Arizona shows how unfit he is
By Jennifer Rubin
August 23 at 9:00 AM
Only 24 hours after he read a serious speech off a teleprompter .. Trump reverted to form, delivering a rambling, rage-filled, 77-minute harangue that was alternately defensive, angry, accusatory and just plain weird. Like a trapped animal, he lashed out in every direction, trying unsuccessfully to draw blood.
The opening 15 minutes or so were devoted to relitigating — and lying about — his response to the Charlottesville incident. He omitted .. words .. in which he claimed that there were “fine people” on both sides and that there was blame on “many sides.” But once again, he dwelled on himself, not on the death of a young woman or the flare-up of anti-Semitic, racist groups. He railed at the media, claiming that they did not cover the crowd (they did, revealing a modest gathering) and that there were not many protesters outside (there were thousands). The sight of the president .. lying about crowd size and whining about the media was .. not surprising.
He insisted .. he was all about unifying the country, and then launched into a diatribe against his perceived enemies, painting himself as simultaneously the most successful president .. and the victim of Democrats, the filibuster .. and always, always the “sick” media (whom he accused of not liking America). After his press secretary vowed he would not raise the topic of Joe Arpaio, he promised that the former Arizona sheriff would be “just fine,” although he wouldn’t announce something at that moment. In doing so, he linked arms with a man convicted of both racial profiling and contempt of court, one more show of solidarity with the alt-right to whom Arpaio is a hero .. Without naming .. McCain .. he pointedly told the crowd he was one vote away from getting health care passed. And he railed about illegal immigrants, vowing to shut down the government if Congress did not commit taxpayer money to pay for the wall he once vowed Mexico would fund. He predicted he would fail to renegotiate NAFTA and instead withdraw.
All in all, he appeared desperate, out of control and emotionally needy ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/23/trump-in-arizona-shows-just-how-unfit-he-is/?utm_term=.26faea5c0b3b
