Here are the highlights of the latest Reuter’s interview with Trump:
Trump repeatedly dismissed concerns by the public, business leaders and even his fellow Republicans on issues ranging from the future of Greenland and the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, to the state of the economy.
When told that a Reuters/Ipsos poll found tepid support among Americans for taking control of Greenland, Trump called the poll “fake.”
“I don’t care,” he responded when asked about the pushback by some Senate Republicans against the investigation into Powell. “I don’t care,” he said again, when reminded of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s concerns that White House interference in the Fed could harm the economy.
When asked about Americans’ worries about high prices, Trump reiterated that the economy was the strongest “in history” and said he had to do a better job of promoting his achievements. (He referred to a specially prepared thick binder that listed his accomplishments in office.)
The president suggested that he follows his own compass. “A lot of times, you can’t convince a voter,” he said. “You have to just do what’s right. And then a lot of the things I did were not really politically popular. They turned out to be when it worked out so well.”
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Despite his claim that he had brought peace to the Middle East, Trump conceded that Hamas had still not disarmed – a condition of the ceasefire agreement – and it was unclear whether they would. “They were born with a gun in the hand,” he said. “So, we’re gonna have to find out whether or not we’re gonna be able to get it done.”
What???? Did he actually admit that he’s a lying sack of shit? No, not really. But here he is admitting that his big victory lap in the middle east was bullshit. If only the people of America knew about this.
Here he is showing some squeamishness about what’s happening in Minneapolis. I think this could be a way in on this. Miller is way out of control and I’m not sure that DleepyDon is fully aware:
Trump appeared to express some sympathy for the death of Renee Nicole Good, after an ICE agent shot and killed her last week in Minneapolis, calling it “a very unfortunate incident.” Trump’s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, labeled Good a domestic terrorist.
But even so, he made clear he was standing behind his choice to send militarized officers into American cities.
“I know that it was a tough situation to be in. There was very little respect shown to the police, in this case, the ICE officers,” Trump said.
He said he would continue sending armed agents into cities, claiming that his efforts had taken “thousands of murderers out of our country.” There is no evidence to support that assertion.
And here you have him saying that we shouldn’t have an election this year:
The president expressed frustration that his Republican Party could lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections, citing historical trends that have seen the party in power lose seats in the second year of a presidency.
“It’s some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
I doubt that means we won’t have one. He doesn’t yet have a way to do that. But if there’s a major terrorist attack or something else that’s truly catastrophic, who knows? More likely they will contest it and with the Supreme Court majority being what it is, it’s certainly possible that they will find a way to deny the Democrats the majority. That’s unlikely, however, and we have no choice but to assume otherwise.
He’s living in denial about his popularity and I think he’s fading so quickly that it’s only going to get worse.