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By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 12:20
You know you have backed a monster Laugh
By:
Ibrahima Sonko
When: 18 Feb 17 12:22
didnt realise mememe or the leopard were american Plain
By:
anxious
When: 18 Feb 17 12:23
Mememe I did see newsnight , I think Davies was more  shocked at the complete rubbish that came out of gorkes mouth, as regards Trump he isn't a conservative he is a populist
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 12:27
Ibrahima Sonko
18 Feb 17 12:22
Joined: 03 Jun 07
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didnt realise mememe or the leopard were american Plain

Where did I claim to be American?
By:
Ibrahima Sonko
When: 18 Feb 17 12:27
do you mean Gorka ?
By:
Ibrahima Sonko
When: 18 Feb 17 12:27
it was tongue in cheek mememe Love
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 12:39
Ibra ... forgiven if you voted Brexit.Love

If not you'll be on my list!Devil
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 12:41
Trump is not even a populist.....he is a ***ist
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/28/donald-trump-lawyer-threatens-reporter
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 12:44
Anxious
18 Feb 17 12:23
Joined: 14 May 15
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Mememe I did see newsnight , I think Davies was more  shocked at the complete rubbish that came out of gorkes mouth, as regards Trump he isn't a conservative he is a populist


If you believe that, I wonder about you.  If it's true, then why didn't the BBC website show it on the clip they had of the interview?  They would use anything to show Trump or his entourage in a bad light - have been doing it for months.
No, what it showed was Evan Davies as a stammering, incoherent lackey, that what it showed.
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 12:56
Just watching it again now....I always record it
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 13:00
Record it????
what with them big claws?
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 13:29
Guardian :

Davis did well.....Gorka avoiding answering any awkward questions.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/17/a-fabulous-press-conference-who-are-trumps-british-cheerleaders


It was an extraordinary performance from British-born Gorka, who was a little-known figure in the UK until he was catapulted from the post of national security editor at rightwing website Breitbart News into the heart of Trump’s national security team.




Today he is the highest profile member of a band of British cheerleaders popping up on TV screens and in Twitter feeds either championing, or sympathising, with the new US president over his media blues.


They include former Ukip leader Nigel Farage and Bristol-based multi-millionaire Ukip donor Arron Banks, and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan, who have all voiced their concerns over the treatment of Trump by the mainstream media.

Gorka, who is in his 40s, was born in London to Hungarian parents who had fled during the country’s 1956 failed anti-Soviet revolution. His wearing of his father’s medal by the Hungarian group Vitezi Rend – or Order of Heroes – at the inaugural ball for the president raised eyebrows, as the group, which was anti-Soviet, has been linked by some to Nazi colluders.

Gorka told Breitbart News he wore it in memory of his father who had been tortured and imprisoned by Hungarian communists in the late 1940s, and was awarded the medal in 1979. It reminded him of “what they suffered under the Nazis and under the communists”.

Gorka moved to the US nine years ago, becoming a citizen in 2012, having attended St Benedicts school, Ealing and the University of London before graduating from Budapest and studying for a PhD in political science. He worked in the ministry of defence for the Hungarian government, then later specialised in transatlantic security and counter terrorism, and worked for the Rand Corp Washington thinktank before lecturing at military colleges.

He and his US wife, Katharine, have collaborated on research on the Islamic terrorist threat, becoming well known in far-right circles. He said at a talk in Florida that their “pillow talk” was of Islamic State and al-Qaeda, according to Politico. She was part of the Trump transition team for Department of Homeland Security.

In November Gorka was cleared of a weapons charge after attempting to board a flight at Reagan National airport in January with a 9mm handgun in his luggage.

At Breitbart News he worked for Steve Bannon, who is now Trump’s chief strategist. As deputy assistant, Gorka reports to him.

Gorka, who told Newsnight, “I’ve never worked at this rarefied, strategic level before”, described Trump’s press conference performance as “fabulous” and said it showcased “the old Donald Trump from the campaign”. He accused the media of “agenda-driven distortion”.

