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President Donald Trump rekindled his war against Saturday Night Live on Sunday morning, seemingly threatening to sue after the show after it aired a segment imagining an alternative universe in which he was never elected. The real scandal, Trump insisted in a tweet, is the one sided coverage of NBC & Democratic spin machines like Saturday Night Live. He added, Should be tested in courts, cant be legal?
Link to tweet
The sketch was a parody of Its a Wonderful Life, the holiday classic, featuring key figures from in and outside the administration gloating about how much better their lives are without a Trump presidency. Michael Cohen (played by Ben Stiller) isnt going to prison. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is making a killing in PR. Kellyanne Conway is on speaking terms with her husband. Even Brett Kavanaugh (Matt Damon) gloats about how hes free to talk about beer without coming off as physically threatening. And then theres Robert Mueller (Robert DeNiro), who gets to spend more time with his grandson instead of investigating the president for treason.
Trump is notoriously sensitive, litigious, and hostile toward the media. But after a week in which his personal attorney and fixer was sentenced to three years in prison for acting on his orders to pay women hush money during the 2016 election, hes probably in no mood to laugh.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/trump-saturday-night-live-lawsuit-wonderful-life/
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)appointees.
Because, you know, both candidates are really the same...emails, gave ONE speech
forgotmylogin
(7,523 posts)then to complain about it and threaten to sue.
Streisand Effect.
Oh, and Dotard, ONLY A DICTATOR WOULD THREATEN TO MUZZLE A SATIRICAL COMEDY SHOW. IF YOU WANT THEM TO STOP PORTRAYING YOU IN A BAD LIGHT THEN STOP DOING AWFUL THINGS.
Hope he heard that.
I just tweeted the link back at him imploring people not to watch it because it makes him feel bad! Nobody should get to notice the crap he pulls and comment on it satirically or journalistically!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)Go ahead. Do it. Even Kavanaugh and Gorsuch won't save you from the results of that one.
But heck, we all know Tiny threatens to sue people all the time and never does it.
onit2day
(1,201 posts)LyndaG
(683 posts)King of the Snowflakes !!!!!
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)90% of what he says doesn't happen.
It is the funniest cold open I've ever seen!
JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)How many times has he threatened to sue? WOLF!!
SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)He has just about every Attorney in Washington defending him already, and the State of New York hasn't even begun investigating him yet!
He's such a whiny little baby. I hope everything he's done is tormenting him beyond belief, and that he develops painful ulcers and intestinal problems. I want him to suffer like no one has ever suffered before! Does that make me a bad person? Oh well, he's the only person I regard in this way, so I can't be all bad.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)So stuff doesn't bother him like an ordinary person would be.
SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)No person of sane mind acts in the same manner as he does. It's amazing that 90% of republicans don't realize this.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)erronis
(15,219 posts)He once sued my friend for defamation and lost.
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1736653.html
SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)They seem to be equally incompetent and have the same interests; racism, conspiracy theories, and frivolous litigation. Hell, these two should be married to each other!
struggle4progress
(118,270 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)mahina
(17,637 posts)mahina
(17,637 posts)woofless
(2,670 posts)I presume the video would be shown in evidence. Hilarity ensues.
On another note, how can anyone take this jerk seriously when he whines about the legality of anything? It never stopped him from doing whatever he wants, law be damned.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,577 posts)Let's open up Trump to several hours of intense questioning under oath, preferably on videotape. And producing documents, too! What an early Christmas present that would be.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)it's a wonderful life for LAWYERS.
tRump was right! He was determined to bring down the jobless rate, and he did. At this point, is there even one attorney from NYC to Florida who is unemployed?
JustFiveMoreMinutes
(2,133 posts)fierywoman
(7,680 posts)Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)The episode Where My Country Gone? Was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The only thing funnier might be watching Trump's face while HE watches it.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Link to tweet
malaise
(268,856 posts)so touchy about being laughed at himself. He learned nothing from Obama ridiculing him.
Fuck him!
Lock him up!
mobeau69
(11,139 posts)malaise
(268,856 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)The last thing we need is that thin-skinned-know-nothing suing everybody. Someone needs to explain the theory of "free speech" and the concept of "satire" that we enjoy in this country. Besides Trump is the last person complaining, as much as he defames other people with his lies.
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)that Saturday Night Live has made fun of every President in about every episode since it's inception. Uh, dummy tRump... that's what Saturday Night Live does... The dumber the President, the funnier the skits...
JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)King Donald's dignity doesn't have to suffer the slings and arrows of basic cable. Plus, whaddaboutHillary?
hahaha "dignity"
Rhiannon12866
(205,074 posts)They had clumsy Gerald Ford, clueless Reagan - and HW Bush (not exactly known for his sense of humor) became friends with Dana Carvey!
ananda
(28,856 posts)Lol
Mr.Bill
(24,263 posts)He's going to jail for three years.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)The last thing we need is that thin-skinned-know-nothing suing everybody. Someone needs to explain the theory of "free speech" and the concept of "satire" that we enjoy in this country. Besides Trump is the last person complaining, as much as he defames other people with his lies.
dlk
(11,540 posts)Of course he wants to sue/jail anyone who makes fun of him.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,013 posts)KPN
(15,641 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,066 posts)Make sure you ask the Court for Trump to pay your attorneys fees, Loren . . . . .
mahina
(17,637 posts)Satire is protected speech even if the object of the satire does not get the joke
mobeau69
(11,139 posts)As the book, not in print yet, skyrocketed in the "Best Sellers" lists!
misanthrope
(7,411 posts)He just really knows nothing about the Constitution at all. Nothing.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)Colbert (and often Kimmel) zing harder in most of their monologues. The only thing you might argue was over the top was the Melania divorce storyline; however, SNL didn't have any porn-stars or playboy playmates put in appearances. Otherwise, it seemed pretty tame.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)He wants to sue over that? Maybe he's never seen Colbert, Kimmel, or Meyers.
Such a toddler.
Rhiannon12866
(205,074 posts)He apparently doesn't even know Stephen Colbert's name - Colbert recently said Trump has referred to him as "the guy on CBS..."
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)Nancy And Chuck Are: Democrats On The Offensive
(Or, No wonder he's having trouble erecting it)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211545486
And...
The Embarrassing President Feels Embarrassed
Maybe he should expand his lawsuit.
Rhiannon12866
(205,074 posts)And maybe he should think twice about giving all the late night comedians so much material!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017524176
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)There were a couple in your post that I had missed!
Rhiannon12866
(205,074 posts)Because the humor made me feel better after yet another day of demoralizing news. I figured that we needed more humor here these days, so I try to pay it forward...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017524310
sarge43
(28,941 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like FOX & Repub spin machines like Faux & Friends, Schmucker, Mr. Haney, the Old Blonde & Judge Holler.
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)About Trump, Pence, Chuck and Nancy meeting.
Pence should have been the dead 💀 weekend at Bernies character.
Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,273 posts)could use this as "evidence" to bring the Fairness Act back.
Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,319 posts)LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)Somebody has hurt fweewings...
SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)He can't even joke about censoring comedy shows because he's the target of a parody. More absurd if he thinks it entitles him to a settlement.
This is taboo territory.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Make an even bigger fool of yourself and your republican party.
keithbvadu2
(36,731 posts)Empty threat? Big talker?
The Trump Files: Trumps Long History of Getting Sued by His Own Lawyers
Hes a deadbeat.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/trump-files-time-trumps-lawyers-sued-trump/
unblock
(52,181 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Trump is such an idiot. All any lawsuit would do is bring further eyes to that SNL piece...and confirm the point of the piece.
malaise
(268,856 posts)Ilsa
(61,691 posts)I'm sure Hannity can explain to him why that's a bad idea for them.
Turbineguy
(37,312 posts)maybe you can even find a lawyer who can make an even bigger fool of you.
apkhgp
(1,068 posts)Get the hell out of OUR White House.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)Im sure that everyone will enjoy the laughs.
tblue37
(65,273 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)I bet he makes melanie wipe his butt when he doo doos because he is such a baby
Initech
(100,059 posts)Because I already have another piece ready, I can easily move that to another week.
Yavin4
(35,431 posts)He pretty much writes their material for them. He gave them Sean Spicer, Rudy, Michael Cohen, Kellyanne. No way SNL writers could do better.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Im sick to death of his non-stop pissing and moaning about how unfair his miserable life is.
Tell you what, #45, if its all to much for your delicate sensibilities, QUIT.
Dr Vegas
(456 posts)Of Trump in court with his lawsuit. A lawyer could point out how SNL has been making fun of Presidents/Politics during their entire History and he can ask him why should he be different? Then the Lawyer can ask Trump about what role VP Pence played in the skit
(a shirtless DJ) to prove Trump didn't watch the show but was "told" about it.