Trump gets booed for mentioning "fake news" at World Economic Forum in Davos. Because, why woudn't they boo him?

Courtesy of Think Progress:  

After delivering a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump did a brief question-and-answer sessions with WEF Chair Klaus Schwab. The second and final question Trump fielded was about what experiences he had earlier in his life that he thinks prepared him for the presidency. 

Trump’s response was not well received. First, he bragged about his business acumen and claimed he’s “always been successful at making money” — comments that elicited laughter for the crowd. But the laughs escalated to boos after Trump took aim at the “fake news” media. 

“The other thing is, I’ve always seemed to get — for whatever reason — a disproportionate amount of press or media,” Trump began. “And throughout my whole life — someone will explain someday why — but I’ve always gotten a lot. And as a businessman I was always treated really well by the press. You know, the numbers speak and things happen, but I’ve always really had a very good press, and it wasn’t until I became a politician that I realized how nasty, how mean, how vicious, and how fake the press can be — as the cameras start going off in the back.”

The crowd then erupted in boos. Which you can clearly hear on the video.

Foreign journos sitting next to me booed Trump's attack on the press.

— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) January 26, 2018

Apparently after Trump realized this was not one of his rallies he tried to walk it back.

But it was really too late.

By the way the reason that Trump received coverage by the press is because he sought it out constantly.

Remember when Trump pretended to be his own press agent?

Donald Trump cancels his visit to London.

Courtesy of The Guardian: 

Donald Trump has cancelled a visit to Britain next month to open the new US embassy in London, amid fears of mass protests.

The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, said Trump had “got the message” that many Londoners staunchly opposed his policies and actions. 

“It appears that President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city’s values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance,” Khan said on Friday. 

“His visit next month would without doubt have been met by mass peaceful protests. This just reinforces what a mistake it was for Theresa May to rush and extend an invitation of a state visit in the first place.”

But Trump wants everybody to know that he is not cancelling the trip due to the protests, but rather he is making a protest of his own. 

Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018

Oh yeah, that's it.

Not the possibility of being humiliated by the protesters and embarrassed by the British reporters.

Seriously?

Donald Trump Twitter attacks CNN again.

We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2017

This of course follows Saturday's attack during which Trump accused CNN of spreading fake news around the world.

"Fake news" of course being Trump speak for "factual news about his presidency."

Trump did not did not leave MSNBC out of the cross hairs either, as evidence by this retweet with a comment. 

The good news is that their ratings are terrible, nobody cares! https://t.co/I7h4Ryin3h

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2017

I don't believe we have ever had a man in the White House who has attacked the 1st Amendment so aggressively for simply doing its job.

Even the notoriously combative Richard Nixon was nowhere near this thin skinned when it came to press coverage, and that press coverage cost him the presidency.  

You know if this guy was not representing America to the world this would almost be funny.

TODAY--
8:01 -- White House tells press to expect a "low-key day"
8:07 -- White House instructs pool to clarify that the PRESS will have a low-key day; pool says Trump will have "full schedule of meetings and phone calls"
8:26 -- Trump arrives at his golf course to play 18 holes

— David Martosko (@dmartosko) November 22, 2017

Just a reminder as to how many days this asshole has spent on the golf course since moving into the People's House.

Per pool, Trump has arrived at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach at 9:26AM.

This is his 77th day at a golf club, 99th day at a Trump property as president.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 22, 2017

Good job deplorables.

New information confirms that Donald Trump begged Prime Minister May to make the press behave before he would agree to visit England.

"So when do you think the British press will like me?" "How do you say 'never' in Trump-speak?"

Courtesy of The Sun: 

The US President made his shameless plea in a private conversation with Theresa May to plan his state visit — now postponed until next year. 

A transcript of the chat, seen by senior diplomats, reveals his touchiness. 

Mr Trump says: “I haven’t had great coverage out there lately, Theresa.” 

She replies awkwardly: “Well, you know what the British press are like.” 

He replies: “I still want to come, but I’m in no rush. 

“So, if you can fix it for me, it would make things a lot easier. 

“When I know I’m going to get a better reception, I’ll come and not before.”

A source said: “He seemed to think the PM would be able to smooth the path for him to get a warm welcome. 

“But she tried to explain she has no power to dictate how newspapers and media might decide to cover his visit. 

“After all, we are not North Korea.

“He said he would not agree a date until people support him coming.”

Apparently Downing Street refused comment for this story. 

Which of course means it's true.

Remember when we first heard about this back in June?

