From what I gather, CNN commentators are giving this speech a D-

[madaboutharry]

One after another is calling this speech a big nothing with a lot of unconstitutional ideas. General Wesley Clark basically called it a pile of horseshit, but in a polite way of course.

The only ones defending it are Trump surrogates.

[fun n serious]

1. Yes, everyone is calling it was it is.

His surrogates should be ashamed of themselves!

[PearliePoo2]

2. Most were completely aghast at: "TAKE the oil!"

And: "to the Victors goes the spoils, TAKE the oil" WTF?

[forest444]

8. Ah, the favorite pastime of recent GOP presidents - when they aren't causing financial collapses.

And even them you can't count on them to "take the oil" for the benefit of U.S. interests.

Dubya, for instance, handed almost all of it to British, French, and Chinese interests. The British and the French, because they controlled Iraq's oil to begin with (until it was nationalized in 1972); and the Chinese because, after all, they financed Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.).

The same, by the way, happened in Syria.

[nolabear]

3. That "rigged media" comedy routine will bite him in the ass.

CNN is doing an autopsy while the corpse is still wriggling.

[senseandsensibility]

4. Is Clark a CNN analyst now?

I never see him anymore. Glad they are panning trump.

[annabanana]

15. I'd like to see more of him.

He was my early favorite vs Bush right after 9/11.

[calimary]

18. Mine, too, til I discovered Howard Dean.

[yallerdawg]

5. Rightwing slogans...

and Trump bombast do not constitute a "foreign policy."

The notion that we should just "take their oil" as a better alternative than "nation building" really highlights his fascist-militarization inclinations.

Unbelievable.

[Pakid]

7. However it plays well to his base

and that seem to be the only thing he know how to do. Lucky for us they are only about 30% of the population of course it would be a lot nicer if they were only 1/10 of 1% of our population

[Moonwalk]

16. That it plays well to his base is a given...but his base is a lost cause and has been...

...from day one. The best we can hope for from them is they won't vote. The upside here is that it DIDN'T play well to the mostly bias media (Faux news excluded as always).

[SunSeeker]

6. The Trump surrogates sound like Bagdad Bob.

I guess they get paid well to unashamedly contradict reality.

They better not wait too long to cash those checks.

[Chemisse]

11. Not sure how the spokesman's weight is relevant.

Can't you criticize his ideas? his words? the fact that he is touting for an idiot?

[groundloop]

13. As an intelligent Big Fat Man I find your words very offensive.

Please, we can be much better than this.

As has been said, criticize people for their actions and ideas, but leave the personal stuff out of it.

[Chemisse]

17. Score one for sensitivity and kindness.

The post was removed.

By the way, I am assuming your comment was meant for that post, not mine.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

10. Headline from 2020:

"Trump Surrogates' Class Action Suit For Back Pay From Bankrupt Punchline Reaches Supreme Court: Former Billionaire Will Represent Himself With Hair-Face-Orange-Dye-Disgusting-Media Defense"

[NCTraveler]

12. Seems they are in the tank for him. Nt

[vlyons]

14. Clinton and Biden were fabulous today in Scranton PA

Clinton's stump speech was mostly stuff that I've heard her say before, but it was competent and clear what her main economic agenda is. Real goals that would make a big big difference for working families. But Biden was fabulous! His sincerity and anecdotes about American values that he learned growing up in Scranton were bright sunshine compared to Trump's "foreign policy" speech today in Ohio. His take down of Trump's candidacy was simply devastating. They were smart to hold their rally before Trump's today. Trump is such an empty suit.

[Moosepoop]

19. His suit may be empty...

... but his shirt is stuffed.