President trump, quote, he is no order con man. He is way above average in the american political system is his easiest mark ever. Guest yeah. This was that was early the campaign. I think that was in march of 2016. So it was just around the time when he was sewing up the republican nomination and the purpose of that article is this is a come. Com compilation of articles to explain the trump phenomenon for people who were having to take it serious come to grip watches the fact this was happening. So i took kind of a different approach to trump and tried to really listen to what his supporters were saying and try to focus on what he was doing, and my take on him is that he was a Brilliant Media manipulator and that he was perfectly suited to play on all the weaknesses of the american political media, ask that turned out to be truism was i had stucks to my guns on the piece. Thought he would be president and then later on i didnt believe that. Host well, the dave after the election you w
Recent book insane clown met iab in depth, your most recent book insane clown president dispatches from the 2016 circus. You write about donald trump, quote, no ordinary conman, he is way above average, the american political system is his easiest mark ever. That was early in the campaign. That was in march 2016. It was around the time he was sewing up the republican nomination and the purpose of that article, this is a compilation of articles to try to explain the trump phenomenon to people who were for the first time having to take it seriously and come to grips that this was happening. I took a different approach to trump and tried to listen to what his supporters were saying and focus on what he was doing. My take on him that he was a Brilliant Media manipulator who was perfectly suited to play on the weaknesses of the american political media and that turned out to be true. I wish i had stuck to my guns. Later on in the book i didnt believe he would be president. Host the day afte
My temptation would be to start with current events. I really enjoyed your july 3 column, the hijacked american presidency. Im going to read a little bit from it. I thought it was so powerful. Every now and then we are going to have to do this, step back from the onslaughts of insanity presidency,trumps registering its magnitude in its full, devastating truth. Ourselves routing than rising to the honor of the office, trump has lowered the office with his whiny, fragile, vindictive pettiness. The presidency has been hijacked. There are no words to express it. There is no new and novel way to catalog it. It is the most extraordinary and profound electoral mistake america has made in our lifetimes, and possibly ever. Powerful stuff. Why . Charles why not . There are a lot of different people who play different roles in society. , part of the job is to bear witness. , what else should i be writing . How else should i be considering what is happening . Reporters, who their job is to follow
My temptation would be to start with current events. I really enjoyed your july 3 column, the hijacked american presidency. Im going to read a little bit from it. I thought it was so powerful. Every now and then we are going to have to do this, step back from the onslaughts of insanity presidency,trumps registering its magnitude in its full, devastating truth. Ourselves routing than rising to the honor of the office, trump has lowered the office with his whiny, fragile, vindictive pettiness. The presidency has been hijacked. There are no words to express it. There is no new and novel way to catalog it. It is the most extraordinary and profound electoral mistake america has made in our lifetimes, and possibly ever. Powerful stuff. Why . Charles why not . There are a lot of different people who play different roles in society. , part of the job is to bear witness. , what else should i be writing . How else should i be considering what is happening . Reporters, who their job is to follow
Keene. Tom youve got that right. After that fiction, lets get to our top headlines. Vonnie thanks, tom. Markets are closed in china. European stocks are trading either higher. Futures indicate that u. S. Stocks will be higher at open. China marks the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii by announcing the biggest military cuts in almost two decades. President xi jinping said he would cut 300,000 soldiers from the 2. 3 million on duty. The Republican National committee has issued a challenge aimed at donald trump. There are reports they have asked candidates to promise they would not run as a thirdparty candidate. The pressure is on twitter to find a new ceo. Dorsey,rim ceo is jack one of the cofounders of the company. At the u. S. Open, Serena Williams is one step closer to her goal of winning all four in one year. Ents topseeded Novak Djokovic won his second round match. He did a goofy dance with a fan after the match. Tom this is not wimbledon. [laughter] tom are you supposed t