{"id":40880,"date":"2019-03-16T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40880"},"modified":"2019-03-16T14:10:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T21:10:57","slug":"trumps-fox-news-addiction-is-eating-away-at-his-and-all-fox-viewers-few-remaining-brain-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40880","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Fox News Addiction is Eating Away at His (and All Fox Viewers&#8217;) Few Remaining Brain Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday and time for another episode of <em>The Donald Trump Weekend Tweetstorm<\/em>. This is how Trump spends most of his time &#8211; Watching Fox News and posting only the most obsequious videos that mindlessly profess an undying adoration for Dear Leader.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-foxnews-scared.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Fox News\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39223\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/2620843021263810\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the behavior of a malignant narcissist who is frightened and dependent on constant positive reinforcement to prevent him from suffering mental seizures that result in more all-caps rage-tweeting.<\/p>\n<p>The morning began with a shout out to 2018&#8217;s undisputed <em>\u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39907\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Most Deranged Lunatic on Fox News<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221;<\/em> Lou Dobbs, who believes that the United Nations is trying to take over the world and that special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to kill Trump. In this clip Dobbs drools over the <em>&#8220;emotional ceremony in the White House&#8221;<\/em> where Trump vetoed the bipartisan bill to reject his unconstitutional declaration of a national emergency. His guest is a regular Fox Trump-fluffer who repeatedly exalts Trump as a <em>&#8220;great president.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6NgsZuJdy\">pic.twitter.com\/B6NgsZuJdy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1106945870220677120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That nauseating spectacle was followed by one that puts it to shame on the Nauseous Scale. Once again, it&#8217;s Lou Dobbs, but this time hosting those brilliant political gurus, Diamond &#038; Silk. Does Fox really consider these helium-noggins to be legitimate news analysts? Dobbs lauds Trump&#8217;s signing of his first veto and then asks the pair of cartoonish crackpots for their loopy thoughts. This leads to a predictably smarmy display of cringeworthy bootlicking wherein Demean &#038; Sulk lambaste the Republicans who voted against the national emergency hysteria as &#8220;swampettes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lopau8H33l\">pic.twitter.com\/lopau8H33l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1106947324293586946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After that embarrassment, Trump interrupted his video montage with a dumbass statement all his own:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the recent non-binding vote (420-0) in Congress about releasing the Mueller Report, I told leadership to let all Republicans vote for transparency. Makes us all look good and doesn\u2019t matter. Play along with the game!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1106949834739720192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Note that Trump is actually bragging that he told Republican members of Congress to lie in order to <em>&#8220;look good&#8221;<\/em> since this constitutional issue is just a <em>&#8220;game&#8221;<\/em> to him. He&#8217;s also asserting that he has such complete control of his party&#8217;s congressional delegation that he can order them on how to vote. What&#8217;s more, he knew that his top sycophant in the senate, Lindsey Graham, was going to block the measure anyway when it reached that body.<\/p>\n<p>So that brings us to Trump&#8217;s posting of a clip from the Fox News show they call <em>&#8220;Outnumbered,&#8221;<\/em> because it pits four ultra-rightist women against one equally wingnutty man. On this episode the token male was also a token Democrat, very rarely seen on this program. But no worries, because they wouldn&#8217;t even let him talk. And that was demonstrated in the video that Trump posted. He sat there smiling uncomfortably while co-host Kennedy ranted about the FBI not reviewing the contents of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s computers (which they actually did review).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCPqP4v1fH\">pic.twitter.com\/oCPqP4v1fH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1106950918027821056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Next up was a tweet that was just a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1106952458339786754\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">propaganda photo-op<\/a><\/strong> of Trump signing his first veto. He surely regards this as a historical moment where he defies the will of the Congress and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40452\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American people who oppose<\/a><\/strong> both his idiotic vanity wall, and his phony national emergency to fund it.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Trump posted another video from Fox News (does he ever do anything else but watch Fox?) featuring Fox and Friends co-host Ed Henry and former GOP chair of the House intelligence Committee, Jason Chaffetz, who is now a Fox contributor. They ran through some of Trump&#8217;s favorite <em>&#8220;Witch Hunt&#8221;<\/em> fear mongering that imagined FBI conspiracies and returned to the undying GOP fantasy of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s evil empire that enabled her to escape prison. Even after hundreds of hours of hearings and testimony by Republican controlled committees, as well as the efforts of Trump&#8217;s own Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQThgHWcg4\">pic.twitter.com\/WQThgHWcg4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1106969569057538048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This avalanche of derp on an otherwise pleasant Saturday morning is further proof of Trump&#8217;s declining psychological state. Never mind that he insists the nation is in the midst of a national emergency due to an invasion at the southern border, that North Korea is ready to nuke us, that the Deep State is plotting a coup, or that white nationalists are murdering innocent churchgoers. These are the things that Trump is spending his time on. And these are the things that all Fox News viewers are being directed to pay special attention to.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s enough to convince you that there really is a national emergency, and that right at this very moment it&#8217;s laying in bed with a sweaty remote in one hand and a Big Mac in the other, trying to get Sean Hannity or Vladimir Putin on the phone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>LATE BREAKING:<\/strong> Trump dusted off his Twitter machine for one more comment that marks a new low, even for him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier \u201cis unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.\u201d Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel. He had far worse \u201cstains\u201d than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1107020360803909632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So now he&#8217;s taking shots at a Senator\/veteran who passed away and can&#8217;t defend himself. And what he&#8217;s upset about is the Steele dossier (much of which has been proven to be accurate), and John McCain&#8217;s principled vote to prevent Trump and the GOP from taking healthcare away from millions of Americans. You really have to try hard to be this disgusting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday and time for another episode of The Donald Trump Weekend Tweetstorm. This is how Trump spends most of his time &#8211; Watching Fox News and posting only the most obsequious videos that mindlessly profess an undying adoration for Dear Leader. This is the behavior of a malignant narcissist who is frightened and dependent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,684,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,939,33,31,1156,1105,401,1247],"class_list":["post-40880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-ed-henry","tag-fox-news","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-jason-chaffetz","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-lou-dobbs","tag-robert-mueller"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-foxnews-scared.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-aDm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45842,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45842","url_meta":{"origin":40880,"position":0},"title":"Fox News Apologizes for &#8216;Mistakenly&#8217; Cropping Trump Out of Epstein Photo","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/6\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The mission of Fox News from its inception has been to unreservedly promote right-wing propaganda and the agenda of the arch-conservative Republican Party. 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