‘We’re Getting F*cking Killed’: Trump’s Daily Gripes About Media Coverage Escalate

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While President Trump publicly claims there shouldn’t be coverage of the impeachment proceedings because his call with Ukraine was “perfect,” in private he can’t stop devouring coverage of the inquiry, Politico reported. 

Trump’s mainly been gobbling up spin from friendly sources, with favorites being Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson, whose commentary on the impeachment probe Trump’s taken a particular liking to, according to Politico.

The President is reportedly closely monitoring Republican reactions to the latest Ukraine-impeachment news. Trump has become increasingly frustrated in recent weeks that there’s been coverage of the closed-door depositions taking place in the House, arguing that the testimony shouldn’t “have to be covered at all,” a White House official told Politico.

“We’re getting fucking killed,” Trump reportedly complains daily about coverage of the inquiry. “He does make that comment literally every day,” a Republican close to Trump told Politico.

The belief that the depositions shouldn’t be covered at all is apparently common inside the White House, with one official telling Politico that they should either be public or there should not be leaks to the media. Trump is reportedly particularly annoyed with former or current aides who were on the Ukraine call and have testified before Congress “pretending they know what he meant” on the call.

“We should have no speculative coverage of what’s going on inside these private briefings, according to the very people who keep it private,” a White House official told Politico. “Either let everybody see what’s happening as it happens or keep your mouth shut.”

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  1. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    We’re Getting F*cking Killed

    Excellent, die mutherfuckers

  2. That’s because you and your Thugs-R-Us are too greedy, corrupt and lawless that you commit crime again and again indefensively AND not every American wears MAGA hats that makes their brains and moral compass too maggoted to do the right thing or think logically!

  3. A slow, metaphorical death from a thousand cuts.

  4. Avatar for fgs fgs says:

    Twitler’s thumbs remind me of a staff meeting for the ages, which I recently endured with a big fake smile. Our human resource ‘professional,’ at a place where we’ve suffered over 400% turnover of key leadership staff over a 5 year period, blames people trash-talking on Facebook for her inability to recruit anyone who’s worth a shit. She spent a solid half hour reminding us of the social media policy, which threatens discipline up to and including termination (!) for commentary reflecting poorly on the organization.

  5. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Bad media or good media is still his precious attention. He will die twittering.

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