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riversedge

(70,445 posts) Sun Jan 14, 2018, 06:49 PM Jan 2018

Conservative writer: Trump called friends to brag about 's---hole countries' remark

Source: the hill

By Rebecca Savransky - 01/14/18 12:23 PM EST

Trump criticized immigration from 's---hole' countries: report

A conservative columnist said President Trump called friends to brag after the meeting in which the president reportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as "shithole countries."

"It’s weird that people in the room don’t remember Trump using that word when Trump himself was calling friends to brag about it afterwards," Erick Erickson, who has in the past been critical of Trump, said in a tweet.

"I spoke to one of those friends. The President thought it would play well with the base."............................

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368967-conservative-writer-trump-called-friends-to-brag-about-s-hole

hey Sen. Cotton and other repugs with amnesia----looky here!

Conservative writer: Trump called friends to brag about "shithole countries" remark http://hill.cm/gUtwkZA

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Erick Erickson?Verified account @EWErickson

It’s weird that people in the room don’t remember Trump using that word when Trump himself was calling friends to brag about it afterwards. I spoke to one of those friends. The President thought it would play well with the base.

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Conservative writer: Trump called friends to brag about 's---hole countries' remark (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2018 OP

What friends???? DinahMoeHum Jan 2018 #1

Maybe he called Vlad thbobby Jan 2018 #2

No, Vlad "called" him. Immediate brain stem stimulation. erronis Jan 2018 #14

Or was it prostate stimulation? Rollo Jan 2018 #18

I am curious to know also. riversedge Jan 2018 #7

Some are both. 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #9

His cadre of the devil's imps? These miscreats are straight from the depths of hell. olegramps Jan 2018 #17

The first WH response and for a long time did not deny the "shithole countries" statement. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #3

This fits a pattern PatSeg Jan 2018 #4

+1 emulatorloo Jan 2018 #5

+2 UpInArms Jan 2018 #10

His history shows us there is no reason on Earth to not believe he said it. world wide wally Jan 2018 #6

Watch this Orange Clowns next rally. djacq Jan 2018 #8

Do you remember early in his campaign where most of the base were paid? erronis Jan 2018 #15

The President thought it would play well with the base. bitterross Jan 2018 #11

He's bragging that he got everybody to stop talking about Fire and Fury. n/t rainin Jan 2018 #12

The deeper problem then zentrum Jan 2018 #13

Tom Cotton needs a hearing test or he just plainly can't be trusted usaf-vet Jan 2018 #16

Of Course He Did. This Is A Wink to the GOP Base... TomCADem Jan 2018 #19

DinahMoeHum

(21,835 posts)

1. What friends????

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 06:50 PM

Jan 2018

He has no real friends - only sycophants and suck-ups.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)

2. Maybe he called Vlad

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 06:55 PM

Jan 2018

erronis

(15,469 posts)

14. No, Vlad "called" him. Immediate brain stem stimulation.

Reply to thbobby (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 08:08 PM

Jan 2018

Reptilian actions motivated. Fingers twitching. Letter by letter the twit pressed the keyboard in response.

Boy, that is a hard job being pResident*! I need a reward with a pr0n star or a ride in a golf cart.

Rollo

(2,559 posts)

18. Or was it prostate stimulation?

Reply to erronis (Reply #14)

Mon Jan 15, 2018, 01:41 PM

Jan 2018

riversedge

(70,445 posts)

7. I am curious to know also.

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:17 PM

Jan 2018

3catwoman3

(24,121 posts)

9. Some are both.

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:31 PM

Jan 2018

We can call them "suck-ophants" or "syc-ups."

olegramps

(8,200 posts)

17. His cadre of the devil's imps? These miscreats are straight from the depths of hell.

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 15, 2018, 01:05 PM

Jan 2018

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,073 posts)

3. The first WH response and for a long time did not deny the "shithole countries" statement.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:01 PM

Jan 2018

They changed their tune only after they realized the furor was huge and they found a couple of toady Senators.

PatSeg

(47,750 posts)

4. This fits a pattern

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:03 PM

Jan 2018

Michael Wolff said that the biggest leaker in the Trump White House IS Donald Trump. He is on the phone constantly, calling friends, who in turn tell other friends what he said. It very quickly makes it to a journalist.

emulatorloo

(44,270 posts)

5. +1

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:07 PM

Jan 2018

UpInArms

(51,291 posts)

10. +2

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:31 PM

Jan 2018

world wide wally

(21,760 posts)

6. His history shows us there is no reason on Earth to not believe he said it.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:08 PM

Jan 2018

djacq

(1,634 posts)

8. Watch this Orange Clowns next rally.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:29 PM

Jan 2018

His shrinking base will cheer him on.

erronis

(15,469 posts)

15. Do you remember early in his campaign where most of the base were paid?

Reply to djacq (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 08:10 PM

Jan 2018

I'm guessing that model still works.

No one work for him or stroke his little one without a payment. Sure hope they get it up front!

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

11. The President thought it would play well with the base.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:33 PM

Jan 2018

Well, he has to get his fawning from some place. The base is the only place left for him.

rainin

(3,011 posts)

12. He's bragging that he got everybody to stop talking about Fire and Fury. n/t

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:35 PM

Jan 2018

zentrum

(9,866 posts)

13. The deeper problem then

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:41 PM

Jan 2018

…is the shit head repugs in the room with him who are covering it up. Nothing he does shocks me. But I am shocked by the repugs again and again this year. They're all Trump, but without the TV ratings.

usaf-vet

(6,236 posts)

16. Tom Cotton needs a hearing test or he just plainly can't be trusted

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 15, 2018, 11:32 AM

Jan 2018

Cotton defends Trump by saying he didn't hear or can't remember Tump using the term shithole.
But he does know Durbin is a liar.

Cotton owes Durbin and apology and he proves that he ca't be trusted to tell the truth.

Trump said he used the words to make his base happy.

Cotton defends Tump to make Trump happy because he wants the top job with the CIA.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)

19. Of Course He Did. This Is A Wink to the GOP Base...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 16, 2018, 01:36 AM

Jan 2018

...you leak to the GOP's base that he is a white racist like the rest of them, but then deny the comments to the mainstream media. This is what Trump was trying to find out. And guess what? It worked:

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-shithole-comment-white-nationalists-praise-779958

WHITE NATIONALISTS PRAISE TRUMP FOR ‘SHITHOLE’ COMMENT: ‘IT’S OBVIOUSLY ALL ABOUT RACE’

President Donald Trump’s already infamous “shithole” comment is among several remarks the commander in chief has made that have energized white supremacists, rights groups fear.

Trump made the comment Thursday in the context of asking why America should accept more immigrants from Haiti and Africa—instead of places like Norway—while discussing a bipartisan immigration deal with lawmakers. The remark reinvigorated accusations that Trump is a racist, and it was embraced online by white supremacists David Duke and Richard Spencer.

The director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, Oren Segal, told Newsweek that Trump’s remarks are “the engine that fuels white supremacy” in America.

“You have white supremacists like Andrew Anglin calling Trump’s words ‘encouraging and refreshing,’” Segal said, referring to the editor of Daily Stormer, a fringe, anti-Semitic conspiracy website that serves as a homepage for young, disaffected white men. Segal said that when Trump makes racially charged remarks, it gives a signal to isolated and hateful people that their views are normal and are “gaining a foothold in this country,” even if that might not be the case.

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