Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:10 pm
Donald Trump can’t hold in the crazy. During an interview on CNBC, Trump descended into a rant about the presidential debates are going to be rigged against him because they have moderators.
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Trump said all the right things during his phone in interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box when he was asked about Hillary Clinton’s health, but if there is one thing that voters have learned during this election, it is that Trump can’t hold it together for long.
Later, during the same interview, Trump went off on a crazed tangent about how having moderators for the presidential debates means that they are rigged.
Trump said, “As far as the debates are concerned, the system is being gamed because everybody said that I won the debate, you know, the so-called forum that your group put on. But they all said I won and that Matt Lauer was easy on me. Well he wasn’t. He was — I thought he was very professional, I have to be honest. I think he’s been treated very unfairly, but they all said that I won, and what they’re doing is they’re gaming the system so that when I go into the debate, I’m gonna get — be treated very, very unfairly by the moderators.â€
Trump is already lowering expectations for his debate performance. If he does badly, Trump is already selling the excuse that the moderator was against him.
However, the Republican nominee was just getting warmed up, ““The fact is that they’re gaming the system, and I think, maybe, we should have no moderator. Let Hillary and I sit there and just debate because I think the system is being rigged so it’s gonna be a very unfair debate, and I can see it happening right now because everyone’s saying that he was soft on Trump. Well now the new person’s gonna try to be really hard on Trump just to show, you know, the establishment what he can do. So I think it’s very unfair what they’re doing. So I think we should have a debate with no moderators — just Hillary and I sitting there talking.â€
A debate with no moderators would perfectly play into Trump’s plan to wing it at the debates. Trump wants to be able to yell, scream, and ramble for hours without interruption. Trump’s biggest fear is that a moderator will ask him questions and press him for answers.
Trump almost was able to stay sane for more than a few moments, but the crazy wells up inside of him and has to be unleashed.
Donald Trump isn’t a good enough actor to fool voters into thinking that he has the temperament to be president. Trump can’t even hold it together for one thirty minute phone interview. This is not a man who can handle the stress of the White House.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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