Another example from a comment on the STAT article:
Failing to understand the Oval Office metaphor:
‘Face The Nation’ host John Dickerson tried to get Trump to muse on former George W Bush’s comment on how the Oval Office was round and therefore had no corners to hide in – meaning accountability always sat firmly at the President’s lap."
However, Trump failed to spot the metaphor and took it just a bit too literally. He said: “Well, there’s truth to that. There is truth to that. There are certainly no corners. And you look, there’s a certain openness. But there’s nobody out there. You know, there is an openness, but I’ve never seen anybody out there actually, as you could imagine.”
JOHN DICKERSON:(Throwing out a metaphor) George W. Bush said the reason the Oval Office is round is there are no corners you can hide in.”
Implying Bush may have wanted a place to hide and found he couldn’t.
“PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:(totally- concrete) Well, there’s truth to that. There is truth to that. There are certainly no corners. And you look, there’s a certain openness.”
Trump is now referring to his own approach.
TRUMP “But there’s nobody out there.”
“Out there” meaning on that limb of needing to hide. In Trump’s experience no one is trying to hide. Including himself. Trump goes over it again just in case it has not sunk in:
TRUMP ” You know, there is an openness, but I’ve never seen anybody out there actually, as you could imagine.”
Perhaps he might have used “and” rather than “but.”
By “As you could imagine” Trump is saying, I think people realise my intention is a whole new open approach, unlike past admins. People trying to hide are on the outer in my admin and I have never seen anyone out there.
“JOHN DICKERSON: (dumbfounded) But he– what he meant was it’s– all comes —
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Sure. Sure.”
Trump not waiting for the word, “out” after “it all comes” he is implying it’s obvious and does not require pride.
“JOHN DICKERSON: (floundering) –back to you.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: (again completely concrete) Sure. It does.”
does have no corners to hide.
TRUMP “But I think that’s true anyway.”
Thinking of the past admins is obvious.
TRUMP “But it does, there’s no question.”
In other words see what has been coming out about past admins are more is going to come out, ie 9/11.
TRUMP “county”
Should that be “counting” or waiting”?
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