>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS GRANTED AN EXCEPTION TO HOST HIS FOX
NEWS TOWN HALL AT THE ICONIC
LINCOLN MEMORIAL OVER THE
WEEKEND
WEEKEND WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. THE MONUMENT, NORMALLY
PROHIBITED FROM HOSTING SUCH
EVENTS, WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR
THE EVENT BY SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR, DAVID BERNHARD, CITING
IT AS AN EXCEPTION, WHILE WE ARE
IN AN EXTRAORDINARY CRISIS.
IN A STATEMENT, BERNHARD WROTE,
GIVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY CRISIS
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED
AND THE NEED FOR THE PRESIDENT
TO EXERCISE A CORE GOVERNMENTAL
FUNCTION TO ADDRESS THE NATION
ABOUT AN ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS, I AM EXERCISING MY
AUTHORITY TO FACILEITATE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
CONDUCT THIS ADDRESS WITHIN THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL. ACCORDING TO THE "NEW YORK
TIMES," LAST TUESDAY, THE WHITE
HOUSE HAD INITIALLY AGREED TO
HOST THE EVENT ON THE STEPS OF
THE MEMORIAL.
THE MEMORIAL. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS
UPDATED TO TAKE PLACE INSIDE.
A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TOLD THE
"TIMES" THE DECISION TO HOST THE
TOWN HALL AT THE MEMORIAL WAS A
JOINT DECISION WITH THE NETWORK,
BUT THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH
THE PLANNING SAID IT WAS
ULTIMATEULT
ULTIMATEULT ULTIMATELY THE WHITE HOUSE’S
DECISION.
DECISION. >> DONNY DEUTSCHE, WHAT A JOKE.
CORE GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.
THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE DONE IT
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, AS HE
HAD DONE SO OFTEN.
I HAVE TO SAY --
>> YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ACTUAL
QUESTIONS, TOO.
QUESTIONS, TOO. >> TO KIDS WHO WANT TO GROW UP
AND, LIKE, BECOME PRESIDENT SO
YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AGENCIES
LYING ABOUT YOU, BREAKING RULES
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU. IF YOU’RE GOING TO DO THAT, YOU
HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
SETTING UP YOUR SHOT.
IF YOU’RE TOO CLOSE TO THE
ACTUAL STATUE, IT MAKES YOU LOOK
SMALL, WEAK, AND PATHETIC, WHICH
IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT LOOKED
LIKE IN THAT SHOT.
ALSO DIDN’T HELP THAT HE SAID HE
HAD BEEN TREATED WORSE.
LOOK AT THAT, BEEN TREATED WORSE
THAN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BUT YOU’D ACTUALLY WANT TO HAVE
THE SHOT TAKE AWAY FURTHER FROM
YOU.
YOU. GOOD LIGHTING ON YOU.
THEN YOU HAVE LINCOLN IN THE
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE. IT’S SORT OF OVER YOUR SHOULDER,
SO YOUR IMAGE IS LARGER THAN
LINCOLN.
LINCOLN. THEY HAD POOR DONALD, DONNY
DEUTSCHE, SQUAT THERE, LOOKING
VERY SHORT AND, OF COURSE, JUST
DOMINATED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
WHICH ACTUALLY IS APPROPRIATE.
HERE WE HAVE, AGAIN, A GUY
FOCUSED ON ATTACKING MEMBERS OF
THE MEDIA, ATTACKING PEOPLE THAT
PUT OUT ADS, ALL IN THE MOST
PERSONAL WAY.
PERSONAL WAY. HE’S ON TWITTER AT 1:00 A.M. AT
NIGHT.
NIGHT. HE’S ON TWITTER ALL WEEKEND.
HE’S NOT WORKING.
HE’S SAYING THAT THE CDC AND
FEMA ARE LYING.
THEY’RE FAKE NEWS.
THIS IS -- I MEAN, WE HAVE
ALWAYS KNOWN THIS GUY’S
WEAKNESSES.
WEAKNESSES. WE’VE TALKED ABOUT IT SINCE HE’S
BEEN PRESIDENT.
BEEN PRESIDENT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HATE TRUMP
ACTUALLY LIE ABOUT US.
BECAUSE, WELL, THEY’VE OBVIOUSLY
LEARNED FROM DONALD TRUMP.
WE WARN PEOPLE.
DONALD TRUMP JUST KEEPS GETTING
WORSE.
WORSE. EVEN FOR YOU, MOCHAE MIKA, WILLI
PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWN DONALD
TRUMP A LONG TIME, HIS BEHAVIOR,
HIS TEMPERAMENT GETS WORSE BY
THE DAY.
THE DAY. HE BECOMES MORE UNMOORED EVERY
DAY.
DAY. >> WHAT A DISPLAY BY A LITTLE
MAN.
MAN. DESPERATELY TRYING TO LOOK
PRESIDENTIAL.
PRESIDENTIAL. BECAUSE HE’S BEEN BEHAVING
ANYTHING BUT.
ANYTHING BUT. YOU WOULD THINK THAT EVERY DAY,
HE GETS TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF
EXPERTS IN A WORLD CRISIS, NO
BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
PRESIDENTIAL.
PRESIDENTIAL. WE SEE THE EMPEROR HAS NO
CLOTHES THERE.
CLOTHES THERE. TO ME, WAS ONE MORE VULGAR
EXPLOITATION, REACHING INTO HIS
BAG OF TRICKS.
IT WAS SO PATHETIC AND, TO ME, I
WANT PEOPLE TO REALLY, REALLY BE
SENSITIZED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT’S
COMING.
COMING. WE SEE A CORNER -- IT IS A
METAPHOR.
METAPHOR. I DON’T WANT TWITTER TO
EXPLODE -- HE IS GOING TO START
TO DO BIZARRE THING.
HE’S NEVER BEEN IN THIS POSITION
IN HIS LIFE, AND HE IS BOXED IN.
HE DOESN’T HAVE A MOVE AT THIS
POINT.
POINT. HE’S -- HE HAS ALREADY MADE HIS
BED.
BED. THAT, TO ME, IS A METAPHOR.
WHAT HE ZIDDID, SITTING IN FRONT
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, LOOKING
LIKE THE SMALL MAN HE IS.
BY THE WAY, SAID HE WAS TREATED
WORSE THAN LINCOLN.
I THINK LINCOLN WAS SHOT, BY THE
WAY.
WAY. WHEN THERE IS NO TRICKERY, NO
SUBSTANCE, WHEN THERE IS NO
STEAK,AL YOU ALL YOU CAN DO IS S
75,000 PEOPLE ARE DYING.
SIZZLE DOESN’T CUT IT.
THIS GUY HAS SIZZLE.
THERE AIN’T NO STEAK THERE.
YOU CAN SIT IN FRONT OF ANY
MONUMENT YOU WANT.