A disagreeable lunch
Apparently the thing on the teleprompter for Donnie’s talk this evening will have words about being nice and bipartisan and yadda yadda, but Donnie had some people over for lunch today and was his usual malevolent mouthy self.
Mr. Trump dismissed former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. as “dumb,” called Senator Chuck Schumer of New York a “nasty son of a bitch” and mocked Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia for “choking like a dog” at a news conference where he tried to explain a racist yearbook photo, according to multiple people in the room.
He doesn’t half project, does he. He’s a hell of a lot more dumb than Biden, and vastly more of a nasty sonofabitch than Schumer and in fact 99.99% of people on the planet. What “choking like a dog” is supposed to mean, apart from its kinship with “I moved on her like a bitch,” I don’t know, but it’s obviously not a compliment.
The White House declined to comment on the president’s remarks.
Energized and blunt, Mr. Trump held little back during the lunch at the White House to preview the State of the Union address. As he has in past years, he offered an unvarnished, unscripted view of the political world that went well beyond the heavily vetted speech he is to deliver to a joint session of Congress and a national television audience.
In other words he put on a vulgar, crude, trashy, mean, disgusting display of egomania and greed.
He said he hoped he would get to run against Mr. Biden. “I hope it’s Biden,” Mr. Trump said. “Biden was never very smart. He was a terrible student. His gaffes are unbelievable. When I say something that you might think is a gaffe, it’s on purpose; it’s not a gaffe. When Biden says something dumb, it’s because he’s dumb.”
Er…no.
Not every target was a Democrat. He recounted again the story of what he considered Senator John McCain’s betrayal in voting against advancing a measure to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care program. Although Mr. McCain has since died, Mr. Trump remains upset.
“By the way,” Mr. Trump said, “he wrote a book and the book bombed.”
What a repulsive imitation of a human being he is.
He’ll be doing his talk in a few minutes. I wouldn’t listen to it if you paid me.
Good to have that on the record. The number of times I’ve heard his handlers and press staff say that his words shouldn’t be believed. Now we have i from the man himself that when he says something ignorant, mean or hateful (or all that and more), he really really means it and knows what he’s saying.
Don’t hold back Mr Trump, tell us what you really think.
YNnB, but that would require two impossibilities; for Trump to actually think, and for him to be honest.
From his speech…
In essence, he just threatened Congress with (hopefully non-literal) war if they try to investigate them! Given the use of ‘legislation’ in the first half of that sentence, that suggests he’s threatening to block legislation in punishment for any investigations Congress launches that target him or those associated with him.
Just been reading (The Independent website) that during part of his speech, the Republicans were chanting ‘USA! USA!’ Because they’re grown-ups, I suppose.
According to the GROAN: “An economic miracle is taking place in the United States – and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations,” said the Trump patriarch. “If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation.”
Which ridiculous partisan investigation would he have had in mind? He should have been more specific.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/06/donald-trump-has-been-unimpeachable-in-uniting-a-country-in-horror
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Still fascinated by the whole ‘dog’ thing. I hope that’s elucidated when someone writes an investigative biography.
I listened to about fifteen seconds of it: I turned on the radio fifteen times and listened for one second each time, to see if he was still yammering. I promptly turned the radio off each time when I heard his voice.
My husband says he almost listened to it just to see the totally tasteless use of the kid named Trump…the most tasteless thing ever done at the SOTU, according to him. In the end, it wasn’t enough to cause him to sit through a speech by a man who is so difficult to listen to. I, on the other hand, was working (night class I teach) and basically forgot it was on.
Good point! I’d thought of the first one (obviously), but not the second. Well spotted!
Pliny translation
https://farcornercafe.blogspot.com/2019/02/he-said-it-folks.html
“In other words he put on a vulgar, crude, trashy, mean, disgusting display of egomania and greed.”
Nailed it.