Quote Originally Posted by mark blazejewski View Post
Number one, Trump is rather stupid using that sort of language in front of the opposition, both Republicans and Democrats. These are not normal times, he is not a conventional President, and the people he engages are political sharks without personal character.

Number two, most Presidents have always been careful to preserve some verifiable record of their meetings. Trump needs to re-install the dreaded White House taping system. Although such a system has post-Watergate taboo overtones, the taping system's original intent was to remedy the type of "selective" and "subjective" interpretations, which are suggested by the current circumstances.

Number three, these earthy comments, like so many others uttered by the President, are a "Tempest In A Teapot." Did everyone ever listen to the Kennedy and Johnson tapes? Did anyone ever read any accounts of the "Ex-Com" meetings during the Cuban Crisis?

The only differences between the tone and "colorful substance" of those conversations and comments, and those of Trump's, are, absent self-serving partisan hyperbole, a common-sense appreciation for some exaggerated, "passion-based" words, a willingness to give those words some conversational latitude, and the goodwill of the participants to respect some semblance of confidentiality, public decorum, and good taste.

But Trump's antagonists lack character. As Jim Garrison asked in On The Trail of the Assassins, "What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?
Democrats could give a rat's behind about their citizens. Just look at the bs coming out of New Jersey with the new governor... forget education, rotting infrastructure, and poverty, he is focused on protecting illegal immigrants first and foremost. They are disgusting, and I cannot fathom how they get a single vote.