Trump posts his 60 minutes interview with Lesley Stahl
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You underestimate how this will play with her reaction shots edited in.
They are already slaves to whatever he says. He could do nothing and it would be the same for them. They will never have an introspection because that is who they are. Releasing this only gives Biden more ammo against him tonight and ant add going forward. Trying to spin this as a good move for his base is asinine cause Trump shitting in a bucket and then eating the shit would be a good move for them. Doesn't mean it would be a smart move for the people who aren't in his cult.
Christ, talk about hot takes. She pushed back on him multiple times and all he did was his usual whine/talk over the reporter shtick.
It's absolutely great ammo for biden
nobody said it was smart
just that it's having the intended effect on those it was meant for
doesnt mean it wont come back to bite him in the ass too
In all honesty, I wonder if this strategy will work. We've got polls and all sure, but the ultimate decider of whether Trump's strategy was stupid or not is Election Day.
Yes that's how he controls the interviews. They need someone who can handle him better. That was my point.
He's a narcissist who's never been good at self-editing and I think all the 2020 pressure is making him double-down on his worst impulses. Doesn't help that he can't seem to grasp the idea that most Americans aren't in his MAGA cult and are completely turned off by his persona.
Would you seriously call that 'in control'?
He dominated the 'speaking time', sure, but at no point did he sound calm/rational/well-thought-out in terms of what he was saying.
'Be loud any deny/what-about-ism everything' doesn't mean he came off well.
Have you seen an interview where the person wasn't lobbing him softballs or fawning over him that didn't devolve to this? I think there was one on HBO/Axios a while back. Also, any woman pushing back no matter what will get this treatment.
I mean he comes off horribly as usual and most people are going to come off with that impression. The only ones who will look at it as him "winning" are his supporters.
What a pathetic man. Delusionally narcissistic that he thinks this will make him look good to anyone outside his core base.
I really hope Trump signed a contract and CBS sues him for breach.
I really hope Trump signed a contract and CBS sues him for breach.
What does fighting back look like? Honest question. I don't know if there is any way to interview someone like trump who just invents his own reality. You either fact check him and ask "tough" questions and he walks away like this. Or you let him him blabber and hang himself...which he will do as well. He isn't winning anything because nobody is being swayed at this point. You are either in that fake reality with him or you're intelligent enough to see him for what he is. That's the line.
The power in any interview always belongs to the person being interviewed, they can always refuse to continue the interview and walk away (especially someone as fragile as Trump, as we just saw in this very interview). What you're saying isn't really realistic, anyone who would have went harder on him would have just had an even shorter interview.
The best interviewers have to walk that line between pushing for more and not driving the person away.
Yeah this is some galaxy brain 4D chess thinking. Trump loyalist do not need daily stunts or they'll change their minds. They like Trump because he's racist and hateful. No one who was still supporting him last week is going to defect because he didn't call out 60 Minutes. This thing wasn't for them it was for him and his ego. Trump only loses stuff from this stunt. He gains nothing.
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He never answers questions unless it's Fox. Otherwise it's always a game of dodge the question. Leslie did the best job she could with what she was given. Which was a steaming pile of baby shit by Trump.
Has anyone ever actually played back Trumps words or videos to him? Like, actually show him that it IS him saying that stuff, that it isn't fake or made up? Because he could say that about literally anything (that's fake, I never said that) when they quote him instead of literally play it back to him.
Just seems like the obvious thing to do to this lying baby.
God this is amazing. Just laying out his lies, hypocrisy, and stupidity bare for all to see.
I particularly love this exchange which took place right after Stahl pointed out that Trump keeps speaking like his replacement for Obamacare is not yet planned:
I particularly love this exchange which took place right after Stahl pointed out that Trump keeps speaking like his replacement for Obamacare is not yet planned:
Yup, strategy wise might as well get it out of the way, knock out the debate (in his mind) making up for this 'assassination attempt' so it's forgotten. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he freestyles in a defense of this interview during a rambling answer tonight.
