Not a problem unique to Trump, but combination of his vague, rambling style & vitriolic opponents makes him oft-misquoted. In this particular example, the most charitable thing you could say is that he communicated with terrible sloppiness in a deeply sensitive situation.https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1108798381516902401 …
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Trying to do otherwise isn't just muddying a moral message the nation needed to hear, it's also handing your adversaries a political cudgel. There's a reason Trump's approval ratings have never been lower than after Charlottesville.
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As I said at the time, you could assemble a perfectly good response to Charlottesville from stuff Trump actually said. But it was scattered haphazardly across several attempts over several days, with unforced errors thrown in. That's why it was a failure.
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Trump isn't going to change how he communicates. He is who he is. Some of the things he does are effective, but even supporters of his presidency can all learn from his mistakes rather than try to pretend they either don't matter or don't exist.
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Trump handed his opponents a club that they’ve been beating him with ever since. That’s kind of an issue.
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I already apologized for that. Why you bringing up old shit?
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Fair point, but the knives were out for Trump from the start. First, he didn’t speak on it soon enough. Then, he condemned *all* hatred, bigotry & violence, and that was somehow inadequate. MSM actually blasted him for daring to say antifa violence is also bad. He couldn’t win.
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