The 9 Wildest Answers in Trump's Interview With Jonathan Swan

[ReubenSherr]

It wasn't taken out of context.

He asked Trump how history will remember Lewis. He then went on his insane inauguration tangent. Twice, even when clarified.

You're reaching.

Here's the section about history though...

Prompted by Swan to give a nod to Lewis’s history in civil-rights activism, Trump instead returned to skipping the inauguration, which he emphasized this was “a big mistake.”

The writer is making the assumption that he/she and Swan know exactly what's appropriate. What do they mean "prompted by Swan to give a nod to Lewis's history?" Trump isn't required to do this, liberals are assuming everyone needs to follow their exact guidelines for what to say when

It almost sounds like they set him up

And there's no full text to look at the context of this part in the article. Criticizing the article BTW, not your OP

Also, even more importantly, you guys do know that Lewis was one of the leaders of the impeachment process.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Yeah the country is doing really great right now.

Yeah, and I guess you blame Trump for the existence of Covid-19.

 

[VanCleef]

Yeah, and I guess you blame Trump for the existence of Covid-19.

No, just the mishandling of it. As many experts do.

Heck just watch him being completely wrong on Covid in the very damaging interview this thread is based on.

 

[VanCleef]

Here's the section about history though...

Prompted by Swan to give a nod to Lewis’s history in civil-rights activism, Trump instead returned to skipping the inauguration, which he emphasized this was “a big mistake.”

The writer is making the assumption that he/she and Swan know exactly what's appropriate. What do they mean "prompted by Swan to give a nod to Lewis's history?" Trump isn't required to do this, liberals are assuming everyone needs to follow their exact guidelines for what to say when

It almost sounds like they set him up

I feel we're watching different interviews.

Trump was given an extremely easy soft-balls on Lewis and somehow managed to bungle it.

"How do you think history will remember John Lewis?"



"Did you find HIS STORY impressive"


"Take your relationship with him out of it, do you find his story impressive"

These are not hard to answer, instead we get:

“I don’t know. I really don’t know. I don’t know John Lewis; he chose not to come to my inauguration. I never met John Lewis.”

Asked if he found Lewis “impressive,” Trump responded: “Uh . . . I can’t say one way or another—I find a lot of people impressive, I find a lot of people not impressive. . . . He didn’t come to my inauguration; he didn’t come to my State of the Union speeches—and that’s okay, that’s his right. Again, nobody has done more for Black Americans than I have.”

 

[ReubenSherr]

I feel we're watching different interviews.

Trump was given an extremely easy soft-balls on Lewis and somehow managed to bungle it.

You're operating on such a big assumption here, though...

Liberals expect everyone to behave a certain way towards liberal heros, before or after they pass. By "bungle it," you mean Trump didn't adhere to the liberal expectation of how you should respond to a question about Lewis. This is a guy who actively tried to ruin Trump.

If Rush Limbaugh, God for bid, passed, would you expect Pelosi to go on and on about what a hero he was?

There was no softball thrown, Trump didn't answer the question the way liberals who idolized Lewis wanted him to. Lewis couldn't stand Trump. Something about this is extremely off.

 

[VanCleef]

You're operating on such a big assumption here, though...

Liberals expect everyone to behave a certain way towards liberal heros, before or after they pass. By "bungle it," you mean Trump didn't adhere to the liberal expectation of how you should respond to a question about Lewis. This is a guy who actively tried to ruin Trump.

If Rush Limbaugh, God for bid, passed, would you expect Pelosi to go on and on about what a hero he was?

This was a by the books a gaff filled interview. John Lewis was a life long civil rights activist who just died, he can't leave politics to the side for 1 minute to not botch a soft-ball?

 

[ReubenSherr]

This was a by the books a gaff filled interview. John Lewis was a life long civil rights activist who just died, he can't leave politics to the side for 1 minute to not botch a soft-ball?

Did Trump mention Lewis's accomplishments anywhere in the interview?

 

[Noodlegawd]

No, just the mishandling of it. As many experts do.

Heck just watch him being completely wrong on Covid in the very damaging interview this thread is based on.

Yeah, his mishandling is to blame for all our problems. I'm sure Gavin Newsom was clinging to every word as he drove CA off a cliff.

 

[Aletheia]

Did Trump mention Lewis's accomplishments anywhere in the interview?

Not specifically, he kind of mentioned he was aware, but immediately downplayed any significance. It seemed like a petty response, overall.
He also had to throw in the, nobody did more for black Americans than I have.

Do you believe that?
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Jonathan Swan: (35:24)
John Lewis is lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. How do you think history will remember John Lewis?

President Donald J. Trump: (35:29)
I don’t know. I really don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know John Lewis. He chose not to come to my inauguration. He chose… I never met John Lewis, actually, I don’t believe.

Jonathan Swan: (35:42)
Do you find him impressive?

President Donald J. Trump: (35:46)
I can’t say one or the other. I find a lot of people impressive. I find many people not impressive. But no, but I didn’t go-

Jonathan Swan: (35:52)
Do you find his story impressive?

