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President Trump addressed the nation Monday morning about the shooting in El Paso and Dayton that left 29 dead over the weekend. Squinting at a teleprompter, Trump spoke in monotone about the need to condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy, while blaming video games and the internet for the mass shooting epidemic in the United States. His speech was mechanical and ineffectual. Mistaking Dayton for Toledo didnt help, either.
May God bless the memory of those who perished in Toledo, the president said amid a series vigorous nasal inhalations. May God protect them.
Link to tweet
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Rolling Stone reached out to the White House seeking clarification on the error, but did not receive an immediate response.
Trumps address also include several vague calls for action regarding mental health, which, along with video games and the internet, was one of the factors Trump blamed for the shootings. In doing so, he made a point to note explicitly that he does not believe guns are to blame. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun, he said.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-botches-address-toledo-dayton-867457/
Sounds like he's snorting Adderall again.
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)He groaned even saying the Mayors name, Nan Whaley at the end giving her credit.....it pained him to do so...thus I believe the Toledo was an intentional act and not a slip up being stupid...it gets attention and focus of the automatic weapons and his white nationalism...
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)He is really an evil asshole
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)aren't all those cities the same? although I shouldn't need to put this here.
Honestly, I know they are not, even though I've never lived or even visited any of them. But to a New Yorker, especially one as parochial (not to mention ignorant) as Trump, everything that is not New York City is an undifferentiated, meaningless blur.
maxrandb
(15,351 posts)Hmmm. I wonder how many Hate Radio stations operate out of those cities?
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)The hate radio stations are pretty much everywhere.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)BlueWI
(1,736 posts)Are we near the bottom yet?
jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)My bet is he'll tap dance like he did at putin's side (can't see why it would NOT be),
>>>>>> I just left out the word NOT.
May God bless the memory of those who perished NOT in toledo but Dayton..
>>>>>> I just left out a few words is all, mmmedia spreading fake news again that I did it intentionally....
Or WH will produce dozens of misspeaks by dems....
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)Everyone is talking about the fact that he said "Toledo" instead of "Dayton," rather than about the fact that he totally ignored the actual issues. Same shit, different day. Anyone who thinks he didn't do this on purpose has not been paying attention.
jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/nov/19/pleasure-what-a-name-trump-confused-over-fire-hit-town-paradise-video
Where will the bloviating windbag strike next.
Oh I know.
The United Shtatsh
(approx minute 1:10):
https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/health/did-trump-slur-his-speech-bn/index.html
live love laugh
(13,129 posts)From covefefe to Toledo he makes these supposed errors and people laugh or dismiss him as stupid. But it takes the conversation off track away from the issue and right back where he likes it focused on him.
So whos crazy really? Him or those who keep letting him distract them?