YOU CAN'T JUST LET HIM LIE ABOUT THAT — Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) September 8, 2016 How on earth does Matt Lauer let Trump get away with the well-documented lie that he opposed the Iraq war without a single follow-up? — (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) September 8, 2016 And that was within the first minutes of Lauer’s …
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Trump on Putin: "I think when he calls me brilliant, I’ll take the compliment. OK?” Putin didn't. He called Trump "яркий" (bright/colorful)
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) September 8, 2016
Trump, in response to Putin's record: "Well do you want me to tell you some of the things Obama's done?"
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 8, 2016
A nominee of a major party is praising a thug who kills journalists, invades neighbors and steals billions. https://t.co/BhKGf20QjL
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 8, 2016
Anti-Trump GOPer emails: "every R candidate should be asked if they agree with Trump that Putin is better president than our president"
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) September 8, 2016
If in '08, Senator Barack Obama had praised Putin as a better President than the American, Republicans would have demanded he quit race.
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 8, 2016
Trump praising Putin: "he does have an 82% approval rating"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 8, 2016
Trump reveres Putin. He wants Putin's power. He wants to be a dictator. Every American — every American — should be terrified about that.
— Tony Schwartz (@tonyschwartz) September 8, 2016
A Michael Bay remake of The Manchurian Candidate would still be more subtle than Trump's pro-Russia campaign.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) September 8, 2016
“I have a substantial chance of winning. Make America great again. Make America great again. Have a substantial chance of winning.”
REBOOT!
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) September 8, 2016
Veteran: what is your plan to beat ISIS?
Trump: *babble* take the oil *gibberish* victor, spoils #CinCForum— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2016
Trump: "Just, you would leave a certain group behind and you would take various sections where they have the oil." pic.twitter.com/XBYaqZJszX
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 8, 2016
We definitely wouldn't have had an Islamic insurgency problem in a country whose oil wealth we were siphoning away by brute force .
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 8, 2016
Has Trump given a substantive or even factually correct answer to any question he was asked?
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) September 8, 2016
Better question. Did anyone hold him accountable. Same answer. https://t.co/vSiEnyGGhG
— Chris Fisher (@chrisfishsea) September 8, 2016
Donald Trump can’t name a single thing he’s reading to prepare for being Commander-in-Chief / President of the United States of America…
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) September 8, 2016
Trump's on how much time he's devoting to boning up on nat'l security issues: "I'm running a business. I'm wearing a lot of hats right now"
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 8, 2016
What Lauer failed to ask Trump at the #NBCNewsForum, per @mlcalderone. pic.twitter.com/NTAeOZcSmy
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) September 8, 2016
5-Deferment Don insulted every man & woman who, unlike him, served in uniform. @realDonaldTrump #NBCNewsForum @iava pic.twitter.com/4bKjQxZMFq
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) September 8, 2016
"When I do come up with a plan that I like and that perhaps agrees with mine or maybe doesn't, I may love what the generals come back with."
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 8, 2016
So Trump says he's planning to purge our senior officer corps. Can we let that sink in for a minute?
— Mike Breen (@M_Breen) September 8, 2016
Trump saying “they’ll probably be different generals” is not something said by someone more like a president than like a dictator.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 8, 2016
Somewhere in Trump Tower there's a crayon drawing of a 1950s bomb falling on a guy in a turban captioned "sekrit plan"
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) September 8, 2016
Lauer to Trump: "Nobody would expect you" to have researched deeply into foreign policy issues. Nobody? Before *running for president*?
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) September 8, 2016
There are two men on that stage dangerously unqualified for the job they imagine themselves having.
— Andy Barr (@bustipsover) September 8, 2016
NBC News Forum so far
– Clinton should have had clearer answers to questions
– Trump should have had actual, factual answers to questions
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) September 8, 2016
I don't blame Lauer for asking the email question. But it's ABSURD that he started off with Trump, "Why should you be Commander-in-Chief?"
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 8, 2016
Did Trump campaign approve moderator? I assume he wouldn’t agree to do the event unless he was certain it wouldn’t be a tough moderator
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 8, 2016
Rough go for Trump surrogates in the morning answering whether they share his desire to govern like Putin AND want to fire generals.
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 8, 2016
Thank you to our fantastic veterans. The reviews and polls from almost everyone of my Commander-in-Chief presentation were great. Nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2016
It's not a lie, if *you* believe it. https://t.co/XpgHCqSzgz
— Jonathan Cristol (@jonathancristol) September 8, 2016
He literally has no idea what he's talking about. #evergreentweets
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 8, 2016
If Trump simply shows good judgement in his foreign policy answers tonight, he wins the forum.#NBCNewsForum
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 8, 2016
Well he insulted the generals, praised Putin and didn't know the US military has a court system. How'd he do? https://t.co/ZHU98DN96m
— Adam Barken (@adambarken) September 8, 2016
If you're supporting a total head-case like Trump purely out of resentment of the "elites," damn right I question your love of country. /1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2016
I mean the people who watched #CICForum and said: "I think this loon would be awesome as CinC with over 1500 nukes." /3
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2016
A journalist's entire job — literally the whole job description — is to report what's true and what's not.@MLauer @chucktodd
— Dylan Scott (@dylanlscott) September 8, 2016
I think the measure of an interview is whether we learn about the subject from it, and I think we learned a lot about Trump tonight.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 8, 2016
Final debate — i.e., the one that might “matter” on election day — is moderated by a Fox anchor who’s said it’s not his job to truth-squad.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 8, 2016