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Trump Rallies & Interviews Catch-All | Trump - “just stop talking about that”
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Trump v WSJ
“… If this sounds familiar, you probably read the previous Weekend Interview with Mr. Trump, written by my late, great colleague Joseph Rago in November 2015. Then as now, the candidate denounced the Journal publicly a few days before his visit, only to open the meeting by singing our praises. For more than 90 minutes he alternated between bullying bluster and ingratiation. This push-pull wasn’t intimidating at all, but it was curiously disarming. Mr. Trump came across as a human being who craved approval, and that neediness made him—to me at least—more likable than the bombastic celebrity we’d seen on television. …”
Needy wheedlers are generally unlikeable, but to this guy that’s an improvement, apparently.
Trump Tangles With the Journal’s Editors
The former president oscillates between bullying and ingratiation as he tries to influence dictators, would-be immigrants and newspaper editorialists.
“… If this sounds familiar, you probably read the previous Weekend Interview with Mr. Trump, written by my late, great colleague Joseph Rago in November 2015. Then as now, the candidate denounced the Journal publicly a few days before his visit, only to open the meeting by singing our praises. For more than 90 minutes he alternated between bullying bluster and ingratiation. This push-pull wasn’t intimidating at all, but it was curiously disarming. Mr. Trump came across as a human being who craved approval, and that neediness made him—to me at least—more likable than the bombastic celebrity we’d seen on television. …”
Needy wheedlers are generally unlikeable, but to this guy that’s an improvement, apparently.
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Cont’d
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Mr. Gigot asks how Mr. Trump would persuade Xi Jinping to stand down from a blockade of Taiwan.
“Oh, very easy,” the former president says. “I had a very strong relationship with him. He was actually a really good, I don’t want to say friend—I don’t want to act foolish, ‘he was my friend’—but I got along with him great. He stayed at Mar-a-Lago with me, so we got to know each other great. He’s a very fierce person.”
That visit coincided with the April 2017 U.S. bombing of Syria, where China reportedly had a military presence. Mr. Trump says he decided to tell Mr. Xi about the bombing over dessert: “I said, ‘President, we’ve just shot 58 missiles into Syria to an airport that’s housing a lot of new planes. Your people are not at risk, but they’re on their way right now.’
He hears it and he goes, ‘Repeat.’ . . . I said, ‘You speak English, don’t you?’ ” Until then, the two men had communicated only with the aid of an interpreter.
“I repeated it, and he understood it. He sat like this, he’s a good poker player. First it looked like he was furious, right? I repeated it again. ‘Oh, OK.’ Then we got back to—he was pretty cool. But he’s a fierce guy.”
Mr. Trump returns to Mr. Gigot’s question: “I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry to do this, I’m going to tax you”—meaning impose tariffs—“at 150% to 200%.” He might even shut down trade altogether.
Mr. Gigot: “Would you use military force against a blockade on Taiwan?”
Mr. Trump: “I wouldn’t have to, because he respects me and he knows I’m f— crazy.” ..,”
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Mr. Gigot asks how Mr. Trump would persuade Xi Jinping to stand down from a blockade of Taiwan.
“Oh, very easy,” the former president says. “I had a very strong relationship with him. He was actually a really good, I don’t want to say friend—I don’t want to act foolish, ‘he was my friend’—but I got along with him great. He stayed at Mar-a-Lago with me, so we got to know each other great. He’s a very fierce person.”
That visit coincided with the April 2017 U.S. bombing of Syria, where China reportedly had a military presence. Mr. Trump says he decided to tell Mr. Xi about the bombing over dessert: “I said, ‘President, we’ve just shot 58 missiles into Syria to an airport that’s housing a lot of new planes. Your people are not at risk, but they’re on their way right now.’
He hears it and he goes, ‘Repeat.’ . . . I said, ‘You speak English, don’t you?’ ” Until then, the two men had communicated only with the aid of an interpreter.
“I repeated it, and he understood it. He sat like this, he’s a good poker player. First it looked like he was furious, right? I repeated it again. ‘Oh, OK.’ Then we got back to—he was pretty cool. But he’s a fierce guy.”
Mr. Trump returns to Mr. Gigot’s question: “I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry to do this, I’m going to tax you”—meaning impose tariffs—“at 150% to 200%.” He might even shut down trade altogether.
Mr. Gigot: “Would you use military force against a blockade on Taiwan?”
Mr. Trump: “I wouldn’t have to, because he respects me and he knows I’m f— crazy.” ..,”
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“… I said, ‘Vladimir, if you go after Ukraine, I am going to hit you so hard, you’re not even going to believe it. I’m going to hit you right in the middle of fricking Moscow.’
