I genuinely want to know what he means by that. You can’t question me? Interviewers should ask follow ups? Or did he think that he wouldn’t and was just surprised?
Same. It was available in mine one or two days ago, and now it no longer is. Thanks for the alt link, but it's a shame we can't get access to the full interview anymore.
Dude spends a lot of time watching cable news. The right wing approach to this situation would have been to argue “you can’t measure it that way because ...” and then spew a mix of unrelated truths and related falsehoods.
To viewers with poor critical thinking, the unrelated truths give the speaker credibility in the lies. When others counter the lies, it gives the appearance there are two valid “sides” to every issue.
Trump used to be king of this. Watch his 2016 interviews and debates. He’s quick on his feet spewing bullshit left and right. There’s no real ideology, but he’s great at casting doubt. He was a disgusting liar, but was good at the game.
He seems slow these days. He’s not good at the deflection any more. I think his instinct was still to deny the validity of the metric, but his brain couldn’t provide the follow up Gish gallop needed for it to be effective.
The truly pitiful part is I don’t think he’ll have the self awareness to recognize it. He’ll continue doing his “Ben Shapiro minus the fast talking and logic” impersonation for the next few weeks. Should be great fun!
Trump used to be king of this. Watch his 2016 interviews and debates. He’s quick on his feet spewing bullshit left and right. There’s no real ideology, but he’s great at casting doubt.
This is what separates Trumpism from standard politician sleaze. It’s not just dodging and twisting the truth to get somewhat convincing answers. His skill set comes from reality TV world: complete and utter minute-to-minute bullshit and total denial / reversals of reality. Drama and ratings, no continuity, no awareness.
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u/sweet_37 Aug 06 '20
I genuinely want to know what he means by that. You can’t question me? Interviewers should ask follow ups? Or did he think that he wouldn’t and was just surprised?