Trump's staff seems to be a combination of inexperienced people who have no idea what they're doing and who haven't been brought up in the Washington culture of discretion in talking about these things, and longtimers who wouldn't leak this shit in normal times, but who seem so baffled by everything they're seeing they just have to talk to someone. It's a lack of discipline on one side and loyalty on the other. And I imagine Trump's experience in celebrity culture doesn't help. Probably pushes a general ethos of gathering publicity instead of using discretion.
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Politco: White House rattled by McCarthy's spoof of Spicer
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Trump's staff seems to be a combination of inexperienced people who have no idea what they're doing and who haven't been brought up in the Washington culture of discretion in talking about these things, and longtimers who wouldn't leak this shit in normal times, but who seem so baffled by everything they're seeing they just have to talk to someone. It's a lack of discipline on one side and loyalty on the other. And I imagine Trump's experience in celebrity culture doesn't help. Probably pushes a general ethos of gathering publicity instead of using discretion.
brandywine
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So you just entirely missed the 2008 campaign then.
Agent Gibbs
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Considering Trump just seems to want people who think and act like him SNL should have their next sketch be Baldwin, O'donnel, McCarthy and everyone all playing trump after he found the perfect cabinet by cloning himself, they can all ham it up and even make jokes about how the cloning process allowed him to double the size of his hands (which are still small)
Baldwin's Trump is heading that way, if not exceeding it already, given how much time the White House is paying attention to SNL every single week. You can bet Lorne sees where this is heading both for ratings and for maximum impact. He will continue to stoke that fire.
Polioliolio
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Because he's self righteous and has the memory of a goldfish.
Apparently Conway walked out of a GOP meeting after someone brought up the SNL skit:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/kell...e-gop-meeting-after-they-brought-up-snl-skit/
http://www.mediaite.com/online/kell...e-gop-meeting-after-they-brought-up-snl-skit/
Holy shit who replaced the White House with a salt mine
gutter_trash
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legit shook
KernelPanic
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It's happening
I hope it happens this weekend.
Herr Schwarz
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GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
Trump still wants desperately to be seen as cool in New York.
Thanks to him actually it's getting its best ratings in 20 years
everyday math
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Saw that too. Let's go SNL 🍿🍿🍿
It's happening
Wanda/Wander
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"We can confirm for a fact that her face is in fact still flesh and blood. More Fake News from the mainsteram media."
It's happening
If this happens it's going to be on the level of Tina Fey's Palin or Larry David's Bernie.
It's happening
if SNL doesn't use her she needs to do a funny or die or anything else. it'll go viral.
It's happening
She wants them to know it's coming. Dat swagger.
Alex_Mexico
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Oh shit! Please SNL let it happen!
It's happening
Also, that's photoshop right? Or is it really her in drag/makeup?
The one thing I'm weary about is that Bannon doesn't have a public persona you can imitate and spoof. We know what he thinks but I've never heard him speak before!
We'll see. But I'm in!
All she has to do really is hover behind Trump in a sketch, directing his actions and looking slovenly.
That is fantastic. All of TV needs to go the fuck in on Trump, that's sadly the most effective tactic against the narcissistic fool. All that stupid shit actually get to him. Make a fool of him and watch his ego shatter. Obama showed us the way during that WH correspondence dinner.
it's a photoshop
You mean the one that made him become President? Uh yeah, any more ego shattering and I'm thinking nukes.
This guy is one of the most dangerous motherfucking humans ever to live
LegendofJoe
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Except this will be on an entirely different level given Trump's past with Rosie and how much of a giant ass he is.
everyday math
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Lol snl
Lol snl
NYT and SNL still aren't high enough but this is a start!!
RedAssedApe
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This is too easy. Look at this amateur hour interview Spicer had with Breitbart
https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/829855768434397187
https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/829855768434397187
CreeperBlocks
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It's happening
Gotta make the nose more red for more authenticity. Overall Rosie as Bannon could send Trump over the edge.
Escape Goat
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Maybe even unpresidented.
There was never discretion in washington. Aides and all sorts of other people leak shit and always have. Theres also press constantly developing relationships and nipping at everyones feet for new info
I'm sure Trump plays very well in Manhattan, Mississippi.
Washington is the real life Survivor. Everyone develop connections to farther themselves.
madstarr12
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This will be glorious if Rosie does this. It needs to happen! Donald could very well explode because of this.
Bruce Springsteen
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It's happening
Please god let this happen
A woman playing his boss. And the woman he hates most?
SNL would be fools to pass on this, even if solely for ratings.
I wanna see this guy get red.
Past leaking generally had a purpose though. Whether it was floating trial balloons or factional conflict or whatever. Trump's leaks are unique in that people are leaking shit that benefits no one. Like, no one in the White House benefits from people talking to press about how much Trump likes watching late night TV in his bath robe. That's just someone blabbing about something they find amusing and/or scary.
This amount of leaking, and so soon, is absolutely not typical.
Allforce
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On one hand I'm sort of disappointed that the internet had to push this to (what appears to be) happen(ing).
On the other hand I'm just hoping that if it happens they manage to kill with the 3-4 days they've had for writers and Rosie to prepare. She has to be in NY by now and working with the writers so I'm hopeful that this is going to just slay.
The beauty of the McCarthy bit was that it came out of absolutely NOWHERE, at midnight, right as most people who even bother to watch SNL always know that Weekend Update is always slotted. I sat there dumbfounded at how hilarious and unexpected it was, this was a skit that could have opened the show (and they even riffed on that).
If we're all waiting for the big Rosie O'Bannon skit it sort of loses it's luster a bit. If this came out of left field like the McCarthy skit, just one week later at that, I feel like we'd be losing our shit way more on Sunday morning over the fallout.
On the other hand I'm just hoping that if it happens they manage to kill with the 3-4 days they've had for writers and Rosie to prepare. She has to be in NY by now and working with the writers so I'm hopeful that this is going to just slay.
The beauty of the McCarthy bit was that it came out of absolutely NOWHERE, at midnight, right as most people who even bother to watch SNL always know that Weekend Update is always slotted. I sat there dumbfounded at how hilarious and unexpected it was, this was a skit that could have opened the show (and they even riffed on that).
If we're all waiting for the big Rosie O'Bannon skit it sort of loses it's luster a bit. If this came out of left field like the McCarthy skit, just one week later at that, I feel like we'd be losing our shit way more on Sunday morning over the fallout.
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