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

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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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