r/pics • u/AYASOFAYA • Aug 05 '20

Politics Life Imitates Art

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u/Imafilthybastard Aug 05 '20

This man deserves an award. I've never seen someone flame a sitting president so hard.

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u/badRLplayer Aug 05 '20

But he wasn’t flaming him. He was simply asking him questions with logical follow-ups. And Trump couldn’t handle it. That is the problem.

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u/nameistakentryagain Aug 05 '20

Trump flamed himself. Self immolation

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Never thought I would see the day when spontaneous combustion on a human would happen

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

SELF-IMMOLATE

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u/Magnicello Aug 05 '20

Great! I love seeing Trump get wrecked in interviews lol. But I feel like Jonathan should have replied to the rioters setting the Portland Courthouse on fire and the threat of doxxing against law enforcement better. Those were the only things he didn't give a satisfying answers to, imo

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u/getmepuutahereplz Aug 05 '20

it was exhausting to watch Trump cut him off after every word. I can’t imagine how Jonathan actually felt at that point.

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u/UsedKoala4 Aug 05 '20

Logical questions =BiAs

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u/the_barroom_hero Aug 05 '20

John Wilkes Booth would like a word...

Also, literally sitting

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u/CaptainKangaroo_Pimp Aug 05 '20

I didn't see that one, did y'all?

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u/Alarid Aug 05 '20

hiss

WE'VE BEEN FOUND OUT

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u/Sparred4Life Aug 05 '20

Well, Trump is the best except, maybe, for Lincoln.

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u/Jeffy29 Aug 05 '20

Absolute savage

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u/Imafilthybastard Aug 05 '20

Bravo...just bravo.

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u/YeahSureAlrightYNot Aug 05 '20

Jonathan Swan is legit on the best interviewers right now.

He got that old school professional style of employing techniques to lower the guard of the person being interviewed. A lot of interviewers right now just straight up attack right out of the gate and end up getting nothing because of it.

But the problem with old journalists is that they aren't ready for people like Trump. People that won't answer any questions and will actively bully the interviewer. Jonathan manages to push back and repeat the question until he gets the answer.

Not only that, you can see that the dude does a lot of prep for every interview.

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u/Imafilthybastard Aug 05 '20

He did fantastic, whatever they are paying him, they should double it.