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Pete Buttigieg: I'll Use "Crazy Uncle Management" Skills On Trump, He Doesn't Want To Talk About Policy
ROBERT COSTA: When I ask voters about you, they say if you win the nomination you're going to be on stage debating President Trump. He's going to be tough, he's going to take punches at you, rhetorically. Are you ready for that?
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG: Yeah. I mean, look, what he's gonna do, and I got a fair amount of familiarity with bullies. I’m gay, I’m from Indiana, I get it. He’s gonna try to get your attention, he’s gonna try to get under your skin, he’s gonna try to distract us.
The challenge in confronting Trump is that there are certain things that he does that that you have to respond to, just morally. When he lies, you've got to correct the lie, which will keep you busy because he does it so often. When he does something wrong, you've got to point to it. But it can’t be about him.
Any energy that goes his way, including energy that goes his way in the form of criticism, turns into a kind of food, he just devours it and gets bigger. What we’ve got to learn is how to kind of stiff-arm him, so it’s almost like a sort of crazy uncle management.
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Wow, "crazy uncle management" sounds like a perfect fit for crazy Trump.
ROBERT COSTA: When I ask voters about you, they say if you win the nomination you're going to be on stage debating President Trump. He's going to be tough, he's going to take punches at you, rhetorically. Are you ready for that?
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG: Yeah. I mean, look, what he's gonna do, and I got a fair amount of familiarity with bullies. I’m gay, I’m from Indiana, I get it. He’s gonna try to get your attention, he’s gonna try to get under your skin, he’s gonna try to distract us.
The challenge in confronting Trump is that there are certain things that he does that that you have to respond to, just morally. When he lies, you've got to correct the lie, which will keep you busy because he does it so often. When he does something wrong, you've got to point to it. But it can’t be about him.
Any energy that goes his way, including energy that goes his way in the form of criticism, turns into a kind of food, he just devours it and gets bigger. What we’ve got to learn is how to kind of stiff-arm him, so it’s almost like a sort of crazy uncle management.
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Wow, "crazy uncle management" sounds like a perfect fit for crazy Trump.