WH advisors talked Trump out of giving a public speech about protests, afraid he would fuck it up.

[DetlefK]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/politics/trump-protests-george-floyd.html

Some officials were urging that Mr. Trump hold events to show black voters enraged over the latest videotaped act of brutality that he heard their views. A group of advisers discussed plans for a series of “listening” events. But others have counseled that the president should take a hard line, not quite as aggressive as his tweets but a message of solidarity to business owners whose property has been destroyed.

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The adviser said that it could particularly appeal to older women at a time when Mr. Trump’s support among seniors has eroded amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately affected them. The risk, this adviser added, is that people are worn out by the president’s behavior.

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Some campaign advisers were pressing for a formal address to the nation as early as Sunday. But White House officials, recalling Mr. Trump’s error-filled Oval Office address in March about the spread of the coronavirus, cautioned that it was not necessary. Mr. Trump quizzed advisers throughout the day about whether he should give an Oval Office address.

[unitedwethrive]

1. Gee, I wonder why they would think that?

Asshole.

[Brother Mythos]

2. Based upon Turd's past history, those WH advisors have every reason to be afraid.

[genxlib]

3. So it is unfair to say they are always wrong

They are certainly right that he would fuck it up.

[crickets]

4. There's a word that perfectly describes this conundrum. Hmm...

Incompetence! That's the one.

[agingdem]

5. afraid he'd fuck it up?

Don can't read so he riffs..crap in his head/crap out of his mouth..it's a given he'd fuck it up...think of the "reassuring" give and take he had with the governors this morning...what the hell are his so-called advisors afraid of?...they knew exactly what he was when they signed those NDAs..

[sop]

6. Think about that: The President of the United States cannot be trusted by his advisors to speak

publicly at a time of national crisis because he will only make things worse. WTF?

[NotAPuppet]

7. A real President

Would address the Nation and not sit in his bunker. But he’s been fake since day 1.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Appeal to older women?

I'm an older woman, and I can't imagine any human on the face of the planet less appealing than this man. Perhaps if dementia sets in . . . .

[yellowcanine]

9. The window for giving an effective speech has passed imo

A real President would have addressed the country within days of the release of the video and promised that justice would be done.

[Brainfodder]

10. Send out Kellyanne, come on now!

Great for laughs, thus mood enhancing, well that and what George will follow up with!

WE NEED LAUGHS!

WE NEED LAUGHS!

WE NEED UNINTENTIONAL FUNNY Republican videos!

I am out of new stand up videos to watch, can't you tell?



Consequences....