American President-elect Donald Trump took to the lectern this morning to deliver his first press conference in months. He brought his family. He brought staff. He brought his lawyer. And he brought a fuck-off big stack of files he claimed were proof he’d been busy divesting himself of his business interests before taking office.
Some funny things have happened after that declaration. First, Yahoo News correspondent Hunter Walker claimed he was turned away when he asked to have a peek inside the files to verify Trump’s claims.
I asked to look at some of the documents that were piled on the table but I was told I could not because they are “company documents”
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) January 11, 2017
Then, Slate’s report on the matter noted how dodgy the blank manila files seemed, saying “one imagines him showing up to future press conferences with additional objects from the theater storage room.”
Welp, it may not have even been good enough for the high school drama department, ’cause a Hollywood pro has called straight bullshit on the whole lot. Amy Berg, a writer and producer who has worked on Person Of Interest, Leverage, and The 4400, reckons the whole thing was a stitch-up:
As someone who professionally outfits fictional universes, I can tell you with absolute certainly that these are blank pieces of paper. https://t.co/IVLOIqt7EE
— Amy Berg (@bergopolis) January 12, 2017
Not only are they blank, but if this were my set I would fire the propmaster for lack of realism. They are that fake. pic.twitter.com/DPSc3pBv5F
— Amy Berg (@bergopolis) January 12, 2017
Hierarchy of realistic set design:
1) Movies/TV shows
2) Student Projects
3) Porn Films
4) Trump Press Conferences— Amy Berg (@bergopolis) January 12, 2017
Granted, the CNN journo whose photo Berg used to make her point has steered clear of saying whether they’re blank or not:
They could be blank. They could be real. All I’m saying is it’s irresponsible to take someone else’s reporting & state fact you don’t know https://t.co/mlLij1K2uA
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) January 12, 2017
Source: Slate.
Photo: Noah Gray / Amy Berg / Twitter.
