Trump just made this reporter reevaluate her life 😂
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) November 28, 2025
Q: "Why do you blame the Biden Admin?"
Trump: "Because they let them in. Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person? And you're just asking questions because you're a stupid person!" 💀 pic.twitter.com/s97shKW0yd
Presented for your contemplation, not to indicate my approval (or disapproval!).
***
I'm giving this my "civility bullshit" tag because the topic of "civility bullshit" is in play. That is, Trump doesn't fall for civility bullshit. You can't persuade him to be civil because he (correctly) observes that the other side will not be civil toward him and he will not unilaterally disarm. I think his incivility invariably — or almost invariably — comes only after someone has shown incivility toward him.
Posts
124 comments:
Trump the Insult Comic POTUS! CC, JSM
As I watch the deterioration of Trump, now I wish I wasn't so mean to Michael K. Like Trump, I think towards the end Michael K. had lost all ability to act like an adult.
Trump is a master at neutralizing the Sh*t Test.
It is embarrassing how much shit you will eat for Trump. Can't he forcefully answer the question with facts and strong arguments?
Dealing with gotcha questions. You're stupid to ask gotcha questions.
they would not volunteer in the affirmative, I would say they are evil, as they did not really address the Abbey Gate catastrophe, and the surrender of so much war booty to the Taliban,
Trump should have said this proves that there is no system that can possibly “vet” people coming in from third world countries that are hostile to the USA. #1 they don’t have functional justice systems that properly track violent criminals and #2 even if they did they would not tell us about any of their citizens who are dangerous and trying to move here because they want WANT them in the USA hurting our people and destabilizing our country. Just like Castro’s Mariel Boat lift when he emptied his mental hospitals and prisons of dangerous criminals nd sent them to the USA in the guise of “political refugees”.
Given diverse precedents of uncivil antagonism, Trump is proactive with justifiable cause.
abbey gate was when the autopen regency, started to lose steam, and the Ukraine invasion was the next signpost up ahead,
Notice he asks her if she is stupid after she tells him the killer was vetted... So "why do you blame the Biden administration?"
(Because the motherfucker was a killer. He wasn't PROPERLY vetted. Mission FAIL.)"Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person???" It's what he didn't say that was so obvious he makes her look stupid...
That is WAY different than jumping to insult someone based on a physical characteristic... The question she asked was dumb. It's not that she was fat or queer...
I get his style, even if I think the current policy implementation sucks. The killer's wife and five sons should be encouraged to voluntarily deport... And we should yank work visas and start fining, heavily, the farmers, factories and businesses that hire non-citizen workers. That will make people deport. He's right in his frustrations that once you let them in -- and let them sire "citizens" -- it's hard to get them out if you are paying them to work here.
Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump the six rules of managing and dominating situations and people. These are those rules and you can see them being utilized to this very day by the man to brutal ends (this is excerpted from the book, The Last American President):
1. Never apologize or admit wrongdoing, ever. Cohn viewed contrition as weakness and would rather die (literally, as it turned out) than acknowledge error or fault. As journalist Ken Auletta, who covered Cohn extensively, noted, “The idea that you can admit a mistake is not part of Roy’s genetic code.” This principle would become so fundamental to Trump’s approach that even faced with irrefutable evidence—a recorded confession of sexual assault on the Access Hollywood tape, for instance—he would deny, deflect, and attack rather than offer the slightest acknowledgment of impropriety.
2. Always counter-attack, and always with greater force than you received. When criticized or accused, Cohn’s response was invariably to hit back harder, to escalate, to make the accuser regret ever mentioning his name. As Cohn himself explained to a reporter: "I bring out the worst in my enemies, and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves.” This tactic became Trump’s signature move, whether attacking Gold Star parents who criticized him, mocking a disabled reporter who questioned his claims, or threatening critics with lawsuits and retribution.
3. Use the legal system as a weapon, not a recourse for justice. Cohn taught Trump that lawsuits were instruments of intimidation, not vehicles for dispute resolution. He filed cases not to win—though winning was nice—but to punish, to harass, and to silence. The expense and stress of litigation was the point, not the legal outcome. Trump would eventually be involved in over 3,500 lawsuits—an unprecedented number for any American businessperson or politician—using the courts not to seek justice but to exhaust opponents with fewer resources.
4. Manipulate the media ruthlessly. Cohn was a master at planting stories, cultivating journalists, and creating controversy to serve his ends. He understood that perception trumped reality, that bold claims often went unchallenged, and that most people would remember the accusation but not the retraction. Trump elevated this approach to an art form, calling reporters using pseudonyms like “John Barron” to plant favorable stories about himself, staging pseudo-events to attract coverage, and later, using Twitter to bypass media filters entirely and inject his unfiltered messages directly into the public consciousness.
