"I think that sadder than seeing FOX become the blind mouthpiece for Trump, just as MSNBC became for Obama and the DNC, is probably seeing people who claim to be conservative becoming just as pretzel twisted in their defense of Trump 100% of the time with their "what he meant was ..." or "what he was saying was ...""
One of the dubious selling points his supporters pushed when he was running in 2016 was that he was a straight-talker - "he says what he means and means what he says". So why is someone always trying to explain what he really means when he says something that sounds bizarre or causes a problem? No, just no - you can't have it both ways. Words matter and anyone in the public spotlight knows that. The excuse that he's not a politician is meaningless - Trump has been talking to the press for 40 years, at one point pretending to be his own PR person in order to get his name in the NY papers. He knows the power of the press, knows how to manipulate it, and knows EXACTLY what he's saying when he says it. The lies he tells are calculated lies, and he retells them because he knows people will start believing him. I'm sure there are supporters who believe that China is paying the tariffs, or that the Wall is being built, or that windmills cause cancer and devalue your property, or that "clean coal" is an actual thing or any of the other thousands of lies he's told in the past 2-1/2 years. I just don't buy the "what he really meant was" nonsense.
"At some point, someone needs to stop being just a "yes" man in Trump's inner circle and be what he needs, someone who can tell him to just stop (tweeting, going off on tangents, saying batsh*t crazy things, etc.) and allow the people he hired to do their jobs without him undercutting them just because it has been 14 minutes since anyone has mentioned his name on TV or the radio."
Unfortunately, there is no one who can do that - all the adults have left the building. He does and says what he wants to do and say. He famously told us that he only hires the best people. What's the point of hiring the best people if you're not going to listen to them or let them do their jobs? I'm sure that's why people like Cohn, Tillerson, Priebus, Mattis, etc. left - he wouldn't listen to them. |
| Messages in this Thread |
|  What's this called? - MikeC/TX on 8/23/19 5:18pm |
|  Re: What - bagger on 8/24/19 7:38am |
|  Re: What - MikeC/TX on 8/24/19 4:23pm |
| I thought it was his wife who knows 6 different languages? - Moneyman/TX on 8/26/19 2:15am |
 |  Re: I thought it was his wife who knows 6 different languages? - MikeC/TX on 8/27/19 6:32pm |
| Donald Trump interview with Dave Letterman, 2012 - MikeC/TX on 8/24/19 4:28pm |
| Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike n/m - Moneyman/TX on 8/26/19 10:21am |
| Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - shooterclay on 8/29/19 9:08pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - MikeC/TX on 8/30/19 8:11pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - shooterclay on 8/31/19 1:23pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - MikeC/TX on 8/31/19 5:25pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - shooterclay on 9/2/19 7:35pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - MikeC/TX on 9/3/19 6:33pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - shooterclay on 9/3/19 7:36pm |
|  Re: Support/Oppose him IDC, That is funny! Thanks Mike - MikeC/TX on 9/4/19 3:45pm |