Others in Britain have signalled their sympathy with Trump over the media.

Morgan, the former tabloid journalist and editor, and now a TV presenter and columnist, has defended his friendship with Trump, whom he met on the reality show Celebrity Apprentice, though admitted his politics would not have allowed him to vote for him. He took to the airways to denounce the mainstream media for fuelling “hysterical” attacks on Trump.

“There is an absolutely frenzied and concerted attempt to delegitimise, sabotage and destroy the Trump presidency before it’s even started,” he told US cable channel Fox News earlier this week.

“I think that is un-American,” he added. Coverage, driven by the New York Times, said Morgan, was “nakedly partisan” and bordering on an “often nakedly abusive treatment of a new president”.

Farage, who helped campaign for Trump and defended his “grab them by the ****” remarks as mere “alpha male boasting”, said on his LBC radio show that “much of the liberal media establishment were losing the trust of the public”, pointing to a poll showing Trump’s approval rating hitting 55%. “He’s doing what the American people elected him to do,” he tweeted.

Banks, who ran the Leave.EU group and famously met Trump with Farage days after the election, when the Brexiters were photographed in front of Trump Tower’s gold elevator, took swipes at the media and at the BBC on Twitter.

On Trump’s approval ratings, he wrote: “That’s because he’s doing stuff – you know, following through on campaign promises. Shocking behaviour.”

In another tweet, he had a dig at BBC presenter Jon Sopel’s press conference retort to Trump that the BBC was “impartial, free and fair’’.

“As long as the BBC is funded by the public, it’s not free, and certainly not fair and balanced when it comes to Trump,” Banks tweeted.

He later retweeted, from Andy Wigmore, former Leave.EU communications director: “Has to be one of the best press conferences ever – loved seeing the liberal media implode with shock and anger, worth every second lol.”
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 13:31

Feb 18, 2017 -- 7:00AM, mememe wrote:


Record it????what with them big claws?


I can shape shift..... No worries Cool

By:
morpteh mackem
When: 18 Feb 17 13:36
gorka- modern day lord haw haw.
By:
xmoneyx
When: 18 Feb 17 14:13
Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump  21m
21 minutes ago

Will be having many meetings this weekend at The Southern White House.



The Southern White House" is Trump's private members club in Florida.Excited
By:
Facts
When: 18 Feb 17 14:35
rommel    18 Feb 17 11:23 
trump thinks he's clever,why?cos he keeps telling himself(and the world)he is,he cant silence the judges,he cant wipe out the multi-layered intelligence branches,he cant silence the press,-and much as he tries he's not going to just diminish cnn nbc bbc etc by just saying fake news all the time,its just hot air and will fade as fashions do.He lies thats what he does and all his underlings will lie too and back up his lies,its unravelling by the hour



Spot on.
By:
stickyvicky
When: 18 Feb 17 14:43
Boeing working staff all chanting  U S A... U S A... for 10 minutes for Trumps arrival speech at their Plant.
Yeah it's all unravelling all around him. Crazy
By:
A_T
When: 18 Feb 17 14:52
the press won't let up on Trump. eventually there will be one lie too many...
By:
Facts
When: 18 Feb 17 14:56
Boing staff cheering !!

Perhaps they missed his tweet

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-airplane-idUSKBN13V1S5
By:
stickyvicky
When: 18 Feb 17 15:02
Old news, Trump cancelled a crazy over run price on a new Airforce One that Obama agreed to.
Price for one aeroplane running to over $1 billion dollars. Trump called that out and cancelled the order.
"Buy American and hire Americans" I think thats why they were cheering.
By:
lfc1971
When: 18 Feb 17 15:06
US aerospace workers have lost thousands of jobs to overseas, from boeing to learjet that`s going to stop and that`s why these workers cheer Trump.
By:
lfc1971
When: 18 Feb 17 15:10
Learjet has factories in Mexico, bring them back to Wichita
By:
lfc1971
When: 18 Feb 17 15:11
Learjet has factories in Britain, bring those jobs back to America
By:
anxious
When: 18 Feb 17 15:25
It will all end in tears for Donny , even Benito Mussolini got the trains to run on time
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 15:27
Trumpy's just copying Gordon Brown's "British Jobs For British Workers" mantra.

