A very sensitive man
A slice or two from the Sun interview.
Trump has total power. Nobody on his White House staff tells him what to say, or questions him when he says it.
When Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced our scheduled ten-minute slot was almost up, the President swiftly interjected: “No, give them a little bit more.”
We stayed for 28 minutes, with no more prompts to go.
Secondly, he is a very sensitive man, constantly saying how much various people like him. It clearly pains him today that he is not being welcomed to Britain as a hero and our most important ally.
Well, “sensitive” is putting it nicely. It could imply sensitivity toward other people too, and we know that’s not right. Outrage at slights to the self coupled with brutality to all others doesn’t really add up to “sensitive” – it’s more narcissism.
Trump has admitted he “feels unwelcome” in London as a major security operation was launched for his arrival in the UK yesterday.
But the tycoon insists real British people “love the President of the United States”.
Mr Trump told The Sun he will be largely staying away from the capital to avoid huge street protests of up to 200,000 today.
But he blamed them on politicians — singling out his nemesis, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
Revealing he has been told of the 20ft “Trump Baby” blimp that will be flown above Parliament Square today, he said: “I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London.
“I used to love London as a city. I haven’t been there in a long time. But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?”
Says the whiny baby who publicly insults other people constantly.
Mr Trump added: “You know, a poll just came out that I am the most popular person in the history of the Republican Party — 92 per cent. Beating Lincoln. I beat our Honest Abe.”
He can’t mention Lincoln without calling him “Honest Abe.” I suppose that’s the only thing he knows about Lincoln.
He thinks quite highly of Brenda.
Mr Trump said: “She is a tremendous woman. I really look forward to meeting her. I think she represents her country so well.
“If you think of it, for so many years she has represented her country, she has really never made a mistake. You don’t see, like, anything embarrassing. She is just an incredible woman.”
If only we could say “you don’t see, like, anything embarrassing” about him.
If that is true (the most recent poll I saw was more like 86%, still high), it is not so much a statement about how great Trump is, but a statement about how low the Republicans have sunk. They have truly become a “basket of deplorables” across the board.
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It reads to me as a damning indictment of how tribal Republicans have become, more than anything.
It should be noted that Republican party identification is trending downward; he’s so popular with his party because the people that don’t like him are leaving.
BKiSA – My husband accused me recently of turning him into a Democrat. I’d like to claim credit for that, but I think Dubya and Trump had a lot more to do with it than I did…