Trump And The Truth

[sp1814]

Trump estimated that the crowds at his inauguration were between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 - in an area that holds a maximum of 720,000.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/president-donald-trump-press-secretary-attacks-media-inauguration-attendance-sean-spicer-a7539776.html

What do you think, looking at the picture in the report?

[sp1814]

AOG

This thread is about Trump and being honest. It's also about his relationship with the press, which has not got off to the best of starts.

It's not really about race, so perhaps it would be best not to divert it?

[anneasquith]

Danny, I think he is more than unstable. Some serious psychiatric disorders presenting themselves,

[Zacs-Master]

Surely by your logic of yesterday AOG, they're be more orange people attending Trump's inauguration?
Where were they all, eh? ;-)

[-Talbot-]

The most important country in the world to me is Britain.


You get this all the time whatever the rally is about. One paper will give a much higher number of supporters or protesters than the next paper depending on what suits their agenda.

the photo by the Independent (AOG's link) was possibly taken before all the crowd had actually turned up.

Yes?

[Zacs-Master]

Sp, I disagree with you that attendance at Obama's inauguration wasn't about race. The first (self proclaimed) black president was bound to attract a lot of black people. I think this is what AOG meant.

[ummmm]

TTT - do you never get bored of trotting out the same nonsense?

This thread isn't about Hilary losing, it's about the turnout and Trump not accepting that more turned out for Obama.

Like I said...his ego can't handle it.

[vortex]

It's easy to miscalculate space. If one had not seen the Tardis before, how many people would you think it would hold? ;-)

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// He's the President of the United States, but seems to have the sensibilities of a sorority princess. ///

You are not down-crying the female of the species in any way are you?

[jno]

who cares? Well, Trump cares, obviously. The White House press secretary said it had been "the largest audience to ever see an inauguration, period". Trump said the media were "among the most dishonest human beings on earth".

Perhaps he's the one who should just get over it?

[anneasquith]

Down crying ?

[sp1814]

-Talbot-

That's what I was thinking too...however, the two photos were taken at exactly the same time.

Both of the photos taken by a pole camera at the top of the Washington Monument were snapped shortly before noon.

[jno]

incidentally, sp1814, I'm impressed to see that Doonesbury saw this coming

http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/

These cartoons are drawn a couple of weeks before publication

[THECORBYLOON]

If fewer back folk attended the Trump inauguration, would that not leave more room for the non-black folk to attend? Maybe they were so white they couldn't be seen against the white covers on the grass?

[ToraToraTora]

ummmm: "TTT - do you never get bored of trotting out the same nonsense? " - do you ever get tired of whining when you lose?

[sp1814]

ZM

That was certainly about race, but this thread isn't.

As AOG will testify - a lot of his threads get sidetracked by people who want to divert the discussion. I'm just trying to keep this one on track myself.

[ummmm]

I haven't lost anything.

[sp1814]

AOG

You are not down-crying the female of the species in any way are you?.

No.

I'm downcrying (no hyphen) sorority princesses.

[Zacs-Master]

No you're right sp, it's about media manipulation. I was just trying to explain what AOG meant. I had to read his thread three times before it clicked.

[cassa333]

Give the little boy a chance people.

How often do little boys, and especially adolescent boys, who don't know how to change troll themselves get into a bit of a muddle while they figure out their place in the world?

Baby Trump is just finding his feet and will hopefully get a bit of a trouncing soon that will help him grow up.

The poor little love has the hide of a butterfly wing But when he realises the school playground is long past him he will have to act like the grown up he should be.

Either that or 'something' will happen to him !!

[sp1814]

TTT

I think you will have to accept that even if someone is elected President or Prime Minister, opposition to that person will not dry up.

We can still criticise politicians - it's what people who are opposed to those politicians can and should do, surely?