Pierce: This Is the Most Singularly Batsh*t Crazy Thing Any President Has Said Out Loud in Public [View all]

This Is the Most Singularly Batsh*t Crazy Thing Any President Has Said Out Loud in Public
25th Amendment now.

BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
JUN 5, 2020

Do it. Do it now. The man is outside his mind.

The president* held a press event Friday morning to tout the fact that unemployment is not as far over 13 percent as people thought it might be. (Hey, you take what you can get, right?) Then he said this, when asked about George Floyd, who was murdered by police in the streets of Minneapolis.

This is the most singularly batshit crazy thing any president ever has said out loud in public, at least in my memory. Nixon talked crazy, but only in private, and it took two years worth of lawsuits to pry those recorded comments out of the White House. Reagan was plainly batty, at least throughout his second term, but in public, he still managed to hit his marks, smile, and stay largely on text. But this? Holy mother of god, someone get the net.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a32782241/trump-george-floyd-looking-down-great-day/