I agree, but he is not in an entertainment show anymore. This is not comedy, or “reality TV”,
this is international relations. If he wants to crack jokes like that with his inner circle and they can all have a laugh, that is one thing, but making international statements like this is irresponsible. I don’t think Kim Jong Un can appreciate his sense of humor, so he interprets it as provocative.
The stakes have changed After he got elected, his personal opinions and so called “humor” convey messages at a completely different level. He seems to have no sense of this at all.
You don’t think North Korea might have trouble confusing the two? If the positions were switeched, and Kim Jong Un had both an offical and a personal twitter account, do you think it would matter which one he used for saber rattling?
You have yet to show that any of the examples given here about Trumps inapprpriate behaviors and attitudes are untrue. You may not like them, but that does not make them libelous, detractory, or calumny.
Not technically but the coverage of it on the TV, as “news” nearly is.
Speculation, but may be true.
First of all he doesn’t speak English and everything is translated into 북한어 for him in a very biased fashion, so he always takes it the wrong way.
I’m not defending anything bad he says, but merely pointing out that his reality TV background is appearant.
Do you need me to point out which comments fit any of those three? I was saying this generally is the exception and limits when it comes to civil and charitable discussion.
Apples and oranges.
Consider this. Given that pretty much most of what is known about Trump is true (oddly put, but that is the US today), even then the question remains what we should do. Like you, I get sick and tired of people excusing and defending him, but I also weary of the constant battering him for his short-comings. What good does it do? Ranting doesn’t hurt him and may poison the one ranting.
Trump seems to have a frontal lobe issue that results in disinhibited behavior. The little voice in his head that says “you shouldn’t say that!” is either not functioning, or he can’t hear it.
I suppose, for those who have no regard for the consequences of his expressions, it could be classified as entertainment. As far as whether his expressions are “official” or not, if you think anything and everything he has said can’t become part of legal discovery in an official proceeding, you are fooling yourself. Everything he Tweets is on the “record”.
I fear something is wrong with your reasoning. A legal position has already been established that they are considered official statements. Unfortunately, the tome, context, and subject are irrelevant in the face of this reality. If he or you thinks he is just being funny, it ewill not matter.
I think you are very confused, Timothy Vail. We are telling you that they are currently being considered "offical statements’. Your point seems to be that they are not, in contradiction to what the White House and the attorneys have stated. How does this “clearly prove” your point?
This is a sad fact. I suspect there are a great many members of the GOP, and perhaps even the close staff that would like to confiscate his cell phone.
What you are saying is that Trump’s practice of making fun of and mocking others is a pattern, and that he used the same pattern when mocking this reporter.
If it is any consolation, I dont’ think he does either!
On the contrary, you have minimized aggregious behaviors and made excuses for insulting and derogatory actions and expressions.
I agree 100%
No one here has claimed to be “better”. What we have claimed is that his behavior and attitudes are not presidential. The standard here is not our own personal failings, but what kind of conduct applies to the office.
Actually no, that’s not what I am saying. What I am saying is he often makes the same gesture when making fun of people, so it is not targeted nor imitating disability. Did you even watch the video? He is not making fun of disabled people generally or anything of the sort, it was his eccentric way of making fun of people. Whether that was tasteful or charitable is another issue, I was mainly saying it is proved false that he just makes fun of disabled people, like the commercials at election time put forward by the DNC.
You’re right, it wasn’t a roast in this particular video, but he has roasted people using the gesture, I’m sorry. Seriously though do you have to go into such detail about the wording?
This is completely false, I never made such a claim. Have some Christian charity and give me the benefit of the doubt instead accusing me of having an evil mentality.
Great, just think the worst of me. If the both of you even read my comments from the beginning you would know what I’m talking about. Can’t read it all? Fine, suit yourself.
Where is this official and seemingly concrete standard written and codified by which Presidents must act, so that we may measure him fairly? Could you provide a link or a source to this “standard” of office? Just so that we may not pass off whichever whims we may have as this objective standard.
To whom are you talking to? Anyhow
“They are not policy,” Sebastian Gorka, a senior White House national security official, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo about Trump’s tweets. “It’s not policy. It’s social media, Chris. It’s social media. You know the difference, right?”