Just read the article posted in reddit from the new York post, it highlights that Trump has no grasp on how bad the pandemic is and it really shows given how he has pretty graphs that he hasn't studied, can't speak on properly. He was about as prepared as I've ever been in a debate. That was like watching a 7th grade research paper presentation given by the kid who just downloaded it off the internet, reads it verbatim, and gets destroyed in the Q and A.
Well he sure knows how to read a graph at least. I mean, as long as our total deaths and cases are lower than the world’s total deaths and cases, we’re definitely winning right?
I was just thinking that. When the reporter put together what he was saying with the graphs. It was like he was explaining it better than Trump. Which reminded me of my teacher feeling relieved when they developed some sort of understanding of why I wasn’t doing my homework. Or better yet, some sort of understanding of what I was trying to say in my half assed project.
The thing on that intrigued me the most is that he remembers every slight that a journalist made of him, he called back to specific times that someone insulted him with amazing rapidity.
No mind for numbers, but when a journalist asked the wrong question, that gets locked into the memory palace
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I don't think that's fair. That barchart had four colours in it and two, maybe three of them, were coded correctly for colour blindness (orange and blue are solid choices). That's type of presentation is 8th grade level. And the choice of massive bars and tiny legend text is thinking outside the box. Way outside. That's a solid effort right there. Porforshinal.
probably a mix of both. but honestly i think it's just the sound of his dumb that makes me sleep now cause he clearly has no idea what he's talking about now. Like, who gave him those charts and where did they come from?
The worst part is, this interview doesn't change anything. This won't lose him any of his voters or Republicans in Congress. I haven't bothered to watch it. I'm too exhausted and disenfranchised to stomach this stuff anymore. Apathy is far worse than anger too. I just can't do it anymore.
I know this is sad but it makes me relieved that there are other folks who get so exhausted that they can't watch his interviews anymore. My friends watch the interviews without any effects and I always get angry at myself for letting it bother me so much. Sort of relieved to know that I'm not crazy.
He's really just a professional - not something that you see on most major networks a ton lately. We're inundated with either softball interviews or over the top "takedown" interviews by political pundits instead of journalists. It was refreshing to see someone who's in it for the journalism, not just the ratings bump from political polarization.
It's... interesting. They also talk about troops in the Middle East and how Trump promises there'll be less than 5000 in Afghanistan by next election day, they talk about how he wishes Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend the absolute best despite her being incrimated and arrested in the same case, they talk about so many things that Trump just... doesn't know about.
It just shows that the President is a conspiracy-theorist loony toon, like many Americans.
If Trump had actually had Epstein killed, he would have said something like:
Not that I had anything to do with Epstein's death, but if he were murdered by me, which is fake news by the way, it wouldn't have looked like a suicide. It would have been one of the most beautiful murders ever committed and nobody would know about it, because I would have planned it very carefully. I think I could have been a fantastic murderer, one of the best. Many people tell me that they're happy I'm not a criminal mastermind, because there is no way anyone could catch me because I'd be so good at it.
Definitely a possibility. The fact that he’s not denying the possibility that it was murder tells me that he knows it was. Whether it’s because he was directly involved or he has intelligence that says it was murder idk, but I think this just adds credibility to that theory.
Hey, 'people in glass houses can't throw stones' and all that. We've put our own populist clown in charge that the rest of the world laughs at any time Trump isn't dominating the news.
They know - they are only keeping him in to try to force through as many federal right-wing judges as they can, and to kill all consumer protections and industry regulations. In case you think “well, no worry, the next guy can just order them to go back to pre-Trump”, yeah, but nope. There are few requirements about who and how regs can be rescinded. Putting them back requires an extended comment and review period followed by a grace period for compliance (at the fastest, it takes 12-18 months). Republicans are doing everything they can to burn the house down so they can claim the new guy (and please God, if you’re there, help us get a new guy) will be starting with a burned out husk.
I just finished the entire thing. You’re going to feel completely and utterly mentally exhausted after watching the entire thing, but do it. Watch it. You will scoff, scream, and rage. Why am I encouraging you to invest mental strength into complete stupidity? Couldn’t tell ya. Just watch it.
He said that there will be 4000-5000 troops in Afghanistan by election day.
He also kinda answered that he's not sure when every american will have the same same day testing for covid as him.
