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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump's Open Meeting Just Proves How Right Michael Wolff Is (Margaret Carlson, Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-open-meeting-just-proves-how-right-michael-wolff-isTrump had only to hold two things in his mind at the same time. DACA, yes; the Wall he chanted about at every campaign rally, yes. And oh, dont be wooed by Democrats. Do not flirt, as he did with Chuck and Nancy over Chinese food. Do not believe they like you. Do not give in to the thrill of the deal. Democrats are the enemy.
But he couldnt do that and his failure happened in real time for everyone to witness. Did you see, social media buzzed, what Trump just said to Senator Dianne Feinstein about a clean bill being great and he would take the heat.
Can you believe it?
No one could, least of all his advisors who thought they were having a much-needed do-over after their major pushback on Sunday failed. Stephen Millers mindless, repetitive defense of Trump to CNNs Jake Tapper got him cut off and then escorted out of the building. Let Trump be a prepared president with a task so simple even he cant blow it. Instead they had to watch in horror as he failed to perform. When Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the smart one in the room and you have to erase incriminating parts of the transcript like a Kremlin operative, you know its been a spectacular failure.
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Trump inadvertently demonstrated what Wolff, convinced of his own superiority, could not do in round-the-clock interviews with friendly anchors: that despite Wolff himself being above the rigor and rules of mere journalists, on the larger truth he is right. The president is impulsive, uncontrollable and unteachable, burdened with an ignorance he doesnt have the self-awareness to realize he has or the discipline to overcome it. Rather than show he's "like, really smart" and went to "the best colleges for college," Trump showed that the job reduced to its simplest level is beyond his grasp leaving his advisers sickened like parents watching their well-coached child put a square peg in a round hole at a pre-school admissions interview.
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underpants
(182,879 posts)highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)"...and you have to erase incriminating parts of the transcript like a Kremlin operative, you know its been a spectacular failure. "
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)One sentence. It never ends.
northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)....his wonderful performance at the conference yesterday with the legislators, the finest meeting ever held, etc...., hugging his chest, as much as I loathe and detest the man, I actually felt a pang of pity for him; he is delusional; he seeks so desperately for admiration it is sickening.
phylny
(8,386 posts)and a man at my table was in awe of what he saw on Fox yesterday morning. The president was IN charge and TOOK CONTROL of that meeting, getting both sides to sit down and negotiate!
No matter whether you support him or not, you HAD to be impressed with him!
Um, yeah nope.
MariaCSR
(642 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)that it was a great meeting, probably the greatest meeting ever?