{"id":233208,"date":"2017-05-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=233208"},"modified":"2017-05-12T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T01:45:30","slug":"cnns-latest-trump-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/05\/12\/cnns-latest-trump-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Sweetest Trump Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I told you yesterday to stop watching the media<\/a>, that you are not getting an accurate picture. The media\u2019s not even doing what they\u2019re doing… (sigh) Well, it\u2019s a bit of a stretch to say they\u2019re not doing it for national consumption; they, of course, are. But it is really inside-the-Beltway here, because that\u2019s where power is in their minds and that\u2019s where any effective change they want will take place.<\/p>\n

So the primary objective of the Drive-By Media is to flood the zone in the nation\u2019s capital with this never-ending badgering of “Trump out of control,” “White House in chaos,” all of this stuff. The objective is to get rid of Donald Trump. But there\u2019s all kinds of news out there that indicates it isn\u2019t having a dramatic effect outside the Beltway, and that incredibly good things are happening as a result of Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n

So I want to start on that note. I want to start on the positives, and by virtue of starting with the positives, we are — out of necessity — gonna be exposing the Drive-Bys as they are operating. Now, this first. I did not believe this when I saw it. I was in stunned amazement when I saw this. I was watching CNN, and I want to thank God for making that happen or I\u2019d have missed this. I normally don\u2019t watch CNN. I\u2019ve got it on here, but, I mean, I\u2019m not really watching it. It\u2019s just there in case something happens. I\u2019ve got Fox and CNN on here.<\/p>\n

\"\"You know, rather than set this up, I just want you to listen to it. This is the infobabe Brooke Baldwin. I\u2019m sure her name recognition is skyrocketing nationwide because she\u2019s made so many appearances here recently. She\u2019s on something like one on three in the afternoon on CNN. She had as her guest yesterday Chris Cillizza, our old buddy from the Washington Post who has reported on us fairly and in quite complimentary ways on occasion. So we have no animus here.<\/p>\n

We have no prejudicial bias or any of that. (chuckles) It\u2019s just he left the Washington Post \u2019cause he wanted to go to TV. The big money\u2019s in TV, in media. Well, outside of a couple, you know, radio shows. But the big money is in TV. So gravitated over there. Yesterday afternoon on the Newsroom program hosted by the infobabe Brooke Baldwin, she\u2019s talking with Cillizza about the TIME magazine interview that Trump gave and that was published on Thursday. They\u2019re discussing some of the observations in the article.<\/p>\n

BALDWIN: Everyone\u2019s talking about the two scoops of ice cream. Apparently a little nugget came out of this TIME magazine piece where apparently the president gets two scoops, you know, everybody around the table gets one. Uh, and no word if there were sprinkles on it.<\/p>\n

CILLIZZA: Right. Well, the broader point here is — that they were trying to make in the TIME article is — the White House has adapted to Donald Trump\u2019s tastes. So when everyone else getting waters, he get a Diet Coke. (chortling) When everybody else gets one scoop of ice cream, he gets two!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Folks, this is how… I don\u2019t know what you call this, insane. I don\u2019t know if you say it\u2019s rooted in hatred… This story is about how if you\u2019re invited to dinner at the White House, Trump gets treated specially and you don\u2019t. “He gets a Diet Coke; you get water. When it comes time for dessert, he gets two scoops of ice cream and you only get one,” and this is supposed to illustrate what a thoughtless, selfish, mean guy Trump is, that he hoards everything, that he doesn\u2019t treat his guests well. “He gets Diet Coke; you get water! He gets two scoops of ice cream; you get one. You\u2019re not even asked if you want two scoops!”<\/p>\n

This was a serious news item in TIME magazine (the same place that told us boys and girls are born different), and it was judged to be so revealing and so indicative of the kind of mean guy Trump is that they talked about it on CNN yesterday. “He gets two scoops, and you only get one!” Does anybody remember…? Outside of Michelle Obama\u2019s ludicrous school menu, does anybody remember details of dining in the White House with the Obamas? Of course not. They\u2019re losing it, they\u2019ve lost it, and the evidence is abundant each and every day.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Speaking of that CNN… I don\u2019t know how you characterize this. Nitpick? To actually do a segment on how mean Trump is and how selfish Trump is because at dinner Trump gets two scoops of ice cream and his guests only get one? Can I share with you a counterview to this, and it has to do with manners and culture and a couple of other things?<\/p>\n