President Trump Strikes Again!

[andy-hughes]

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/politics/donald-trump-friday-economy-trump-press-conference/index.html

This time, he links the death of a murdered citizen, reactions to which are burning his country down around him, to his own self-aggrandisement about the unemployment figures.

He actually says that Mr Floyd will be 'looking down' on him, and that it's a 'great day for him ...'.

There are one or two possible holes in the President's reasoning I feel -

If Mr Floyd is looking down, he may be less inclined to be smiling about the employment figures, he might be pondering why he has been murdered, and what the President is actually going to do about the fallout from that.

Mr Floyd might also be wondering why the President thinks it's a 'great day' for him because … he is still dead!!

Of course, we should not be surprised at this latest nonsense from the President.

The simple fact, which he demonstrates time and time again is this -

President Trump cannot think on his feet - a pre-requisite for any politician at any level.

He is unable to stop what comes into his brain simultaneously coming out of his mouth, and sadly, what does come into his brain in unconnected random thoughts with no sense in them, or link between them.

You can see when he is doing this - first of all he looks right at the camera, which means (oh no!!!) - he has stopped reading the autocue, or any notes he has been given to prevent just such an occurrence as this.

Then his eyes glaze over as he launches into one of his stream-of-nonsense speeches, where he ceases to think at all, and simply says the random words that flit across his mind.

The clincher is the short pause, where even he realises that he has ceased to make any sense whatsoever, and he is simply babbling - again. But of course, he can't have silence, so his mouth starts up again with more of those unconnected meaningless words, and on he goes.

Someone in his administration should be saying "Read this - and only this - do NOT deviate from it in any way shape or form, and when you have read it, stop talking."

The chances are someone does this, but being Donald Trump, he knows better and takes no notice.

The USA is being run by a man whose brain simply does not function normally, and here is proof - again, as if we needed it.

[Zacs-Master]

But, Andy, you admitted to doing that yourself!

[Peter Pedant]

one of his ministers - secretaries or sumfing
Mnuchkin - muchkin moolah - scaramouche
crazy names and crazy trump ex employees
was on R4
and said "Trump is clearly loo-lee"
and the presenter Robin ponsonby goodbody smtyhe
( soon to be Beeb DG) sasid nowt
so the Munchkin said it again - every knows the President is loo-lee

but will the voters in Nov? all ask (*)

(*) Kai Lung unrolls his mat Ernest Bramah 1934

[Bobbisox1]

Well I’m no fan of the person in question anyway but I still don’t think Retro should be called out over such trivia

[royfromaus]

It's not the first time in the last three years that someone has not used the proper name of an ABer.

[andy-hughes]

I don't think disrespect is a 'nit pick'.

[Zacs-Master]

You should know, Andy.

[Peter Pedant]

// But, Andy, you admitted to doing that yourself!//
but zaxie thisi s AB - er normal rules apply !
normal for AB that is!

one of our number, articulate accurate and to the point, screams blue murder about freedom of speech
and then screams blue mirder about me to the mods

this is life as we know it

[Zacs-Master]

Indeed, PP.

[naomi24]

Zacs, //Well, N you did pick a name which spells ‘I moan’ backwards ;x) //

Indeed ... but as an anagram, Moani is a smarter choice. :o)

[Peter Pedant]

Please - I am working very hard to call him Andy
hi Andy !

I admit with admitting criminal liability that I carelessly used to spell it [Andy that is] Another Way. But I took no pleasure in it, and had to tolerate cruel CRUEL posts by sundry walk ins telling me to take my hand out of my underpants - and nothing was done about THEM!

[anneasquith]

Andy, an insult from any aber especially someone like retrocop have no effect on me. Lol .

[gulliver1]

Where is A/Bs leader of the Trump Fan Club Today , is he sulking somewhere.?
He normally uses Trump as his avatar. Oh dear.

[andy-hughes]

Fair enough anneasquith.

[anneasquith]

:-)

[cassa333]

When I was at school we did an English exercise in journalism.

We had to build a headline and article from a passage from a book.

But first the teacher did one as an example of manipulation.

I can say from having listened to a bit of Trump speeches and the subsequent media coverage that the media is using school book manipulation and generating hype where in fact there was none or very little.

Carry on hating, it makes no difference to him because you don’t get to vote him in or out.

But what you are doing by disseminating manipulated news that increases division and hate on a wider scale. And that’s what it’s all about. Increasing hate to get him out.

If you believe he should be silenced, stop all this. Otherwise you just make those that do appreciate what he has done for the country move further from your ideology because they see the manipulation.

When you have to make stuff up or manipulate what is there you know you are wrong. If what he says is so wrong, so out of kilter, so overly racist or whatever ist or ism you’re peddling then let his words stand in their entirety for all to see, without editing without cherry picking bits from this paragraph and bits from that paragraph. But that obviously can’t or won’t be done because in context there is little wrong.

[Spicerack]

^ Excellent post, as usual, cassa.

[Zacs-Master]

But if ‘ it makes no difference to him because you don’t get to vote him in or out. ’ then what’s the point in us having to ‘stop all this’?

[gulliver1]

01.28, In your post here, you refer to Anneasquith as an " an alleged ex nurse "
I think you are " an alleged ex Cop " Because some of your tales of Heroism and Fame on A/B seem like they have been written by Ian Fleming,

[vulcan42]

Question. Will andy-hughes now come on to admonish gulliver1 for being disrespectful to retrocop?

[naomi24]

^ :o)