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This is ridiculous, doctored or not. "Pardon me, ma'am" is nothing like "placing his hands on a young woman." EDIT: For people who haven't watched a full vide
by twtw 8y ago
This is ridiculous, doctored or not.
"Pardon me, ma'am" is nothing like "placing his hands on a young woman."
EDIT:
For people who haven't watched a full video of the press conference with audio, here's my transcript, please forgive any errors:
Acosta: thank you mr president, I challenge you on one of the statements you made at the tail end of the campaign, the midterms that...
Trump: Here we go.
Acosta: Well... If you don't mind Mr. President -
Trump: let's go, let's go. Come on. [whistling noise with hand gesture to urge haste]
Acosta: ...that this caravan was an invasion, as you know
Trump: I consider it to be an invasion
Acosta: as you know mr president, the caravan was not an invasion, it's a group of migrants moving up from Central America towards the border with the U.S...
Trump: thank you for telling me that, I appreciate it.
Acosta: ...why did you characterize it as such, and...
Trump: because I consider it an invasion, you and I have a difference of opinion
Acosta: ...do you think that you demonized immigrants...
Trump: not at all, no, not at all
Acosta: ...in this election to try ...
Trump: I want them, i want them to come into the country, but they have to come in legally, you know, Jim, they have to come in through a process, I want it to be a process and I want the people to come in and we need the people to come
Acosta: your campaign, your campaign...
Trump: wait, wait - you know why we need the people, don't you? Because we have hundreds of companies moving in, we need the people.
Acosta: but you campaign had an ad showing migrants climbing over walls and so on
Trump: well that's true, they weren't actors, they weren't actors, it's true - do you think they were actors? they weren't actors, they didn't come from Hollywood. These were, these were people, this was an actual, you know, it happened a few days ago, and
Acosta: they are hundreds of miles away, though, they are hundreds of miles away, that's not an invasion
Trump: honestly, honestly, I think you should let me run the country, and you run cnn, and if you did it well your ratings would be much better
Acosta: if I may ask one other question
Trump: that's enough
Acosta: if I may ask one other question, are you worried
[begin incident over microphone]
Trump: that enough, that's enough, that's enough
Acosta: pardon me ma'am, I'm
[end incident over microphone]
Trump: that's enough
Acosta: regarding the Russia investigation, are you concerned...
Trump: I'm not concerned about anything with the Russia investigation, because it's a hoax. That's enough, put down the mike.
Acosta: ...are you worried about indictments coming down...
[trump walks away from the podium, Acosta hands microphone to intern and sits down]
[nbc reporter Peter Alexander gets mike, trump returns to podium]
Trump: I'll tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person, you shouldn't be working for CNN.
Alexander: I think that's unfair...
Trump: the way you treat Sarah Huckabee is horrible, the way you treat other people are horrible. You shouldn't treat people that way.
Peter Alexander: in Jim's defense, I've travelled with him, he's a diligent reporter...
Trump: well I'm not a big fan of yours either.
Alexander: I understand.
- y4mi 8y agoas an outsider: everything related to american politics has become a joke since trump has taken power...