And so Trump's control of the media starts...

All valid points and with a different POTUS (of any shade) I might agree, but leaving the legalities aside for a moment consider this in context.

1. Trump has no track record for measured, deliberate, proportionate decision making. He's someone who goes to extremes as a matter of routine and tends not to think through the consequences.

2. Trump has a track record for being vindictive over the long term and holding grudges against those he precieves as crossing him.

3. Trump has a track record of being willing to play high risk games at great cost to others in order to satisfy those grudges.

4. Trump really sees the media as an enemy if they don't serve his needs.

 

Why do you conservatives always fantasize about people fighting? Turns out, the White House is going to abide by the judge's orders.

Judge orders White House to return Jim Acosta's press pass

(CNN)CNN's Jim Acosta will return to his post at the White House on Friday following a court ruling that forced the Trump administration to reinstate his press pass.

The ruling by federal judge Timothy J. Kelly was an initial victory for CNN in its lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides. The suit alleges that CNN and Acosta's First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated by last week's suspension of his press pass.
Kelly did not rule on the underlying case on Friday. But he granted CNN's request for a temporary restraining order on Fifth Amendment grounds. And he said he believes that CNN and Acosta are likely to prevail in the case overall.
"Let's get back to work," Acosta said in brief comments outside the courthouse.
The White House said it would follow the court order and "temporarily reinstate the reporter's hard pass."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/16/media/cnn-trump-lawsuit-hearing/index.html

 

I doubt Trump is capable of ignoring him.

 

It's not part of thestoryline. He calls on Acosta..Acosta asks an aggressive question and doesn't offer the right amount of deference...then "Boo hoo, he's so rude, see how they pick on me?"

 

He's not ever going to ignore Acosta because Trump loves trolling and arguing. It's why he keeps calling on him.

Trump would fit right in with us on Wordforge.

 

Yes I think you're right. But if Trump had the self restraint it would fun to watch him act like he's just about to engage him then abruptly pick someone else instead!

 

@Zombie's squirming. So insistent was he that the courts would side with Trump. Now he's offering legal opinion from his many years as a media lawye.....oh year. Those imaginary years.

If Zombie had any brains he'd shut the fuck up, slink away from this thread and not come back until or unless the court conducts a trial of the issue and finds in Trump's favour.

 

The closest we have to Trump here is Dayton. The very same Dayton you complain about and claim routinely disrupts discussions through his bombast, inflammatory comments and narcissism.

I guess people get a pass for that sort of behaviour of they're the head of your partisan tribe....

 

Please stop trying to make this thread about @Zombie, it just feeds into his persona.

 

The court case isn’t over you dumb fuck.

It’s a temporary injunction.

 

I think you should read the post again Albert.

 

PLease stop derailing this thread with @Zombie's shenanigans

 

My bad. I scrolled past a lot of the last page because it was @Zombie sperging out about stuff he doesn't understand.

 

That said...

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/11/trump-repeatedly-mocks-hannity-s-dumb

Excluding the fact that Trump's verbal jousting resembles a virgin trying to get it in on the first try, and that the latest fun meme is to watch Trump speeches at 1/2 speed and pretend he's a drunk hick at a bar.... good for him. He does, on some level, like a chance to engage with the press to try and win points. Whether he can do so without lying his ass off is another matter.

 

sentenced to reading at least one page of his blue room thread

 

How does the court enforce this if trump decides not to follow their direction? This is assuming the senate will not impeach. If the president were to break a law the courts don't handle it. The method for trying to enforce a court order in such a case is to hold the violator in contempt, but I don't think the court would have that authority over the president, and given what trump was allowed to do with how arpaio trump could easily pardon anyone the federal courts help in contempt if they did not follow the court's orders. They may be able to enforce a fine on him but to hold him in custody until he complied I would think would violate the reason we don't want the president to be at the whim of a judge.

It looks like he is going to comply, but this does offer up an interesting constitutional problem. The problems we have when we allow the ass end of the country to lead.

 

The court's decision is ludicrous. One doesn't have a "due process" right for a privilege you have no right to in the first place. Acosta doesn't have a right to be a part of the White House press corps, he can be removed at any time and for any reason, his presence at the White House is a privilege that can be revoked at Trump's whim. Trump's motives for getting rid of Acosta are irrelevant.

And yes, Obama could have done the same thing with Fox News, if he so wished.

 

Well, it seems you can keep saying that all day, but Acosta's in the White House again anyway.

 

someone put energizer batteries in him and he keeps stupiding and stupiding and stupiding.