At the time it was refuted as "fake news."

Does not appear to be so fake now does it?

Remind me again Right Wingers, who's the "snowflake?"

P.S. Isn't The Sun owned by Rupert Murdoch?

In a nutshell.

Yep, it is not the information that is disturbing to the Republicans, but rather who leaked it to the press.

A Huckabee stands in for Sean Spicer as White House spokesperson and claims that James Comey committed "atrocities." Wait, what?

The White House deputy press secretary just said Comey committed “atrocities.” Atrocities. pic.twitter.com/mVGnavpz49

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 10, 2017

Courtesy of Newsweek: 

Before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, he had wanted to do so “since the day he was elected,” Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during Wednesday’s press briefing. 

Comey’s firing, which the White House blamed on his supposed mishandling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, dominated Wednesday’s press briefing. Earlier in the day, Trump clarified the reason for Comey’s termination, saying: "He wasn't doing a good job. Very simply. He was not doing a good job." 

Sanders offered few new details about the events that led to Comey’s firing, but at one point described Comey’s handling of the Clinton emails as an example of the “atrocities” he committed as director. “Once you take over leading the department of just, that’s very different from being a candidate in a campaign,” she said. “I think also having a letter like the one he received and having that conversation that outlined the basic, just, atrocities in circumventing the chain of command in the Department of Justice.”

Look I have been just as critical of James Comey as probably anybody, but even I have not labeled anything that he has done as an "atrocity."

And as for Trump wanting to fire Comey "since the day he was elected," how does the Huckabee spawn explain this:

Trump just literally blew a kiss to James Comey at a WH reception for law enforcement pic.twitter.com/HwVq9DNdZd

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) January 22, 2017

You don't typically blow kisses to folks you are planning to get rid of, unless of course you are a Mafioso or something.

So if you are wondering why there was a Huckabee lying to the White House press today instead of the Easter Bunny, well it appears that somebody may have needed a little quiet time after announcing the firing of Comey yesterday.

This is what Newsweek reported took place after Spicer yelled to the press that Comey was kaput: 

Aides said he would speak to press about the termination, which was blamed on Comey's supposed mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state, then changed their answers and said he wouldn't. Outside, Spicer appeared on Fox Business with Lou Dobbs, at times stuttering and misspeaking, at one point saying the attorney general had been terminated before quickly correcting himself. Photographers could be seen at the edges of the frame taking pictures of Spicer as he spoke with Dobbs.

"What I can tell you is the president, when given these recommendations, made a decision to accept their conclusions and to remove director Comey and begin that restoration of confidence and leadership that needs to happen there," Spicer said. 

The Post detailed also that "Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes" while his press assistants negotiated the terms of a briefing. He stepped out, and asked for the lights on set to be turned off. They were.

WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters about the firing of FBI Director Comey as he walks into the West Wing. #FBIDirector pic.twitter.com/c2SNG63lIr

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) May 10, 2017

I'm sorry, Spicer hiding in the bushes, and then demanding that the lights be turned off before he agrees to talk to the press is just hysterical.

I would try to feel a little empathy, but he took this job knowing who he was working for, so all of this should not be coming as a surprise.

By the way Melissa McCarthy is hosting SNL this weekend, so perhaps it is time to start taking bets as to how long Spicey is going to be punching that time clock. 

In case you missed it here, is Hasan Minhaj's performance from last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Certainly did not pull any punches did he?

I also saw some of Trump's pathetic rally last night, which should be described as a public therapy session for the tragically insecure.

The entire bitch fest was overflowing with lies that Trump gleefully shared with the crowd, secure in the knowledge that most of them are functionally illiterate.

Not only did Trump tell the unwashed dipshits that his presidency was the greatest presidency since the dawn of presidencies, but that he had completed a long list of amazing achievements.

Why have we not heard of these achievements? Simple.

Mainstream (FAKE) media refuses to state our long list of achievements, including 28 legislative signings, strong borders & great optimism!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 29, 2017

Yeah, that's it.

Trump also claimed during his own version of the Nuremburg rallies that the crowd was "the largest every" in that venue and that people were left standing outside.

Unfortunately for Trump, there is a thing called Twitter.

Trump says "we have a lot of ppl standing outside" and he "broke the all time record" in this arena. There are rows of empty seats here pic.twitter.com/ixbErKjrQu

— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) April 30, 2017

Here's another part of the arena where Trump says people have been left standing outside. Lots of ppl here, but not at all capacity pic.twitter.com/M6gtVF0PhN

— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) April 30, 2017

All in all Trump's rally appeared to be a desperate cry for affirmation.

