Donald Trump’s attendance at a convention of Black journalists in Chicago is another one of those classic moments, which if you wrote it in a novel, nobody would believe you. It is just too over the top. As you will see, the first words out of the first questioner’s mouth are to thank Trump for an hour of his time. But that’s not good enough evidently, they were supposed to oooh and cooo and make a big deal out of Marmalade Massa. The meltdown started at once.
Trump: I have never been asked a question in such a horrible manner, first question. You don't even say "Hello, how are you." Are you with ABC? Because I think they are a fake news network, a terrible network pic.twitter.com/K8qnUnYKUf
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2024
You see what I mean? Trump is a character that can’t be written, because he’s completely unbelievable. Only the Great Screenwriter In The Sky could create somebody like this. Or Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut could have created Trump. And naturally, it got worse.
Trump: I did not know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. Is she Indian or is she Black? pic.twitter.com/DIVy0mQL3I
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2024
And again, he accuses the female interviewer of having a “hostile, nasty tone.” This contretemps proves up one thing conclusively: Trump can’t interact with normal people or any kind of a give and take situation. He is geared up to perform, be the headliner, the star, have his ass kissed non stop, and that’s it. He cannot do a simple question and answer, which is all that this is.
Even Faulkner seems stunned as she says “oh my goodness” after Trump continues to attack Rachel Scott pic.twitter.com/pXb7HlZzFy
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2024
Yikes this is a disaster
Scott: My question is about those rioters who assaulted those officers. Will you pardon them?
Trump: Absolutely. I would pic.twitter.com/WFn7eTVHOL
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2024
Now this next one is my favorite, so far, because Trump just keeps pushing the idiotic talking point. I think one of the reasons he does so, is because he’s so used to the MAGA cheers when he hits the punch line about “abortion after birth” which is homicide. But here, he doesn’t get the cheers. Here he gets the truth, which is that what he’s raving about is illegal. And that leads us to the central conflict about why this man is on the GOP ticket, or any ticket, when he’s a raving lunatic who talks about things that don’t exist. Yet, we are told that before Joe Biden stepped down a mere ten days ago, that he was on a glide path to return to the White House.
Trump: I think they are radical on abortion because they are allowing abortion in the ninth month. They are allowing the death of a baby after the baby is born.
Sir, that is illegal in every state. Illegal in every state in the country. pic.twitter.com/uiBXIyuIUd
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2024
Wow Trump attacks Rachel Scott as she tries to get him to stop rambling pic.twitter.com/xCFkRSJ9w2
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2024
Now this is comical for a couple of reasons: First, Trump was late. He showed up late because he always does. He’s the star and the show begins when he arrives, doncha know? Then there may have been some delay with some technical issue but I doubt that that was as long as the time Trump made the journalists wait. This was posted before the event began.
I’m sure people at this don’t mind waiting on Trump for an hour. The rally cultists don’t mind so this is his standard way of doing things because he has zero care or consideration for anyone’s time or schedule other than his own. Everyone needs to wait for King Donald. https://t.co/TWE6prPNP2
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 31, 2024
When you invite a clown, expect him to turn your event into a circus. pic.twitter.com/BKpYkHnqkF
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 31, 2024
"What he's saying is the family experience is a very important thing" — Trump on JD Vance's "childless cat lady" comments pic.twitter.com/wZ3qMbhOzP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2024
Now maybe this last clip is good news for J.D. Trump says the VP “makes no difference” in terms of votes. Hoe kay.
Trump doesn't answer a question about if JD Vance will be "ready on day one"
"The vice president in terms of the election doesn't have any impact," Trump says.
Not exactly a ringing endorsement! pic.twitter.com/eYnzrK0TaE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2024
So we can infer that Trump sees J.D. as a PR man, and basically that’s what Junior sold J.D. as. Maybe that’s right. Or, maybe if Trump had chosen Doug Burgum, more of a sedate Republican “out of Central Casting” as Trump put it, or a woman, he might not appear so insane. Clearly, Trump decided that it was okay to appear insane and sell MAGA all the way.
Another day, another disaster. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what you get when Trump is in front of a normal crowd. Remember the disaster at the Libertarian Convention? Today was more of that. The answer is clear: keep Trump away from any crowds of non-MAGAs, because he will flat flat on his face every single time.






















Still laughing at Trump.. he’s such a fool and he really doesn’t understand that EVERYONE was laughing AT HIM not with him.
Her nasty, rude statement was merely repeating his own words back to him. The nerve of her!/s
Well, they didn’t go easy on him as some feared they might. They weren’t as tough as they could have been either. I watched a half-hour or so before tending to some other stuff. I have to admit wondering a couple of times about the internal battle going inside Trump. Wanting to get up and walk out or sit there and try to get the better of the panel. Maybe he thought he was winning. Or maybe his instincts told him the takeaway would be as he ran away from three black women. Or maybe he figured he might wind up with no choice but to debate Harris and a Wed. afternoon gig like this would be a form of debate practice – trying out lines on black women with fairly predictable questions to go back later (or have his staff do so) and see what might play well with a national prime-time audience.
However, if he thought he’d quickly get the upper hand and lay waste to these women, these BLACK women then he was mightily pissed they didn’t apologize to him right there. There were certainly plenty of signs he was pissed. If that’s the case I hope the person(s) person back at campaign headquarters had enough survival instinct to quickly pack up their desk of their personal stuff and get the hell out of there. Call their spouse (if they have one) and tell them to meet up at the nearest U.S. Marshall’s office where they’d ask for some kind of asylum and entry into the Witness Protection Program!
There’s a story reported that the main reason for the late start was the Trump team’s insistence that there be NO real-time fact checking, or else they’d cancel the appearance. IMHO, the NABJ did a major public service by letting the Velveeta Felon show off his 73 IQ.