Thread by @jentaub

🧵President Trump presser starting now

He leads with recounting the meetings he held at the UNGA over past three days. "Unfortunately the press doesn't even cover it."

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"You waste your time on nonsense."

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He is talking home sales and oil prices. "I fully support transparency on the so-called whistleblower information"

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He's trying to redirect the attention back to Joe Biden and his son, falsely insinuating that money was taken by them from Ukraine and China.

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Now, trying to blame the Democrats.

Now he is saying the Dems are accusing him of threatening the President of Ukraine. (Wrong. That's not what anyone is saying.

"It's all a big hoax."

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Now he is VERY confused. He somehow thinks Kevin McCarthy is in the Senate. He seems to say that the Senate voting to encourage him to release full whistleblower report because he asked Kevin

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Amazing. I'm watching this on MSNBC. And @NicolleDWallace is breaking away to say Trump is not telling the truth. . .I cannot even hear him talk now.

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@NicolleDWallace Okay, switched over to CNN . . .

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@NicolleDWallace He is having trouble reading his notes and speaking. He looks low energy

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@NicolleDWallace "Wages are up and inequality is down." Ummm

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@NicolleDWallace Now he is talking about Boris Johnson. . . etc. Now onto Kashmir. "You look at the two gentlemen who run those two countries. I said, fellows, just work it out, work it out. Those are two nuclear countries."

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@NicolleDWallace This is surreal, slow-motion, sniffing

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@NicolleDWallace Did he wear himself out raging? He seems very low affect. Very sad

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@NicolleDWallace He reads the script then rambles. Speaking of El Salvador "A great young gentleman became the president. He's strong and tough."

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@NicolleDWallace Droning, droning, droning. Whining.

Speaking of the Democrats, he is projecting "They don't care about our country, they only care about the election."

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@NicolleDWallace "The witch hunt continues. . .when they look at the information, It's a joke. Impeachment for that?

"I think you should ask for VP Pence's conversation."

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@NicolleDWallace "They are dividing, they are belittling, they are demeaning" (He's talking about the Dems, not himself by the way).

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@NicolleDWallace Now he's gone freestyle. Talking about his "wall" which is really a fence.

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@NicolleDWallace Now he's lying again about his "anti-climb" panels again. Now suddenly reading from the speech. Very jarring transition

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@NicolleDWallace I appreciate the close up they just did of Jared Kushner. He looked pale and concerned

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@NicolleDWallace "You forgot the American people. You totally forgot the American people." (Another ad-lib).

This is loony

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@NicolleDWallace Now come his grievances. "We don't pay those countries that money anymore."

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@NicolleDWallace I think he's closing now. "I read you a list of all the countries I saw, pretty much one-on-one."

Opening to questions

He doesn't want the "phony witch hunt question."

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@NicolleDWallace "You suggested you didn't do anything wrong. . " But why is it appropriate to ask a foreign leader about a political rival?

Trump responds that that was what Obama did to him. "What they have done to this country is a disgrace"

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@NicolleDWallace Trump is not answering the question. "You take a look at that call. . . There was no quid pro quo."

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@NicolleDWallace Trump "We have an honest group of people who have been maligned."

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@NicolleDWallace He's claiming "the Russian witch hunt was a phony scam."

Now he's talking about his electoral college win. And how Hillary should have gone to Wisconsin and Michigan

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@NicolleDWallace Ramble, ramble, ramble

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@NicolleDWallace Saying Nancy Pelosi was taken over by "radical left socialists." Now saying that the Dem Senators did what they are accusing him of doing.

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@NicolleDWallace Pompeo is talking now about Iran. Taking a break until Trump comes back

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@NicolleDWallace Good. @jaketapper is pointing out the false and misleading comments Trump made. World of difference between negotiating on behalf of the country (the senators) and the President asking for investigation of political rival while holding back funding

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper Trump is back. Someone from Fox news asked about foreign minister of China having no plan of unseating the US. What is different this time?

Trump said "we have a lot of talks going on. They want to make a deal . . .because their supply chain is going to hell."

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper "Al Green. That's a beauty. He's a really beauty that guy." Now he's lying about Rep. Green

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper "I don't like the concept of releasing calls . . .to the fake news media."

(This is the same guy who during this same presser said he wants to be transparent."

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper Now he's talking about how Lindsey Graham praised him for being so "nice."

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper "Are you now braced for a long impeachment saga?"

Trump: Said he thought it was over after the Mueller Report. . . now complaining that Mueller didn't interview Biden and his son.

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper "Much of the press is fake and corrupt. . . I used to be the king of getting good press . . otherwise I probably wouldn't be here."

Now he's jumping from topic to topic

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper Now he's complain about Adam Schiff how he acts serious then he goes into a room with Nadler and "they must laugh their asses off."

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper Handling it "to me it's like putting on a suit."

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper Reporter from Venezuela asks him a question.

Asked why is Maduro going to Russia? Asked about socialism

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper Trump says socialism won't come to America. Then he says how much the people he knows in Florida who are from Venezuela like "your president."

How does that even make sense?

It's a wrap

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@NicolleDWallace @jaketapper John King is right. That was a "somber, sulking president."

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