Trump is too loony even for Laura Ingraham [View all]
Opinion by Jennifer Rubin
President Trump, during an interview on Monday with Fox Newss Laura Ingraham, a spin artist for the president and a purveyor of anti-immigrant sentiment, claimed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is controlled by mysterious people. (Disclaimer: I am an MSNBC contributor.)
In concocting his tale, Trump fantasized of people that youve never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows. Ingraham, as though trying her best to stop his self-immolation, responded, That sounds like conspiracy theory. No luck. Trump continued: They are people that are on the streets, theyre people that are controlling the streets. We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that. This is simply bonkers.
Ingraham then stopped him from digging himself a deeper hole when he suggested police who kill unarmed people are akin to a golfer missing a three-foot putt. But they choke, just like in a golf tournament, they miss a three-foot [putt], Trump said. Ingraham leaped in: Youre not comparing it to golf, because thats what the media [would say]. In other words, actual reporters would recognize what he was saying was morally offensive and so lacking in self-awareness as to suggest Trump cannot even fake normal behavior.
Trump had no one around him on Tuesday to stage an intervention, so he repeated his gibberish: "A person was on a plane, said there were about six people like that person, more or less, and what happened is the entire plane filled up with the looters, the anarchists, rioters people that were obviously looking for trouble, Trump insisted. And the person felt very uncomfortable on the plane. He added: "This would be a person you know. So I will see whether or not I can get that person. Ill let them know, and I can see whether or not I can get that person to speak to you, he said. This was a firsthand account of a plane going from Washington to wherever. Wherever is the sort of filler you use when your lie becomes too absurd to add anymore detail.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/trump-is-too-loony-even-laura-ingraham/