He always has been. Nixon was an intelligent man and a skilled politician. He knew that, whatever he personally thought about the environment, looking after it was good for his career and his legacy. Trump is neither intelligent nor skilled at anything, not even securing his legacy. All he knows how to do is destroy.
What struck me at the time was that he was reelected AFTER THE WATERGATE BREAKIN. As far as I could see, the only things that came out afterward were that he didn't know about the breakin in advance and he used bad language in the privacy of his own office. I gather he took illegal steps to protect the staffers who did the deed.. but thst's minor compared to Trump.
Telling a reporter ‘quiet, piggy’ was shocking – even for Trump Margaret Sullivan Guardian
Catherine Lucey, who covers the White House for Bloomberg News, was doing what reporters are supposed to do: asking germane questions.
Her query to Donald Trump a few days ago during a “gaggle” aboard Air Force One was reasonable as it had to do with the release of the Epstein files, certainly a subject of great public interest. Why had Trump been stonewalling, she asked, “if there’s nothing incriminating in the files”.
His response, though, was anything but reasonable.
It was demeaning, insulting and misogynistic.
He pointed straight at Lucey and told her to stop doing her job.
“Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” said the president of the United States.
From what I could tell, none of her colleagues in the press corps immediately rose to her defense. Things just moved on – business as usual, in a sense.
And yet, if I were making a timeline of Trump’s use of the press as a punching bag, this moment would deserve a place on it. -- nordy
I recall reading somewhere about Daniel Shore asking Nixon some question or other, no doubt about Watergate. I don't remember if Nixon made a nasty remark, or just refused to answer. Next up was Tom Brocaugh(sp?). Rather than asking his own question, Tom pressed Nixon on Daniel's question. That's how things ought to work. And all the more if a colleague is verbally attacked. The press corps should close ranks. Disgusting that they didn't.
I heard the "Quiet!" a couple of times on podcasts, but missed the "Piggy." He's an utterly despicable piece of shit.
White House press secretary defends Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult Guardian: The White House issued a full-throated defense of Donald Trump’s reference to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” on Thursday, claiming without evidence that the president “calls out fake news when he sees it and gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information.”
The people who work for him are just as bad, if not worse. He has life long psychological problems and is now senile to boot. There's a certain sense in which he can't help it. The skuzballs in his regime all chose to work for him. They could have chosen not to, but to do honest work instead.
Trump administration seeks to roll back protections for imperiled species and habitat
ReplyDeleteDT is officially worse than Nixon.
He always has been. Nixon was an intelligent man and a skilled politician. He knew that, whatever he personally thought about the environment, looking after it was good for his career and his legacy. Trump is neither intelligent nor skilled at anything, not even securing his legacy. All he knows how to do is destroy.
DeleteThat says it!
DeleteStill hoping to sleep…
ReplyDeleteNixon wasn't as bad as many made or make him out to be, IMO.
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Especially by comparison to Trump!
DeleteWhat struck me at the time was that he was reelected AFTER THE WATERGATE BREAKIN. As far as I could see, the only things that came out afterward were that he didn't know about the breakin in advance and he used bad language in the privacy of his own office. I gather he took illegal steps to protect the staffers who did the deed.. but thst's minor compared to Trump.
DeleteTelling a reporter ‘quiet, piggy’ was shocking – even for Trump
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Guardian
Catherine Lucey, who covers the White House for Bloomberg News, was doing what reporters are supposed to do: asking germane questions.
Her query to Donald Trump a few days ago during a “gaggle” aboard Air Force One was reasonable as it had to do with the release of the Epstein files, certainly a subject of great public interest. Why had Trump been stonewalling, she asked, “if there’s nothing incriminating in the files”.
His response, though, was anything but reasonable.
It was demeaning, insulting and misogynistic.
He pointed straight at Lucey and told her to stop doing her job.
“Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” said the president of the United States.
From what I could tell, none of her colleagues in the press corps immediately rose to her defense. Things just moved on – business as usual, in a sense.
And yet, if I were making a timeline of Trump’s use of the press as a punching bag, this moment would deserve a place on it. -- nordy
I recall reading somewhere about Daniel Shore asking Nixon some question or other, no doubt about Watergate. I don't remember if Nixon made a nasty remark, or just refused to answer. Next up was Tom Brocaugh(sp?). Rather than asking his own question, Tom pressed Nixon on Daniel's question. That's how things ought to work. And all the more if a colleague is verbally attacked. The press corps should close ranks. Disgusting that they didn't.
DeleteI heard the "Quiet!" a couple of times on podcasts, but missed the "Piggy." He's an utterly despicable piece of shit.
White House press secretary defends Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult
DeleteGuardian: The White House issued a full-throated defense of Donald Trump’s reference to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” on Thursday, claiming without evidence that the president “calls out fake news when he sees it and gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information.”
^^^ nordy
DeleteThe people who work for him are just as bad, if not worse. He has life long psychological problems and is now senile to boot. There's a certain sense in which he can't help it. The skuzballs in his regime all chose to work for him. They could have chosen not to, but to do honest work instead.
DeleteThis remains, indeed, significant.
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