The Reluctant Bigot?

The New York Times @nytimes 3h3 hours ago
In an off-the-record lunch with TV anchors hours before his national address, President Trump made clear that he was not inclined to give the speech or go to Texas, but was talked into it by advisers, according to two people briefed on the discussion

NYT:...privately, Mr. Trump dismissed his own new strategy as pointless. In an off-the-record lunch with television anchors hours before the address, he made clear in blunt terms that he was not inclined to give the speech or go to Texas, but was talked into it by advisers, according to two people briefed on the discussion who asked not to be identified sharing details.

“It’s not going to change a damn thing, but I’m still doing it,” Mr. Trump said of the border visit, according to one of the people, who was in the room. The trip was merely a photo opportunity, he said. “But,” he added, gesturing at his communications aides Bill Shine, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway, “these people behind you say it’s worth it.”

read: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/politics/donald-trump-speech.html

...so Trump is blaming his staff? Good luck with that. I suppose the fundraising off of the speech before and after was their idea as well?

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