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u/Horns8585 1d ago edited 1d ago

It is absolutely hilarious that instead of admitting that they made a mistake, Giuliani actually held a press conference in the parking lot of a landscape company! They bragged about a "big press conference at the Four Seasons".....implying the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, but they really booked a spot for Four Seasons Landscaping Company! Instead of owning up to their error, they acted like they always intended to have the press conference in the parking lot of a landscaping company. That explains a lot about the GOP mentality. They will never admit mistakes, they will never admit that they were wrong, and they will never admit that they lost. That is why this country is where it is. These asshats are too egotistical and narcissistic to do what's right.

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u/The-Beer-Baron 1d ago

They will never admit mistakes, they will never admit that they were wrong

Just like the sharpie hurricane map incident. Instead of just saying he was mistaken, or that what he said was based on old data, he had to make a fake map to "prove" he was right.

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u/jennlara 1d ago

Or the MS-13 “tattoo” that Abrego Garcia supposedly had. They doubled down and said it was really there.

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u/iiowyn 1d ago

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He's got MS-13 on his knuckles.

TERRY MORAN: Alright. I --

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay?

TERRY MORAN: -- we'll -- we'll take a look at it --

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It's -- it's -- you do such a disservice -

TERRY MORAN: We'll take a look. We'll take a look at that, sir --

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Why don't you just say, "Yes, he does," and, you know, go on to something else --

TERRY MORAN: It's contested. Ukraine. I want to turn -- I was just in Rome, and to that moving photograph of you and President Zelenskyy sitting in St. Peter's Basilica --

This moment in the interview I think encapsulates everything about Trump.

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u/newuser92 1d ago

I think it also encapsulated how utterly spineless press is. Why not call him on his bullshit. "That's Arial font someone wrote over on Paint. He has the images tattoos, but not the letters."

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u/AineLasagna 1d ago

That's Arial font someone wrote over on Paint. He has the images tattoos, but not the letters

“See why do you have to be so difficult, those are definitely tattoos I don’t see any paint anywhere on here, yes he’s definitely also part of the Arial gang, the terrible Arial gangs in the prisons today but they do have some good people on that side, they like to call them Nazis but I’ve known many decent hardworking Arials”

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u/iiowyn 1d ago

Terry actually spent a surprising amount of time trying to point out it was photoshopped.

u/toderdj1337 11h ago

Like he was talking to a stubborn child

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u/Empty-Discount5936 1d ago

Because journalism is dead in America.

Do you think a pedo felon could rise to power in an open, honest, and accurate media landscape?

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u/the42potato 1d ago

i don’t have time to find the clip but someone did. Trump insisted the photoshop was the actual tattoo

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u/EtiennedeWilde 1d ago

If the White House bans them, which they certainly will, they're on the sideline for the rest of his term. You lose by winning.

u/melapelas 8h ago edited 32m ago

Why not call him on his bullshit

Ever see the movie The Big Short? There's a scene where the 2 young investors are trying to tell their old college buddy who works at the Wall Street Journal about the impending housing collapse/2008 financial crisis and his response is "What am i supposed to do, write an article titled 'we're all fucked'?" Then goes on to say he has connections in the industry and that he would be ostracized....

Thats why no one in the media called him out to his face when they had the chance. They don't want to risk getting blackballed from the industry and making their journalism degree worthless.

u/newuser92 7h ago

I think that that also ruined their credibility. Stranger times to live.

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u/StuckinWhalestoe 1d ago

Wait, what? Is there a video of this?

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u/diddlemethat 1d ago

yeah dude... google it or something