{"id":43949,"date":"2020-02-02T11:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T19:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43949"},"modified":"2024-02-05T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T21:27:26","slug":"trumps-jealousy-of-bloomberg-kicks-off-hannitys-super-bowl-suck-up-on-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43949","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Jealousy of Bloomberg Kicks Off Hannity&#8217;s Super Bowl Suck-Up on Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Super Bowl Sunday and Fox News has decided to turn the traditional presidential interview into a Trump-fluffing pageant of propaganda. While Fox likes to pretend that it&#8217;s a credible news organization, they can&#8217;t help taking every opportunity to prove that that&#8217;s a lie. So rather than assign the interview of Donald Trump to one of their alleged <em>&#8220;journalists&#8221;<\/em> (Chris Wallace, Bret Baier), they hand it to the Pope of the Cult of Trump, Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-hannity-mini-e1549743865260.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump Sean Hannity\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36212\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3287117557969683\" 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>Hannity long ago abandoned any pretense of impartiality. He has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39648\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">appeared on stage with Trump at his rallies<\/a><\/strong>. He has turned his program into the media campaign headquarters for Trump&#8217;s reelection. And he has launched untold smear campaigns against anyone who dared to criticize Trump or tell the truth about him. Hannity&#8217;s show is a fountainhead of conspiracy theories and lies in the service of Dear Leader.<\/p>\n<p>So as a teaser to the Super Bowl Sunday Trump interview on Fox News, Hannity released a brief clip to entice potential viewers. Generally the goal of these promos is to offer up something compelling that would make people anxious to tune in. And here is what Fox News and Hannity decided was just the sort of soundbite that would drag in a big audience. Hannity asked Trump what he thought of Mike Bloomberg. And Trump replied&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI just think of &#8216;little.&#8217; Now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. Okay, it&#8217;s okay, there&#8217;s nothing wrong. You could be short. Why should he get a box to stand on, OK? He wants a box for the debates. Why should he be entitled to that? Really? Does that mean everyone else gets a box?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first clip from Sean Hannity&#39;s big interview with the president features POTUS talking about Michael Bloomberg&#39;s height. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iRdX3fFUTg\">pic.twitter.com\/iRdX3fFUTg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1223973472554176514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>WOW! Now that&#8217;s powerful television. The president of the United States of America blasts one of his potential electoral rivals as being <em>&#8220;short.&#8221;<\/em> And that&#8217;s the only thing that Trump thinks of when asked about Bloomberg. Naturally, Trump doesn&#8217;t think about the fact that Bloomberg, unlike Trump, is an actual billionaire with an estimated net worth of $54 billion. And Trump isn&#8217;t thinking about Bloomberg&#8217;s promise to spend a billion of that to defeat Trump &#8211; even if he isn&#8217;t the Democratic nominee. The only thought that flitters around in his empty skull is how he can attach infantile nicknames to a man he is painfully jealous of. As for Bloomberg, he responded with a stinging tweet that refuted Trump&#8217;s box blather, for which there is no evidence whatsoever:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bloomberg spox <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliewood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@juliewood<\/a> responds to Trump:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The president is lying. He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Burns (@alexanderburns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexanderburns\/status\/1224000891008815107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re keeping score:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Trump:<\/strong> Mini Mike is short.<br \/>\n<strong>Bloomberg:<\/strong> Trump is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump spent the night before this interview road-testing his childishness. He posted a tweet <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1223836174294441984\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that whined<\/a><\/strong> <em>&#8220;Mini Mike is part of the Fake News. They are all working together.&#8221;<\/em> This reflects Trump&#8217;s crippling paranoia of an all-encompassing cabal that is determined to destroy him. Another tweet <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1223837731056427009\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">asserted that Bloomberg<\/a><\/strong> <em>&#8220;is getting the DNC to rig the election against Crazy Bernie.&#8221;<\/em> Here Trump manages to fire preadolescent taunts at two rivals at once. All the while pretending to care about the fairness of the Democratic primaries. And Trump&#8217;s final <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1223839756234215424\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">midnight tweet<\/a><\/strong> raged about the fake box controversy and the imaginary battle <em>&#8220;to have the right to stand on boxes.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the clip above is what Fox News considers to be the most riveting segment from the Trump\/Hannity drool-fest, it&#8217;s safe to say that there won&#8217;t be anything remotely newsworthy coming out of it. Well, other than further evidence that Hannity is a devoted StormTrumper and Fox News doesn&#8217;t give a damn about having any journalistic integrity. But we already knew that. So there really isn&#8217;t any reason at all to watch this puerile charade. And low ratings for his Super Bowl butt-kissing with his harlot Hannity would be like needles stabbed into his eyes. So feel free to change the channel, America. Or you could spend that eight minutes whipping another bowl of guacamole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> The interview was even worse than expected. Hannity was a flaming suck-up. And Trump led off with whining about impeachment. Then he just rattled off his petty hatred for Democrats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biden: He&#8217;s Sleepy Joe<\/li>\n<li>Sanders: I think he&#8217;s a communist.<\/li>\n<li>Warren: I call her Fairy Tale.<\/li>\n<li>Clinton: I think of emails.<\/li>\n<li>Pelosi: I think she&#8217;s a very confused, very nervous woman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is just further proof that Trump is a low functioning dotard who can&#8217;t form a coherent thought or substantive opinion on anything. He just blurts out lame slogans and talking points that might have been written by a temperamental child. And Hannity succeeded in producing a total waste of time, fumbling whatever opportunity he had to be relevant.<\/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><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjrqd7xt2Xk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Super Bowl Sunday and Fox News has decided to turn the traditional presidential interview into a Trump-fluffing pageant of propaganda. While Fox likes to pretend that it&#8217;s a credible news organization, they can&#8217;t help taking every opportunity to prove that that&#8217;s a lie. So rather than assign the interview of Donald Trump to one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36212,"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":[152,1,684,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,1140,33,1056,129,1513],"class_list":["post-43949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-fox-news","tag-michael-bloomberg","tag-sean-hannity","tag-super-bowl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-hannity-mini-e1549743865260.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bqR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59958,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=59958","url_meta":{"origin":43949,"position":0},"title":"Trump Blames Dementia for Why Biden is Skipping the Super Bowl Interview, Which Trump Also Did","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/5\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This coming Sunday the nation will be glued to their television sets for the 2024 Super Bowl, featuring the Grammy \"Album of the Year Winner,\" Taylor Swift. 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