2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump was forced by his "team" to declare Obama born in America (IMO)
Look at the footage of Trump's declaration that "President Obama was born in the United States. Period"
That was spoken with all the feeling of a spoiled 7 year old boy who really wanted to go to the ball game only with his father but was told by his parents to tell his 4 year old sister that "I want you to come with us to the ball game, too. Period".
Usually, the child would be scolded and told to "say it again, like you mean it, or she'll go to the game with Dad and you'll stay home."
My theory is that this was an obvious political calculation and the "team" wanted to get this issue behind them before the debates. Trump argued and argued (still my theory), until, finally, he said "fine, I'll do it". But just like the 7 year old spoiled brat in my analogy, he acted just like the 7 year old boy. He wanted everyone to know this was forced, that he really doesn't mean it.
This story is far from over, and it will blow up within the Trump campaign first, then become public.
Mark these words at 12:30 PM on Saturday, September 17.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)he is super stupid. For sure, Clinton will say that he needs to apologize. I hope she calls him a LIAR for saying that she started it. Not saying the polite synonyms for liar, but actually calling him a liar.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)this was to be salvation. Remember narcissistic egomaniacs justify stupid correlations thinking they are saving face.