5. Use fear as both shield and sword. Cohn understood that people who are afraid—of communists, of crime, of social change, of the “other”—are easier to manipulate and more willing to accept authoritarian solutions. He helped McCarthy weaponize the Red Scare, stoking paranoia about secret communists undermining America from within. Trump would adapt this tactic to the 21st century, stoking fears about immigrants, Muslims, “inner city” crime, and later, a “deep state” conspiracy, always positioning himself as the only solution to these terrifying threats.
6. Build a fortress of loyalty around yourself. Cohn demanded absolute devotion from his clients and associates, and he repaid it in kind, at least until they were no longer useful. He created a network of mutual obligation and fear that served as both sword and shield in his battles. Trump’s infamous demand for loyalty—from James Comey, from his cabinet members, from Republican legislators—and his swift punishment of perceived disloyalty, all echo Cohn’s approach to power.
they have removed all doubt, I dont who she is, if they don't understand the fundamental principle involved,
Fredo,
You and Igna were mean to Dr. Mike because you are ignorant, overly partisan azzholes. You showed zero respect to a very impressive and accomplished man.
Read one of his books, you might learn something for a change.
Don't speak ill of the dead, Freder. Michael K is not here to defend himself. It's not respectable. Be better than that.
You know there was a time in this country when after completely fucking up a country, we accepted their refugees with open arms. Well over a million Vietnamese came to the U.S. after the Vietnam War (and introduced us to Vietnamese cuisine).
M said...
Trump should have said this proves that there is no system that can possibly “vet” people coming in from third world countries that are hostile to the USA. #1 they don’t have functional justice systems that properly track violent criminals and #2 even if they did they would not tell us about any of their citizens who are dangerous and trying to move here because they want WANT them in the USA hurting our people and destabilizing our country. Just like Castro’s Mariel Boat lift when he emptied his mental hospitals and prisons of dangerous criminals nd sent them to the USA in the guise of “political refugees”.
11/28/25, 1:51 PM
--------
This isn't that.
This is what you get when a lot of 6-month American soldiers leave a military zone, and start whining when the war is ending that Amed "saved my life more than once!" with his translation help, or help with the natives, or help in procuring/getting the native population to cooperate. "Couldn't have made it without him!" so they pull in Amad and his wife and children and brother and maybe even parents...
(And don't get me started about the "adopted" dogs that the soldier can't live without that also followed the 6-month American soldiers home...)
The DC killer allegedly helped choose which Afghans would evacuate and helped get US citizens and troops out in the closing days... =Muscle. He was young then too, if he is 29 now... Of course he copped a ride. The CIA vouched for him. He wasn't a "criminal" then, but getting sent to Washington and seeing the anti-refugee policies now -- and trying to provide comfortably for a wife and 5 sons of whatever age in the State of Washington must have sucked...
Dude snapped. He never should have been here, but that's the consequences of foreign wars you oversell and don't win. Cleanup on Aisle One.
there are 90,000 potentially like the shooter, he was at least known to the authorities because of his in country ties, the others we have little knowledge about
"Because they let him in, are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?" Trump responded. "Because they came in on a plane along with thousands of other people that shouldn't be here and you're just asking questions 'cause you're a stupid person."
Now, if they’d have come in on a boat with only a few, well, different story. And I guess the only people who came to ask questions who are not stupid would be those who just don’t ask questions, because, well, that would mean they’re not stupid.
Perhaps another stupid question would be that if they came here on a plane with 1000s of others who shouldn’t have been here, why did Trump sign to grant asylum? Sounds kinda stupid to me.
You showed zero respect to a very impressive and accomplished man.
He accused me of being a pedophile, so fuck you.
Read one of his books, you might learn something for a change.
And what do his past writings have to do with his current mental state. On this forum he was an asshole and a bully.
Let me get this straight:
1. Trump didn't need to send the National Guard to DC because it's perfectly safe.
2. Trump shouldn't have sent the National Guard to DC because it's perfectly dangerous.
Have I got that right?
one recalls the chaos after abbey gate was so great, that glenn beck and other private parties had to charter aircraft, to get Americans, not to mention our allies out of the country,
are these people so blythfully ignorant about that chapter of very recent history,
Shorter Reporter: What, pray tell, does the Biden Administration have to do with Afghan refugees living in the US?
rhetorical question of course they are,
as to General Milleys and Austin and McKenzie that were the midwifes of this disaster, no one asks them a thing,
What does it mean to "vet" Afghan Muslims? How can we trust the immigration-industrial complex to engage in honest "vetting" in America's interests? Can any foreign Muslim honestly swear allegiance to the United States and uphold its Constitution?
How is it uncivil to ask him why he blames Biden for that guy getting in the country? He answered him, and then called him stupid for asking the question. OK, we're getting used to it again,
Purportedly this guy was one of those allies who had to be gotten out by extraordinary measures.
