Oh, Alrighty then, Trump just misspoke

[RedhorseWoman]

Quite a few Republicans spoke out about how horrible that press conference was, but I wonder if they will just forget the whole thing in a day or two and let the Orange Pumpkin continue to roll along without protest.

 

[Ellen Brown]

So we're supposed to consider him a fool rather than a knave? Given that he's a serial liar, I don't really care what is being claimed by him or his staff. As far as I'm concerned, everything he or his administration or Republicans in the House or Senate say are lies until proven true. Or at best meaningless mouthings designed to full the gullible.

In my most uncharitable opinion, Trump is just straight up evil, a gangster.

 

[Shad]

I am still somewhat dumbstruck that anyone believes a single thing the man says. LOL.

There is no doubt Jeb is low energy.

 

[Revoltingest]

Which brings us to the primary problem with the Trump administration: they have no idea what they are talking about. Credibility, in my opinion, is important for world leaders. There will come a time when nations have to rely on each other and have faith that the others they consider allies will be there when they need them. The US has lost most, if not all, of her credibility over the last few years. No one should be surprised since 45 has spent much of his free time in a pi$$ing match with some of our allies instead of focusing his attention on more important ambitions. The world is not short on problems and what saddens me is this administration has, instead, decided to pad their social media score, host rallies, and throw support at white nationalists hoping to scalp Senate/House Seats. Meanwhile, Flint still needs water, Africa needs more than I can list here, NK is playing in a corner by itself (again), Russia is as backwards as they always have been, there is social friction in Europe, there is a clear political divide in the US, and the everyday citizen has absolutely no idea what is going to happen next. Makes me nervous...

Flint's lead levels are now lower than federal standards, & improving.
Africa's problems are its own, & not our problem to solve.
Europe's social friction is of its own making, & not our problem to solve.
Russia has been & still is backward, but I hope tensions will ease.
(Several close calls for thermonuclear war point to the need for better relations.)
What citizen ever did know what would happen next?

Some things are better.
Our tax code improved somewhat.
SCOTUS nominees are of very good quality.
The economy improved.
Predictions of Hitler & a Trump military coup have failed to materialize.

 

[YmirGF]

There is no doubt Jeb is low energy.

Of that there is little doubt. Sorta goes without saying though.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I should have posted this earlier:

 

[Terese]

Well...Popeye, ..a refined academic vocabulary doesn't win the heart of the people.
Spontaneity does

WHY WE LOVE TRUMP

Btw...as an European, I am blindly devoted to a President that says : "We will beat the sh*t out of ISIS"

Namaskar Felino, you are desperately motivated by fear. I understand Europe is under attack by so called minorities, but there is no need to trust Trump and Putin over it. They will do far more damage than good.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Yeah, seriously? What won't he say and do next?

that's what we are deathly afraid of... he has no limits on his depravity it seems.

 

[Father Heathen]

Didn't want to disappoint you.

That ship has long since sailed.

 

[metis]

Didn't want to disappoint you. Besides Putin has been at it for a long time with politics, Trump not so long. ;0)

And you actually think I wasn't aware of that?

 

[Katzpur]

that's what we are deathly afraid of... he has no limits on his depravity it seems.

The man disgusts me as no public figure ever has. If he ends up getting a second term, we are seriously headed for World War III. I know people say he couldn't possibly be re-elected, but it seems people were wrong when they said he couldn't be elected the first time.

 

[Twilight Hue]

That ship has long since sailed.

Well I'm glad I didn't disappoint!

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I'd be much happier giving Trump the benefit of the doubt on this if he didn't have such a tremendous history of lying, flip flopping and obfuscating. I suppose the best response would be to say "actions speak louder than words". If Trump's actions follow his claim of what he REALLY meant, I'll happily accept he mispoke.

IF.

 

[metis]

I'd be much happier giving Trump the benefit of the doubt on this if he didn't have such a tremendous history of lying, flip flopping and obfuscating. I suppose the best response would be to say "actions speak louder than words". If Trump's actions follow his claim of what he REALLY meant, I'll happily accept he mispoke.

IF.

Except that he didn't misspeak at all because the "correction" literally makes no sense in the context of the whole. Instead of changing other parts of what he actually said, they only dealt with one word, and that word when changed puts the entire paper out of what the context clearly was. They weren't even smart enough to alter some of the rest of the paper to match the context.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'd be much happier giving Trump the benefit of the doubt on this if he didn't have such a tremendous history of lying, flip flopping and obfuscating. I suppose the best response would be to say "actions speak louder than words". If Trump's actions follow his claim of what he REALLY meant, I'll happily accept he mispoke.

Given what a clumsy & poor public speaker he is,
to have misspoken is certainly possible.
Remember when Obama accidentally mentioned
his "Muslim faith". If he can have such an accident
then Trump can too.

I have no horse in this race.
I'm watching for actual policies effected.

 

[SkepticThinker]

Given what a clumsy & poor public speaker he is,
to have misspoken is certainly possible.
Remember when Obama accidentally mentioned
his "Muslim faith". If he can have such an accident
then Trump can too.

I have no horse in this race.
I'm watching for actual policies effected.

If he had only said that one line, then maybe I could believe he "misspoke." The problem is that the words he said before and after that show that he did not actually misspeak in that one sentence.

 

[Revoltingest]

If he had only said that one line, then maybe I could believe he "misspoke." The problem is that the words he said before and after that show that he did not actually misspeak in that one sentence.

Do you claim knowledge that it wasn't a mistake?

 

[`mud]

Obama was being fascious in the comment in refering to suggested comments by John Mcain . Look it up, you know better, I think it was out of context. You know that he is not Muslem. I'm really surprised by the bias represented by this post. I guess you like Trump better. Oh well !
What horse are you riding now ?

 

[metis]

If he had only said that one line, then maybe I could believe he "misspoke." The problem is that the words he said before and after that show that he did not actually misspeak in that one sentence.

There simply was no "mistake" as you're probably aware of. The WSJ said that Kelly encouraged other Republicans to get on Trump's case in order to get him to change his tune, except that the tune that came out of Trump's mouth yesterday was a sad commentary on honesty and intelligence because it made not one iota if sense in its context. Supposedly Pence and one other person helped him write it, so it seems they're not that bright or honest either.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Given what a clumsy & poor public speaker he is,
to have misspoken is certainly possible.
Remember when Obama accidentally mentioned
his "Muslim faith". If he can have such an accident
then Trump can too.

I have no horse in this race.
I'm watching for actual policies effected.

No--- I don't remember Obama "accidentally" mentioning his "muslim faith". This would come as a shock, seeing as how he's been a life-long christian...

Morevover the GOP would have used that to impeach him in a heartbeat, likely rephrasing him as a terrorist.