Oh God.
In a Defiant, Angry Speech, Donald Trump Defends Image Seen as Anti-Semitic
(New York Times)
Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign’s decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator.
Oh God.
In the span of 30 minutes, an often-shouting Mr. Trump breathed new life into a controversy that was sparked on Saturday by his posting of an image on his Twitter account of a six-pointed star next to a picture of Hillary Clinton, with money seeming to rain down in the background. The image was quickly, and broadly, criticized for invoking stereotypes of Jews. Mr. Trump deleted it two hours later, and replaced the star image with a circle.
"That's just a star," Mr. Trump said repeatedly.
So put it back up, man.
It was a striking display of self-sabotage from a presumptive presidential nominee and underscored the limitations of Mr. Trump’s scattershot approach during the Republican primaries — not to mention how difficult he often makes it for his campaign team to control him.
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The attention paid to the controversy had begun to die down by the time Mr. Trump took the stage, and he began to read from notes about the criticism leveled against Mrs. Clinton on Tuesday by the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey.
But within 20 minutes, Mr. Trump tossed his notes aside and moved on to topics closer to home — the criticism he had received for his praise of Saddam Hussein at a rally Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
But within 20 minutes, Mr. Trump tossed his notes aside and moved on to topics closer to home — the criticism he had received for his praise of Saddam Hussein at a rally Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Is he going to be able to make it to November?
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“They’re racially profiling, they’re profiling, not us,” he said of the news media.
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Mr. Trump called the news media “dishonest” in the rambling and sometimes manic-sounding address, in which he hopscotched from one topic to another.
"Rambling and sometimes manic." Nice!
He angrily lamented his treatment at the hands of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, which he called a “crooked, crooked, disgusting group.” Raising his voice to a hoarse shout, he complained that the Clinton campaign had released an ad showing Mr. Trump playing golf, though he said he did not play golf on his recent trip to Scotland.
"...he complained that the Clinton campaign had released an ad showing Mr. Trump playing golf, though he said he did not play golf on his recent trip to Scotland."
Oh my God. What does that even mean.
Donald, come on now, dear, this man is here to HELP you. Come on, lie down, the doctor is going to give you a SHOT.
“The picture was from two years before,” Mr. Trump said. “At a different course!”
He also noted, in a calmer tone, that the clip used by the Clinton campaign made him look thin. “The swing,” he added, “actually looked good.”
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