSM are just like Republicans and no longer really care about the facts or truth- just how many clicks that some controversial starement generates.

[sheshe2]

8. Yep.

He was agitated.

[Cha]

63. trump's Mueller Meltdown by the Numbers..

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

67. Yep.

I watched his helicopter pad news spiel. The man couldn't stand still for two seconds, he kept pacing. He said. FACT! That the Dems were going to lose 2020. If I were a reporter I would have asked him how he knew that...was it because he said unequivocally that he would once again accept Russian help? My guess is yes.

[Cha]

70. This reporter gets blah blah blah.. Ya're FAKE NEWS. BLAH!

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

72. The man is loooooooosing it.

[Cha]

76. Yes, it's fun to watching that

evil, anti-Christ monster lose his shit.

[sheshe2]

80. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I won't say what I really wish to say.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Maybe he's mad to learn the Feds are still investigating.

Which is nice.

[blue neen]

10. I 100% agree with your call of Bullshit.

Trump is not a happy man right now.

[riversedge]

11. Thanks for post. I have not seen him post-hearing. Prob. for the best for me.

[StarfishSaver]

12. And who cares if he says he's thrilled. He's a liar.

And do they think he's going to burst into tears and fall out on the South Lawn crying, "I'm DOOMED!!!"?

Of COURSE, he's going to claim victory.

Jeez.

[NanceGreggs]

18. Of course he did what he always does.

No surprise there. I was commenting on the "he's very happy with the way things went" meme the media kept promoting all afternoon.

The man I saw talking to the press less than a half hour ago was NOT happy - he was obviously very pissed-off. Even his usual cries of 'fake news', 'witch-hunt', and 'hoax' were delivered without conviction, and without his usual bravado.

[StarfishSaver]

54. I understand. I wasn't challenging you

Just frustrated with the "Democrats are screwed no matter what they do" media frame.

And based on what you saw, even their "Trump behaving like he's happy means the Democrats messed up" is premised on a lie.

[NanceGreggs]

55. "Trump behaving like he's happy ...

... means the Democrats messed up" is premised on a lie.

Exactly.

[kentuck]

13. I think it will take a couple of days to assimilate the information we received today...

...and people will see the seriousness of the charges that came out today.

It is going to be difficult to sweep it under the rug.

[oldsoftie]

15. Same shit he always says. How can you tell how he feels?

he never treats the press with any respect

[NanceGreggs]

21. By the way he said the usual shit.

We've seen him when he thinks he's 'won' - he didn't act that way today.

[Gothmog]

16. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[Hoyt]

17. Might not lead to Impeachment, but trump was hurt by the hearings today. Democrats did well.

[technotwit]

95. Don't worry..

Jeffrey Epstein wants to cheer him up , so he offered to
send tots and players....

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. The bobbleheads are just that...

I stopped listening to them exactly 10 years ago.

[BlueMTexpat]

96. +1!

IMO, they are sychophantic traitors.

[Poiuyt]

20. On the other hand,

Trump is surly, combative, and downright nasty on his good days.

[onetexan]

52. The Idiot is a thug. It's how thugs behave.

[Bob Loblaw]

22. Surly, combative and downright nasty

Yeah, he never acts like that.

Sounds like the name of his next legal team.

[NanceGreggs]

30. He acts like that when he's cornered.

He was described all day as being thrilled with the way the hearings went. If that were true, he would have been strutting around, sporting his 'victory grin' - the way he did when he insisted Mueller's report had exonerated him.

[George II]

23. trump's berating of half a dozen reporters a little while ago tells us everything we need to know...

trump is worried, and he's angry. You could almost call him, politically, "dead man walking."

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. He's scared shitless.

That was clear from the way he kept repeating himself and his insults of the press -- more than usual.

[uponit7771]

73. +1

[Cha]

64. trump's Mueller Meltdown by the Numbers..