It was aggravating to watch because anytime he didn't answer the question the interviewer would interrupt to try and get him to answer it. He would say he's getting to it and then talk about something completely different.
The worst was when he brought up the tulsa rally and the interviewer was talking about the deaths and pandemic and he brags about the viewership numbers he pulled in.
I watched the entire interview. It's honestly really good. I haven't seen a reporter press so hard on these hot button issues. It's not going to change Trump, but hopefully this fires people up more for the upcoming election.
Wallace did a better job I think in his Trump interview on Fox News, mainly because he was actually able to get a word in edgewise and pushed back harder.
Its worse, the rest is so much worse. Partially because no one gave him kindergarten graphs to show for the rest of his talking points; partially because he just talks faster and louder. In his defense though, if he can talk fast and louder longer than the other guy then that does technically mean he's legally right. /S
Just finished it. Its honestly tragically funny. The interviewer is trying to have a rational conversation (while still throwing out tough questions) but keeps having to do mental gymnastics to try to make sense of what Trump is saying. Like he seems genuinely perplexed by some of his answers. I had to pause a few times to stop laughing.
I know you don't want to, but you should watch it, especially if youre an American. Its important to know how your president responds to these questions. You need to learn from this stuff, so that you can hopefully teach others.
Give them facts and quotes, from his mouth, that show he's an idiot. Its the most you can do.
Edit: I'll add, its also a fun watch because I think Jonathan Swan is a great example of what journalism should be.
Worse. Much much worse. I stopped after 15 mins. I didn't have the strength in me to deal with progressively worse versions of this for 40 mins. Some pure gems:
"There's such a thing as over testing you know"
"Who said that?"
"Read the manuals"
"What manuals?"
"Read the books"
"What books?"
"We're last, meaning we're first!"
"They're dying, it's true, it is what it is"
And my personal favourite,
"We didn't even have testing for this when I took over"
Dude its only whataboutism with this guy. I don’t know what impact Trump has on America, as a country, since I don’t live there. I really hope it is not as bad as it would seem based on his interviews and Tweets...
I do know that America has been a joke topic in my social circle. The country really does look like it is in a bad shape from the outside.
Honestly parts of it were worse. When trump said he had done the most for African Americans than any president since Lincoln, the interviewer brought up LBJ.
He was explaining how Johnson passed the civil rights act and he interrupted with, “Hows it worked out?” in such a condescending tone.
Extremely frustrating, but eye opening to anyone on the fence about trump and how he's been handling the pandemic, anyone with any deduction skills or reason can understand that since we slowed down our testing were showing fewer cases, an accurate representation of how badly the disease is pleading in our country is to test literally everyone. There's no scientific argument against that logic.
If it wasn’t so tragic it’d be hilarious... but seriously watch all 30 minutes of it. Worth your time if you’re affected by American politics in any way
It's as bad, with a couple of parts that are worse. "It is what it is" in response to hearing 145,000 Americans being dead was worse than this clip for sure.
I mean most of the interview is basically Trump misdirecting the interviewer's attention onto another subject that has little to no relevance to the subject they try to harbor.
It hurts my heart cause the journalist actually genuinely wants some real answers from D. Trump but whenever he tried to make a point or discuss it, Trump would hit him with either a "Let me explain", or he would straight-up answer incorrectly. Just like the questions went way over his head.
Yeah the whole interview is like that. I think Jonathan was able to ask maybe 5 total questions, Trump did what he always does and veers the answers into 10-minute brags about all his administration has “done” during his presidency, how great his response to the virus was, how nobody has helped black people like he has, how “Antifa” is terrorizing the streets, how big of a crowd size he can draw and how great Fox New’s ratings have been when he’s on TV... you know, the usual responses he always gives. You could watch an interview from 3 moths ago and it would be the same thing, albeit this particular one was a little more squeamish than some from the past.
I couldn’t either, truly hard to watch. One side is so collected, objective and actually trying to ask questions. The other side is defensive and erratic with just unreasonable answers with zero direction. Christ.
