Donald Trump Complained To The Press That They Show His Double Chin Too Much

(Source) — This is what America has gotten itself into. It is being reported that President-elect Trump raged at NBC News because they showed photographs of his multiple chins during their campaign coverage.

NPR reported, “Trump lit out after Zucker, criticizing his former business partner (Zucker was head of NBC during Trump’s Apprentice franchise on the network) for CNN. He turned then to NBC, saying it was the worst, criticizing its reporters, and saying it could not even come up with a flattering picture to broadcast. His complaint: the network’s photographs showed him with multiple chins. NBC President Deborah Turness replied that wasn’t true – NBC right now is using a photograph that shows Trump in very flattering way, she said. Trump also criticized a reporter who he said was in the room who had moderated a debate but who he had been told was very upset when Clinton lost. Presumably that was a reference to ABC’s Martha Raddatz or NBC’s Lester Holt.”

There is a ton of spin surrounding this meeting, but the basic fact is that Donald Trump used the meeting to criticize the press. Trump continues to believe, quite possibly correctly, that if he complains enough, he will continue to get positive coverage.

This is not how the Fourth Estate/Executive Branch dynamic is supposed to work, but we are talking about a president-elect who appears to be so shallow that he complained to a television network about the fact that his double chins were shown.

Finally, the guy gets relatable!

For over a year I’ve been looking for a way to just level and connect with this guy who lives in a gold palace, but we’ve finally found common ground: stop showing the world how fat we are. It’s something everyone in the world can understand. Who hasn’t looked at a picture and said, “No, delete that. Let’s take another”? Who hasn’t untagged a picture or woken up on a Sunday morning and texted their friend, “Wtf why did you post that shit?” It’s the 21st century, everyone’s worried about what their BMI looks like to the public eye.

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And sure, you could try and pass the blame on this one. You could say things like, “If you’re tired of looking fat why don’t you just stop being fat”? Well how ’bout fuck you? Or you could say that the president of the free world shouldn’t be so conceited that he’s gotta call a meeting of the press to spank them for not taking sexier photos, well how ’bout fuck you again? It’s 2016 and we’re all self-obsessed creatures and if you post a shitty picture of me then I’m gonna be pissed. That’s how the world works now. Finally, for any reason at all, I stand with Donald Trump. Don’t show people I’m fucking fat. Don’t ever show that.