On the flip, 60 Minutes is pretty much ratings gold on Sunday nights, widely seen as non-partisan so those handful of 'undecided' votes have a good chance of watching and they've got no real vested interest of trying to edit it as 'both sides' since he's burned this bridge. Having to go on offense with what should have been an easy interview isn't what his campaign needs a week and a half away. Doesn't move the needle, but he's the one who desperately needs the needle moved. The irony is 29 minutes or so in he jokes with Lesley and she laughs; that's what he needed to do, instead he's screaming at an anchorwoman outside of those 10 seconds of levity.
Great way to help CBS crowd source picking the interview apart so 60 minutes can amplify the juiciest bits.
I can live with the dumb. It is the complete disregard for anything and anyone not him which is painful.
Dumb people can be compassionate. Trump can't.
he still calls it fake news. it's his word for "i don't like your tone" or "i don't like you saying that."
He'd just do what he does in this interview and claim he was being sarcastic.
I think the key here is that Trump is genuinely in denial about both his actual level of support and his potential level of support. He thinks his base is larger than it is and that he also has room to grow, despite all evidence that these stunts turn more people off of him than persuade them.
So the diehard supporters get diehard-ier while his overall support shrinks
The tweet is pretty misleading if you don't have the context of the video. Trump acknowledges he said those words, he just says that he was obviously joking/being sarcastic and is mad that the interviewer is treating it seriously.
I hate this guy so fucking much and I'm not even american... I fucking hate when he always says that EVERYTHING is so much better or the best since he's president. The best ever, the best blablababla. Fuck it. Why America, why the fuck have you voted for this guy...
Don't think so in the longrun. I think ultimately it's scraping the bottom of the barrel, and that desperately retaining his base with these moves is not enough to give him the win. But he's holding on as tight as he can, because it seems like he's lost anyone else but the diehards. And he wants to believe they're enough. Nobody else has lasted until 2020 with his bullshit. Fence sitters are moving anywhere but him. Biden, third party, or not voting altogether.
I believe voter apathy handed him the win in 2016. I don't believe I'm seeing the same apathy in 2020, people seem absolutely fired up to vote this year. But we'll see how that pans out in november.
Not only did she handle him just fine and challenged his bullshit repeatedly, he walked out of the interview.
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He will just do what he did in that exchange you quoted.
"That was a sarcastic comment/joke and you took it and made it look bad." Paraphrasing but you get the idea.
Except he wasn't being sarcastic when he said it. Sarcasm implies irony. He was trying to be flippant, but he was projecting like always
Me personally I can't. Everything else about him is like yea okay, Republicans voting for that isn't all that surprising sadly. I know he's particularly vindictive and self-centered, but yea, it's not that shocking.
But to vote for someone so embarrassingly, proudly stupid and ignorant for the highest office in the country, I just can't lol
Imagine thinking that walking out of an interview is "controlling" it. Also insisting on "next question" when you don't like a particular question.
Lol.
Mate, you really need to learn how he is shitting himself on purpose in atleast 5 different dimensions. Galaxy brain stuff.
Wow this is one of the most hilarious self-owns I have ever watched. He's completely one note at best and just sickening at worst...which is most of the time.
In school we are actually taught "American is the greatest country on earth". At least I remember that 30 years ago. Not saying all schools did that. I even remember some teacher once saying we were the only truly free democratic country. So when you have a loud mouth telling you that you are the best and we are "winning" that really speaks to certain Americans. Especially the people who are sick of being under the boot. They love to hear they are the best.
Also delusions of grandeur is a part of his malignant narcissism illness and also happens to be part of his "art of the deal". It's how he sells himself and his brand. Always the best. I'm sure his father told him when he was little "Remember Donnie, tell them you are the best all the time and they will eventually start to believe it".
"You said you asked me tough questions, which I'm fine with, but dear god never TELL me you're going to ask tough questions! It's absolutely unacceptable behavior!"
"In 2003, Hillary Clinton admitted to using funds for her foundation from foreign diplomats!!!"
"What's that got to do with anything, Bob?"
