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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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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 103 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year 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.

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 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year ago

Yeah that shit is fuckin weird

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 59 points 1 year ago

As if Trump does anything out of respect for anyone.

[–] LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year 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."

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Rachel Scott for debate host tbh

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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..."

He has those weird psychological tricks, like standing funny, having a long tie, and the handshake thing. Getting people to say "hello, how are you" to him is probably one of those, and he's upset that she sidestepped it.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year 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?"

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

But we are lucky he's so, so dumb.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago

It's scary weird.

[–] TimMadisun@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

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

[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago (3 children)

This kid gave Trump a Cybertruck? That's wild

[–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you're saying he'll be using FSD and Autopilot?

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Since he obviously doesn't care about laws, he might.

While he's quite dumb, I don't think he would trust his life with this faulty beta feature.

[–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He seems to like Musk this month, maybe he will.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

He has to like musk...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

Then Adin smelled Trump's chair.

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Starting to think Trump has a furniture fetish.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Furniture fetish by proxy

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

They are so fucking weird...

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Man, that thumbnail looks like a miserable time.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Looks like a SNL skit

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Freeeeeedom of speeeeeeech for me, not for thee

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago
[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These two weirdos are definitely banging eachother

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

her name is Rachel Scott

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Okay Grampa let’s get you to bed