By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--November 16, 2016
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“President-elect Donald Trump emerged from his New York skyscraper Tuesday night for the first time in days, moving about the nation's largest city without a pool of journalists on hand to ensure the public has knowledge of his whereabouts.”Oh Good Heavens, who forgot to drop the Hansel and Gretel bread crumbs, making The Donald easier to find! We the People not only know where he is, dudes and dudettes of the the press pool, but where he is going.
“The president-elect spent about two hours dining with family at the 21 Club, a restaurant a few blocks from his Trump Tower residence. Journalists were only aware that Trump was leaving home when they spotted a large motorcade pulling away from the building, including an ambulance with lights flashing. (NBC)That would do it!
“The movement was a surprise given that Trump's campaign had already called a "lid" - a signal to journalists that he would not be venturing out in public for the rest of the day. The practice is meant to ensure that journalists are on hand to witness, on behalf of the public, the activities of the president or president-elect, rather than relying on secondhand accounts.”LOL!!!!!
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“Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks issued the lid at 6:14 p.m. But just over an hour later, Trump's motorcade left his residence. His whereabouts became clear only after a fellow diner tweeted a picture of the president-elect arriving at the restaurant.” (NBC)(That diner should be awarded the Pulitzer for real journalism).
“Reporters and photographers caught up with Trump at the midtown Manhattan restaurant but were not allowed inside.” (NBC)Did they stand outside with their noses pressed up against the restaurant window pane like little kids do at candy store shops?
“NBC News' Hallie Jackson, who made a reservation at the restaurant, reports Trump was dining inside with his wife Melania, and that Secret Service agents moved to block her view of them. Meanwhile, NYPD blocked off 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues as Trump dined inside the 21 Club. “His motorcade left the area shortly after 9:30 p.m. Daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, were spotted entering a Cadillac SUV at the back of the motorcade. “Hicks said she was unaware that Trump planned to leave his home and had not intended to leave the press in the dark. She said the Trump team was working toward setting up a protective pool in the near future.”That’s a good one, Hicks not wanting “to leave the press in the dark”. They’e in the dark, Hicks Dear, and have been there for decades.
“The White House depends on having journalists nearby at all times to relay the president's first comments on breaking news.”NBC New York put their own spin on it with a story headlining 'Trump leaves press behind for fancy steak dinner’. For anyone else caught for the crime dining in a steakhouse, it’s a ‘steak dinner’, but for Trump a “FANCY” steak dinner.’
“There was a standing ovation when he came and left,” said Andrew Testo, a 43-year-old who was eating with friends. “He was with his whole family. It was like Sunday dinner with the Trumps, but on a Tuesday. It was awesome.” (NBC) “The dinner comes after some reporters criticized Trump for breaking with tradition and not informing the press of his moves.These ‘Stars of the Whine Cellar seem to have completely missed that transforming a nation from free market capitalism to Marxist One World Order is “breaking with tradition”. It’s a departure from protocol, they say. Yet, The White House Messiah they boosted for eight long years, spit protocol out like chewed over bubblegum without media complaint. Next they’ll be expecting the president-elect to come to the windows of his Tower home to wish them Good Night before turning in.
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