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underpants

(182,717 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:40 AM Mar 2016

Trump hissy fit Town Hall last night - now you see why he phones it in

If you happened to watch any of Trump with Anderson Cooper last night you can see the great advantage his "phone it in" interviews afford him. He was rude, erratic, and nonsensical throughout. When he has been allowed to simply call in for interviews (often doing several a day) there is no body language and demeanor information for the viewer. Last night he tried to work around that by rarely letting Cooper finish a question or even a sentence. This wasn't "going on the attack" it was him flooding his time with himself. He looked more crazed and like a "5 year old" as Cooper said.

Nukes for everyone. The focus today is on his defending of his campaign manager and Trump's "I didn't start it" response to Cooper's question about the fight with Cruz about their wives. This is where Cooper laughed and said he "sounds like a 5 year old". The most frightening point was Trump claiming that everyone needs nuclear weapons to "defend themselves". South Korea, Japan, everyone.

Last point - the document Trump pulled out of his jacket, which he used to mock the reporter his campaign manager grabbed, was a type so large it stood out. I've worked with low vision people and I have never seen any of them use print THAT large. Again, this is about the unfortunate situation for him to have to actually appear in public and not at a staged speech. He clearly wears glasses but he is either so self conscious of it or, more likely, he feels it would show weakness to have to wear them on TV in order to read a statement.

It was a horrible and telling performance.







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Trump hissy fit Town Hall last night - now you see why he phones it in (Original Post) underpants Mar 2016 OP
He's a caricature of everthing wrong with politics today. n/t sarge43 Mar 2016 #1
and his followers are people who love themselves some caricatures. Javaman Mar 2016 #12
Reptilian brains sarge43 Mar 2016 #14
He tops himself everyday. I have a feeling we still have not seen the worst of Herr Drumpf. marble falls Mar 2016 #2
Trump is all vanity: hair, avoid glasses, bullying, ostentatious spending, genitalia, fingers, ... Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #3
Policy is foreign to him. underpants Mar 2016 #6
and yet rtracey Mar 2016 #7
Link to the TV clip of that exchange. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 #4
Thanks underpants Mar 2016 #5
this is the trump Susan Sarandon would vote for? stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #8
where did she say shed vote for him? retrowire Mar 2016 #15
look it up. stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #17
people clearly already looked it up for you XD retrowire Mar 2016 #19
He's sick malaise Mar 2016 #9
He's an unserious person underpants Mar 2016 #10
Imagine him acting like that in a debate with either Bernie or Hillary greymattermom Mar 2016 #11
That has to be our *ahem* trump card underpants Mar 2016 #23
Remember Charlie Sheen's public breakdown? HillareeeHillaraah Mar 2016 #13
That's a really good comparison underpants Mar 2016 #20
Bingo! patricia92243 Mar 2016 #24
He's doing another one tonight. Let's see if Tweety Matthews holds his bullwinkle428 Mar 2016 #16
Yeah I saw that underpants Mar 2016 #22
the worst part... lame54 Mar 2016 #18
Alleged that there were Cruz "plants" in the audience underpants Mar 2016 #21

Javaman

(62,507 posts)
12. and his followers are people who love themselves some caricatures.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:23 AM
Mar 2016

he appeals to the lowest common denominator of today's society. basically, the boiled down sludge of today's right wing.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,984 posts)
3. Trump is all vanity: hair, avoid glasses, bullying, ostentatious spending, genitalia, fingers, ...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:04 AM
Mar 2016

Hair DrumpFürher is an empty suit.

He's winging it. That's why he whinges so much. He doesn't have a foreign policy. Policy is foreign to him. That's why he changes his position on issues so much: abortion, immigration, public health care, etc.

He spews stuff and when some of it sticks to his supporters he repeats it the next time.


 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
7. and yet
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:36 AM
Mar 2016

And yet they are still up his ass, both him and Mika. NBC is really a major trump ass kisser. He calls in to the Matt Laurer comedy show just about every morning.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
19. people clearly already looked it up for you XD
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:06 AM
Mar 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017346806#post21

I just looked that up. haha you're proving that you're not really interested in real conversation and you just like asking people to prove something over and over again. XD

get a hobby.

underpants

(182,717 posts)
10. He's an unserious person
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:04 AM
Mar 2016

Last edited Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:56 AM - Edit history (1)

And sick yes. That was quite a spectacle. The faces in the crowd behind him said it all. They could have been supporters of the other 2 but they were literally laughing at him.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
11. Imagine him acting like that in a debate with either Bernie or Hillary
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:09 AM
Mar 2016

Hillary will tell him that he's acting like her granddaughter. Both of them would talk about issues he's never heard of. Trump doesn't do stuff for himself, so they both need to think of some examples everyone but him would understand. Maybe about filing taxes, or the ACA website.

underpants

(182,717 posts)
23. That has to be our *ahem* trump card
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:59 AM
Mar 2016

He will go full Bernie* if he gets the nomination but at that point it will look even more strange to both his supporters and the other 90% of the voting public.

*everyone is copying Bernie because they know it makes sense AND sells - which is rare these days.

 

HillareeeHillaraah

(685 posts)
13. Remember Charlie Sheen's public breakdown?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:24 AM
Mar 2016

The press coverage was non-stop: everyone, all day long on cable news, the morning shows, online, in print. The press fueled it and we, who can't help but slow down to see a car wreck, came in droves to witness.

Trump's campaign feels woefully similar to the saga of Charlie Sheen. Has he started ranting about his Tiger's blood yet? I think Trump's having a broadcasted breakdown.

Winning!

underpants

(182,717 posts)
20. That's a really good comparison
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:39 AM
Mar 2016

The only difference was that Trump was in a suit last night. It was truly bizarre but I see no really criticism of his actual performance only, as I stated, his campaign manager story.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
16. He's doing another one tonight. Let's see if Tweety Matthews holds his
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:28 AM
Mar 2016

feet to the fire the way Cooper at least tried to do.

underpants

(182,717 posts)
22. Yeah I saw that
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:44 AM
Mar 2016

I wouldn't hold my breath for Mathews to do anything. We had the Ooops moment from an MSNBC reporter on O'Donnell's show that they toss Trump softballs so he doesn't get mad and cut off their access.

lame54

(35,277 posts)
18. the worst part...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:55 AM
Mar 2016

Or the most Trumpian

Is when he said he didn't want Cruz's support
He rambled, talked in circles, repeating that he didn't want his support and then, after repeating it over and over he ends with "if he decides to support me that would be wonderful"

underpants

(182,717 posts)
21. Alleged that there were Cruz "plants" in the audience
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:41 AM
Mar 2016

Well of course there were Cruz people there. As I mentioned elsewhere there was actual laughter at him. No planned are staged it was people actually laughing at him and this unreal performance.

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