{"id":55898,"date":"2023-01-01T12:46:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T20:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55898"},"modified":"2023-01-01T12:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T20:46:30","slug":"lol-trump-starts-2023-with-a-new-years-eve-press-conference-at-mar-a-lago-but-nobody-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55898","title":{"rendered":"LOL: Trump Starts 2023 with a New Year&#8217;s Eve Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago but Nobody Came"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we say goodbye to 2022, we can look back at a year with some notable victories, as well as some difficult hardships. While COVID is still with us, it has receded from being the oppressive plague that shrouded humankind in fear and mourning. And while Vladimir Putin continues his assault, Ukraine has valiantly defended itself against the Russian aggressors. And while inflation has lessened the dollar&#8217;s value, job creation and wages have increased by record amounts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=LOL: Trump Starts 2023 with a New Year's Eve Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago but Nobody Came%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55898\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-fireworks-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same dichotomies were present last year politically. While Republicans secured a majority (barely) in the House of Representatives, Democrats gained a seat in the Senate, made significant inroads in state legislatures, and thwarted the predicted <em>&#8220;red wave.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, if New Year&#8217;s Eve at Mar-a-Lago is any indication, we can look forward to a year of more failure for Donald Trump and his worshipful GOP cult followers. According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/trump-invited-press-media-availability-135849904.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a><\/strong> from the snooty soiree, Trump had invited the press to attend an end-of-year avail at his resort\/home. However, in a prelude to what 2023 holds for him, not a single representative from a reputable news organization showed up. Even Trump-fluffing outlets like Newsmax and Fox News declined his invitation.<\/p>\n<p>The media that refused to waste their New Year&#8217;s Eve on another Trump propaganda spew didn&#8217;t miss very much. He spoke for fewer than five minutes, and dodged pertinent questions about abortion and his prospective GOP primary opponent, Ron DeSantis <em>(video below)<\/em>. He did, however, manage to squeeze out a response to a blatantly biased inquiry into his lies about the FBI and Department of Justice persecuting him. The question came from a <em>&#8220;correspondent&#8221;<\/em> from Steve Bannon&#8217;s <em>&#8220;War Room&#8221;<\/em>, vlog, Jayne Zirkle, who asked&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Zirkle:<\/strong> Mr. President, the DoJ and the FBI have weaponized against you. Will you commit to going after them in your second term?<br \/>\n<strong>Trump:<\/strong> I think it&#8217;s disgraceful what&#8217;s happened with the FBI and the weaponization of justice. There&#8217;s never been anything like this, and it is disgraceful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55821\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is Trump\u2019s Rabid Rant Accusing the FBI of \u2018Changing the Election Results\u2019 Proof He\u2019s Nuts?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump also replied to a question about how his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is going. He said simply that it is going <em>&#8220;very well.&#8221;<\/em> Which is puzzling considering that he hasn&#8217;t had any campaign events, or even left his Mar-a-Lago bunker, since he announced his candidacy a month and a half ago.<\/p>\n<p>The snub that Trump received from the press isn&#8217;t likely to soothe his fierce animosity toward the media and the Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment mandating that they operate freely. He has already dubbed them <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people,&#8221;<\/em> and just yesterday posted a rant on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55572\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his floundering Twitter ripoff, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>, expressing his hatred for the press and his desire to see these American businesses and workers suffer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55893\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s 2023 New Year\u2019s Wish: Hopefully American Newspapers Will Go Out of Business<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump also celebrated the lower ratings that television news have received this year, although he clearly has no idea why that is. And in the same post he lashed out at Fox News, who he said is struggling because <em>&#8220;they never say &#8216;Trump&#8217; or TRUTH, never talk about the Rigged Presidential Election, and is a Fake Polling Network.&#8221;<\/em> Yeah, that&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>The wrath that Trump is directing at Fox News now may be because he just heard that his favorite Fox flunky, Sean Hannity, told the House Select Committee investing the January 6th insurrection, with regard to the 2020 election being <em>&#8220;rigged and stolen,&#8221;<\/em> that <em>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55803\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I did not believe it for one second<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> That&#8217;s gotta hurt.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, Trump delivered his wishes for the nation on this holiday <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109611314478969621\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saying<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of the Radical Left Democrats, Marxist Lunatics, China loving Coco Chow and her Obedient Husband, Mitch, and Clueless RINOS, who are working so hard to DESTROY our once great Country.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Such uplifting, heartwarming, and positive thoughts for America&#8217;s future from the twice-impeached, former reality TV game show host, and soon-to-be criminal defendant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:blue;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Twitter suspended the News Corpse account after 11 years without giving a reason. So if anyone wants to tweet <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">articles from my website<\/a><\/strong>, please feel free to do so often and repeatedly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump takes a few questions tonight heading into his New Year\u2019s Eve party. First question is about Desantis, which he seems to duck. At the end he says something about the border of Russia and Ukraine which makes no sense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SE4er36PhV\">pic.twitter.com\/SE4er36PhV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1609392254661324800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we say goodbye to 2022, we can look back at a year with some notable victories, as well as some difficult hardships. While COVID is still with us, it has receded from being the oppressive plague that shrouded humankind in fear and mourning. And while Vladimir Putin continues his assault, Ukraine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[14,1,1200,16],"tags":[554,33,95],"class_list":["post-55898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-press","category-general","category-politics","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-exA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33592,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33592","url_meta":{"origin":55898,"position":0},"title":"SRSLY? 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