He's got a speech problem.
Oh, he's got a speech problem all right...when he's not on teleprompter, he speaks from his true self.
Make no mistake about yesterday's "press conference". While his staff may have thought he was just gonna make a few statements and leave, that was not his plan at all. He came
locked & loaded for what he wanted to do. He came with the Sat speech he gave typed up on big type in his pocket.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais from AP got a great shot of him reaching into his pocket as he pulled it out.
Trump had, by all accounts been stewing since Sat when the #FAKENEWS reported his statement and roundly criticized it for not mentioning Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites. The Sun shows had all sorts of people including a lot of GOP criticizing Trump and even had the White House release an anonymous saying OF COURSE Trump meant the Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites when he condemned whenever he condemned in his speech on Sat.
He was convinced by his staff and came out and read a statement on Monday which DID call out the Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites. He was stiff and wooden and completely insincere in his presentation and while the language was much better, it seemed like he was a hostage being forced to read a message...you could almost see his eyes blinking saying in morse code "I'm being forced to read this, I don't really believe what I'm saying". Andy Borowitz of The New Yorker had is down pat:
Man in Hostage Video Forced to Recite Words Not His Own.
So, naturally Trump was pissed off because the #FAKENEWS didn't fawn over his new speech.
Donald J. TrumpVerified account
@realDonaldTrump
Made additional remarks on Charlottesville and realize once again that the #Fake News Media will never be satisfied...truly bad people!
3:29 PM - 14 Aug 2017
So, when Trump stepped out of that elevator, he was all set to go off on the #FAKENEWS and rather than simply thank everybody after giving his remarks about infrastructure, he went off...
That was the real Donald J Trump...a deranged, malignant narcissist who can't stand being criticized and carries a grudge forever...
Re doubled down and basically admitted that his Mon statement trying to clarify his condemnation of Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites was a complete fabrication...a lie that he read off of a teleprompter while under duress.
What he spewed forth with was from his soul. That's what the man actually believes...he's a closet racist. He "pretends" to believe in equal rights but that's not in his heart. He didn't even bother to use a dog whistle...he said Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites were no worse than the people protesting Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites. He made a moral equivalence and the Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites thanked him for it.
The Natzi, KKK, white supremacists and antisemites thanked him for it.Naw Trump is who we thought he was...he's who Trump supporters voted for.
But he ain't my president...