Why is one of the most extraordinary, revelatory quotes ever uttered by Donald Trump being ignored by the national media?
I’ll tell you why: Because it raises all sort of questions about his mental functioning and agency that the access-dependent Washington press corps would rather not acknowledge.
It confirms that Trump has no idea what he’s talking about. And it suggests he is either easily deceived, or manipulated, or both.
My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place…it looks like terrible.
Are his people showing him AI disinformation? Outdated F A U X horseshit appears to be the culprit, perhaps…
Trump: But I will say this, I watched today and I didn’t know that was continuing to go on, but Portland is unbelievable. What’s going on in Portland, the destruction of the city.
Q. Are you going into Portland?
Trump: Well I’m gonna look at it now because I didn’t know that was still going on. This has been going on for years. So we’ll be able to stop that very easily, we’ll be able to stop, but you know, that was not on my list, Portland, but when I watched television last night, this has been going on –you wouldn’t be standing, if you were the mayor, you wouldn’t be, can you imagine what they’re doing? They’re walking and throwing smoke bombs into stores. These are paid terrorists, OK? These are paid agitators, these are profess — I watched that last night. I’m very good at this stuff — these are paid agitators…
These are paid agitators and they’re very dangerous for our country, and when we go there, if we go to Portland, we’re gonna wipe ’em out. They’re gonna be gone and they’re gonna be gone fast — they won’t even stand to fight. They will not stay there. They’ve ruined that city. I have people that used to live in Portland, they’ve left, most of them have left, but what they’ve done to that place is just, it’s like living in hell.
From Dan Froomkin @ Press Watch - An intervention for political journalism
https://presswatchers.org/author/froomkin/
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This fucking idiot hasn’t had any Idea what’s really happening in the country his whole life. He’s never lived in the same world as any normal American citizen. Unqualified for office just on that quality alone .