I wholeheartedly agree with your last paragraph, Ann Althouse.
On this forum he was an asshole and a bully.
I suspect that you feel bullied by anyone who is obviously smarter and more informed than you are, Fredo.
Howard said...
1. Never apologize or admit wrongdoing, ever.
You know who else said and practiced this, explicitly? Henry Kissinger, FDR, Nelson Rockefeller, John Wayne others.
John Henry
It gets my approval, especially once they are in and no matter how many crimes they commit; a socialist judge will protect them from prison and deportation. Meanwhile, socialist voters will blame the victims for leaving their home.
Interesting reading the commenters that want to protect people that come here and murder Americans. It is like reading how the British government protects those that enter that country to rape their children. These commenters want what is happening in the UK to happen here.
What does it mean to "vet" Afghan Muslims?
Navin R. Johnson: OK! As long as we have a voucher!
Almost straight, TCrosse but you missed a point:
3. 80-90% of the people murdered each year in large numbers in DC are black children, women and men. They're black, so fuck 'em, who gives a shit?
Black Lives used to Matter. The fascists burned down cities using that battle cry.
Not any more.
John Henry
Biden was powerfully used in his deteriorated state so the cult mob left could puppet him... for their ruthless demented cruel power whore moves including allowing millions of illegals - in.
in other news, a Jamaican man, living in the US for 50 years! is being deported. Not to Jamaica, they apparently don't want him back. Some country in Africa I've never heard of before.
Not mentioned in virtually any of the stories is where he was living for 27 of the 50 years. Sing Sing state prison on a life sentence for murder.
John Henry
formerly Swaziland, that's way of the beaten path,
Also not mentioned about the Afghan murderer:
When he was in Afghanistan, Lakanwal was trained by U.S. intelligence agencies and served in an elite “Zero Unit,” which was a blend of deep-black special ops and dirty work at the crossroads. He was stationed at “Firebase Gecko,” a military compound used by the CIA and Kandahar special forces. Zero Units were outside the military chain of command, and reported to the Afghan National Directorate of Security, or NDS, an intelligence agency propped up with CIA backing for Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed government.
Jeff Childers has quite a bit of info on Zero Unit and what it was up to. https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/ambushed-friday-november-28-2025
See also
https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-investigation-takeaways
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/20/taliban-afghanistan-zero-unit-migrants/
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/12/afghanistan_zero_units_cia_civilian_deaths
And lots more. A thoroughly nasty organization. Some less polite people call them death squads. Everybody seems to agree that they were directed by CIA.
A conspiracy minded person might think that this Afghani was still working for the CIA and the murder was a CIA op.
Not me. Oooohhhhhh nooooo..... I would never suspect that.
John Henry
Quote investigator does a pretty good job investigating:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/01/24/explain-friends/
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/01/20/howl/
Nineteenth-century Oxfordian Benjamin Jowett's quote, "Never retract. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl," sounds like it could provide the title for Mel Robbins' next book.
Henry Ford II's autobiography was entitled "Never Complain, Never Explain." Unfortunately, the story of how he rose to the top of the auto industry didn't do as well as Lee Iacocca's.
A conspiracy minded person might think that this Afghani was still working for the CIA and the murder was a CIA op.
If he was a highly trained assassin, wtf did he waste his time killing a 20 year old Specialist and a 24 year old Staff Seargent?
If I understand Freder's defense correctly, the fact (if it is one - I don't remember and I've never learned how to seek out a commenter's comments here) that Michael K falsely but seriously impugned him, by calling him a fascist and a Nazi - oops! I mean a pedophile, is sufficient justification for Freder to impugn him back.
Hmm.
"You know there was a time in this country when after completely fucking up a country, we accepted their refugees with open arms."
Not all refugee groups are exactly the same.
Trump is angry. He's angry that troops were shot and one was killed. He's angry that the Biden administration allowed these murder savages into the country with help from the media. The left is trying to provoke him into ordering the troops to open fire on any potential threat. Since hes too smart for thst they'll just have their murder savages randomly shoot people. Something has to work.
"You know there was a time in this country when after completely fucking up a country, we accepted their refugees with open arms."
Some might say that time has passed.
Michael K falsely but seriously impugned him, by calling him a fascist and a Nazi - oops! I mean a pedophile, is sufficient justification for Freder to impugn him back.
"Fascist and Nazi" doesn't bother me at all, nor does "asshole" (which Althouse has called me more than once). When someone accuses me of a heinous felony, damn right I am going to impugn him.
just because you rear a scorpion, doesn't mean it won't sting you, see the blaze link earlier, about an airforce colonel, that struck an Army base
I will apologize privately to the person I have wronged. But anyone who makes public apology is a fool just asking to be attacked by sharks. Screw 'em.