Perhaps the best ticket for entertainment last night would have been one for Samantha Bee's "Not the Correspondents' Dinner," which mocked...you know....pretty much everybody.

Here was my favorite part.  There was almost too much going on yesterday to keep up.

However if you had to miss anything, clearly the best event to skip was Trump's desperate cry for attention. 

Russia owned news outlet applies for pass to be part of pool that follows Donald Trump around.

Courtesy of Politico: 

The Russian state-owned news website Sputnik has applied for a White House hard pass and is seeking membership in the White House Foreign Press Group in order to become a part of pool rotations. 

Sputnik, which Foreign Policy magazine described as the "BuzzFeed of propaganda," would be part of a rotating group of roughly 22 overseas outlets following President Donald Trump in his everyday interactions along with pool reporters from American print, TV, and radio outlets. 

Andrew Feinberg, Sputnik’s White House correspondent, has been in talks with the WHFPG head Philip Crowther, who told POLITICO that if Feinberg and Sputnik complete the boilerplate criteria for being a member of the press group, there "shouldn't be any reason" they wouldn't join the White House press pool.

Sure why not?

After all how else will Vladimir Putin keep close tabs on his puppet and make sure that he is following his instructions? 

Hey guys, remember when America was run by Americans?

Just a reminder that this is why Donald Trump is too afraid to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

I swear I could watch that over and over again on a loop and never get tired of it.

But see THIS is why Trump does not want to sit up on that stage for the dinner.

He knows that he will be following the guy who was often called the "Comedian-in-Chief."

And he also knows that since he has started a war with the press that the jokes at his expense will be BRUTAL.

However what he does not seem to realize is that the show WILL go on, and that with him out of the room the jokes will only be MORE BRUTAL.

Personally I can hardly wait to see this year's dinner.

I actually had no intention of watching it with Trump attending, but now that he chickened out I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Donald Trump just announced he will not be attending the White House Correspondents Dinner.

I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017

What a fucking coward.

Here he is abusing the press, essentially declaring war on them, and then he does not even have the balls to face them over a dinner steeped in tradition.

Well on the plus side I guess this means that the other attendees might actually be able to have a good time.

GOP consultant: "The days of pretending that this isn't serious are over."

1. One of the positive aspects of Trump/Bannon extremism in the first 2 weeks is that it's harder to deny the trouble we're in & can act

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

2. The days of pretending that this isn't serious are over. It is worse than what was warned about during the campaign. The press must unite

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

3. When Trump tries to shut down one media outlet, the rest must resist. When Trump tries to bully a judge, the rest must be louder.

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

4. When Trump/Bannon overreaches, all must call them out. When they lie, all must expose them. When they are treasonous, say so. Loudly.

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

5. When a Trump family member is in a meeting they should not be in, question it immediately.

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

6. Interviews with Trump and his people should be pre-taped and fact-checked at the time they are aired.

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

7. Ignore & block Trump twitter trolls. Don't engage.They give media & lawmakers false impression of Trump support by viewers & constituents

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

8. emails & tweets media and Cong get showing massive support for Trump are FAKE. Do not make programming or policy decisions based on these

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

9. Media should boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner unless Trump agrees to free & open press. This should not be negotiable

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 4, 2017

Well that is all good advice.

And not surprising that it is coming from a Republican either.

From what I hear there are a whole lot more of these Republicans who are simply over Donald Trump and trying to either find some way to make distance between them, dig a moat around their party so that his shit does not splatter on them, or actively thinking about ways to remove him from office before he leaves a smoking black hole where the country used to be.

I used to dismiss any idea of Trump being impeached as an impossibility. 

I am no longer doing that.

So it looks like Trump TV might still be a thing. Kinda.

Holy crap it looks like one of those open access shows they show on some obscure channel late at night.

Here is what Salon had to say about all of this: 

The conservative online media outlet Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), dubbed “Trump TV” by the Washington Post, announced this week that it is expanding into a 24-hour operation that will “be in the White House … at the press briefings” during the Trump administration. 

Media Matters first reported the curious claim by Right Side Broadcasting Network host Joe Seales during the outlet’s online coverage of Trump’s “Thank You” rally in North Carolina on Tuesday night. 

The pro-Trump website has live-streamed nearly every Trump campaign event, produced debate analysis with Trump campaign aides that streamed on Trump’s official Facebook Page, and even set-up a camera to capture transition efforts from the lobby of Trump Tower for its nearly 250,000 YouTube subscribers. Seemingly with the blessing of the Trump campaign, RBSN has set itself up as the official destination of broadcast counter news programming for the pro-Trump crowd. 

“Anything that Trump does live we will be there,” Seales told his viewers Tuesday night. “We will be there at the inauguration, we will be in the White House, we will be at the press briefings. I promise you that. You can count on Right Side Broadcasting” he said.

There may however be a slight obstacle keeping "Right Side Broadcasting" from becoming the Trump administration's version of Pravda, the Standing Committee of Correspondents.

They are the ones who determine if an organization gets access to White House press briefings, and they only provide those to organizations that prove they are a publication whose “principal business is the daily dissemination of original news and opinion of interest to a broad segment of the public” and is “editorially independent of any institution, foundation or interest group that lobbies the federal government.”

You know that could prove challenging.

However then I remember when a certain former male prostitute named Jeff Gannon showed up regularly to Bush press conferences back in the day, and I think that may not prove such an insurmountable obstacle after all.

After all let's face it, Donald Trump is going to be doing everything he can think of to bypass the media which has proven to be so critical of him and find other ways to get his message out to his brainless supporters.

And a show that looks like it is being filmed in your parent's basement and hosted by a guy who looks like he was freshly plucked from a sport fishing reality show might just do the trick.

Donald Trump demonstrates his fitness to be president by once again attacking the press on Twitter.

The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition. It is going so smoothly. Also, I have spoken to many foreign leaders.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

I have recieved and taken calls from many foreign leaders despite what the failing @nytimes said. Russia, U.K., China, Saudi Arabia, Japan,

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

Australia, New Zealand, and more. I am always available to them. @nytimes is just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2016

Geez, I guess we were wrong, it looks like Trump really does have the temperament to be the leader of the free world.

By the way I have some bad news.

I have been pinching myself pretty hard for over a week now, and I am beginning to think that all of this is NOT just a bad dream.

I'm going to keep on pinching, but I'm starting to lose hope here. 

Donald Trump once again takes to Twitter to attack the press. So presidential.

Wow, the @nytimes is losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the "Trump phenomena"

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016

The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016

Wasn't it Omarosa who told us that Trump had a list of enemies?

Well clearly the New York Times made the list.

By the way Trump lied, the Times did not apologize.

Letter to NYT readers from Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Dean Baquet pic.twitter.com/jORqzx3BA9

— Sydney Ember (@melbournecoal) November 11, 2016

Personally I think the New York Times did an amazing job of covering Trump, and I have little doubt that now that he has "won" the presidency that the Times will see its subscribers grow as more and more people worry about what he will do while in office. 

In fact I just subscribed myself. 

Donald Trump assures America that as President he will be just as big of an asshole as he has been during the campaign.

Courtesy of the New York Times: 

In a heated, 40-minute appearance in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, Mr. Trump dismissed a CNN reporter as “a real beauty” and an ABC reporter as “a sleaze,” and said that if he was elected president, the American public could expect a similar dynamic in the White House briefing room. 

“Yes, it is,” he said. “It is going to be like this.”

I have to say that I never doubted this for one minute.

Donald Trump will always be Donald Trump no matter what job Donald Trump may have in the future.

He is an obnoxious, arrogant, thin skinned, stubby fingered vulgarian, who would do vast amounts of damage to this country if he were ever given the power to do so.

And here he is essentially admitting just that.

So for all of you diehard Bernie-bots claiming that you will NEVER vote for Hillary Clinton in the general election no matter what,  like it or not, understand it or not, accept it or not, THIS is who you are supporting in this next election.

While in England Chris Chirstie cancels several media appearances after saying stupid things about vaccinations.

Courtesy of Reuters:  

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a possible 2016 presidential contender, cancelled three scheduled media appearances in the UK on Tuesday, amid a controversy over his comments on measles vaccinations. 

The Republican governor said on Monday parents needed some choice on whether to vaccinate their children, drawing criticism from political opponents who said such a policy could threaten public health. 

His comments came a few hours after President Barack Obama said parents should have their children vaccinated, saying the science was "pretty indisputable." 

Christie cancelled two question-and-answer sessions and a press statement he was due to make after meeting UK finance minister George Osborne. 

"We just decided we're not going to have availability today," said Maria Comella, Christie's head of communications, after the last scheduled appearance was cancelled.

Oh yeah they just "decided" suddenly to have no press availability when the sole reason Christie was in the UK was to talk to the press and get his name out there before launching his bid for the GOP presidential nomination.

