I did not hear the speech nor, frankly, do I want to. If he is being conciliatory I would surmise it is because none of these people are now seen as being remotely a threat and so are not worth the time or effort to be mean to... he has too many other things on his plate or eating away at him.
I did not hear the speech nor, frankly, do I want to. If he is being conciliatory I would surmise it is because none of these people are now seen as being remotely a threat and so are not worth the time or effort to be mean to... he has too many other things on his plate or eating away at him.
And yes, it is inauthentic as hell. It is another variation on the expression of power dynamics as Trump understands them.
I just heard a couple phrases. It was very ‘kumba-ya’. “Let’s all join together, forget our differences and work as one to solve problems”. (More or less.) The dramatic change made me think his mental illness is worse than I thought. And he also seemed even more orange, if that’s possible.
Haha, yes, that’s very plausible. I had the weird sensation that “normal, gentle, collaborative Trump” was scarier than mean, angry, vulgar Trump. One expects Cruella DeVille to stay cruel!
I am not sure that it is scarier, but it is certainly creepier.
In those situations, it comes across as him doing something he has been told to do or vaguely understands that he should do--only doing it with his weird narcissistic spin, which makes it creepy.
I did not hear the speech nor, frankly, do I want to. If he is being conciliatory I would surmise it is because none of these people are now seen as being remotely a threat and so are not worth the time or effort to be mean to... he has too many other things on his plate or eating away at him.
And yes, it is inauthentic as hell. It is another variation on the expression of power dynamics as Trump understands them.
He also said that Jimmy Carter is happy that Rosalynn is dead, so there's that.
I just heard a couple phrases. It was very ‘kumba-ya’. “Let’s all join together, forget our differences and work as one to solve problems”. (More or less.) The dramatic change made me think his mental illness is worse than I thought. And he also seemed even more orange, if that’s possible.
Looking at this blind, so to speak, it sounds more like.. okay now everybody needs to get off the stick, shut up and get behind me so I can win.
Haha, yes, that’s very plausible. I had the weird sensation that “normal, gentle, collaborative Trump” was scarier than mean, angry, vulgar Trump. One expects Cruella DeVille to stay cruel!
I am not sure that it is scarier, but it is certainly creepier.
In those situations, it comes across as him doing something he has been told to do or vaguely understands that he should do--only doing it with his weird narcissistic spin, which makes it creepy.
His handlers are having him coopt Biden's positive campaign traits in order to attempt to deflect. It won't work and it won't last.