Over 30,000 Afghan military personnel and civilians joined with the US to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. They did so at the risk of they and their families being killed by the Taliban. This is well documented in the movie "The Covenant." The US abandoned most of them when we withdrew from Afghanistan, to a life of torture, rape, and painful death. Some of them, thankfully, were allowed to immigrate to the US with their families to avoid certain torture and death by the Taliban. So one out of 30,000 commits a murder in America? So we condemn all of them to more torture, rape, and murder? Is this the American we now live in under Trump?
@lonejustice Here is a twitter thread for you. It is more than just this lone shooter.
https://x.com/Sultanknish/status/1994149767094678013?s=20
Freder Frederson said...
If he was a highly trained assassin, wtf did he waste his time killing a 20 year old Specialist and a 24 year old Staff Seargent?
My question exactly, Freder. Do you know the answer? I certainly don't.
If he lived in DC, esp if he lived near the site of the murder, I would be less suspicious. A crazy Afghan got a wild hare up his ass, walked out his door and shot the first person he saw in uniform.
But he didn't do that. He, apparently, drove 2,818 miles, 42 hours of driving (3-4 days?) to do this.
Seems pretty weird. If he just felt like shooting someone, he could have found someone a lot closer. So why?
John Henry
"Fascist and Nazi" doesn't bother me at all, nor does "asshole" (which Althouse has called me more than once). When someone accuses me of a heinous felony, damn right I am going to impugn him.
Freder, you missed my point. I was saying that when you were falsely impugned in a way that deeply offended you, you considered it justification to fight back verbally. Why doesn't Trump get to play by the same rules?
And Michael K called you a pedophile how many times - one? A few? As I said, I don't remember that he ever did, so I'll have to rely on what is undoubtedly your clear memory (when I've been deeply offended by someone's false accusations, I have clear memories of it, so I assume you do too). The fact that you aren't offended by being called a Nazi or a fascist (although I wonder if it's ever happened to you) doesn't mean those aren't deeply offensive insults. I know they've been overused (by Democrats to describe - or to insult - Republicans), but they are words with a real and terrible meaning. And Trump and those who support them are called by them ALL THE TIME. Along with "racist," "white supremacist," "sexist," "cult member," "homophobe," "transphobes" "hick," "redneck," "mouth-breather" - a host of insults that add up to "you are the scum of the earth, subhuman, not worthy of real people's consideration."
Don't you think that's offensive?
I'm skeptical about any accounts from human rights watch or the intercept, they have been Hamas enablers, the Times has gotten themselves into the pretzel where they think the Taliban is good ask them, the similar position to the so called Revolutionary regime in Iran,
On this forum he was an asshole and a bully.
Apparently, Freder's house lacks any mirrors.
Once written said
"Can't he forcefully answer the question with facts and strong arguments?"
I ask myself that every time you or Freder post a comment!
Freder strikes me as someone old enough to have marched with the "Ho! Ho! Ho Chi Minh" crowd back in the day, or at least to remember them with approval. If not old enough for Vietnam, perhaps he recalls the the Reagan years and what went on in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
The anti-war Left in those days thoroughly despised the CIA and FBI, and in retrospect, rightfully so.
Maybe Freder can tell us whether he thinks those agencies have become more honest, transparent, trustworthy, and Constitutionally law-abiding since then, and show his work....?
"You know there was a time in this country when after completely fucking up a country, we accepted their refugees with open arms. Well over a million Vietnamese came to the U.S. after the Vietnam War (and introduced us to Vietnamese cuisine)."
The Vietnamese are not Muslim. That is a significant difference. The Vietnamese assimilated. Most of these Muslims have no intention of assimilating. They intend to conquer.
"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio"
Some but not all media stoked the youth unrest afterwards in 1970. Now we have the situation reversed: National Guard troops are murdered and the stupid media which is now the majority media imagine they are up against "tin soldiers and Trumpers" like it's 1970 all over again and "we're going to stop a war, man--we're going to stop Trump, man"
Shameful and disgusting
It is embarrassing how much shit you will eat for Trump.
I don't think it's "eating shit" to savor the spectacle of my President openly insulting and belittling the journalistic establishment, and speaking for all of us to remind them of how little they are trusted and how much they are regarded with contempt and hatred.
This is one of the main reasons I voted for the man.
I want more of this, and worse.
"Most of these Muslims have no intention of assimilating. They intend to conquer." Plus they are pledged to kill jews just for being jews.
"I don't think it's 'eating shit' to savor the spectacle of my President openly insulting and belittling the journalistic establishment, and speaking for all of us to remind them of how little they are trusted and how much they are regarded with contempt and hatred."
Well put
Obama to Biden's premature evacuation with forward-looking collateral damage and abortions, here, now.
