{"id":137318,"date":"2018-10-12T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T22:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/12\/i-believe-one-could-write-a-book-of-trump-self-critiques.html"},"modified":"2018-10-12T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T22:58:18","slug":"i-believe-one-could-write-a-book-of-trump-self-critiques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/12\/i-believe-one-could-write-a-book-of-trump-self-critiques.html","title":{"rendered":"I believe one could write a book of Trump self-critiques"},"content":{"rendered":"

I.e., things he said in criticism of other presidents (particularly his predecessor) that he's now gotten petard-hoisted himself by.<\/p>\n

(This is not solely a Trumpian flaw, to be sure, but he does seem to be a master of it.)<\/p>\n

It's not meaningful policy observation, except to note that Trump says a lot of things that turn out to be hyperbole, bombast, or just plain ignorance talking. But it's a mild emotional pleasure in a time that's been hard to find.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Ed Christian<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I.e., things he said in criticism of other presidents (particularly his predecessor) that he's now gotten petard-hoisted himself by. (This is not solely a Trumpian flaw, to be sure, but he does seem to be a master of it.) 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