Last night, Donald Trump sat down for an NBC town hall event moderated by Savannah Guthrie.
In case you missed it, and we certainly don’t blame you if you did, most of the evening was just Trump shouting over Guthrie with more of his usual nonsense and lies.
The highlight of the event, however, came when Guthrie challenged him for retweeting a conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama ordered the murder of SEAL Team 6.
When Trump claimed that all he did was “retweet” the conspiracy theory, Guthrie replied, “I don’t get that. You’re the president. You’re not, like, someone’s crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever.”
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To which Trump answered, “Frankly, because the media is so fake and so corrupt, if I didn’t have social media–I don’t call it Twitter; I call it social media–I wouldn’t be able to get the word out. And the word is–”
“Well, the word is false,” Guthrie interjected.
Watch.
Savannah Guthrie for the win.
Trump talking about retweeting conspiracy theories and Savannah nails him with a “You're not like someone's crazy uncle who can retweet whatever”… pic.twitter.com/P5kiywvTHR
— Rex Chapman?? (@RexChapman) October 16, 2020
Shortly after Guthrie’s “you’re not someone’s crazy uncle” remark, Donald Trump’s niece, Mary, weighed in on the matter:
Actually . . . https://t.co/tdmNIjBP4j
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) October 16, 2020
And not long after that, #crazyuncle was trending on Twitter. Here’s what people have been saying…
NARRATOR: He is someone’s crazy uncle.
cc: @MaryLTrump
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) October 16, 2020
Savannah Guthrie just compared Trump to someone’s crazy uncle to his face. She is destroying him.
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 16, 2020
Savannah Guthrie: “You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle…”, fact check? #CrazyUncleTrump
— Anti-TrumpVirus Agent (@ColoradoDavidSu) October 16, 2020
one small fact check for @SavannahGuthrie — he is, literally, someone’s crazy uncle
— Mask wearing and still pretty distant Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) October 16, 2020
“After Savannah Guthrie compared him to a ‘crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever’ last night, Pres. Trump started his day by tweeting & retweeting more than 40 times before 8am, including an Onion-style comedy satire article that he appeared to think was true.” – @apiper13
— Versha Sharma (@versharma) October 16, 2020
Crazy uncle omg.
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 16, 2020
“You’re not somebody’s crazy uncle.”
Mary Trump literally wrote a book about how he is her crazy uncle.— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) October 16, 2020
Savannah Guthrie last night: “You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who can retweet whatever.”
Trump today: [Tweets parody article about Twitter shutting the site down to help Biden as if it’s real.] #CrazyUncleTrump pic.twitter.com/q5XqNxqdlO
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 16, 2020
“Savannah Guthrie” to Trump: You’re the President, you’re not some crazy uncle!
“Mary Trump” to Donald Trump: You’re not a good president, you’re a crazy uncle.#SavannahGuthrie
— Buddy Winston (@BuddyWinston) October 16, 2020
Bet your Crazy Uncle never suggested nuking a hurricane off the coast of the United States.#CrazyUncle #CrazyUncleTrump #SavannahGuthrie
— W Smith Ω 🧢 DJT— America’s #1 Domestic Terrorist (@WesSmith123) October 16, 2020
Savannah Guthrie: “You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle…”
Mary Trump: “I beg to differ.”
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) October 16, 2020
The election is now officially Mr Rogers v. Your Crazy Uncle.
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) October 16, 2020
Related: Don Lemon absolutely loses it when Mary Trump talks about her uncle dancing to “Macho Man”
Cam
My guess is, NBC was going to do the normal thing and toss Trump softballs and let him get away with lying. The only reason they didn’t is because of the massive backlash NBC received for rewarding Trump for cancelling the debate with a townhall at the same time as Biden.
Media is slowly, S-L-O-W-L-Y learning that their audience is sick of them normalizing lying, criminal behavior.
spevman
Well, considering NBC gave Joe Biden a town hall style 1 hour of time a little over a week ago, they were legally bound to give Trump the same opportunity lest they all but give up the ghost on their journalistic political neutrality. I look forward to ABC also giving Trump 1 hour on air prior to the election…
scotshot
@spevman There is no rule to give candidates /parties equal time. That rule was lifted in 1987.
Note Biden was on ABC, Trump was on NBC entertainment division not MSNBC news division.
“…give up the ghost on journalistic integrity.”? WTF.
Either go back to your closet of learn the script your Russian masters supply.
Cam
@spevman
Except that’s not true.
ttm9
When you say criminal behavior I have to assume you are referring to Hunter and Joe Biden!
ttm9
It’s obvious you’re talking about Hunter and Joe Biden with your comment about being CORRUPT AND A LIAR!!
Liquid Silver
I watched what I could stand–five minutes. I’d already voted, so that’s that. I’ve been polled twice, so that’s like voting three times, though, isn’t it?
jsmu
@spevman You’re such a pathetic EXCUSE for a Russkytroll!
NBC is dRUMPf’s home network, and throughout 2016 (and even as early as 2015), they were working closely with dRUMPf’s people to position him as “presidential.”
From Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell to Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, and Joe and Mika, the coverage ranged between merely pleasant to downright gushing, even as Hillary Clinton’s every cough and every pantsuit was subject to contemptuous and unforgiving scrutiny.
The thing is, NBC knew then what he was. They invented him. They knew he was a crude, vicious, sexually predatory, bankrupt, clueless, racist, mobbed-up, low rent trust fund brat from Queens.
They knew it had required Mark Burnett and a huge production team to take his rambling, nonsensical performances on The Apprentice and back-edit them into something that appeared clever and masterful. They knew.
This is beyond propaganda. This is a major in-kind donation to the Republicans by the executives at NBC, all of whom dRUMPf/PUTA have enough shite on (probably including lots of fun vacations at PEDO ISLAND) to bury them.
fur_hunter
GIVE ME THE CHANCE!!!!!! I’ll call him a LYING, F UCKING, PIECE OF S HIT, A SS HOLE, SCUMBAG. And those would be my nicest words for him.
jayceecook
Does Queerty ever get things correct? She didn’t call him a “crazy uncle.”
SG: “I don’t get that. You’re the president. You’re NOT [emphasis mine], like, someone’s crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever.”
This is a very important distinction to make because homegurl did what nobody else has really done and called him out for his unpresidential behavior to his face on live TV. Her point was that he is the POTUS and that office carries a certain amount of responsibility and decorum. All of which is lost on Trump. I applaud her but I’m also fearful for her. I saw some really nasty things being said about her from Trump’s camp and given what happened with the Michigan and Virginia governors I do hope she is extra careful till after the election.
Thad
I love Mary Trump even more.
ttm9
Mary Trump, also POTUS Trump’s mother’s name, is a despicable human being just trying to cash in while she can. An angry bitch who is so angry that she was only left $200,000.
shanfrina
… “Stanning?!?” Meaning of alleged Word Please! Thank-You.
jayceecook
The act of being overly obsessed with an artist/person/character/etc.
scotshot
@shanfrina
Stan / Stanning – Combination of stalking and fan. Obsessive fans or the actions.
There’s this new thing called Google you might try… /S
jayceecook
@scotshot There is these new things called decency and respect you might want to try.
trsxyz
PLEASE get out and vote on election day. I can’t take 4 more years of this…
vinnieboiblue
I did, and voted up and down the ticket Democrat! Time to take out the trash that is Trump/Pence and the Republicans.
scotshot
@jayceecook
No comprehension?
Every other interweb site states and his niece states differently.
Thanks for your opinion.
jayceecook
That’s funny you should say that because Mary Trump’s hilarious reply hinders on the very fact that she did not call him a crazy uncle. Congrats on sidestepping what SG really said and what she was implying by the way. I guess the memes are more important than the fact that SG called out the POTUS on live TV for acting unpresidential. For telling him the things he tweets and retweets carry a weight, especially with his supporters who live and breathe crap like QAnon. That he acts irresponsibly on a daily basis by spending so much time on social media pushing false information and conspiracy theories.
But no, you and “Every other interweb site” are right. That’s not at all what SG said. /s
FOAH
vinnieboiblue
She was too nice with that “crazy uncle” remark. More like a grumpy dirty old man is more like it. Going through his second childhood. Melania should change his soiled diaper!
rj_topher
If she can call trump a crazy old uncle I guess it is ok to call Savannah a crazy old B—–. And she surely came across as one. Really, she needs to get a real job.
ttm9
Guthrie was not supposed to be a moderator, she was supposed to have audience members, not 80% pro Biden, ask the POTUS questions. She was RUDE, CRUDE and totally off base speaking over and interrupting the POTUS SO MANY TIMES I COULDN’T keep count. Why so many NEVER TROMPERS, Chris Wallace?, and now this incompetent bitch!!!!
ttm9
Of course that little gay twit, George S, was so soft on brain dead Biden. Firing the Democrat presidential debates it was obvious how much that vile woman Kamala hated Biden. She even called out his racist views. Funny no one is talking about his sin Hunter and the father son corruption!! So pathetic!!
David Myers
It’s no surprise to see you call Guthrie a bi*tch and George S a “little gay twit”. Misogyny, homophobia, and hate mongering go hand in hand, especially in Trump land. What part of Trump land are you from? The white supremacist Trump land, the christian right-wing fundamentalist theocracy Trump land, the billionaires get all the benefits Trump land, the republicans sell out Trump land, the Putin’s TROLLs R US Trump land, or the dictators’ club wannabe members Trump land? All are parts of Trumps “basket of deplorables” (except the russian TROLLS). Thank you for that Hillary, although it should have more accurately been called “basket of despicables”). Don’t bother replying ttm9, because this is the only attention I’m going to give you TROLL.
mailliw110
Are you a nobody? Because you’re talking about Hunter.
Essie
Wait! That thing about Twitter was a parody? This morning I scanned across something in my email from the NYPost about how Twitter was trying to make Dump’s ratings look bad. I didn’t really read it but was the Post fooled too? I know the Post is like Fox when it comes to Dumpty but, really, are they that dumb?
MISTERJETT
he’s batsh*t crazy!!!!!
tjr101
November 3rd can’t come soon enough, can wait to vote out the orange orangutan.