Well put
Yeah, it's not eating shit at all. It's like eating filet mignon with a fine Margaux.
we've been watching the Press v. Trump show for 10 years now. Rarely to they EVER ask an objective, intelligent questions. Its all far-left propaganda, Gotchas, and attacks disguised as "Questions".
The Liberal/left is proud they aren't civil. But we always have these little Lord Fonteleroys on our side, who want us to be civil and nice to those who hate us. Trump is too smart to play that losing game.
Read carefully the six points that Roy Cohn laid out. It’s precisely the Democratic playbook for at least the last 20 years. To attribute to Trump what the Democrats have been doing forever Is the Democrat strategy in a nutshell. Unbelievable!
How many Trump supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
None.
Trump just says he fixed it and they all stand around in the dark cheering, like a bunch of dumbasses.
Freder, you missed my point. I was saying that when you were falsely impugned in a way that deeply offended you, you considered it justification to fight back verbally. Why doesn't Trump get to play by the same rules?
Because he is the president and should be setting an example (and I am not).
RJW: "How many Trump supporters does it take to change a light bulb?"
It's the other way round: 3 bulbs per Trumper.
First bulb: Trumper changes his own.
Second bulb: Trumper changes one for his neighbor who can't change his own.
Third bulb: Trumper pays taxes to supply some layabout with lifetime light bulbs.
CC, JSM
A crazy Afghan got a wild hare up his ass
When the gerbil no longer does the job.
According to Ronald J Ward, Lyndon Johnson was responsible for that guy beating up Jennie in Forest Gump because he "invoked Johnson's name," so the old French saying comes to mind, "there are few pleasures in life that can compare to being called stupid by a moron."
Howard said...
Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump the six rules of managing and dominating situations and people.
...
This principle would become so fundamental to Trump’s approach that even faced with irrefutable evidence—a recorded confession of sexual assault on the Access Hollywood tape, for instance—he would deny, deflect, and attack rather than offer the slightest acknowledgment of impropriety.
Why is it so difficult for progs to understand simple concepts, and so on-brand to completely mischaracterize a quote? (See also, "good people on both sides".)
Trump was not confessing to anything — he was making an observation: if you are rich and famous enough, women will throw themselves at you.
"Hypergamy" is the term. Look it up.
Just like nixon was responsible for ira einhorn, burying susan maddox in his backyard
I think i got those names right
Civility? No, issue is senility. US presidents do not speak this way, even Trump '45.
"Trump was not confessing to anything — he was making an observation: if you are rich and famous enough, women will throw themselves at you."
It doesn't matter how often you explain this to leftards, they still won't get it.
"If he was a highly trained assassin, wtf did he waste his time killing a 20 year old Specialist and a 24 year old Staff Seargent?"/"My question exactly, Freder. Do you know the answer? I certainly don't."
We can speculate. The predator chooses his prey, and there seems to be a targeting of young women lately, as if to express the view that women don't belong out in public.
I know a man was victimized too but didn't he become a target because he came to the rescue of the woman?
Jaq said...
According to Ronald J Ward, Lyndon Johnson was responsible for that guy beating up Jennie in Forest Gump because he "invoked Johnson's name," so the old French saying comes to mind, "there are few pleasures in life that can compare to being called stupid by a moron."
11/28/25, 4:24 PM
No my friend, that is not according to Ronald J. Ward, or, at least not according to any Ronald J. Ward I know of. Those are your words, not mine.
Perhaps there’s a Ronald J. Ward who has taken residency in your head, I don’t know.
Perhaps there’s a Forrest Gump narrative that you escape to in these uncertain times where MAGA seems to be spiraling down the toilet? I can’t say.
Maybe like that Roger’s and Hammerstein classic , you’ve taken the role of Cinderella where you can be “in your own little corner in your own little chair and be whatever you want to be”? Again, I don’t have access to your thoughts, nor do I want to.
Jamie said...
I've never learned how to seek out a commenter's comments here
Blog threads aren't searchable. He typed confidently before checking.
Searching on [Althouse "freder frederson"] yields this AI response:
"Freder Frederson" is a prolific commenter on the popular blog Althouse, written by retired University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse.
The search results indicate that "Freder Frederson" frequently participates in the comment sections of the blog's posts, often sharing opinions on politics, current events, and social issues. The comments are often quoted or referenced within the context of the blog's discussions.
Examples of comments attributed to "Freder Frederson" include opinions on:
Political parties and their representation of the working class.
Donald Trump's treatment of women and his political tactics.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
The legal system and immigration enforcement.
The user appears to be interested in the interaction between the blog author/community and this specific commenter. The search results do not suggest that "Freder Frederson" is a well-known public figure outside of the Althouse blogosphere.
And 10 pages of results. So not completely searchable, but far more than a few years ago.
It was fun firing up the Wayback Machine™.