President Donald J. Trump: (35:53)
He didn’t come to my inauguration. He didn’t come to my State of the Union speeches, and that’s okay. That’s his right. And again, nobody has done more-

Jonathan Swan: (36:02)
Right, but back-

President Donald J. Trump: (36:03)
… for Black Americans than I have.

Jonathan Swan: (36:05)
I understand.

President Donald J. Trump: (36:05)
He should’ve come. I think he made a big mistake by not showing up.

Jonathan Swan: (36:08)
But taking your relationship with him out of it, do you find his story impressive? What he’s done for this country?

President Donald J. Trump: (36:14)
He was a person that devoted a lot of energy and a lot of heart to civil rights, but there were many others also.

Jonathan Swan: (36:23)
There’s a petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as the John Lewis Bridge. Would you support that idea?

President Donald J. Trump: (36:32)
I would have no objection to it if they’ve like to do it.

Jonathan Swan: (36:34)
Yeah? It’s a good idea?

President Donald J. Trump: (36:34)
Would have no objection to it whatsoever.

 

[Oborosen]

I feel bad for our conservative brothers and sisters here, how do you defend this with a straight face lol.

It's rather simple. The conservatives mostly know that the majority of the crap that get's pushed out by the media, the left and general posters like yourself. Is nothing but overblown BS.

I watched the interview. Trump seemed just as fine as he's been doing and everyone I've seen trying to talk about it for the last day has had to cut the interview into pieces, or throw quotes out of context and even outright lie about what Trump said.

So even as an Independent, I can see that most of this is just being posted because it stokes outrage from within your little bubble.

 

[Jonsa]

What got me was his response complete with eye roll on number of deaths/100,000 vs deaths/case - "it is what it is."

he positively slithers.

 

[Jonsa]

It's rather simple. The conservatives mostly know that the majority of the crap that get's pushed out by the media, the left and general posters like yourself. Is nothing but overblown BS.

I watched the interview. Trump seemed just as fine as he's been doing and everyone I've seen trying to talk about it for the last day has had to cut the interview into pieces, or throw quotes out of context and even outright lie about what Trump said.

So even as an Independent, I can see that most of this is just being posted because it stokes outrage from within your little bubble.

inured to his incoherence, ignorance and lies I see.

 

[Irredentist]

It's rather simple. The conservatives mostly know that the majority of the crap that get's pushed out by the media, the left and general posters like yourself. Is nothing but overblown BS.

I watched the interview. Trump seemed just as fine as he's been doing and everyone I've seen trying to talk about it for the last day has had to cut the interview into pieces, or throw quotes out of context and even outright lie about what Trump said.

So even as an Independent, I can see that most of this is just being posted because it stokes outrage from within your little bubble.

As fine as he's been doing is right, which is pretty far from ****ing fine. I'm honestly surprised that anyone can still believe he belongs in office.

 

[Oborosen]

inured to his incoherence, ignorance and lies I see.

Only as much as you are inured to your own, yes.

Then again, we have three years of the left continually blowing this kind of thing out of proportion and being actively caught lying about it in full order. So I don't see an issue in not believing this kind of crap when it's repeatedly being pushed, over and over.

If only the left had the integrity to face him on actual topics like policy, or something else with a legitimate backing. Then none of us would actually be stuck in this damn pit.

 

[Oborosen]

As fine as he's been doing is right, which is pretty far from ****ing fine. I'm honestly surprised that anyone can still believe he belongs in office.

You'd have to show how he's actually not doing fine then. Because anyone can just throw out a claim on anything and then disregard any recourse.

If it's he pandemic. I know that he could have done things differently, but I also know that he's not actually failed in that regard either.

 

[Irredentist]

You'd have to show how he's actually not doing fine then. Because anyone can just throw out a claim on anything and then disregard any recourse.

If it's he pandemic. I know that he could have done things differently, but I also know that he's not actually failed in that regard either.

How about with international relations? Is Trump a great diplomat? Not exactly. Our alliances seem to be on rockier ground than ever before. Trump has a hard time getting along with people at that high a level it seems. He takes everything too personally.

I was honestly willing to support him if he would step up and lead us through this pandemic. But he can't do that because his ego always gets in the way. He wants the economy to do well because it's the one thing he's got going for him. But we need to defeat the virus for the economy to do well, and Trump just doesn't seem to be able to find the right messaging to lead properly. On COVid, or on the protests. We need a message of unity right now, to get through this. God we need that. Can Trump offer that? Honestly I wish he could but I don't believe he can. He's just not the right man for the job.

 

[Lethargic Aptitude]

You're operating on such a big assumption here, though...

Liberals expect everyone to behave a certain way towards liberal heros, before or after they pass. By "bungle it," you mean Trump didn't adhere to the liberal expectation of how you should respond to a question about Lewis. This is a guy who actively tried to ruin Trump.

If Rush Limbaugh, God for bid, passed, would you expect Pelosi to go on and on about what a hero he was?

