I was watching NY1 in the morning the other day. They played the clip of Trump saying he would love to talk to Special Counsel Mueller. Then the host, Pat Kiernan, said that he wondered whether or not The President* meant it. Let me be clear here: HE DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING!
Granted, the words that come out of his mouth often have no meaning in the order that they come out. It’s not that it’s a word salad. It’s a Tossed word salad. He’s not thinking about the coherence of what he’s saying (okay, he’s not actually thinking). He is trying to figure out what you want to hear. How do I know this? He’s said so- He has said, “I tell people what they want to hear.” There’s video.
He told the New York Times that when he felt people getting bored during his campaign rallies, he’d pull out the “Build the Wall” shtick. I think the firing of Comey was indicative. First, he was following the recommendations of the AG and Deputy AG. Oh, you didn’t like that answer? Fine I did it, I was going to do it, and I’d do it again tomorrow!
He said he wasn’t going to touch Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and during the primaries, he specifically said that the other Republican candidates would NOT say the same thing. He said he’d get rid of the illegals so fast your head would spin. Ah, but that’s inhumane, so we’re ONLY going to go after “Bad Hombres” (psst they’re ALL “bad hombres”).
Remember that he was going to be too busy working to visit his great, beautiful golf courses? And Everything is great, and beautiful- why? Who wants mediocre and bland- that’s why!
Trump doesn’t care if what comes out of his mouth bears any resemblance to reality. He doesn’t care if it directly contradicts the LAST THING that came out of his mouth! And by the way, let’s declare a new measure of time called the Trump, like we did with the Friedman. It’s the next 2 or 3 weeks. In Trumpspeak everything that he says will happen in the next 2 or 3 weeks means “Don’t hold your breath.”
As I type this, a commenter on MSNBC just said that he’s been a President for his base, in response to a question of whether he can inspire the mass of the American electorate. It’s commercial, and I believe it was Alex Witt who asked the question- I screamed “NOOOOOOOO!” at my TV before she even finished the question. But let me just say that President* Trump (Oh, has someone trademarked that “President*”?) has not been a President for his base, they are going to feel the pain of his policies more than others. But he SAYS that he’s doing stuff his base like, and hey they believe him.
He said he’s taken Jerusalem off the table in the Israel/Palestine peace process. Um, he can’t take it off the table. He then said he’s going to offer the Palestinians very wonderful things. It makes no sense! Even as his top economic advisers were going on the Sunday talk shows saying that it would be hard to pass a tax cut that didn’t disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans, he was at rallies telling people that his rich friends were not happy with him (“Believe me.”)
He’s the least racist person you are ever going to meet- why? Because his base doesn’t want to admit they voted for a racist which kind of implies their racism. Meanwhile, he’s ended TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for refugees from Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti, but not for refugees from the Balkans. Hmmm.
The words coming out of his mouth would, for a human being, be coming out the other end. Which is appropriate, I guess. After all, he’s an a$$hole.