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by _bxg1
2243 days ago
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Maybe it was an offhand remark, maybe it was sarcasm, etc. But that misses the point. If you are the most powerful and widely-heard person in the United States, you don't get to improvise your press briefings or give dubious advice "as a joke". People often defend him with "well we've all said something stupid", or "maybe he just didn't think it all the way through". But he isn't you or me. He is the leader of the free world. He carries enormous responsibility, and he's demonstrated time and again that he can't be bothered to give a flying fart about it. |
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People like the man because he improvises his press conferences. They like him because he speaks off the cuff. Why, because it makes them like him. It makes them trust him (believe it or not). They don't trust the responsibility of leading them to someone who is slickly packaged by political consultants. Like that or not, that's democracy. So the question is who can the American people trust? Who DID they trust? (apologies for the all caps, not sure how to do italics). The answer is they trusted Donald Trump. Why? Because he speaks off the cuff. For some reason that's assuring to people. So if a few dozen people drink bleach due to misinterpreting a press conference, but the majority of a 350 some million person country are reassured by his making comments off the cuff, then what serves the greater good?