In 2007, Freder shows himself to be quite the arrogant, AGW fanatic:
If you want a model that demonstrates the theory, go into a greenhouse on a chilly but sunny day. Then maybe you will make the connection as to why they are sometimes referred to as "greenhouse gases" (they act just like the glass in a greenhouse).
Sorry, a bit OT there.
Freder Frederson said...
Freder, you missed my point. I was saying that when you were falsely impugned in a way that deeply offended you, you considered it justification to fight back verbally. Why doesn't Trump get to play by the same rules?
"Because he is the president and should be setting an example (and I am not)."
**************
Help us out here: are you actually exempting yourself from setting an example to others, because you are not President of the United States?
Readering said...
Civility? No, issue is senility.
Senility is a press conference with flash cards to tell you which DNC-approved transcriptionist to call on, with their question and your answer written on it.
As to civility, about a year ago Donald John Trump accomplished something only four other men in last 200-odd years have attempted and only one other man also achieved - winning non-consecutive Presidential elections. Despite the hyperventilating from your side, he is not going to run again in 2028. He has no reason to play silly little political games and zero f#cks left to give.
“How many Trump supporters does it take to change a light bulb?”
Second grade must be on recess.
Sorry to hear about your issues with senility Readering. I'm afraid it doesn't get better, but I doubt you will realize how much you are suffering.
Gibberish Leland.
I have never read any commentator here from the Left say that the Media should stop asking gotcha questions with presumed narratives that attack this president. I applaud his calling these evil people out.
"I have never read any commentator here from the Left say that the Media should stop asking gotcha questions..."
And you're not going to. They sure seem to be awfully butthurt, though, when Trump calls them on it. Don't they?
Trump is exploiting a single crime to issue a racist, terrible order. The media needs to ask questions going to the faulty factual basis for his order.
Trump is exploiting a single crime to issue a racist, terrible order.
Afghani is a race? Are you sure about that?
I can see who Achilles models his schtick after...
His order is not against one nation. And it's not made up of WASPs.
lonejustice said...
Over 30,000 Afghan military personnel and civilians joined with the US to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. They did so at the risk of they and their families being killed by the Taliban. This is well documented in the movie "The Covenant." The US abandoned most of them when we withdrew from Afghanistan, to a life of torture, rape, and painful death. Some of them, thankfully, were allowed to immigrate to the US with their families to avoid certain torture and death by the Taliban. So one out of 30,000 commits a murder in America? So we condemn all of them to more torture, rape, and murder? Is this the American we now live in under Trump?
You people hate the US soldiers that went there.
But you love the afghan soldiers.
Fuck you.
Readering said...
Civility? No, issue is senility. US presidents do not speak this way, even Trump '45.
This retard supported Joe Biden.
Readering: His order is not against one nation. And it's not made up of WASPs.
racist: characterized by or showing prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
So which racial or ethnic group does Trump's racist, terrible order target?
That word "racist" doesn't mean what you think it means.
"If he was a highly trained assassin, wtf did he waste his time killing a 20 year old Specialist and a 24 year old Staff Seargent?"
Why would he do that in any case if he were a refugee from a foreign country who came to the USA as part of Biden's disastrously managed withdrawal from Afghanistan?
Freder Frederson said...
Michael K falsely but seriously impugned him, by calling him a fascist and a Nazi - oops! I mean a pedophile, is sufficient justification for Freder to impugn him back.
"Fascist and Nazi" doesn't bother me at all, nor does "asshole" (which Althouse has called me more than once). When someone accuses me of a heinous felony, damn right I am going to impugn him.
Democrats brought a foreign soldier into our country.
Democrats gave him our tax dollars.
Democrats call the lawfully elected president of the US a fascist.
Democrats say his orders to our military, which a majority of Americans elected him to make, are illegal.
Democrats called our NG Soldiers and ICE LEOs Gestapo, Brownshirts, enforcing tyranny, etc.
Democrats have called for our soldiers to be prosecuted for followed our legally elected president's orders. A majority of Americans support those orders.
You are Traitors:
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
— U.S. Const. art. III, § 3, cl. 1
You people are still arguing to keep Afghan soldiers here.
Ronald J. Ward said...
How many Trump supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
None.
Trump just says he fixed it and they all stand around in the dark cheering, like a bunch of dumbasses.
Ronald shows everyone the extent of his critical thinking ability.
You really are just not very smart.
"Don’t you dare blame shooting of 2 national guardsmen on anyone other than the shooter‼️" ~ Jeanine Piro @JudgeJeanine
Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump administration that granted him asylum -- and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
Readering said...
Trump is exploiting a single crime to issue a racist, terrible order. The media needs to ask questions going to the faulty factual basis for his order.
Democrats were at least smart enough not to dance all over tiktok this time right?
