{"id":137443,"date":"2018-11-07T17:48:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T00:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/trump-just-had-an-awful-press-conference-or-did-he.html"},"modified":"2018-11-07T17:48:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T00:48:46","slug":"trump-just-had-an-awful-press-conference-or-did-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/trump-just-had-an-awful-press-conference-or-did-he.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump just had an awful press conference. Or did he?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As +<\/span>John E. Bredehoft<\/a><\/span> notes, crazytalk and meltdown are in the eye of the beholder. I look at Trump yelling at and insulting journalists and the press in general, trash talking GOP politicians who lost, threatening "war" on the Democrats if they look at him cross-eyed, and generally behaving like a lunatic and say, "Wow, he's just awful \/ over-stressed \/ deluded \/ dangerously grasping for straws." <\/p>\n

But a dyed-in-the-wool Trump supporter says, "Yeah, stand up to those shady, lying journalists! Kick those RINOs in the teeth as a lesson against wavering from American nationalism! Show you are large and in charge and not interested in being 'politically correct' or 'polite' to the enemies of the people!"<\/p>\n

And there are just enough people in the middle who are sort of, "Well, yeah, but that's Trump, and if only those pushy reporters wouldn't act so disrespectfully, maybe he wouldn't be so cranky, so can't we all just get along?."<\/p>\n

All of which suggests that, no matter how nutty and nasty Trump goes over the next couple of years, barring some monumental gaffe or error or self-destructive action or massive coronary, it's quite possible he'll win reelection in 2020. Because enough people either like<\/i> (envy) that he's an unrepentant asshole, or have become inured to his zaniness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDonald Trump’s first post-election press conference was a complete disaster<\/a><\/span>
\nHe threatened Dems, sparred with reporters, and called out Republican losers.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As +John E. Bredehoft notes, crazytalk and meltdown are in the eye of the beholder. I look at Trump yelling at and insulting journalists and the press in general, trash talking GOP politicians who lost, threatening "war" on the Democrats if they look at him cross-eyed, and generally behaving like a lunatic and say, "Wow, … Continue reading “Trump just had an awful press conference. 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