President Demented 4th Grader
It is increasingly clear that Trump has lost his marbles.
…Trump likes to watch replays of his debate and rally performances. But instead of looking for weaknesses in technique or for places to improve, Trump luxuriates in the moments he believes are evidence of his brilliance.
Behind the scenes: Trump commentates as he watches, according to sources who’ve sat with him and viewed replays on his TiVo, which is pre-loaded with his favorites on the large TV in the private dining room adjoining the Oval Office. When watching replays, Trump will interject commentary, reveling in his most controversial lines. “Wait for it. … See what I did there?” he’ll say.
In the early weeks of the administration, Trump loved to relive his debate performances against Hillary Clinton. His favorite, according to sources with direct knowledge, was the St. Louis debate after the Access Hollywood tape leaked, when the Trump team invited Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct accusers as their guests in the live audience.
…Trump used to enjoy rewatching the moment in that debate when Clinton observed, “It’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.”
“Because,” Trump replied, “you’d be in jail.”A source who’s discussed the moment with Trump told me, “He thinks it’s the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of presidential debates.”
When it’s all over and done the question remains will we have learned anything? Since this is America I doubt it. Although she was castigated for the “Deplorables” comment the name truly fits Trump’s base. Dumb as a chunk, poorly educated and apparently proud of it. Is Trump a “demented fourth grader”? No, that would be a step up.
Clinton’s biggest gaffe wasn’t ‘deplorables” I don’t think. It was America is “already great”.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1026538838594924546
“Between 2007 and 2016, the average wealth of the top one percent increased by $4.9 million at the same time as the wealth of the median family declined by $42,000”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/amp/2018/08/america-10-years-after-the-financial-crisis.html?__twitter_impression=true
I agree. That ‘America is already great’ comment demonstrated, fairly or not, that she had nothing in common with most Americans. Things were great for her Goldman Sachs pals, and they would stay that way.
Forget about voter suppression, that comment probably motivated scores of D voters to stay home. Nothing was going to change under Clinton b/c she had just told them so.