Welcome to day 27 in the hellfire that is the Donald Trump Administration!! We know, it feels like *much* longer than that. SIKE THIS IS ALL FAKE NEWS CUZ EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT GUYS NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
What do you call a chicken running head first into traffic?@POTUS at his recent press conference #igotmorejokes
— Devon Handy (@DevonHandy) February 16, 2017
For real though, Trump held a press conference this afternoon, and it was WILD (even for Trump). Here are some of the straight up bananas things that happened:
Trump claimed that he inherited an economic “mess”
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/832290433850023936
"I inherited a mess"–Trump. When Obama left office: unemployment 4.7%, gas at $2.37/gallon, Dow nearly 20k, income rising, 11.3M new jobs
— Brian Goldsmith (@GoldsmithB) February 16, 2017
Trump says he "inherited a mess." Utter BS. OBAMA inherited a mess & achieved 75 straight months of job growth, over 14 million new jobs.
— JimAndrews518 (@JimAndrews518) February 16, 2017
Trump repeated the false claims that his Electoral College win was one of the biggest victories in our history.
.@realDonaldTrump just said he won by the greatest Electoral margin since Ronald Reagan. Dude, no. Just stop. https://t.co/OqqWacLbv3
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 16, 2017
Trump just said his electoral college win was the biggest since Reagan.
You just have to go back ONE election to see that's not true pic.twitter.com/T1MkZdIB7B— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) February 16, 2017
Can we impeach Trump just so we don't have to hear about the 2016 election for 4 straight years? JFC. https://t.co/1bd6e19QDD
— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) February 16, 2017
Trump said that he’s running a tight ship (lolz) and NOTHING BAD IS HAPPENING OK?!
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/832290969437474819
"This administration is running like a fine tuned machine" says Trump. If that machine is an orange, guzzling shit tank from Fury Road…yup
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) February 16, 2017
Trump calling his administration a “fine tuned machine” is like calling a rotary phone a “fine tuned iPhone”.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 16, 2017
Trump rambled on about how drugs are cheaper than candy bars??
Donald Trump says "drugs" like they come in a big container marked "drugs" sold by a guy in sunglasses saying, "Anyone want some DRUGS?"
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 16, 2017
Trump thinks drugs are cheaper than candy bars because he thinks candy bars cost $100, the smallest denomination of cash he acknowledges
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) February 16, 2017
I'm fine with Trump claiming drugs are cheaper than candy bars so long as he forms a task force to tell me where they are.
— amazon original series bosch (@Mobute) February 16, 2017
Midway through the presser, Twitter was reeling.
I'm not kidding, I really don't understand what the President is talking about right now.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 16, 2017
This is just bizarre. Sorry. It just is.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 16, 2017
The line between a Donald Trump press conference and an SNL cold open is almost nonexistent at this point.
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/832299025453948928
Trump then said this about the NYT bombshell story on Russia, “The leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake.” WHAT??
Trump: "The leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake."
Both. Of. Those. Things. Cannot. Be. True. At. The. Same. Time.
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 16, 2017
Pres Trump on the trail: "I love WikiLeaks!"
"It's been amazing what's coming out on WikiLeaks"
"This WikiLeaks it's like a treasure trove!" https://t.co/x61ehwtA6m— Karen Travers (@karentravers) February 16, 2017
Jim Acosta just straight-up tells Trump to his face he has no credibility on the issue of leaking, since he praised leaks during campaign.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 16, 2017
He then brought up the more than dozen women who accused him of sexual harassment and/or assault, asserting that they have retracted their claims and now say “We love Trump.”
WHY WOULD YOU BRING UP YOU SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS OUT OF NOWHERE
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 16, 2017
Uh .. which women accusing Trump of sexual assault recanted and said they liked Trump, exactly?
— Julie DiCaro (@JulieDiCaro) February 16, 2017
Oh yeah, for sure. That's definitely what victims of sexual assault do. https://t.co/2jYJavwwv6
— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) February 16, 2017
About possibly meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, Trump told reporter April Ryan, “I would. You want to set up the meeting? Are they friends of yours?”
Shorter Trump: "Hey, youre a black journalist. All black people know each other, right? Setup a meeting w Congressional Black Caucus for me"
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) February 16, 2017
"All black people are friends." – the president
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 16, 2017
trump thinks carson and omarosa are the only two free slaves
— Rembert Browne (@rembert) February 16, 2017
Trump then went on and on about how he brings best TV ratings. OK GOOD CUZ THAT’S WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN A PRESIDENT.
Trump telling CNN that they'd get better ratings if they were nicer to Trump
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 16, 2017
Pres. Trump literally addressing the press corps right now on how to make their ratings "better."
Surreal
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 16, 2017
Trump now interrupts himself mid-thought to say "I do get good ratings." Which BTW, is not the same as being good. #TrumpPressConference
— Kristina Womp-Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) February 16, 2017
By the end of this absolute brain fuck, everyone was like: UMM HI REPUBLICANS WHERE TF ARE YOU.
I mean, @GOP, I know you hate taxes and unions… but this guy?!?!?
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) February 16, 2017
This is actually why Trump won pic.twitter.com/sQ7po75YYA
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) February 16, 2017
Just a reminder if you're watching this press conference, Trump = Republicans. He couldn't do any of this without the support of his party.
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) February 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/832307577585229824
Guys, the pivot is coming any day now.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) February 16, 2017
Honestly, we probably missed at least 16 things, but we don’t have the mental energy to go through it all. If you need us, we’ll be drinking all the wine until we blackout and/or find a portal to an alternate universe. Byeeeeee.
me until this hellfire ends pic.twitter.com/NMf6ePNeQh
— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) February 16, 2017
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