There was no softball thrown, Trump didn't answer the question the way liberals who idolized Lewis wanted him to. Lewis couldn't stand Trump. Something about this is extremely off.

Rush Limbaugh is your hero?

 

[Lethargic Aptitude]

How about with international relations? Is Trump a great diplomat? Not exactly. Our alliances seem to be on rockier ground than ever before. Trump has a hard time getting along with people at that high a level it seems. He takes everything too personally.

I was honestly willing to support him if he would step up and lead us through this pandemic. But he can't do that because his ego always gets in the way. He wants the economy to do well because it's the one thing he's got going for him. But we need to defeat the virus for the economy to do well, and Trump just doesn't seem to be able to find the right messaging to lead properly. On COVid, or on the protests. We need a message of unity right now, to get through this. God we need that. Can Trump offer that? Honestly I wish he could but I don't believe he can. He's just not the right man for the job.

Trump proactively lied about covid to stroke his base. That is Trumps position on the pandemic. Only lately Trump has pretended that he is concerned about the pandemic since he believes it might gain him popularity and votes. There is no logical reason to believe that Trump intends to do the right thing as president. It is what it is..

 

[Oborosen]

How about with international relations? Is Trump a great diplomat? Not exactly. Our alliances seem to be on rockier ground than ever before. Trump has a hard time getting along with people at that high a level it seems. He takes everything too personally.

I was honestly willing to support him if he would step up and lead us through this pandemic. But he can't do that because his ego always gets in the way. He wants the economy to do well because it's the one thing he's got going for him. But we need to defeat the virus for the economy to do well, and Trump just doesn't seem to be able to find the right messaging to lead properly. On COVid, or on the protests. We need a message of unity right now, to get through this. God we need that. Can Trump offer that? Honestly I wish he could but I don't believe he can. He's just not the right man for the job.

You mean the international relations that we see, or the international relations that we're told?

Because I can see that our alliances are just fine if I go and look into it myself. But if I look into it through most of the media out there, though I can trust independent media a bit more. I find that I'll be told that he's at ends with one, or another world leaders, or that he's sucking up to a dictator. I know that he can take things personally, but it would be nice that such people wouldn't try and poke him, if diplomatic relations were their only mission in treating him as such. So I'm really not going to hold it against him, for taking offence at being slighted.

On the issue of the pandemic, he's done fine. I don't really care for him being a braggart and running his mouth, but I've found no reason for him to be seen as a failure here.
But this is still the case of being mindful of where you look to see such reporting. Because more than a few outlets today will plaster their own opinion over the reports of what is going on with Trump. Rather then just actually give us the reports directly.

 

[TomFitz]

You mean the international relations that we see, or the international relations that we're told?

Because I can see that our alliances are just fine if I go and look into it myself. But if I look into it through most of the media out there, though I can trust independent media a bit more. I find that I'll be told that he's at ends with one, or another world leaders, or that he's sucking up to a dictator. I know that he can take things personally, but it would be nice that such people wouldn't try and poke him, if diplomatic relations were their only mission in treating him as such. So I'm really not going to hold it against him, for taking offence at being slighted.

On the issue of the pandemic, he's done fine. I don't really care for him being a braggart and running his mouth, but I've found no reason for him to be seen as a failure here.
But this is still the case of being mindful of where you look to see such reporting. Because more than a few outlets today will plaster their own opinion over the reports of what is going on with Trump. Rather then just actually give us the reports directly.

If you’re relying on the right wing US trash media (as most Trumpsters do), then you don’t “see” ANY international relations.

I’m sure you can explain away the incompetence, insults, self dealing and corruption of this Administration if you work hard enough at it.

If you want to “see” international relations.

Ask the world, not some other right winger sitting in front of a keyboard making up isolationist nonsense to sell to a parochial audience.

But that would burst the bubble.


Right wing isolationists don’t “see” international relations. Most of them think the United States is a separate planet, and that the world is somewhere else. Most of them, including their beloved fuhrer couldn’t find the countries they are ranting about on a map.

OF course, you announced up front that you’ll trust a no name blog that came into existence instantly, nad will disappear just as fast, to feed you what you’ve already decided to believe.

And Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, and all the no names on your social media feed ARE all opinion, and few, if any facts.

But the audience doesn’t know any better, and would prefer to look in the mirror of their own fears and prejudices.

 

[dave8383]

The dude has some kind of issue.

The dude is nothing but issues.

 

[dave8383]

You mean the international relations that we see, or the international relations that we're told?

Because I can see that our alliances are just fine if I go and look into it myself.

How the hell are you going to look into it yourself? Do you have world leaders on speed dial?

 

[Oborosen]

How the hell are you going to look into it yourself? Do you have world leaders on speed dial?

I meant following more than one news source, even going to local news in those same countries.

 

[dave8383]

I meant following more than one news source, even going to local news in those same countries.

I'd be very surprised to hear that Trump has strengthened our relationship with allies. In fact, I'd be very surprised to hear that he's kept them steady.

 

[BlueTex]