CNN's David Gergen: Trump "seemed Presidential" while offering unconditional surrender to Putin

[Miles Archer]

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Wtf. He essentially surrendered to a foreign power that attacked the US. He did not defend the nation. How's that "presidential"?

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CNN’s David Gergen on Trump After Putin Meeting: ‘He Seemed Presidential Today’ http://bit.ly/2sPnxLd

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[emulatorloo]

1. David Corn always cuts through the BS.

Thanks for posting.

[WoonTars]

14. Yes he does.

Gergen, as usual, disgraced himself...

[skylucy]

2. I couldn't believe I heard Gergen say that tired old normalizing

"Presidential" talking point. I think Gergen is on auto-pilot these days. What a shame.

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. I am so very sick of talking heads setting the bar at "seemed Presidential."

He's been President for, what, six months? And now if he manages to avoid tweeting idiocy or otherwise shitting himself he "seems Presidential?"

Just fucking shoot me.

[smirkymonkey]

4. They spelled "Presidential" wrong.

It's spelled "Traitorous". There, fixed that.

[Useless in FL]

16. Perfect!

[Bradshaw3]

5. Most of the MSM seem to have forgotten

just who is President. Did they not see the Podesta tweet? Did they not hear this clown reiterate that "nobody knows" who did the hacking? Sheesh!!

[rzemanfl]

10. Welcome to DU. n/t

[Beartracks]

6. Give it up, Gergen.

It's not that that ship sailed already; that ship was never even seaworthy.

He's simply not, and never will be, presidential.

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[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. Maybe there's a new definition of "Presidential." I guess there will be actually a new meaning to

that name from now on.

[Leghorn21]

24. My best guess: "Presidential" means you didn't puke on your shoes.

Not in public, anyway.

Howzat?

[dalton99a]

7. A sad day for America

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Must be the house normalization script at CNN - didn't Van Jones use that as well a few months ago?

[KG]

9. gergans always been an idiot.

[struggle4progress]

11. Yes, indeed! Nothing shrieks "Presidential!" better than a last-minute scramble for lodging

on a international trip, after you fire everybody competent and replace them with your close family and hand-picked sycophants

The world will little note, nor long remember, what Don T says there, but in capitols around the globe, strategists will not soon forget where the delegation slept

[flibbitygiblets]

17. Ha!

[Hieronymus]

12. David Corn is great .. Gergen, not so much.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Any minute he's not tweeting about Rosie O'Donnell or smearing his own shit on the walls

"Well done, Donald!"

[Jimbo101]

15. He acted like he was 7 instead of 4

In 2017 this is the behavior that seems to be graded as passing

- (for a President of The United States)

[Juliusseizure]

18. Fuck Off Gergen/Mass Media

Another reason many Americans are so woefully uninformed.

Most of these talking heads are so very shallow in their analyses. Easily digestible meaningless sound bytes based on appearances regardless of the substance of anything he did or said.

It's like Cronkite saying Kennedy knocked it out of the park with Kruschev. "Kennedy's hair looked great and his voice didn't quiver - well maybe a little, but he sat straight up."

Trump was probably there to personally discuss strategies on how to accomplish future election rigging in exchange for dropping sanctions. Did Gergen care to check wtf Trump was saying?

[flibbitygiblets]

19. Yes, tRump kinda, sorta brought up election hacking. How presidential.

With no one present to confirm this bold move, other than Vlad's be-medaled friend T-Rex.

And Strawberry Shartcake apparently rambled on for so long they had to send frickin' MELANIA in to shut him up. Which did not work.

Oh, and the Russians are saying Donnie 2-Scoops unconditionally accepted their response that no such hacking happened, and hey, let's just put this all behind us now, shall we?

So, yeah, Mission Accomplished, I guess. Damn--that Donald is practically a modern-day George Washington.

[diva77]

20. Gergen never seems "journalistic" -- just a paid shill over the years

I've never understood the hype about him being an objective observer. His career started in the Nixon White House...

[The Genealogist]

21. I guess if Two Scoops doesn't fill his diaper he is being "presidential."

He's a one man sideshow. If he has ever done anything "presidential" in his life, I'd like to know what it is.

[Timmygoat]

22. My thoughts

He was just being polite and thanking Putin for delivering the country to himself.