{"id":45137,"date":"2020-05-04T15:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45137"},"modified":"2020-05-04T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:19:22","slug":"journalists-beware-trump-admits-that-he-will-use-and-then-dump-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45137","title":{"rendered":"JOURNALISTS BEWARE: Trump Admits that He Will &#8216;Use&#8217; and then &#8216;Dump&#8217; You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In seems implausible that anyone who has paid attention for the last three years could be surprised to discover that Donald Trump is a man utterly without honor. He behaves like a colicky infant, bragging undeservedly, insulting his perceived enemies, and lying about all things great and small.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-snake-tongue.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Snake Tongue\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45139\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3511137642234339\" 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>When this array of acute personality flaws are present in one demented and egocentric man-baby, the result can be catastrophic. And sadly, that&#8217;s precisely what we are suffering through now as Trump&#8217;s negligent and incompetent mishandling of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has cost tens of thousands of American lives. The dire situation is actually getting worse according to the Trump regime&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/1257386695613452291\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">own internal estimates<\/a><\/strong> that now predict the number of deaths could nearly double to 3,000 per day by June.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these grim facts, Trump continues to flagrantly lie about the tragedies on the near horizon. He&#8217;s pushing to <em>&#8220;reopen&#8221;<\/em> the country to allow more businesses to operate in ways that will surely contribute to spreading the virus and increasing the death toll. And he persists with his propaganda and happy-talk in order to persuade his glassy-eyed cult followers that the worst is over and that those who still advocate caution are just trying to hurt him. In the end, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45125\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">all Trump really cares about is Trump<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning Trump revealed just how afraid he is of his rapidly floundering approval, as well as his declining prospects for reelection. He tweeted one of the most repugnant and desperate comments that&#8217;s ever slithered through his Twittery fingers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cConcast\u201d should open up a long overdue Florida Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough. I know him and Crazy Mika well, used them beautifully in the last Election, dumped them nicely, and will state on the record that he is \u201cnuts\u201d. Besides, bad ratings! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OPENJOECOLDCASE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OPENJOECOLDCASE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1257258214615367680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The sleazy reference that Trump is alluding to here concerns the death of an intern, Lori Klausutis, who worked in then-congressman Joe Scarborough&#8217;s office. Her death was attributed to a heart problem and the autopsy found that there was no evidence whatsoever of foul play. So Trump is reanimating this grotesque conspiracy theory in order to attack Scarborough who is now hosting a program on MSNBC. True to form, Trump resorts to childish insults, calling Scarborough <em>&#8220;psycho&#8221;<\/em> and his wife\/cohost, Mika Brzezinski, <em>&#8220;crazy.&#8221;<\/em> Which are ironic choices for someone as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36318\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mentally unstable as Trump<\/a><\/strong>, and who exhibits many of the symptoms of malignant narcissism and acute dementia. He also displays his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44770\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">perverse fetish with ratings<\/a><\/strong>, despite lying about about <em>Morning Joe<\/em> whose ratings are pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>However, in addition to Trump&#8217;s nauseating rehashing of a two decade old intern conspiracy, Trump is also making an interesting confession in this tweet. He says of Scarborough and Brzezinski that he <em>&#8220;used them beautifully in the last Election&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;dumped them nicely.&#8221;<\/em> That&#8217;s an unambiguous admission of his intentional exploitation of journalists to achieve his nefarious ends.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a warning to all journalists that they should never trust Trump. Like all sociopaths, he is only in this for whatever benefit he can derive for himself. And he will roll over anyone who he regards as an obstacle. Even to the extent of slandering them with vicious lies. So the press better recognize that obsessive behavior and protect themselves from it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cannot be trusted and he must not be tolerated. In his own words he admits that it&#8217;s his intention to destroy the credibility of the press. As he told Lesley Stahl when she asked why he attacks the media, <em>\u201cYou know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all, and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.&#8221;<\/em> What more do you need to know?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. Lesley Stahl, speaking at the Deadline Club Awards, says she once asked Trump why he continues to relentlessly attack the press. <\/p>\n<p>His answer: \u201cI do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVvDTD0Pm9\">pic.twitter.com\/YVvDTD0Pm9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RVAwonk\/status\/999008608938614784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In seems implausible that anyone who has paid attention for the last three years could be surprised to discover that Donald Trump is a man utterly without honor. He behaves like a colicky infant, bragging undeservedly, insulting his perceived enemies, and lying about all things great and small. When this array of acute personality flaws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45139,"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":[1,1200,16],"tags":[554,599,95,1226,22],"class_list":["post-45137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-joe-scarborough","tag-media","tag-mika-brzezinski","tag-msnbc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-snake-tongue.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bK1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32075,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32075","url_meta":{"origin":45137,"position":0},"title":"Donald Trump Horribly Botched His VP Announcment &#8211; And Wants To Do The Same To America","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/16\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump's pathetic rollout for his vice-president nominee, Mike Pence, could not have gone worse. 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