Reading is hard.

Otherwise known as trolling.

I agree with you. The headline makes it out for one thing and the article says another. That’s my only point. Downvotes are accepted if people don’t like it.

In fairness, Harris declined the same interview opportunity, according to the article.

I read the article about Trump “making fun” of his crowd about the weight loss thing. Please see my overall review of the event in another reply to this post for a good summary of what happened. This particular remark about the weight loss came off much more smoothly than the articles would have you believe. I agree they were damning and dumb remarks to make but they roll out of his mouth quite smoothly and nobody takes notice and it doesn’t seem as offensive as on paper.

The economy under the Biden/Harris administration was blamed for the reason the venue operator could “not afford” to properly air condition the space by Trump. Governor Noem agreed by saying “Kamala sucks”.

I don’t disagree, but I also don’t think he should be forced to weigh in. He is a former President, I get this, but that doesn’t obligate him to share how he votes or to re-inject himself or his family back into politics, which he left long enough ago.

I watched the whole thing with nominal amounts of “fast forwarding”. Trump came out after the first hour of his warm-up. He spoke a little bit and it was much of what you would expect. Then there were three “questions”, all of which were from guests that had been selected in advance. One was a gold star family that demanded a congressional hearing on the circumstances of their son’s death, which they stated was part of the largest single loss of life event in Afghanistan. Trump promised there would be one within a week of being elected but not within 1 day because he had already promised too many things would be fixed on day 1. In the midst of the 3 questions, two people passed out - literally back to back. Many attendees complained of the heat inside. Biden’s econcomy was blamed as the reason the venue operator could not afford to air condition it. Governor Noem, who served as Trump’s handler for the entirety of the event, shouted “Kamala sucks” to back up Trump’s statement. She also purposefully mispronounces her name, presumably because she is a Trump bootlicker. After the 2nd person was helped, Trump decided it was time for (more of the same) music, which they had also played while the two attendees were given medical aid. It was just a different rendition of the same song, as Trump’s team didn’t sufficiently please him with the version that lacked vocals. From then on it was more music and Trump swaying. Throughout the medical interventions, Trump insisted they would extend the event to take questions, but that wasn’t the case. As a result it appeared that many people stuck through the music portion expecting that he would take more questions, but he didn’t. Trump spoke for about 30 minutes total, which is basically a record minimum of minutes that he makes his people endure his dog shit excuses for speeches.

I don’t think Bush weighed in this election season, did he? I was pretty sure he sat this one out so far as endorsements and public statements of support go.

Congress extended it. Obama simply didn’t veto it. Perhaps that makes him complicit but it sailed through the Senate in a 67-32 vote which is likely to never happen ever again and a veto would only get overridden by Congress, which makes a President appear weak.

What a class act. It’s too bad the door swung so far in the other direction after he left.

Don’t forget about Gym Jordan you asshole!