Link to tweet

I'm posting this around

[George II]

65. Did all of those really happen or was that someone being facetious. I wouldn't be surprised if real.

[Cha]

68. lol.. I took it as real.. this is for sure..

Link to tweet

Maybe not.

[George II]

69. They're all VERY believable. Didn't see his "rally" tonight (i.e., Bund meeting).....

...can't wait to see his tweets in the morning.

What does it take for an embolism?

[Cha]

71. trump to reporter.. "Blah Blah Blah.. Ya're FAKE NEWS

BLAH"

[George II]

74. I watched that "gaggle" this afternoon, he's falling apart. Insulted more reporters than ever before

[kimbutgar]

25. Maybe he'll have a massive stroke tonight in anger

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. Oh, come on...

...why not have one right now?

[live love laugh]

94. 😂🤣🤣

[Midnightwalk]

26. Where was he going?

Wondering if he’s taking an early weekend trip to deal with the stress.

[NanceGreggs]

27. He's on his way ...

... to a fundraiser - in Virginia, I believe.

[OldManTarHeel]

31. He's headed to WV . . .

[CatMor]

29. Thank you Nance for being right on as usual ..

I don't know what people or the pundits were expecting. Did they expect some video of the bunch of them cavorting with the Russians or some spectacular recordings. This is only the beginning and the investigation is ongoing. Best not to listen to the pundits.

[Danascot]

32. I hope the events of today

take the focus off 'the squad'. It can't be fun for them.

[malaise]

35. +1,000

HE is pissed

[Fullduplexxx]

36. "he was surly, combative, and downright nasty." he's probably like that even with good news

[fierywoman]

38. The evening of the 2018 election results he crowed about winning ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

39. It's his equivalent of having a clammy, cold sweat.

He is scared behind that layer of blubber.

[yardwork]

40. Trump's response was scripted in advance.

[marble falls]

42. Bullshit is too gentle.

[Uncle Joe]

43. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread NanceGreggs.

[Hekate]

44. You're right.If he wasn't doing his victory strut,he didn't feel like he ground someone intothe dirt

[Cha]

45. Why the fuck doesn't the m$$$$$media

always have to get it WRONG!?

[MadDAsHell]

46. I couldn't care less how he feels. Whether he's estatic or distraught has no impact on my life.

His presence in the White House does impact me. For various reasons, both his fault and ours, he's there, and we are not, and that has given the Turd the opportunity to systematically dismantle a large portion of his beloved predecessor's legacy.

I refuse to get my rocks off on assumptions of whether he's happy or not. They will thoroughly be off when his pig ass is GONE.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

47. KR NT

[Totally Tunsie]

48. ...and you're "Fake News", and you're "Fake News", and you can't be trusted.

Yeah, he's not agitated at all.

By the way, weren't these the hearings that Chump said he wouldn't be watching, except for "maybe a minute or two"? More bullshit.

[warmfeet]

49. To hell with him,

let's get rid of the m'fer.

[orangecrush]

50. Victory my ass

The a.m. radio wingnuts are freaking out.

[silentEcho]

51. Good to hear another perspective.

[PA Democrat]

53. You have a stronger stomach than me.

I couldn't turn the TV off fast enough when I saw him. Sounds like he was in panic-level spin, lie, insult mode.

[bucolic_frolic]

56. Total exoneration was not all he thought it would be

This is now moving in one direction. Trump has been told, publicly, that the US is a democracy, there will be a time he leaves the presidency, rule of law matters, and there is a lot of evidence of what occurred in campaign 2016.

Malcolm Nance said something on The Beat today about this whole thing being a '30 year dangle' to get Trump to this point. Ari looked shocked.

Speaker Pelosi indicated this will be done with the strongest evidence and case, and let Republicans do as they must - for themselves or for the country and the Constitution. Faced with such a choice, more than a few GOP will see things differently.

Hope they get Mitch too! Oh, sorry - hope Mitch faces complete exoneration! Have to phrase these right.

