What in the world was he talking about?
by digby
I meant to ask about this yesterday and forgot with all the hoopla. What was he talking about with this comment?
“I was shocked he mentioned the N-word,” Donald Trump told a pool of reporters, before asking them “Do you know what the N-word is? He mentioned it. I was shocked. It’s a total lack of respect for President Obama.” Seconds after criticizing Putin for being such an alleged racist, Trump added “I hope he likes me.”
Some people are wondering if he’s had some conversation with Putin in the last year that nobody knows about because there’s no record of him saying it.
But there is this tweet from a Breitbart correspondent who describes himself as
“Hollywood Talent Agent-Turned War Correspondent/Filmmaker, Founder SAFE, contributing journalist at Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government, Big Peace, Big Hollywood.”
The link leads to a blank page now.
Obviously, I have no idea whether this is the national security expert he got this little bit of phony intelligence from but I wouldn’t be surprised.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if Paul Manafort shared some personal gossip about him with Trump either. He’s very tight with Putin’s inner circle.
Anyway, it was a very weird thing to say. But what else is new? As Ezra klein argued a few months ago, on of trump’s most important disqualifying characteristics is his childlike gullibility. It’s one thing for some Tea Partyer from Sand Point Idaho to believe everything he reads on his twitter and Facebook feeds. Presidents need a bit more skepticism.
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