Ken Burns Offers Blistering Takedown Of Donald Trump In Stanford Commencement Speech

Ken Burns Offers Blistering Takedown Of Donald Trump In Stanford Commencement Speech

by Tyler Kingkade at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ken-burns-donald-trump_us_575daa58e4b0ced23ca85aa4?ir=Politics&section=us_politics&utm_hp_ref=politics

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Burns reminded the audience that Trump avoided several chances to disavow David Duke, an advocate for white supremacy and former Ku Klux Klan leader.

Trump is “a person who easily lies,” he continued; “who creates an environment where the truth doesn’t seem to matter, who has never demonstrated any interest in anyone or anything but himself and his own enrichment.” He is “an infantile, bullying man, who depending on his mood is willing to discard old and established alliances, treaties and long-standing relationships,” Burns said. His candidacy “is a political Ponzi scheme.”

“Asking this man to assume the highest office in the land would be like asking a newly minted car driver to fly a 747,” he declared.

As some viewers joked that Burns‘ takedown of Trump was more thorough than most Democratic politicians have offered, the filmmaker warned the audience that “this is not a liberal or conservative issue ... this is an American issue.”



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