I watched about 5 mins of it, had to turn it off. It was stomach-churning listening to someone debase the office of President of US to the extent that he does.
On reflection however I wonder which is worse, Trump, his supporters, or the media hyper-bole that actually feeds him and his base the oxygen he needs. The latest episode is "Ramp-gate", and it was this part that I was listening to that made me turn off listening to anymore. It was a like classroom slagging match. However this morning there are plenty of headlines trolling, in return, Trumps explanation of the walk on the ramp. So given the high profile of this ramp-walk/slip issue, I decided to look at it myself.
Here it is, if you haven't seen it
Donald Trump tweeted Sunday about a bizarre incident following his West Point graduation speech, where the U.S. President waddled as he slowly walked down a ...
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So I ask myself, if I was a newsroom editor, what is it about that walk down a ramp that could possibly generate a media circus? There is nothing. It is to me obvious, a man in his seventies, head down, eyes on his footsteps, receiving some assistance from his general to walk down a ramp. As soon as he is off the ramp, no assistance required. It is clear to me, that perhaps the ramp was a bit slippy. Certainly that was Trumps explanation, and wearing leather sole shoes, quite plausible.
Instead, a media circus is generated which feeds into Trumps fake news narrative.
Its all very sad, the US is an absolute circus that from my perspective is a long-time out of control before Trump. He is just a symptom of the overall malaise infesting the US.