I said, ‘We’re friends. I don’t want to do it, but I have no choice.’
He goes, ‘No way.’
I said, ‘Way.’
I said, ‘You’re going to be hit so hard, and I’m going to take those f— domes right off your head.’ Because, you know, he lives under the domes.” …”
“… I said, ‘Vladimir, if you go after Ukraine, I am going to hit you so hard, you’re not even going to believe it. I’m going to hit you right in the middle of fricking Moscow.’
I said, ‘We’re friends. I don’t want to do it, but I have no choice.’
He goes, ‘No way.’
I said, ‘Way.’
I said, ‘You’re going to be hit so hard, and I’m going to take those f— domes right off your head.’ Because, you know, he lives under the domes.” …”
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Confronted With Facts on Fox News, Trump Claims Ignorance
In an interview that aired Sunday, Donald Trump defended his recent falsehoods about immigrants and the Capitol riot by claiming, implausibly, that he did not know or had “not heard” the truth.
Trump Defends Falsehoods About Haitian Immigrants and Jan. 6 on Fox News
In an interview that aired Sunday, Donald Trump defended his recent falsehoods about immigrants and the Capitol riot by claiming, implausibly, that he did not know or had “not heard” the truth.
“… On one point, though, he stuck by his words with no deflection or equivocation: He absolutely believed, he said, that his political opponents were an “enemy from within” who posed a greater threat than foreign adversaries. …”
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“… Mr. Kurtz questioned Mr. Trump’s recent description of Jan. 6 — … as a “day of love,” and asked whether the former president understood why Americans saw it as a dark day.
Mr. Trump didn’t back down from the description, and when Mr. Kurtz pushed back — noting that hundreds of people had pleaded guilty or been convicted, and that many were charged with assaulting police officers — Mr. Trump immediately deflected to another topic. He then claimed that nobody was killed on Jan. 6 and that “nobody had guns here either.”
Several people died as a result of the riot at the Capitol, and Mr. Kurtz pointed out that some of the rioters were armed. In his response, Mr. Trump professed ignorance, though that fact has been extensively documented.
“Well, really? I’d like to know. You mean in the rally or they had some guns at their home?” he said. “Really? Well, I have not heard that at all. No, I don’t think so. They had no guns.” …”
Mr. Trump didn’t back down from the description, and when Mr. Kurtz pushed back — noting that hundreds of people had pleaded guilty or been convicted, and that many were charged with assaulting police officers — Mr. Trump immediately deflected to another topic. He then claimed that nobody was killed on Jan. 6 and that “nobody had guns here either.”
Several people died as a result of the riot at the Capitol, and Mr. Kurtz pointed out that some of the rioters were armed. In his response, Mr. Trump professed ignorance, though that fact has been extensively documented.
“Well, really? I’d like to know. You mean in the rally or they had some guns at their home?” he said. “Really? Well, I have not heard that at all. No, I don’t think so. They had no guns.” …”
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Hey, Peggy Noonan, you might be interested in this response by Trump:
“… Mr. Trump’s critics point to the remarks as evidence that he will use the government to target his political rivals. Mr. Kurtz said it was “a pretty ominous phrase, if you’re talking about other Americans.”
“I think it’s accurate. I mean, I think it’s accurate,” Mr. Trump replied.
Some of Trump’s allies have tried to insist that Mr. Trump is applying the phrase to undocumented immigrants. On Sunday, he again made it explicitly clear that he was speaking about his political opponents.
Mr. Kurtz asked who the “enemy from within” was, and Mr. Trump identified Representative Adam Schiff of California and the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“They are to me the enemy from within,” he said. …”
“… Mr. Trump’s critics point to the remarks as evidence that he will use the government to target his political rivals. Mr. Kurtz said it was “a pretty ominous phrase, if you’re talking about other Americans.”
“I think it’s accurate. I mean, I think it’s accurate,” Mr. Trump replied.
Some of Trump’s allies have tried to insist that Mr. Trump is applying the phrase to undocumented immigrants. On Sunday, he again made it explicitly clear that he was speaking about his political opponents.
Mr. Kurtz asked who the “enemy from within” was, and Mr. Trump identified Representative Adam Schiff of California and the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“They are to me the enemy from within,” he said. …”
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Pretty good chance he told his staff to fire Milley and they ignored him, as they were want to do.
aGDevil2k
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Jesus - he thinks "one person and a secretary" can manage all of education across the country? He's a loon
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He believes this tripe.