[democratisphere]

57. So let's turn up the stress level even more.

Begin the Impeachment Inquiry after the summer recess.

[yuiyoshida]

60. He is going to try and figure out a way to not go to Prison when he

is done with the job.. but I surely hope there is an FBI agent waiting for him the second the new President is sworn into office. I would like to see him try and declare himself President for Life, but that doesn't hold water in this country.

Democrats will beat him, and he will GO TO PRISON for life!!

[Tertullian]

61. I agree.

Get Impeachment rolling right after the summer recess and restore some sanity around here.
The whole world is watching us right now. How can we be a welcome refuge for the world's
oppressed and endangered while we have a disgrace as POTUS?

When will our Party's leadership demonstrate that they possess courage and resolve?

[Cha]

62. trump's Mueller Meltdown by the Numbers..

Link to tweet

[uponit7771]

75. +1

[guillaumeb]

77. Recommended.

A win for Trump? No. Every time a bit of truth is revealed is a bad day for Trump.

[CatMor]

78. He had a busy day ...

perfect.

[Cha]

79. ...Plus an incalculable amount of prevarication, projection, and panic.

Link to tweet

CatMor

[CatMor]

82. My dream is ...

he gets indicted as he's walking out of the WH door while Joe Biden is walking in.:

[Cha]

84. It could Happen.. Stranger

Things!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

81. Was that in the morning? They say he totally

Thought he won by the afternoon

[BlueMississippi]

86. I agree completely

The hearing was devastating to Trump

[Aussie105]

87. Don't over think things.

Trump is just doing his usual bully boy thing, telling everyone what his opinion is, that his opinion is the only one that counts, everything else is Fake News, and because he is so superior, you plebs are being traitors and unpatriotic by not believing his every word.

Time to take the attention off the yellow blubber turnip.

What does Pelosi think, what do the other Dems think of the Mueller utterances?
For that matter, what do the Republicans and past Trump voters think?

Therein lies the way back to sanity.

Trump has pretty much rendered himself irrelevant in the big scheme of things by his past words and actions. No hint that he will change, so the only hope for the future is to take the title of POTUS away from him.

[southerncrone]

88. He's ALWAYS is surly, combative & downright nasty!

[Aussie105]

89. That's just his 'Tough Guy' act.

but I think most people are used to that by now.
And not impressed or intimidated.

Media: Asks straight question.
Trump: Dodges question. Throws abuse instead.
Media: Oh hello, grandpa is spinning off again. Nothing to see here.

[southerncrone]

90. Not desired qualities in the leader of the free world. Just saying...

He's an embarrassment as a human being. But as President, he's a complete disaster.

[NanceGreggs]

91. Most of the time, yes.

But what was missing today was the shit-eating grin he wears when he actually thinks he's scored a victory - like when he bragged that Mueller's report totally exonerated him.

I was actually expecting that - the strutting, the bragging, the "now you've all heard it from Mueller himself - I am vindicated!"

But there was none of that. He looked (and acted) pissed-off and on the defensive - not like someone who actually believed that things went his way

Just a guess, but I think the references by Mueller to 'ongoing investigations' rattled him. God knows he's slow, but I think it might just be sinking in that none of this is going away.

[southerncrone]

92. "On going investigations" are the lynchpin.

He's so accustom to being able to bluff or buy his way out of EVERYTHING, this is new territory for him & his slimy ways. Has there ever been a bigger control freak?! He's so woefully unaware of how the normal world operates, he simply can't accept EVERYTHING doesn't go as he wishes. Time for his rude awakening! Let him be pissed off! Heck, let him be FEARFUL!

[NanceGreggs]

93. Agreed on all counts. n/t

[Aussie105]

97. One thing is now very clear.

If Trump ever thought he could drop the POTUS gig if he got bored with it, and return to his previous life as if nothing has happened, he should have worked out by now that is no longer an option.

That 'safe place' option has well and truly gone.