it s not part of the trump brand. just in the last week sore so, we saw him talk about congressman schiff on twitter and misspell his name which was deliberate and not a typo beep saw him attack a number of reporters by name including three african-american women reporters that he accused of being stupid or asking a racist question. this is part of his brand and something that some of his supporters really like about him. that he is impolite. that he is on the attack. that he calls ted cruz lyin ted and so on and breaks the norms of the office. it s harder for him to assert with a straight face and insist reporters act with decorum when it s the furthest thing he does. when you are small, and when you are not even close to as smart as your predecessor or really any president that came before you, you distort the power structure. so by acting like an animal in those press briefings, by as you just said, assaulting verbally the reporters in the room, exercising their first amendment
when engaging with reporters. but that s another story. in fact, some of the president s closest friends will not argue with a straight face that he ever acts with any decorum. this is not his thing. it s not part of the trump brand. just in the last week sore so, we saw him talk about congressman schiff on twitter and misspell his name which was deliberate and not a typo beep saw him attack a number of reporters by name including three african-american women reporters that he accused of being stupid or asking a racist question. this is part of his brand and something that some of his supporters really like about him. that he is impolite. that he is on the attack. that he calls ted cruz lyin ted and so on and breaks the norms of the office poopts harder for him to assert with a straight face and insist reporters act with di corecorum when it s the furthest thing he does. when you are small, and when you are not even close to as smart as your predecessor or
with you. race became a major thing in the midterms. called andrew gillem a thief without any explanation. democratic candidate stacey abrams was unqualified and defendanted cindy hyde-smith who we were just talking about her public hanging comment calling her a spectacular woman. she is a spectacular woman and a spectacular long record of being on the wrong side of race issues in mississippi. trump singled out three african-american journalists. he accused abby philip of asking a stupid question. he said you ask a lot of stupid questions. asked a racist question and he called american urban radio networks april s april ryan n. raising doubt about his ability
you never do. you are a rude, terrible person. you re creating violence by your questions. that s such a racist question. that is this president s idea of decorum. be clear about this. the current state of play is that we in the media make sure not to stoop to the level of the president of the united states when it comes to decorum. how sad is that? but here s the proof. you ve never seen anyone in that briefing room ever address the president in any way like the way that he routinely addresses them. there s an old expression. news is what the powerful don t want to talk about. everything else is advertising. we saw today that our laws protect our right to speak truth to power, to ask what they don t want, and not to just let the powerful, even the president, spew what is, in effect, advertising. trump has rallies for that. for everyone else, let freedom reign and let the questions fly.
in the press room are the people who are preventing me from reaching the agenda that you elected me for. this is round one, you re right, don. i think this is far from over. okay. max. president trump now vowing to create rules and regulations. sarah sanders as well for the white house, the way that they can act. calling for decorum. i want you to take a look at some of these moments of decorum from the white house, okay? we might not have expected to have a crazy mother [ bleep ] like kanye west run up and support, but best believe we are going to make america great. on the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. now people are also saying did. i don t know why you say that. that s such a racist question. mr. president, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn t be working for cnn. you want them to rein in robert mueller?