I just watched the entire Axios Trump interview. Jesus H. Tap Dancing Christ.

[Music Man]

I don't think I will ever, ever, ever, ever stop thinking, "I can't believe this man is a president of the United States."

Bullshit about the virus, mail-in balloting, Russian bounties. Being very small about John Lewis. Going on and on about his ratings and crowds. And doing it all with the linguistic flair of a toddler.

Kudos to Jonathan Swan for trying to push back and correct Trump's lies, though Trump would never even let him finish a question. Just a very small, petty, insecure man. He is dumb and arrogant, the most dangerous combination.

[TruckFump]

1. Ditto.

Could not believe it was not SNL.

Scary...this imbecile has the nuclear ☢️ codes.

[rocktivity]

67. Trump has very likely long since been quietly relieved of his "football-playing" privileges

as was Nixon, Reagan and Bush The Younger.


rocktivity

[LuckyLib]

70. We can only hope. Had coffee with a veteran of the 60's who made the comment

"Can you believe we're discussing that we hope the military is on top of this?"

[bluedye33139]

2. He has some really unusual tells

When he's speaking, especially when he's squatted down in that bizarre position that he has to take because of his morbid obesity, he occasionally jerks upward when he believes that he's regaining control of a subject.

It's a really interesting way to note his transition from overwhelming discomfort to a temporary feeling of being in control.

[sop]

15. Can't wait to see Trump's body language when Cyrus Vance gets him on the stand during his

upcoming bank and tax fraud trial in New York.

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. Trumpy-Boy will never go on the stand. He'd off himself before that would happen.

He knows that the only way he survives is to lie. His life is one big lie. If he goes on the stand, his life ends.

[thesquanderer]

33. Narcissists like him think they can out-smart anyone. He's been on the stand before.

If he does end up in further legal troubles, I bet he'll fight his lawyers as they try to keep him off the stand.

[Texin]

46. No Eyeball_Kid. No, no, no, no, no! Narcissists like tRump will never "off" themselves.

They're more likely to make those around them off themselves than to do any form of self-harm (with the exception of Adderall in tRump's case).

[Peregrine Took]

55. Agree. That's why I am sure Epstein would never harm himself

plus he figured with his money and influence he would get off.

[Mr. Evil]

35. He'll go sitting in a wheelchair wearing and oxygen mask

like an older mobster does to garner sympathy with the jury. You know that, "look at how they're treating that poor old man" scam.

[disndat]

77. The best outcome

Trump can never go home again.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

31. good catch

[Demovictory9]

60. i can't stand that hand thing he does. hands out in front, widening and coming together.

and his anus mouth.

[japple]

62. He plays an air accordian!

And I hate the pinchy fingers thing he does. I think it was Jake Tapper that coined the term for that. He looks like he's trying to conduct an orchestra.

[Demovictory9]

65. lol

[Lucinda]

3. KNR

[hlthe2b]

4. It is an HBO interview; If you have links to the full interview on youtube (or all of the clips),

can you post?

[TreasonousBastard]

7. Easy to find...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/axios-on-hbo-president-trump-exclusive-interview-full-episode-hbo/vi-BB17ybdo

[hlthe2b]

8. Thank you. I don't think my polite request to a post discussing it was at all unreasonable, however

[TreasonousBastard]

11. It wasn't. It's just that I'm always fascinated when it takes less time to find something than...

wait for an answer.

The interview, btw, is horrific. Swan has the patience of a saint to not just jump up, call bullshit, and storm out.

[xxqqqzme]

36. I'm going in.

Wonder how long I'll last. I am thoroughly disgusted and so over his theatrics.

[TreasonousBastard]

42. Almost shut it off at 4 minutes, but there's that staring at a car wreck thing.

[USALiberal]

17. Just search google! nt

[Rhiannon12866]

72. I posted the full interview in V&M, here:

AXIOS on HBO: President Trump Exclusive Interview (Full Episode) HBO
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017597591

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Reminds me of Captain Queeg more every day.

I saw a segment of the Swan interview where trump was trying to make Swan understand (and agree with him) about some charts about Covid 19 he kept shuffling around.

Dude’s cracked.

[chia]

6. They gave him graphs the size of a full page, one had four color blocks that filled the page,

like you'd do for a child first learning how to read bar graphs. And yet he still didn't understand them.

[Lasher]

41. I just saw that on CNN

[johnthewoodworker]

9. The love of racism is so strong for republicans that they will overlook all the stupidity.

[Alacritous Crier]

14. Yup!

Racism trumps all.



GOTV.

[SunSeeker]

48. Hence the GOP Southern Strategy.

It's how they've stayed in office since 1964.

[KT2000]

53. Yes!

and I do wish Democrats would talk about that. The time for that is now!!

[Peregrine Took]

56. Right. It just dawned on me yesterday that racism is the cornerstone of the republican movement.

In its many configurations - after the Civil War, that is.

