is just hearing the melody. that s what comes in first before our brain decodes what the words are. and so, in this case, first of all, he could have both erred to learn the name, and since it s a challenging name, la david is not a name most of us would expect, certainly he would expect. you d think he would have done a little bit of homework, just a bit and mastered a way of saying the man s name probably about three times to at least suggest concern. part of being an adult to act somewhat, if you can t really feel for the widow, we can talk about that, but if you can t feel it, most of us would be able to act it. but in this case, the reason it didn t come across the way similar words did to kelly, because he wasn t capable of even acting them. and it s because, as usual, he can t get out of his own head. that s what s frightening about this. here s a job you think not only is it painful but there s a role for you to play where you step
one of the hardest jobs for any president, speaking to the family of an american soldier killed in action. and today the widow of a fallen soldier spoke out about what this president said and how he said it. the president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyways. and i was it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone in his voice and how he said it. he couldn t remember my husband name. the only way he remembered my husband name because he told me he had my husband report in front of him. and that s when he actually said la david. i want to bring in john welcome. we re in the middle of another controversy about language right now.
that s something i learned before coming onto this show. you do a bit of homework. it doesn t take much time. it wouldn t occur to somebody who is as inside his head as trump. this is his issue. if he sees a name like la david and it doesn t occur to him, at 70 years old, that it means he has to rehearse the name la david a couple of times so he can at least fake sincerity, what does that say about his running the country in general, about north korea, or today tax law, et cetera. if it s really only about himself, and we can see this in the way that he uses language, that unlike most people he doesn t have the mode where he can step outside of what he s thinking and take the role of someone else, i think we re really in a kind of trouble. some say he gets it right sometimes and that this next clip we re going to play is evidence of that. because here he is speaking to a widow whose husband had died in
dover. and we was nearly on the airport strip, getting ready to get out and he called master sergeant neil phone. i asked the master sergeant neil to put his phone on speaker so my aunt and uncle could hear, as well. and he goes on to saying his statement as, what he said was the president? yes, the president, said that he knew what he signed up for. but it hurts anyways. and it made me cry, because i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it. he couldn t remember my husband s name. the only way he remembered my husband s name is because he told me, he had my husband s report in front of him. and that s when he actually said, la david. i heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband s name.
she shared her story on abc about the call she received from the president after the death of her husband. he couldn t remember my husband s name. the only way he remembered my husband s name is because he told me he had my husband s report in front of him. that s when he actually said, la david. i heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband s name. and that s what hurt me the most, because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risks his life for our country, why can t you remember his name? and that s what made me upset and cry even more. emotional interview there. the president responding quickly on twitter, disputing mrs. johnson s account. quote, i had a very respectful conversation with the widow mrs. johnson and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation.