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https://news.vice.com/story/trump-folder-positive-news-white-houseIts known as the propaganda document
By Alex Thompson Aug 8, 2017
These sensitive papers, described to VICE News by three current and former White House officials, dont contain top-secret intelligence or updates on legislative initiatives. Instead, the folders are filled with screenshots of positive cable news chyrons (those lower-third headlines and crawls), admiring tweets, transcripts of fawning TV interviews, praise-filled news stories, and sometimes just pictures of Trump on TV looking powerful.
One White House official said the only feedback the White House communications shop, which prepares the folder, has ever gotten in all these months is: It needs to be more fucking positive. Thats why some in the White House ruefully refer to the packet as the propaganda document. ..........................
Link to tweet
Gothmog
(145,784 posts)underpants
(182,987 posts)Emails too. 5-6 per day.
TeamPooka
(24,282 posts)false equivalence alert.
BigmanPigman
(51,648 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)dalton99a
(81,663 posts)dalton99a
(81,663 posts)1.5 million people came to my inauguration
1.5 million people came to my inauguration
1.5 million people came to my inauguration
3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)...some real "fake news." There cannot possibly be 20-25 pages of legitimately favorable news items about this flaming moron.
Whoever compiles this fawning bullshit should go by the same guidelines that Mr. Attention-Span-Of-A-Gnat requires for his daily briefing - one page of bullet points.
The emperor has no clothes. The emperor also has no brain.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Like a circular firing squad, except shooting bullshit instead of bullets.
that sounds about right
syringis
(5,101 posts)Job has been done once and for all. Otherwise, where would you want them to find the time, twice a day to build such file? Unless if someone in the staff, is a descendant of Heracles...
They just give a makeover. He don't read anyway, why bother?
TeamPooka
(24,282 posts)progressoid
(50,009 posts)#sad
CatMor
(6,212 posts)Americans and the World should not have to put up with all Trumps nonsense. Something must be done.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)hibbing
(10,112 posts)Beartracks
(12,824 posts).... or something.
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UTUSN
(70,777 posts)Last edited Thu Aug 10, 2017, 10:05 AM - Edit history (2)
Siwsan
(26,314 posts)Xolodno
(6,409 posts)...and his staff enables him.
Makes me wonder, what kind of fit of rage he would go on if he didn't get his twice a day "atta boy" fix.
And when did this start? During his Presidency or when he was running his real estate empire?
enough
(13,266 posts)Progressive dog
(6,923 posts)20 to 25 pages of Trump praise twice a day. Yeah right, the security briefing is at most a short paragraph.
He needs to be locked up in an insane asylum. I was thinking Bedlam in London would be best for him if the UK would help us out.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)that Kelly is actually expected to take over that chore? Really? Would he lower himself to such a repugnant role? And if he doesn't do it, is he gone? Does no one realize the damage this kind of thing is doing to our country? Why don't they care?
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)oh, and Drumph? WE HATE YOU!!!
syringis
(5,101 posts)he has a selective brain (?)...uh, I mean the strange substance that take place off.
He ditches what he dislikes, or calls it "fake news" and keeps the praises...
Duppers
(28,130 posts)My mother is like that. She's a difficult narcissist too.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Whoever has that job should also start writing some great fiction books.
I can't almost think of a harder job.
tanyev
(42,660 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)With Spicer, Priebus or Pooch gone does that mean that General Kelly gets that 'fun' job?
I bet they're spacing things a bit more lately so less 'good news' takes up the same amount of pages... lol.
George II
(67,782 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)to this insanity. This fucker is insane and needs to be removed by what ever means available via the Constitution.
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Historic NY
(37,457 posts)mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)Duppers
(28,130 posts)"He may have advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage."
From "Me, Myself, and Irene."
If it weren't so sickening and scary.
bdamomma
(63,944 posts)of being patted on the head,