No apologies: Being Donald Trump means never having to say you're sorry -- and it works
MONDAY, MAR 13, 2017 08:10 AM EDT
No apologies: Being Donald Trump means never having to say you’re sorry — and it works
Trump's refusal to admit wrongdoing is more than a personality defect — it’s also effective political strategy
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
If there’s one thing we should have learned by now it’s that being Donald Trump means never having to say you’re sorry. Trump never apologizes for anything, and neither does he clarify or correct the record. Sometimes he will simply pretend that he never said what he said and change direction without explanation, while blaming others for his mistakes.
Trump was asked numerous times during the early part of the campaign by earnest religious questioners if he had ever asked God for forgiveness. He gave this cavalier answer:
I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don’t think so … When I drink my little wine — which is about the only wine I drink — and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed.
Anderson Cooper followed up on that comment and asked him to clarify. This is what he said:
Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes? I work hard, I’m an honorable person.
more
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/13/no-apologies-being-donald-trump-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry-and-it-works/
= new reply since forum marked as read
