Sure, Trump's speech wasn't ad lib gibberish about his vote totals and inauguration attendance—he fucking read from a teleprompter. And what he read was dystopic immigrant-scapegoating.
Posted without comment pic.twitter.com/b0uoZ37nJ2— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) March 1, 2017
He reads calmly, from teleprompter...
And the pundits go WILD! pic.twitter.com/Z2iMGUkGu0— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 1, 2017
If Charles Manson gave one interview where he didn't roll his eyes and stick out his tongue would pundits declare a big, meaningful reset?— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 1, 2017
The usual applies.
The lack of diversity in the american media is really obvious today— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) March 1, 2017
Yup. And how Trump is covered—how Trump's voters are covered—says a lot about who American media feels accountable to. https://t.co/5gEwIz40Jh— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) March 1, 2017
Mere hours earlier, he had publicly trashed military brass, blaming them for the disaster he had authorized—to show Obama just who "knows more than the generals". With pundits like these, it works.
donald trump just learned that the way to get TV guys to like him is to get troops killed, wonder what he'll do next https://t.co/ux3b5OnZyP— slackbot (@pareene) March 1, 2017
Grieving widow as the perfect prop.
Welp, at least Trump isn't still abusing power to take advantage of vulnerable women, right?— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 1, 2017
Yes,
Even the Trump White House is surprised how vapid and gullible DC pundits can be. https://t.co/ymiauaskfi— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 1, 2017
In other words,
Abusive Stepdad in Good Mood Last Night; Household Cautiously Optimistic. "Maybe we can be a happy family," Says One of the Battered— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 1, 2017
Theater criticism of a performance perfectly calibrated to this crowd's tastes. That, and relief that things are now "normal"... Since it won't affect them, content of the speech is of no importance.
VOICE... For when it might not play, leaving the concept in the original German.
In 1930s, German prosecutors required to notify Justice Ministry of all Jewish crimes so they could be publicized https://t.co/4ePe0fKeyK— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) March 1, 2017
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