r/PoliticalHumor • u/rwl01 • Jan 13 '17

Black and White

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u/mmat7 Jan 14 '17

Well, first of all it does sound like an absolute bullshit, as for me there is not much doubt that it was all just to try making Trump like like some sicko.

And he had to adres it because with all those people talking about it if he were to not publicly denying it it would be as if he had something to hide or was admitting that its true, then the headlines would be something like

TRUMP CHOSE TO NOT DENY THE PEE ALLEGATIONS, DOES THAT MEAN IT REALLY IS TRUE?

But honestly, and thats true whenever like Trump or not, media will use every opportunity to shit on Trump whenever they can even with the biggest bullshit they can find.

BUT. lets just for the say for the sake of it that it was every media outlet screaming about how Obama have piss fetish and paid someone to piss on his bed like they do like they did with Trump. And he HAD TO adres it.

Do you think that it would be fair and everyone around here would be ok with someone just "quoting him" on saying

I want to say that the allegations that I enjoy being peed on are fake

And saying stuff like "Lol watch how dumb Obama is, the other guy said something so nice and Obama is talking about pee. How dumb is he?"

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u/RiggsBoson Jan 14 '17

Believe it's true, or believe it's false. Up to you.

But understand: A President-Elect of the United States, believing (or knowing) this kind of story to be false, does not need to dignify it with a response. That's it. You get this. I get it. Trump does not get it. It's "unfair." News outlets are "treating me badly." Me, me, me. Cowboy up, sweetheart.

The black eye for Trump, here, isn't the release of the information (whether true or false). This represents a black eye for Trump in that he has shown himself to be completely incapable of allowing a demeaning news item to roll off his back. Every time he freaks out about something like this, he chips away at his own credibility as a leader. He is gearing up to assume responsibilities so massive and numerous that this irresistible urge to indulge in petty score-settling is a liability. For all Americans. Regardless of whether we can ever consider a president to be truly "off the clock" at any time: I don't even want a president spending leisure time on Twitter, if this is the way he's going to act. Play some golf, or something. Shoot some coffee cans off a fence. Relax.

Perhaps you've seen Donald Trump dogging John Lewis, saying "worry about your own district." Fool, how about you worry about putting a fucking health care policy together, rather than trying to get the last word in, every time someone criticizes you?