[exboyfil]

10. On Twitter someone said it is like "These go to 11"

[Snake Plissken]

12. It was basically an episode of in Living Color featuring Oswald Bates

[Celerity]

13. here is the YT of the full interview

[phylny]

38. He never stops. He's incessant.

He has it in his mind that because we do more tests, we have more cases. What if we did tests and we saw cases going down? That would be significant.

I love how he explains how Russia used to be the Soviet Union.

"Lester Holt. Real Beauty."

Such a petty, idiotic man.

[Celerity]

40. I have found the most effective rebuttal to the more tests means more cases tosh is simple

'So, if we stopped all cancer and pregnancy tests, cancer would be cured and we would have no more human born?'

Never had a person make a successful reply to that (as they cannot, lolol).

[Peregrine Took]

57. Like an insane wind up doll spewing the same crap over and over til your ears bleed. n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

16. Just finished it, too. Everything you say is spot on. "Many people say..." and

Swan asks "Name them"

Change the subject...

[Music Man]

22. Yes. I believe on the notion of testing making numbers look worse, he said,

"Read the manuals, read the books."

Swan asked, "What manuals? What books?" Trump just ignored it and said, "Look, let me explain it."

I also loved the bit about how "When I took over, we didn't even have a test." YEAH, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VIRUS, YOU COMPLETE FUCKING DUMBASS!

He is a dumb man's idea of how a smart person sounds.

[Moostache]

69. He is the incarnation of what mouth breathing morons want to be...

They want to be free to call names without paying a price...they want to discriminate freely and act "rich" without having the personal discipline or work ethic that true wealth generation requires.

They want to pretend that they can say erudite AND understand what it means, when neither is true.

They want license to scream the n-word indiscriminately at everyone, without losing their jobs or being properly excluded from polite society.

They want most of all to believe that ONE DAY, soon, their dreams will be real and they will have generational wealth and material goods beyond the dreams of Midas himself (which also explains Trump's gold fetish too)...

He is a "very stable genius" - with a bad temper and hidden transcripts...
He is "rich, like...really rich" - with bankrupt casinos and jilted creditors and no tax returns...
He has "all the best words" - like covfefe and the united shates of murica...
He is the best, maybe in the history of forever ...

I want to hear those glorious words, and pray for them EVERY single day..."president Trump was found dead in the residence bathroom, an unfinished tweet on his phone"...

SOON...but not soon enough!

[SmartVoter22]

18. Trump didn't know he was imploding on Axios

This may be the worst performance of any interview by any President, ever. Like nobody's ever seen.
Axios' Swan was relentless and determined to get answers to his questions. Swan's facial reactions showed that Trump's responses were not only bizarre; but that Swan, himself was surprised at the level of ignorance Trump had, even after clarifying how the 'death rate' is calculated.
Trump was clueless, when cornered on not only the death claim, but just about every other issue brought up in that interview.

I do think this interview has the potential of becoming a milestone, as did David Frost's interview with another corrupt Republican, Richard Nixon.

YouTube and social media will keep this interview alive and active, well beyond November's election.

Watch it, over and over and over.

[NJCher]

29. this is what I want to see

Swan's facial reactions showed that Trump's responses were not only bizarre; but that Swan, himself was surprised at the level of ignorance Trump had, even after clarifying how the 'death rate' is calculated.

[yonder]

43. +1. "Like nobody's ever seen." I'll add: In the history of the world.

You just know he was thinking that.

I would agree that this could become an interview of the ages. tRump, once again, unknowingly displays his astounding shallowness and lack of knowledge on just about any subject.

[NewJeffCT]

19. yes, he is small, petty, insecure and not smart at all

but, he keeps failing up.

[flibbitygiblets]

20. Sarah Cooper could do an HBO special on this one

looking forward to her next opus

[consider_this]

26. My thoughts exactly...

It was so profoundly unbelievable, I caught myself multiple times during the viewing envisioning her doing the mock - made it somehow a bit easier to stomach it.

[Danascot]

45. I'll wait for the Sarah Cooper version

It's the only way I can stand listening to Trump speak.

[BarbD]

47. I'm with you.

[judeling]

23. Here is all the Debate prep Biden needs to do

Imagine this if the power dynamic was more equal as it will be in a debate.

[Wounded Bear]

24. Sarah Palin at least had some modest ornamental value...

[MrsCoffee]

76. Ewww.

[handmade34]

25. "I can't believe this man is a president of the United States."

at least 20 times a day... who the hell are the people who support him?? ignorant? racist? clueless????? hard to believe citizens of these United States are so pathetic

[calimary]

32. What it says about those who voted for him is even worse.

That they somehow saw fit to elevate this monster...

[qwlauren35]

27. Thank you

for the brief summary.

That's all I needed to know, really.

You have a strong stomach to watch him at all.

[ananda]

28. Jeezus on a paisley wombat!

You're right!

[NurseJackie]

30. ...

[Johnny2X2X]

34. Is that Humperdoo?

Great series.

