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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 11:23 AM Sep 2017

Clinton on Trump presidency: 'He's been even worse than I thought he would be'

Source: The Hill



BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 09/23/17 11:15 AM EDT

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton lamented the Trump administration in an interview on Saturday, saying his presidency is worse than she expected it to be.

"I really had such deep doubts about his preparation, his temperament, his character, his experience, but he's been even worse than I thought he would be," Clinton told MSNBC's Joy Reid on "AM Joy."

thought and I tried in my concession speech to make clear that we should all give him the space to be president for every American. That's what we want from our presidents, regardless of our partisan differences, we want to feel like the person in the oval office really cares about and is looking after everybody," she continued.

"And that just hasn't turned out to be the case, starting with our Inauguration which is how I opened the book talking about how excruciating it was to go and what a missed opportunity for him because all he did was reinforce the dark, divisive image of America that he'd been feeding to his supporters," she said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/352042-clinton-on-trump-presidency-hes-been-even-worse-than-i-thought



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Clinton on Trump presidency: 'He's been even worse than I thought he would be' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
hes got to go i dont care how i dont care who samnsara Sep 2017 #1
+1000 True_Blue Sep 2017 #8
K & R!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2017 #2
Reading her book now MontanaMama Sep 2017 #3
Unfortunately, that got the ass elected. What does that say about America? mdbl Sep 2017 #4
I think this distracts from the critical ACA repeal vote. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #5
Great interview. oasis Sep 2017 #6
Actually much worse than many expected, but all the signs were there dalton99a Sep 2017 #7
Exactly... CBHagman Sep 2017 #10
K&R UCmeNdc Sep 2017 #9

True_Blue

(3,063 posts)
8. +1000
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 01:16 PM
Sep 2017

Our lawmakers need to their job and get him out of there. There must be at least a dozen or so reasons they could use to impeach him.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
3. Reading her book now
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 11:26 AM
Sep 2017

and it's wonderful...and heartbreaking. HRC's insight and self reflection is inspiring. What we could have had...

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
4. Unfortunately, that got the ass elected. What does that say about America?
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 11:33 AM
Sep 2017

"all he did was reinforce the dark, divisive image of America that he'd been feeding to his supporters,"

Voltaire2

(13,061 posts)
5. I think this distracts from the critical ACA repeal vote.
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 11:38 AM
Sep 2017

No I don't. But from reading the arguments made here this would fit right in.

Clinton should speak up loud and clear about just how deplorable the giant orange smurf is whenever she feels the urge.

CBHagman

(16,986 posts)
10. Exactly...
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 05:47 PM
Sep 2017

...yet I agree with Hillary Clinton that there's a degree of astonishment at the awfulness of it all.

And frankly the media is still trying to get its act together on how to report on this. There appears to be a temptation to shape the narrative based on he speechified/he tweeted, and it veers into normalizing aberrant behavior.

It's difficult for anyone in the media to pull off describing anything that Trump does as "presidential." In I'm waiting for someone, anyone, to say, on camera, "Damn, I'm getting too old for this shit."

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