**** Elections thread *****

[BananaStand]

I don’t know what to tell you man. I linked the video for your convenience, so I assume you saw it, saw the facts I presented in the now veritas Trump Tweets medium, and still say I’m somehow making up facts.

I don't have audio on this PC, so I didn't watch the video. But I'm not getting my news from a comedian anyway. Trump said he was referencing a fox report which definitely did not cite a specific incident in Sweden on the night of 2/17/17. Seems like a misunderstanding and was clarified. Fin.

That’s now how it goes. You see, there are a lot of actors that now have to deal with him who were not involved in any way, shape or form in the election.

I assume the 'actors' you're referring to are the other world leaders you listed earlier. I think you're missing the message sent by the public that elected Trump, which was: "We're sick of those 'actors' kicking America's ass on the world stage, and we want a new sheriff in town". Trump was elected, to some degree, for the purpose of pissing off those people. I understand that there are people who don't like that, but their candidate lost.

Imagine, well, let’s say Obama or W so I don’t use Trump again, claiming in a non-troll way that the earth is flat. ......Why would you do this if particularly you are in the position to have literally everyone around you that can go and verify whatever you want to say before you do just so you can avoid this exact nonsense issue?

It's simply a different style that Trump has. Again, this was adjudicated during the election. People LIKE Trump's style. It just so happens that the people who don't like his style own newspapers or have their own show on cable news.

Yes Trump could carefully craft every single word and avoid any misunderstanding ever. But he won't. You knew all along he wouldn't. If he did, he wouldn't be himself. He wouldn't be the man that the people voted for. Trump was voted in by a large number of people who are tired of the rehearsed rhetoric in washington. Didn't you hear people during the campaign referring to a "straight talker".

Trump is more raw than other presidents. Everyone knew that going in, and now has to work with that. I'm not saying they can't be critical of his policies. I'm not saying they can't be critical of things he says. I am saying they CAN'T play gotchya like this over every little detail, especially those that were known, expected, and totally consistent with his character for the last 50 years. When they do that, they cease to be a 'free and independent' press.