[Dukkha]

37. M condolenses

I can't listen to one second of him speaking. Nails on a chalkboard is a ginormous understatement.

[jcgoldie]

39. "They are dying... It is what it is."

The man exudes empathy.

[Sloumeau]

44. Donald trump is an arrogant, vindictive moron. nt

[Duncan Grant]

52. That's what I always said about Dubya.

I think trump is the equivalent of a gleeful (malevolent) arsonist. Part of his “fun” is seeing just how much he can get away with. He deserves no sympathy for being a seriously fucked up person. He’s no victim.

As for his followers/enablers? Complicit until the day they die.

[LudwigPastorius]

49. Trump is more than just dumb and arrogant.

He is a lunatic...a real honest-to-god, delusional nutcase.

[Cha]

54. Malicious & Malignant.

[SeattleVet]

50. There have to be at least a dozen Lincoln Project ads in there!

What a shitshow of a trainwreck! Or maybe it was a trainwreck of a shitshow.

Either way, tRump's compete lack of mental acuity and grasp on any semblance of reality was on full display. I wonder how much they edited out for time - the cuts would also be priceless!

[burrowowl]

51. Rump is stupid and evil, there is no cure

Lock him up!

[hamsterjill]

58. Our very lives hang in the balance with this bloated asshole.

He’s crazy. Mentally unhinged. Unfit. Unable to grasp even simple concepts.

And yet Republicans allow this shit show to continue.

I will NEVER forget that.

[Paladin]

59. Well stated, Music Man.

The realization that our nation is in the hands of this small, ignorant, deranged man makes me want to puke, on a daily basis. I continue to believe we ought to have a coast-to-coast street party, once we rid ourselves of him (subject to proper distancing and use of face masks).

[jimlup]

61. His thing with the pieces of paper ...

Like hey, I have these papers that prove that my tutor did some homework for me...

It would be sad and I would feel sorry for the dude under other circumstances but FUCK he's PROTUS and he acts like a school boy who hasn't done any homework for months.

[benld74]

63. I lasted 1 1/2 minutes b4 the tRump solo began

Me Me Me Me Me Me Me

[JokeHer]

64. Why is he still president

1000 people dying a day and his response..." it is what it is". He truly is vile garbage!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

66. 9 Wildest Answers in Trump's Jonathan Swan Interview, Ranked

YoSemitesHat Retweeted

SWAN: Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested on allegations of child-sex trafficking

TRUMP: You don’t know that

SWAN: We do know Maxwell has been arrested

TRUMP: Good luck. Let them prove that somebody is guilty

Link to tweet

[SleeplessinSoCal]

68. Swan on with Ali Velshi brought up Norman Vincent Peele..

And the power of positive thinking. Marble Collegiate Church, where Peele preached and the trumps soaked it up as a guide to lying for profit. It's also where I sang when the Donald and Maples showed up while still married to wife #1, Ivana. That power is being used to suit only himself, and as a weapon against the populace. Whether he realizes this is debateable.

[calimary]

71. "It is what it is."

This jackass is gonna try to burn it all down on the way out. I'd bet on it.

He's already fucking with the Census.

[Skittles]

73. the interview is such a shit show no one even mentions how ridiculous he looks

with his orange face and Tweety-colored cotton candy "hair"

[Pachamama]

74. OMFG....I have in disbelief and terror and disgust watched this video now multiple times

I am speechless and freaked out....

Watching Jonathan Swan’s expressions...he was controlled in his response - most people would have lost it either in complete shock and disbelief, started laughing or shouting at what he was saying and flat out saying he is an idiot, a narcissist and out of his fucking mind in addition to a heartless sick mother fucker...

The stupidity and ignorance- he can’t understand basic concepts in statistics and data - for me, as a graduate of the Univ of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School - there is no fucking way anyone could even graduate from there without the basic understanding of these concepts. Penn should want its degree back. As a citizen, I am terrified that during a deadly pandemic, we have an absolute stupid idiot in the White House.

“It is what it is...” - are you fucking kidding? This statement was the most heartless and disgusting statement ever in response to it being pointed out that human beings, American Citizens, already nearly 160,000 and over a 1000 a day, are dead and dying and his answer was basically a big fucking who cares....

Testing - how can someone be so stupid and have such power and responsibility and then not even understand the basic principles of testing ....

“Done more for Black People than any President ever in the history of this country...” - he is insane

John Lewis - I think this part of the interview was so horrifying and revealing about the disgusting revolting narcissistic racist motherfucker that he is....he revealed in his answer that he had no respect or regard for John Lewis as a person, his cause and he even said “NO” in his answer about respecting John Lewis (listen to the interview - he literally says NO). And his narcissism has him then turning it back to himself and because John Lewis didn’t go to his Inauguration....

He is a sadistic narcissistic racist dumb-as-shit evil motherfucker idiot and has no business running anything, yet alone and especially a Nation and it’s millions of citizens and our futures. And having the nuclear code....

God help us all....

[uponit7771]

75. +1, That interview looks like a horror movie in real life