What's wrong with that Facts, Anxious?

Thought you'd love the sentiment.

Or am I misunderstanding?
By:
pumphol.
When: 18 Feb 17 16:20
A_T    18 Feb 17 14:52 
the press won't let up on Trump. eventually there will be one lie too many...


Totally agree, after another couple of hundred then  the press will eventually get fed up
By:
not allowed to bet
When: 18 Feb 17 16:26
relying on the guardian to back your argument up - well we know how good and unbiased that rag is!!
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 16:56
^ Time for your medication
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 16:57

Feb 18, 2017 -- 10:20AM, pumphol. wrote:


A_T    18 Feb 17 14:52  the press won't let up on Trump. eventually there will be one lie too many...Totally agree, after another couple of hundred then  the press will eventually get fed up


These people are right-wing fascists, you know what they did in Germany, Why are you backing them?

By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 16:57
^ you have a Jewish connection I believe
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 16:59
They  won't think twice about sacrificing Jared Kushner
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 17:03
Leppie,

not everybody who supports Trump is a right-wing fascist.

I admire him for winning the POTUS election against everything thrown at him, even by his fellow republicans.

I'm not a fan of fur coats, but in your case I'll make an exception ... do you have much hair?
By:
pumphol.
When: 18 Feb 17 17:13
Having a Jewish connection has absolutely nothing to do with my comment in reply to another poster ffs !!CrazyCrazy
By:
pumphol.
When: 18 Feb 17 17:15
Where have I said I support Trump ?
Where have I said I agree with what he says ?
What have I said that makes me a fascist sympathizer ?
What has my comment got to do with the Nazis ?
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 17:22
pumphol,

you're dealing with Leppie.

He can only read every other word or so of any posts, what with him only having had a part time education.

That's why most of what he writes makes no sense.

He thinks Blankety Blank is an Open UIniversity Course.
By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 17:29

Feb 18, 2017 -- 11:15AM, pumphol. wrote:


Where have I said I support Trump ?Where have I said I agree with what he says ?What have I said that makes me a fascist sympathizer ?What has my comment got to do with the Nazis ?


You said ,"Totally agree, after another couple of hundred then  the press will eventually get fed up"

Sounds like you're looking forward to the press eventually giving up holding Trump to account, That's why it sounded like you are on his side.

By:
The Leopard
When: 18 Feb 17 17:30

Feb 18, 2017 -- 11:22AM, mememe wrote:


pumphol,you're dealing with Leppie.He can only read every other word or so of any posts, what with him only having had a part time education.That's why most of what he writes makes no sense.He thinks Blankety Blank is an Open UIniversity Course.


UIniversity..... Have another go Laugh

By:
potlis
When: 18 Feb 17 17:37
A_T   

18 Feb 17 14:52 
Joined:  27 Jan 06      | Topic/replies: 7,231  | Blogger: A_T's blog   



the press won't let up on Trump. eventually there will be one lie too many...



According to the BBC there's a possibility of most journalist being attacked/murdered long before then, but media constantly attacking Trump doesn't put him in danger at all.
By:
mememe
When: 18 Feb 17 17:41
Leppie,

You still talking to your computer, sorry using speech to text.

You can get big plastic dolls as well to be your secretary, if that'll help.

Keeps the cost down. Wink

But FFS watch them sharp claws.
By:
pumphol.
When: 18 Feb 17 17:49
For clarification Crazy

If the press take him to task for everything he does then after a while people are just going to get totally fed up with what the press has to say, yes we all know they are out to get him but sticking the knife in for all & sundry will in the long term be counter productive.

I really should't get involved on the Sabbath Mischief
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