Yep. A combination of a POTUS who has problems correctly articulating his thoughts and a press who will take things out of context gets you things like this.
It was definitely a very poor spate of reporting by the media and obviously due to bias as well as an intent to increase the hysteria about Trump
Trump does and says enough insane stuff that fabrications or exaggerations aren't necessary. It's wrong and definitely not helpful.
That said, does anyone really doubt that in his heart of hearts that Trump sees poor brown illegal aliens as animals?
I watched the full video right after CSPAN posted it and I was blown away by the media's spin job. It wasn't necessary. Totally counter-productive and gave a lot of people more cover to scream "fake news" at stuff they don't like.
But, in a way, I get the frustration. Trump's made racial remarks and has had a tendency to demonize non-whites as long as I can remember. The Central Park 5 is an excellent example. That moron still believes the guys are guilty even though DNA and a plethora of other evidence positively excluded them and implicates someone else.
Something tells me the Mueller report is going to be catastrophically damning for Trump. Lately he's been throwing a lot of red meat at the base. Attending the NRA convention, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, pulling our of Iran deal, desperate for NK meeting, sanctuary city stuff/recent immigration round table, and now the newly announced restrictions on abortion. People have lobbied the admin to re-implement those abortion restrictions since his inauguration. Why now?
The uptick in throwing out platters of red meat coincidences with heightened attacks on Mueller by Trump allies as well as Giuliani's new strategy. That's not accidental. Trump is doing everything he can to discredit Muller and score points with the base before the report gets issued. I think it is even part of why Trump has been playing games about being interviewed. Buys more time.
Mark my words - - we are being shown the entire plan. Sharp increase in attacks to discredit Mueller and a "look at all the Republican things I did and what you'll lose if I'm impeached" narrative that is being built.
Question: will the GOP overlook everything short of actually murdering someone on 5th Avenue in an attempt to keep and consolidate policy gains? And using the excuse that Mueller isn't credible and it's all a partisan witch-hunt to justify it? Seems to me that's exactly what is building. It's so Nixonian.
