Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter was asked on Monday, as was anyone else near a camera or microphone, about presidential candidate and America’s favorite blunt object Donald Trump’s statements concerning banning Muslims from the United States. Mayor Nutter had this to say:
He’s an asshole.
Beyond being exactly 100 percent on the nose with his analysis of Donald Trump, Mayor Nutter added:
I mean, how can I take seriously any foreign policy idea from someone like him? It’s impossible. I mean, he has no idea what he is talking about.
The Philadelphia mayor goes on to point out that Trump started his campaign with a similar hate-based rhetoric concerning Mexicans. Nutter’s elegance in synthesizing what Donald Trump actually is, is rather soothing.
What we’re finding is that no group is safe from his ignorance and rhetoric as he increasingly tries to target his message, narrowly crafted, politically driven and devised, to speak to a very narrow cast audience for his own purposes, that have nothing to do, in my opinion, with being president of the most powerful nation on the planet.
I implore you to watch the video below the fold just to watch Mayor Michael Nutter’s face while he answers a question about someone he has so little respect for.