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This is 'old' but I never did read the full transcript. He really does sound dumber than Palin.
Trumps NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country
Gloria Shur Bilchik / November 27, 2016
I urge everyone to take the time to read the entire transcript of Donald Trumps Nov. 23, 2016 on-the-record interview with the New York Times. It will make you cringe, grimace and maybe even cry. Some of it has already been quoted many times: Weve seen excerpts about his not wanting to hurt the Clintons, about not seeing The Wall as a top priority, and especially that cringe-inducing, Nixonian assertion that the law is on my side, the President cannot have a conflict of interest. Understandably, the mainstream media have focused on statements pertaining to policy [a term that, when applied to Trump, is very generous].
But there is a lot more in the transcript that is not getting the attention it deserves. Its not as quote-worthybecause its not succinct or pithy, or headline-ready. But its important to read it, because the parts of the interview that are not being highlighted offer significant insight into Trumps thinking {again, using that term loosely} and his way of communicating. And its not pretty.
My tenth-grade English Composition teacher always said that writing is thinking. A corollary to that truism is that speaking is also reflective of ones thought process. If thats the case with Trump, we are in serious trouble.
The New York Times transcript offers a look inside Trumps brain, via his answers to the questions posed by reporters and editors. This is Trump completely unscripted: not reading from a teleprompter; not campaigning at a rally; not being coached by his handlers {although Kelly Anne Conway and Reince Preibus were sitting next to him}; not Tweeting at 5 am; not calling in to Hannity or Scarborough. This is Trump at the New York Timesa newspaper that he has railed against, but also a media power that he wants to convert to his side. This is Trump attempting to say the things that he thinks a President should be saying to make the New York Times love him.
When you read it, you see that he is doing what he always does: spitballing, winging it, rambling to fill the silence, changing the subject when he doesnt know what hes talking about, bragging, exaggerating, talking about all of the people who love him, making shit up on the fly, andabove alltrying to say something that will impress the New York Times. And ramblinglots of incoherent, inarticulate rambling. Imagine this loose-lipped man, who has clearly not thought through any of the issuesexcept the ones that affect his bottom linein private talks with world leaders who actually know stuff.
Heres an example that we probably wont see quoted on mainstream media, or anywhere else, for that matter. This statement came in response to a question about Trumps recent meeting with Nigel Farage. The Times reporter wanted to know if Trump had sought help in preventing the development of a wind farm near his golf course in Scotland: [This is the formatting as published by the New York Times.]
If you were standing on 5th Avenue in New York, and some guy came up to you and said what Trump said about windmills and birds, youd probably walk away as quickly as possible. And if you were a mental-health professional, and a guy came into your office rambling like that, might you possibly put a note in his chart about incoherent thinking, and maybe wonder if he needed medication or hospitalization?
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http://occasionalplanet.org/2016/11/27/trumps-nyt-transcript-read-weep-country/
oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)to this choice tidbit:
"But if it were up to some people, I would never, ever see my daughter Ivanka again. That would be like you never seeing your son again. That wouldnt be good. That wouldnt be good. But Id never, ever see my daughter Ivanka."
malaise
(269,038 posts)he-s fugging crazy
Blanks
(4,835 posts)And have for a few years.
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2007/07/windmill-plant-brings-1000-jobs-arkansas
JHan
(10,173 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Clown does not have a grip. Try this on,Wind Towers fabricated at Brandon,South Dakota. Blades are Manufactured in Pipestone,Minnesota. Both on the Same Rail Line about 50 miles apart. Generator components are manufactured and assembled in Winnona and Mankato Minnesota other Components are Manufactured in Iowa. This Stupid Clown and his followers are so tied to the Oil Industry it is a joke.
If this Idiot wants some real answers,maybe he should talk to these a fore mentioned American Manufacturing plants.
Why is Warren Buffet building a Wind Farm in North West Iowa to be populated with 476 towers? Duh!!!!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)Damn, that's almost POETIC in its nothingness!
...sometimes, it'll blow THIS way, and sometimes it'll blow THAT way and sometimes it doesn't blow at ALL. Should we depend on something so fickle for our energy needs?
onethatcares
(16,169 posts)"you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows"
Maybe we should stop weather forecasting.
Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)That was scary. Seriously. Scary.
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)Only the wind that whistles between Shitbag's ears.
Initech
(100,080 posts)And that's what we're seeing right now.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)Now do I qualify to be President?