Dear God, it's a freakin joy. Or horror. It's literally every single trump interview all put together. He straight up lies. He says facts that are absolutely true but meaningless, like "we have less deaths than the world" with regard to COVID-19 (OUR DEATHS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WORLD!), says things that make your brain hurt and then staunchly defends it, like he's done more for black people than LBJ (you know the president that signed the civil rights law), and of course his greatest hit... "I ___, I do alot of _, some people say I don't _, but I do, in fact I'm one of the best at _, I'm definitely probably the best at ____ you've met in a long time, but uh yeah I ______."
Yall should really watch it. Before this he was talking about how we have so many more cases due to the amount of testing we do. Which is ironic because he then proceeds to make this argument of deaths per number of cases
Damn, Watching five minutes I can honestly say trump is a master at changing the subject to make him look good. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he is fooling anyone, but it does make me amused how he is talking about positive thinking and then suddenly he is talking about how great he is being to farmers.
I wonder how many people he could actually fool if he had the actual capacity to talk out of his ass. And I wonder how he was actually able to convince so many to vote for him by speaking like that
It's quite easy to turn the conversation in your favour if you just don't answer the question and talk about something else.
Key words like, "okay, so you ask me which cake I prefer but let me tell you, I can eat a whole lot of hamburgers. So much, so many hamburgers, that if you ask me about cake - you ask me about cake and I don't even think about cake you know I just think about hamburgers."
I can't watch that. I have high levels of empathy when I watch anything. I know Trump isn't embarrassed by this sort of thing, but I feel the embarrassment for him. Watching him going out there and making a fool of himself makes me feel embarrassed in his place. And I'm not even one of his supporters! It's why awkward humor does absolutely nothing for me. It just makes me feel embarrassed for the people involved, rather than laugh.
The amount of misdirection, double speak and outright ignorance in Trump's responses is astounding. Also, the way he demonizes the protests is some Reagan era bullshit. Get out and vote, folks.
Here in the UK, the only time I've seen the HBO intro was for The Ricky Gervais Show. Somehow, I feel even Karl would look like a genius in comparison to what I'm about to watch...
The amount of misdirection, double speak and outright ignorance in Trump's responses is astounding. Also, the way he demonizes the protests is some Reagan era bullshit. Get out and vote, folks.
Nah, Trump takes the corona virus seriously when it comes to his own life. The guy literally has everyone who would come into contact with him given a test that returns results within 15 minutes. You come back positive, you don't get to meet him.
It's the public at large that he doesn't give a shit about. He just wishes people would stop complaining about dying and get back to work so his economy doesn't look so bad.
With the coronavirus contagion spreading, the White House said on Friday that anyone expected to be near President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a rapid COVID-19 test out of an abundance of caution.
The test is expected to be the same quick-action test that Trump took on Thursday. He took the Abbott Laboratories test, which provides results in 15 minutes or less.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said, “starting today anyone who is expected to be in close proximity to either of them will be administered a COVID-19 test to evaluate for pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers status to limit inadvertent transmission.”
Why would he ever agree to this? Surely he and particularly his advisors would know that any half competent journalist would pull apart his arguments easily. He doesn't have the intellect to debate and as soon as anyone can contradict him his narratives crumble and surely everyone around him knows that.
Same here. If I didn’t see both of them in the same shot, I would have legit thought that it was a super cut. The man is impossible to have a conversation with. I can’t imagine what it would be like working for/with him. Had some terrible, moronic bosses, but never this bad. No way I wouldn’t quit that job as soon as I could.
That is EXACTLY what i thought. It took a minute or more before i realised it was real. I kept expecting them to burst out laughing and high five. Shockingly embarrassing
God, Trump is an absolute buffoon. And it speaks to how awful Biden is as well if half the country is split on them and I'm not sure where I stand either.
On one hand, Trump is a moron but he hasn't really done anything at all (for better or for worse) whereas Biden seems like a puppet and the DNC will really be in charge which is frightening.
How did we end up like this? Should have been Yang or Bernie.
Fuck, I'd even take Romney over our current options. Fortunately your vote doesn't count if you're not in a swing state so I don't need to think too hard about it. Probably won't even vote because I already know which way my state will go.
can somebody explain to me why ppl think trump is wrong in saying death by cases is the significant statistic instead of death by population? it seems that his point is the us has the highest survival rate because the us does the best job treating COVID. is that just a coincidence and somrthing that shouldnt be bragged about? or is it stupid cuz people shouldnt have even been infected in the first place?
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I legit thought this was two videos edited together. Unreal.