Trump Claims Calling Media ‘Enemy Of The People’ Is ‘My Form Of Telling The Truth’

on October 27, 2018 in Murphysboro, Illinois.
MURPHYSBORO, IL - OCTOBER 27: President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Southern Illinois Airport on October 27, in Murphysboro, Illinois. Trump is visiting the state to show support for U.S.... MURPHYSBORO, IL - OCTOBER 27: President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Southern Illinois Airport on October 27, in Murphysboro, Illinois. Trump is visiting the state to show support for U.S. Representative Mike Bost who is in a tight race with Brenden Kelly for Illinois' 12th Congressional District. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

During an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Monday evening, President Donald Trump dodged Ingraham’s questions about his penchant for labeling the media the “enemy of the people,” by suggesting the name-calling is his “form of telling the truth.”

“It’s a very good question. … It’s my form of telling the truth,” he said. “Here’s my problem. We have a lot of supporters. You know that better than anybody, all you have to do is look at your ratings, OK? But you know it better than anybody. Those supporters know that they’re lying. I watched ‘Meet the Press’ this weekend. Everything was so falsely put. Putting words in people’s mouths.”

Latest News
28
Show Comments

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Sort of like 9-11 was the hijackers’ way of landing those planes.

    Donald Trump is the Mohamed Atta of P.T. Barnums.

  2. And War is Peace.
    And when do we invade Oceania or Eurasia or where ever?.

  3. To say that tRump and the truth are complete strangers is a gross understatement. tRump is unable even to comprehend what truth is or is like, like the story of several blind men describing an elephant.

  4. If Trump were wise, he would be profoundly grateful to the media. For the most part, for reasons good and bad, they’ve observed the Goldwater rule and not widely publicized evidence of his obvious deep mental illness. But he doesn’t do grateful.

  5. More words. The best words. But, some assembly required for them to make sense.

    Trump’s form of telling the truth is to make false vague assertions.

    What I’d really like to know is … what “people” is the media the enemy of?

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

22 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for fgs Avatar for marincousa Avatar for kwoodgr Avatar for old_curmudgeon Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for eldonlazar Avatar for oscarhomolka Avatar for bluinmaine Avatar for borisjimbo Avatar for dickweed Avatar for darrtown Avatar for zlohcuc Avatar for tsp Avatar for edhedh Avatar for 1american Avatar for rickjones Avatar for j.dave Avatar for greysea Avatar for euglena4056 Avatar for drtv Avatar for davidn Avatar for katex Avatar for rascal_crone

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: