Video: Trump, in a completely unexpected and surprising move, goes full asshole on Shep Smith exit.

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar

Trump mocks and ridicules Shepard Smith

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

1. He is SUCH an asshole!

God, I hate him more every day.

[Miles Archer]

3. I think we can move "Trump ordered it, Barr made it happen" out of tinfoil hat territory

Reminded me of the "REALLY???" reaction from the Russians in the Oval Office the day Comey was fired.

[smirkymonkey]

6. I guess that was what that little visit to Rupert was about.

What a pathetic, whiny snowflake bitch!

[shanti]

11. yes

when i heard about that meeting, i knew murdoch was given his new marching orders. who's next? chris wallace?

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Well he got him fired, it makes him feel like a man.

[madaboutharry]

4. There is no limit

to how much I loathe him.

On the integrity and decency meter:

Shep Smith: Tons

Trump: Zero

[Miles Archer]

5. Shep turned a corner during Katrina

It was the subject of much discussion on DU at the time. He was thoroughly pissed off by what he witnessed when reporting from the area, and was never the same after that.

If MSNBC hired Greta Van Fucking Susteren and Hugh Hewitt, they SHOULD be eyeballing Shep, now that he's a free agent.

[OnDoutside]

7. He'd be a great 7pm replacement for Matthews.

[Iwasthere]

9. Yes!

[ecstatic]

10. I think Shep said he's forbidden from working on any other network

for a while. He made it seem as if he asked to be let out of his contract.

[shanti]

12. One year

then he's free. But can he still be a guest on another station?

[OnDoutside]

13. Yes, "gardening leave", probably 6 months or a year.

[cynatnite]

14. I think it's a year, but I wouldn't count on him jumping to MSNBC. n/t

[madaboutharry]

8. I remember Shep Smith during Katrina.

He was reporting from in front of the Superdome and the on air host in the NY studio were laughing and making jokes about the people there.

Smith was outraged and yelled at them. You’re right, it changed him. He wasn’t the same after that.

[Joe941]

15. Shep was not that great - he just hated tRump.

He was a gopper.

[madaboutharry]

16. No, it was more than that.

He spoke out repeatedly against birtherism, turned early against the Iraq war, called out his colleagues on their bullshit. I think it went deeper than hating Trump. He doesn't like dishonesty.