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turbinetree

(24,697 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 08:18 PM Mar 2020

Donald Trump captured in hot-mic-moment after his coronavirus address

Published 21 hours ago on March 11, 2020

By Sarah K. Burris

President Donald Trump apparently didn’t know that cameras were still rolling after he addressed the nation.

Watching a C-SPAN video revealed that Trump nonchalantly lamented, “Okaaaaaaaaay,” and ripped off of his microphone.

Typically, the president gives the address and then pauses until he knows they are off. It’s unclear why Trump didn’t know here.

In this case, a voice can be heard saying, “we’re clear,” before Trump takes off his microphone. Staffers then come up to his left side asking for the microphone and the screen fades to black.

“Everything is an act for him,” noted Leah McElrath, who captured the moment. “Everything is pretend. He has no sense of the gravity of the situation because he lacks the capacity for empathy. As I’ve repeatedly says about malignant narcissists, they can only mimic socially appropriate affect.”

See the video below:

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/donald-trump-captured-in-hot-mic-moment-after-his-coronavirus-address/

Leah McElrath nailed it...............malignant narcissists...................



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Donald Trump captured in hot-mic-moment after his coronavirus address (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2020 OP
Nonchalant murderer. dchill Mar 2020 #1
I got it as a lot of people would've said, "okaaaay, that was fun". Kind of as if he did brewens Mar 2020 #2

brewens

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2. I got it as a lot of people would've said, "okaaaay, that was fun". Kind of as if he did
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 08:26 PM
Mar 2020

not want to be bothered doing it but had to.

The White House looked like idiots having to walk back some of what he said this morning. Who the hell wrote that up for him? Then how did he not know he was giving us incorrect information? He didn't know his own policy. Or there were no details when he went on. What happened? Did they catch hell immediately after his address and have to back off banning all travel and cargo?

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