Mary Trump thinks one element of President Joe Biden’s speech on Thursday marking the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot was aimed at getting right under the skin of her uncle, former President Donald Trump.
Trump and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell noted on Thursday that Biden used the word “lost” multiple times in his address.
“It made me think of the way the intelligence community briefs the president before talking to people like (Russian President) Vladimir Putin about what might irritate them … what might make them feel uncomfortable,” said O’Donnell.
“This seemed to have some passages in there that were absolutely true and important for America to hear, but the White House and the president had to know would go straight into Donald Trump’s heart,” he suggested.
Trump, a fierce critic of her uncle, agreed.
“I thought it was masterfully done and exactly, as you say, along the lines of a psy-op, if you will,” she said.
He did not like it one little bit. After putting out several petulant, near hysterical statements yesterday, his advisers obviously persuaded him to let someone write a slightly less shrill response for him:
You have to admire the projection in that statement. It is a work of art. And his people believe every word of it.