In Donald Trump news, Donald Trump believes he is being treated unfairly.
“If you answer one question inartfully or incorrectly in some form, or you misunderstood it or you misspoke, it ends up being a big story,” he said. “That doesn’t happen with other people.”
Oh, Donald. Donald, Donald, Donald. You poor, poor man. This defense by the Trumpinator is, of course, in response to Donald Trump opining to MSNBC host Chris Matthews that there should be "some form of punishment" for women who have abortions, which was taken badly by Everybody and resulted in the closest Donald Trump has ever come, in this campaign, to a complete talkback.
Trump endorser and top-notch mattress salesman Dr. Ben Carson's explanation for Trump saying such a thing was the malevolent interviewer didn't let Donald Trump know he'd be asking that question beforehand, and so Donald Trump was caught completely unaware, since Trump was under the previous impression that he could run for president of the United States without anyone ever asking him about abortion rights. Fox News talking summer squash Steve Doocy chalked it up to Donald Trump not being used to having opinions on things and why can't everyone just cut him some slack: "He only became a politician six or seven months ago."
But Trump himself now admits only to misunderstanding the question. He thought Matthews was talking about what the Catholic Church should do with women who have abortions. Because, I guess, he thinks the president gets to decide those things too.
He said that it was an extensive back-and-forth with Mr. Matthews. “I was really talking about his religion,” Mr. Trump said, referring to a point in the exchange where he mentioned the Roman Catholic Church. [...]
Mr. Trump added: “The difference is that if I say something that’s off, if I say something that’s off one way or another, it gets massive publicity. If somebody else does it, nobody cares.”
That's right, kids. Donald Trump has landed his boat on the shores of American politics, planted his gaudy and glittering gold flag, and now claims he and he alone has discovered that giving very bad answers to very important questions will get you talked about in this strange new land. He's a real Columbus, that one.