Here is how he responded to one reporter who did not get the memo about Christie not taking questions and continued trying to do his job.

When I asked Christie about ISIS and his UK meetings, he said, "Is there something you don't understand about 'No Questions'?"
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) February 3, 2015

Yeah what part of "I said something embarrassing on foreign soil making Americans look like nitwits and now I'm trying to lay low do you not get?"

Okay so should we consider the fact that the Christie team recognized that the vaccination response was ignorant to be progress on behalf of Republicans?

Here let me answer my own question.

Nope.

Courtesy of TPM:  

Yesterday, first Paul tried to get to the right (or perhaps just to the crazy) of Chris Christie by going further than Christie on Vaccine Choice. Then he came out a bit later in the day with his claim that vaccines can cause "profound mental disorders." Now it comes out that back in 2009 Paul told InfoWars channel 'Prison Planet TV' that mandatory vaccines could lead to "martial law".

Well okay then, it looks like the whole GOP clown car is now filled mostly with anti-vaxxers.

Good to know.

Milwaukee police chief responds to questions from press with epic response.

Courtesy of Inquisitr:  

Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn made a national name for himself on Wednesday after an impassioned video went viral on YouTube. 

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel posted a three-minute clip of Flynn responding to police protesters, who turned out to a Fire and Police Commission meeting to slam the department over the shooting of a mentally ill man. 

Dontre Hamilton suffered from schizophrenia but was non-violent, according to family members. When Officer Christopher Manney approached Hamilton, he reportedly violated protocols that escalated the confrontation, and he ended up shooting Hamilton 14 times, killing him. 

Flynn responded by firing Manney, taking flak from the police union in the process. When police protesters showed up to verbally attack him and other members of the police at the meeting, Flynn was having none of it. He shouted back at many of them and took a phone call, much to the chagrin of the protesters. 

This led the press to ask Edward Flynn about his actions following the meeting. His response is not only angry, thought-provoking, and impassioned, but it also symbolizes what many law enforcement personnel feel about doing their jobs in the 21st Century. 

I think that sometimes people forget just how stressful of a job police officers have.

They deal with people at their very worst, and often they are confronted with numbing amounts of domestic abuse, death, and human despair.

This of course is no excuse for the cop who guns down an unarmed person, or uses excess force to make an arrest. But it does help us to understand just how frustrated police officers must get with constant attacks on their profession, and disrespect from their communities.

I thought Police Chief Edward Flynn's remarks were quite appropriate, and I think they help to remind us that these are just human beings trying to hang onto their humanity, in the face of incredibly heartrending experiences.

Rachel Maddow calls out the gun nuts for using intimidation tactics to suppress opposition.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

This of course follows up on the report by Dana Milbank that I reported about yesterday.

Of course Rachel takes this issue and does her usual incredible job of adding new data and defining it in a way that should make it easily understandable even to those ignorant enough to think that more guns equals more safety.

Yeah I know, even Rachel Maddow cannot explain clearly well enough for THAT crows to understand!

Well Mitt Romney seems to be making quite an impression over there in England. I'm kidding, he's blowing it big time!

Serious dismay in Whitehall at Romney debut. 'Worse than Sarah Palin.' 'Total car crash'. Two of the kinder verdicts #romneyshambles
— James Chapman (Mail) (@jameschappers) July 26, 2012

Wow! Worse than Sarah Palin?

Now that's gotta hurt, especially after Mittens learned that McCain chose her over him in 2008 for essentially the same reason.

What's more is that Romney somehow managed to insult the Brits over their handling of the Olympics, by saying this:

"There are a few things that were disconcerting," Romney said of the event which has been 15 years in the planning and is expected to cost over £9bn. "The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials – that obviously is not something which is encouraging." 

It put a bit of a dampener on Romney's meeting with David Cameron on Thursday. "We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world," the prime minister said, pointedly. 

"Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere." (Romney ran the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake Ciy, Utah.)  

Oooh damn, now THAT'S a shot to the old crumpets!


Which inspired the mayor of London to mock him in front of thousands as the Olympic torch arrived to light a cauldron in Hyde park.

From all indications it appears that Romney went on this little excursion of his in order to bolster support for the President overseas. Well, that was mighty nice of him. Or as the British would say, "Good show old chap!"

(H/T to the Political Carnival.)

Update: It looks like the President just heard how things are going for Romney today.

You know that was pretty much my response as well.

Update 2: I think this cartoon about sums it up, don't you?