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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:51 PM Jul 2018

John Heilemann states the obvious: Trump's tweets are "deflection, projection, incoherent rambling"



Donald Trump started threatening nuclear war with Iran on Monday, the same day his former campaign chairman was slated to go on trial for charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.

On MSNBC, host Lawrence O’Donnell opened his show by explaining how the president appeared to be using the threats as a way of trying to alter a news cycle stuck on his collusion with Russia to steal the 2016 election and the trial of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s trial.

Analyst John Heilemann agreed that war with Iran seemed unlikely—and said that we’ve seen this move used in Trump’s playbook before.

“I often scare people on television when I talk about Donald Trump being dark and paranoid and ominous,” he said. “I always think when he’s tweeting about something, I shouldn’t worry about it very much, because mostly when he’s tweeting about something it’s gibberish most of the time. It is just deflection, and projection and incoherent rambling. The stuff he doesn’t tweet about is the stuff he cares about. He doesn’t tweet about Playboy models, doesn’t tweet about Stormy Daniels, he doesn’t tweet about Michael Avenatti… But the stuff that scares him, the stuff that worries? He doesn’t tweet about Paul Manafort very much, right?”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/msnbc-analyst-john-heilemann-explains-trumps-tweets-gibberish-distract-things-scare/

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John Heilemann states the obvious: Trump's tweets are "deflection, projection, incoherent rambling" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 2018 OP
They're incoherent ramblings... Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #1
Is it me? Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #2
Classic symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome flibbitygiblets Jul 2018 #3

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
1. They're incoherent ramblings...
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:55 PM
Jul 2018

but congress sits on their hands. Shades of Ron Reagan and a sham Congress then as well. This guys ten times more dangerous bc he's the kremlins red line into America. Talking about taking America down a one man rule rooad...but rea;ly the gop likes it. They get whatever they need from this guy. Not a PAtriot amongst them, and WE PAY THEM.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
2. Is it me?
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:03 PM
Jul 2018

Or are broadcasts interrupted RIGHT when a key word is spoken. I've noticed it a few times of late. The video will be crystal clear until, it skips for a second.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
3. Classic symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 12:20 AM
Jul 2018

Ask your doctor about Treasonoff!

Side effects include speaking coherently, putting country first, and standing to ruthless dictators.

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