The former president told Kristen Welker that he isn’t worried about going to jail, he thinks he can broker peace on abortion and where he stands on shutting down the government.
For the love of gawd, I wish they would STOP calling him “Mr. President”, sheesh.
It’s a lifelong title.
It’s not, actually. Protocol requires that there only be one President at a time and after the end of the final term one’s title reverts to their second most-hugest held title — Mister Trump, Senator Obama, Governors Bush and Clinton.
The issue is that news media is trained to write and speak so that the broadest audience can consume the copy, so referring to former Presidents by that title had become commonplace. You see it almost everywhere now, however formal correspondence or address in formal setting (i.e. a state dinner) would use the correct protocol.
A quick Google on why. There’s lots of similar sources.
Got a source? It seems silly to revert to titles which are also no longer actively held by people. I do like the idea though, since Trump pioneered the imperial presidency.
Like ‘traitor’ and ‘rapist’
Traipist?
It should at least say, “former president” because that’s true.
Is Kristen Welker the new host of Meet the Press? I think she did a good job interviewing Trump. She asked some very good questions. I think Trump was NOT happy with her. I wonder why he agreed to the interview. Seems like he’d want to shut up with all these cases against him.
I wonder why he agreed to the interview.
Isn’t that obvious? He craves attention, and ignores everyone (including his lawyers) when they tell him things he doesn’t want to hear.
Seems like he’d want to shut up with all these cases against him.
His entire brand is not shutting up. Jack Smith, a lawyer prosecuting Trump’s treasonous ass, is trying to get a gag order for him because he talks too much.
Because she’s a hack. Just like the many people before her. Meet the Press has been pushing hacky American propaganda since 1947.
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There should be NO top moments from that waste of flesh. STOP GIVING HIM A MICROPHONE.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A defiant former President Donald Trump sparred with new “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker for more than an hour this week at his Bedminster, New Jersey, estate, battling over his array of legal issues, role in Jan. 6 and promotion of falsehoods about the 2020 election.
In totality, Trump’s interview with NBC News highlighted the duality of the candidate who is the overwhelming favorite to win the GOP nomination and challenge the Democrats next fall: On one hand, he is carving out a policy messaging lane fit for the general election, while on the other, he is as combative as ever about the charges he faces and his role in the lessening the trust Americans have not only in bedrock institutions, but in democracy itself.
The remarks, of course, come as Republicans have suffered numerous key losses at the ballot box since the Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, which had allowed for abortion to be legal for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
One of Welker’s final questions centered on whether Trump — who has spent three years trying to overturn or delegitimize the last election he lost — still believes democracy "is the most effective form of government.
Welker pivoted to an effort Trump and other Republicans have embraced to make it easier to fire career civil servants in the government perceived to be disloyal.
While Trump could have shielded himself from federal criminal prosecution on his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in his final days in office, he has also been charged with illegally retaining and hiding classified documents following his presidency — based on acts that occurred after he lost the pardon power.
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ah yes bot! a succinct 11 points were included in the tl;dr for the article which clearly states 11 moments.
you nailed every single one of them.
good bot.
Looks like Kristen Welker is the new host.
