Trump still treats politics ‘like a game’ even when ‘people are dying and millions don’t have jobs’: NYT reporter
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President Donald Trump’s Tuesday tweet comparing himself to the captain in the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” was so strange that even professional comedy writers found themselves at a loss to write better parody .
Appearing on CNN, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman argued that there was little rhyme or reason to Trump’s tweet, as sending out blustering threats is the only way he knows how to operate.
“The president has one speed,” she said. “The speed is: Don’t take blame, take credit where you can, all moments are about him.”
Haberman then said that even some White House aides were concerned that this style would not play well during the twin threats of a deadly pandemic and a sharp recession.
“He has one style of doing things, and it’s clear whatever the circumstances are, it is not going to not going to change,” she said. “That tweet is a classic example of him doing something, where he knows a lot of people are going to spend lots time trying to figure out whether he meant to tweet something about himself and describing himself as the captain on ‘Mutiny on the Bounty.’ But actually, it’s treating it all like a game, and people are dying and millions don’t have jobs. It is a huge, huge problem in the country.”
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Journalists who are playing political games are accusing President Trump of playing political games? The bizzaro world of news journalism apparently is returning to normal. Jake Tapper is the hero of hypothetical truth.
How many times will this article be edited after it has been published?
o you really think that is the only thing that needs to be done during a pandemic?
Should Trump behave like a House Democrat and say there's no reason to meet because there is no emergency? And who cares if the small busniesess that employ 50% of the economy go under, taking a program hostage that Democrats just created a few weeks ago is real leadership!
Imagine a Pelosi/Schumer supporter criticizing the President for playing politics.