But it is still instructive that you fucks are more worried about Afghan soldiers imported under Biden than you are about 2 NG soldiers.
We know you hate the soldiers and think they are enforcing tyrannical racist orders. You aren't smart enough to hide that.
He called me a pedophile, so fuck you
“Your lip is trembling… And what is that upon your cheek?” - The Ghost of Michael K
Kakistocracy said...
"Don’t you dare blame shooting of 2 national guardsmen on anyone other than the shooter‼️" ~ Jeanine Piro @JudgeJeanine
Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump administration that granted him asylum -- and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
I agree with you. Pirro is wrong.
There are thousands of Democrats that supported importing this afghan soldier, paying him with our tax dollars, and wanted him to shoot the racist soldiers enforcing Trump's illegal orders.
They are all traitors and need to be charged.
For the most part, the D.C. press corp should be treated with contempt- almost none of them are truth seekers of any kind; pretty much none of them have an IQ above 105; and they are Democratic Party hacks and the few that aren't are just GOP hacks. True journalism is dead and has been for almost the entirety of my life.
Oh, and whoever it was that linked to that old Althouse Polar Bear thread from 2007- that was fucking hilarious. When did the ice disappear from the Arctic finally, Fredo?
Achilles, Ronald is following the exact same trajectory every other leftist follows here- for some reason they are utterly convinced their mixture of copy and pasted intellectual arguments and high school science and economics learning are so going to be so brilliant that no one can mount a counter-argument or disgree with any of it. It takes about 3-4 months before they realize that every talking point gets challenged and convinces no one at all. Then their comments devolve into ad hominem and the most childish and lame attempts at mockery. By next Spring, if he is still around, Ronald will be plumbing the depths of the sewer presently being explored by Bich. Ronald does has one edge on Bich though- he didn't try the concern troll route first.
Also, I doubt that Ronald thinks photographs are mirror images.
Achilles: I wrote here many times I did not support Biden.
Meanwhile I repeat, Trump's order not confined to Afghans, although it should not be controversial that Afghans who supported US against Taliban would be helped. Sure the evacuation happened under extreme time constraint. But subsequent review occurred here, and the journalist's question addressed Trump regime review of the killer.
Readering, given the asylum was granted in April it is all but certain he was vetted to any extent at all by Biden holdovers. Now, I think it all but certain that he would have been granted asylum anyway given his history but here is the hard truth- none of them should have been granted asylum with his history. You take 100 Afghans with his background and I think it likely 10 of them are going to kill someone in the U.S. for one reason or another. That is a risk we do not have to take and shouldn't have. Any refugee slots should have been 100% women and/or children under the age of 16. A soft hearted person should disqualified from making the decisions the Biden people (and the administrations before them including the first Trump one) made.
https://x.com/DansForSenate/status/1994463523745972685
JournoLism with a jaundiced eye.
It doesn't bother me that the "Bad Orange Man"--takes no codswallop from members of the press. Ask a stupid or insulting gotcha question, get a stupid or insulting answer. Trump can deal on a lot of different levels.
Readering said...
Achilles: I wrote here many times I did not support Biden.
You supported Biden against Trump. You thought Biden was better than Trump. Now you are attacking Trump's mental abilities based on... what?
Meanwhile I repeat, Trump's order not confined to Afghans, although it should not be controversial that Afghans who supported US against Taliban would be helped.
It should god damn well be controversial.
Talk to US Soldiers who had to have these Afghan soldiers embedded with them. Most wont just say no. They will say fuck no.
You people have no idea how depraved and absurd Afghanistan is.
You can help them by moving them somewhere else if you want. Not here. They will not do well here. At least half of them will just immediately not fit in in our country. They will commit crimes unless they are constantly watched and policed.
"They will commit crimes unless they are constantly watched and policed."
The left is opposed to policing, as I'm sure you're well aware. So that leaves us with the left wanting to import potential criminals, who will be allowed to prey on US citizens.
He is an asshole whenever someone asks him a question he doesn’t like. Doesn’t matter if the questioner is civil or not.
As a wise man once said, "This is what you get when you mix the third world gutter religion believing heathens into the first world.
What did you expect to happen.
“He is an asshole whenever someone asks him a question he doesn’t like. Doesn’t matter if the questioner is civil or not.”
A Gotcha” question, like she asked, is offensive. He’s an insanely busy man, probably working harder at his job than most predecessors (despite his age). Certainly busier, by far than either Biden or Obama. And doesn’t have time for this nonsense. So, ask a gotcha question, and no matter how smart you think asking it was, he, and most of us, think that it was an idiotic waste of his time. So, expect to be belittled.
Trump is exploiting a single crime to issue a racist, terrible order.
You mean the murder of Laken Riley?
Or perhaps the murder of Jocelyn Nungaray?
