{"id":66252,"date":"2017-02-16T17:27:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T21:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=66252"},"modified":"2017-02-16T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T21:30:07","slug":"must-see-video-president-trumps-incredible-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=66252","title":{"rendered":"MUST SEE VIDEO: President Trump\u2019s Incredible Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Goes Head-to-Head with Enemedia<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Pamela Geller<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pamelageller.com\/2017\/02\/trump-press-262017.html\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-card-img wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/9502-presscdn-0-95.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-2.21.32-PM-400x267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is must-see TV. President Donald Trump held a press conference that was brilliant. This is why he was elected.<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t watch the whole thing now, watch the Q &amp; A.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump lashed out at the media during his first solo press conference as commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media is trying to attack our administration because they know that we are following through on pledges that we have made and they\u2019re not happy about it, for whatever reason,\u201d Trump said during his first solo press conference since taking office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our nation\u2019s reporters and folks will not tell you the truth,\u201d Trump said, noting that he had convened the press conference in part to address his policy accomplishments directly to voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe press has become so dishonest that if we don\u2019t talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people,\u201d the president said. \u201cThe level of dishonesty is out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W5FRUM-AK9k?start=2805&amp;feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>He eviscerated the enemedia and addressed a wide range of issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/02\/16\/trump-goes-on-rambling-rant-against-the-media\/\">NYP:<\/a> President Trump said he \u201cinherited a mess\u201d from President Obama, but nevertheless pledged to fulfill his campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here again to take my message straight to the people,\u201d Trump said at the press conference, which was carried live across network and cable news channels. \u201cAs you know, our administration inherited many problems across government, and across the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I inherited a mess \u2014 at home and abroad \u2014 a mess,\u201d said the president, who has served for less than a month, adding that \u201cISIS has spread like cancer. Another mess I inherited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also used his nearly half-hour introductory statement to take a stinging shot at the press corps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe press has become so dishonest that if we don\u2019t talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people,\u201d said Trump.<br \/>\nADVERTISING<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe press is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump dismissed reports of chaos within his administration. \u201cIt is the exact opposite. This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The president even touted the crowds expected at an upcoming weekend rally in Florida. \u201cI just heard that the crowds are massive,\u201d he said of the event scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his campaign promises, Trump pledged to deal with the drug problem ailing America, claiming that \u201cDrugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also suggested he\u2019d issue a new executive order related to a travel ban next week \u2014 and knocked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for blocking his last one. \u201cThat circuit is in chaos, that circuit is frankly in turmoil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep my campaign promises,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s never been a presidency that has done so much in so short a period of time,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pamelageller.com\/2017\/02\/trump-press-262017.html\/\">http:\/\/pamelageller.com\/2017\/02\/trump-press-262017.html\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goes Head-to-Head with Enemedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}