Inauguration Day - My public thoughts

[Belsnickel]

(01-24-2017, 03:50 PM)Benton Wrote: Agreed. Which is why I can't figure out why the POTUS won't let it go.

POTUS: My inauguration was huge!
Media: No, it wasn't that big.
POTUS: LIARS! Alternative facts!
Media: Ok, great, let's talk about the trade deal with Asia. U.S. ag producers are freaking out because food is one of our major exports. What do —
POTUS: Wait, wait, wait. Let's talk about my inauguration. Say it was huge. Say it.
Media: — you plan to do —
POTUS: Say it.
Media: — to ease concerns for farmers —
POTUS: Huge.
Media: — worried about the —
POTUS: Say it. H-U-G-E.
Media: — drop in exports?
POTUS: Clearly, I can't work with you.

That is what gets me. The size of the inauguration crowd is silly to focus on, and we would not be talking about it today had Trump not sent Spicer out to the podium to lie to the press pool about it. Then, on Sunday, when the discussion from the media (that I saw at least) was about "why would you send Spicer out to lie over something so trivial as crowd size?" we got Conway retorting with "why are you talking about crowd size!? That's not important!" Well, no, it isn't, which is why we want to know why you would risk the credibility of the Press Secretary for the White House on something so stupid and, I'll use Chuck Todd's word for it, ridiculous.

This has been the most asinine thing. Like the MLK bust controversy. There was a mistake made. It was corrected immediately after being discovered and apologies were made, and accepted, on social media over it. But the story over the trivial continues because the administration enjoys trying to paint this narrative that the media is out to get them.