Just how many murders before you take issue with foreigners coming here to murder Americans? Is there a number, or do you pretend none have happened?
Trump should copy Biden and if he doesn't like the question call the questioner 'fat'. Or 'fat head' if the reporters is on Ozempic.
Isn't the real story that reporters are remarkably easy to offend? You're questioning me? Have you smelled my farts? They're like warm buns out of the oven I tell ya.
"...“He is an asshole whenever someone asks him a question he doesn’t like. Doesn’t matter if the questioner is civil or not.”..."
It's probably true that we heard fewer of those types of answers with Biden, but that's because he kept himself pretty isolated from the press, and whatever questions he did answer were pretty carefully scripted. I'm sure you'd agree. You remember the cue cards he used to palm, the ones with a picture of the reporter that was 'asking' him the question, as if it wasn't planned?
Why don't you name for us a President that has been more accessible than Trump? This guy is taking press people into the Oval Office, giving them access on AF 1, doing everything unscripted, answering pretty much anything. That's a precious gift to the press; they are a select few with direct access to the Most Powerful Man In The World. And he is granting them his attention and giving them the time of day.
The fact that they don't treat it as one, should be telling you something. They are often rude and inconsiderate with their tone, as if by behaving in an insulting, challenging, borderline disrespectful attitude, they are scoring points. Are they there to report? To find out, on behalf of their clients, readers, viewers? Or to score points? I think I know the answer. What comes to my mind is that famous picture of Obama, yakking on the phone, with his feet up on the Resolute desk.
Leftists are playing a very old game:
* conservatives complain about "the Deep State" doing whatever the hell it wants, no matter what the current POTUS's policies are.
* progs attribute such indifference, footdragging, defiance and downright hostility toward presidential policy to HIS misfeasance, hypocrisy or incompetence!
Jocelyn Nungaray - she seems to have been a daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her name seems to be a Mexican variant of the very Basque Mumagarai, from the small town of Amorabieta, Vizcaya. My late aunt was from there, and my cousin still lives there.
So that poor girl was likely (given the nature of medieval small towns) my very distant relative.
Do I understand that the President of the United States is somehow barred from telling a stupid person playing stupid “gotcha” games that they we a stupid person playing stupid “gotcha” games?
Borrowing from a famous physicist, jim5301 is not merely an asshole; he is a spherical asshole. Because no matter how you look at him, no matter from what direction, he is exactly the same asshole.
Lovely thread to review, which is often better than being in it. I always enjoy civility bullshit posts and this was not disappointing. Civilizations vs barbarians. Order vs chaos. Nicely done fellow patriots.
buwaya said...
“Jocelyn Nungaray - she seems to have been a daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her name seems to be a Mexican variant of the very Basque Mumagarai, from the small town of Amorabieta, Vizcaya. My late aunt was from there, and my cousin still lives there.
So that poor girl was likely (given the nature of medieval small towns) my very distant relative.”
The worst lynching in US history was the mass lynching of southern Italians and Sicilians in New Orleans in 1891. Both blacks and whites participated in the lynchings. Based on the family names, several were likely none to distant relatives of mine.
"Freder, you missed my point. I was saying that when you were falsely impugned in a way that deeply offended you, you considered it justification to fight back verbally. Why doesn't Trump get to play by the same rules?"
Freder Frederson said...
"Because he is the president and should be setting an example (and I am not)."
What example is he setting by not fighting back?
Maybe Trump should have pulled an Obama and called her a bitter clinger. And a racist.
"a recorded confession of sexual assault on the Access Hollywood tape, for instance"
He said THEY LET YOU DO IT. So not assault.
Gunner,
Howard flirts with sanity an encouraging part of the time, but every once in a while his inner lefty comes out.
“He is an asshole whenever someone asks him a question he doesn’t like. Doesn’t matter if the questioner is civil or not.”
See? This is where you're wrong. Having gone through my career dealing with bone stupid owners and outrageously ignorant engineers, (A competent engineer should be paid their weight in gold.) I learned to to call stupid people stupid. Otherwise they think they're smart. And stupid people thinking they are smart results in bad designs and in people getting hurt. Better to clear it up right away.
I remember when young Bush was running for president and a reporter asked him if he knew the names of the leaders of some African countries like Upper Volta. The reporter was hoping for some kind of "gotcha" moment by asking Bush a question that no candidate could possibly answer. One can't disrespect reporters enough.
Post a Comment
Please use the comments forum to respond to the post. Don't fight with each other. Be substantive... or interesting... or funny. Comments should go up immediately... unless you're commenting on a post older than 2 days. Then you have to wait for us to moderate you through. It's also possible to get shunted into spam by the machine. We try to keep an eye on that and release the miscaught good stuff. We do delete some comments, but not for viewpoint... for bad faith.