Watch Charles Krauthammer Eviscerate Donald Trump’s Bizarre Press Conference

Charles Krauthammer summed up Donald Trump’s rambling, infomercial of a press conference: “I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a stream of disconnected ideas since I quit psychiatry 30 years ago.”

It's almost impossible to describe the press conference but in it he hawked his discontinued products such as Trump steaks and Trump magazine (both of which were mocked by Mitt Romney), ridiculed and belittled an NBC News reporter and somehow worked in that he'll make the country say "Merry Christmas."

On Fox News, conservative contributor Charles Krauthammer, a former psychiatrist, all but called it "crazy."

KRAUTHAMMER: [Joe] Trippi was saying a little earlier that he found a little bit of structure in the Trump oration. Well, I beg to disagree. I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a stream of disconnected ideas since I quit psychiatry 30 years ago. That was quite a performance and it was very weird.

...I think people have a sense of humor about him which is good because otherwise they’d be terrified and that’s what has been carrying him through.

Almost as disturbing as Trump's remarks was, as Media Matters reported, that all three major cable networks carried them without interruption, while ignoring Hillary Clinton's speech, which happened at the same time. Media Matters noted that MSNBC subsequently aired Clinton's speech. But Fox News did not and CNN had not as of the time of Media Matters' post, 10:29 PM ET. The presser ended a little before 10 PM.

Watch Krauthammer rip Trump below, from Fox's March 8 primary coverage. You can also watch the complete press conference underneath.

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commented 2016-03-09 16:38:19 -0500 · Flag

@ truman: And let us not forget who the Donald considers to be a veritable political soul mate.

Seems like his soul mate’s infected him with the gift of word salad.

commented 2016-03-09 16:24:03 -0500 · Flag

“Stream of disconnected ideas?” Kraphamsters apparently has never listened to the word salads dished out by Fux Noise fave Sarah Palin.

commented 2016-03-09 15:56:32 -0500 · Flag

Oh my …the GOP/Republican “enablers” ARE listening to the BS that is the GOP/Republican Party’s message.

AND …they finally share in the terror that MOST of US (America) have been experiencing BECAUSE of the GOP/Republican Party’s message, policies and practices!

Willful ignorance is not BLISSful …just plain stupid!

AND … the stupid IS strong in that group of Americans!

commented 2016-03-09 15:02:17 -0500 · Flag

David:
Rather than the bunker days, what’s happening in the USA right now is a lot like what happened during the early years of fascism and nazism in Italy and Germany (and probably any other dictatorship that has ever existed). Gangs of brown- and black-shirted goons were happily engaged in beating up anybody who disagreed with “the Word” and most people were too busy getting on with their lives to bother. The rest is history as the saying goes.

commented 2016-03-09 12:07:54 -0500 · Flag

Republican Krauthammer is much tougher on Trump than “Democrat” Joe Trippi. At every rally Trump vilifies the media, and all 3 cable news networks have him on constantly. They NEVER ask the tough questions and they allow Trump to drone on and on and on and, EXCUSE ME, on and on and on and on and on……

commented 2016-03-09 11:05:01 -0500 · Flag

CBSN broadcast Clinton’s and Bernie’s speeches. They had great balance and didn’t let The Donald suck all the oxygen out of their broadcast.

Trump’s merry Christmas hypocrisy should wake up everyone to the utter lie of the Fox News anti-politically correct narrative. For every instance of a right-winger outraged over the liberal speech police is a conservative donning his own Keystone Kop uniform to enforce his alternative speech code.

So Der Furor is so outraged some people say “happy holidays” he’s going to force us to say “merry Christmas.” Don’t forget your Nazi salute.

commented 2016-03-09 10:29:35 -0500 · Flag

As far as the big 3 networks, if you are waiting for Edward R Murrow or Walter Cronkite and some detached objectivity. Don’t hold your breath.

The networks are covering what may be a cult forming around Trump? Can you say enabler?

commented 2016-03-09 10:18:21 -0500 · Flag

Bemused, I think what we are witnessing is the birth of a cult. A mood kind of like Hitler’s last days in the bunker. People looking out of the corner of their eyes to see how others react before voicing an opinion. It’s the twilight zone in Faux land.

The problem for Trump is, is that a lot of republicans detest cults even if Jesus Christ himself handed them the cup of kool-aid.

commented 2016-03-09 10:03:44 -0500 · Flag

Didn’t watch or even listen to Trump’s aimless ramble through the dictionary. Makes Rubio sound like a master orator.

Am listening somewhat distractedly to Fox while working and I’m picking up a lot of underlying tension between hosts who react against any unkind word about Trump and many guests who would actually like to say something just a teeny weeny bit critical but are scared of setting off a battle on the air. So many people walking on eggshells. Disturbing. Very disturbing.

Note to self: must buy more popcorn as there may be a civil war brewing inside the FNC building.