(Note the time he posted that. )
Trump did say it, of course:
Do you think states should monitor women’s pregnancies so they can know if they’ve gotten an abortion after the ban?
Trump: I think they might do that. Again, you’ll have to speak to the individual states. Look, Roe v. Wade was all about bringing it back to the states. And that was a legal, as well as possibly in the hearts of some, in the minds of some, a moral decision. But it was largely a legal decision. Every legal scholar, Democrat, Republican, and other wanted that issue back at the states. You know, Roe v. Wade was always considered very bad law. Very bad. It was a very bad issue from a legal standpoint. People were amazed it lasted as long as it did. And what I was able to do is through the choice of some very good people who frankly were very courageous, the justices it turned out to be you know, the Republican—
States will decide if they’re comfortable or not—
Trump: Yeah the states—
Prosecuting women for getting abortions after the ban. But are you comfortable with it?
Trump: The states are going to say. It’s irrelevant whether I’m comfortable or not. It’s totally irrelevant, because the states are going to make those decisions. And by the way, Texas is going to be different than Ohio. And Ohio is going to be different than Michigan. I see what’s happening.
President Trump, we’re here in Florida. You’re a resident of Florida.
Trump: Yeah.
How do you plan to vote in the state’s abortion referendum this November that would overturn DeSantis’s six-week ban?
Trump: Well, I said I thought six weeks is too severe.
You did.
Trump: You know, I’ve said that previously.
Yes.
Trump: I think it was a semi-controversial statement when I made it, and it’s become less and less controversial with time. I think Ron was hurt very badly when he did this because the people—even conservative women in Florida thought it was—
Well this referendum would undo that. Are you gonna vote for it in November?
Trump: Well, it’ll give something else. I don’t tell you what I’m gonna vote for. I only tell you the state’s gonna make a determination.
He really seems to believe that “states’ rights” (which he apparently just discovered) is going to be the magic bullet and that by repeating it over and over and over again it will eventually be accepted by enough people to get him elected again. Maybe he’s right. He does seem to have a talent for brainwashing certain gullible people simply through repetition no matter how absurd. We’ll have to see if this one works for him. But I think it’s clear that he’s worried about it.
By the way, just 6 hours later he was up and posting hysterically again:
I wish I could understand why so many people are entranced by this weepy, whiny, bratty man-boy and believe he’s a world historical alpha male. It just goes to show you that PT Barnum was right,