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Good lord. Melania Trump had the temerity to go on global television and tell the world that the likes of Billy Bush egged her husband into making the remarks he did. She's his wife and a former fashion model. I don't and didn't really expect her to be anything other than apologetic and supportive, especially with the Presidency in the offing.
But let's just consider the plausibility of Mrs. Trump's claim. There we had a 60 years old multi-millionaire (perhaps billionaire) business owner of worldwide fame on a bus with an up and coming 30 years old minor reporter in the world of celebrity gossip peddling. Mrs. Trump is asking us to accept that the supposed "adult in the room," her husband, was cajoled by this veritable newbie into disclosing the nature of his behavior and attitude toward women, and to do so in as ribald a way as is humanly possible in English.
Really? I'm serious....Let's for a moment presume that what Mrs. Trump said is indeed how things happened. Well, that doesn't say much for the judgment, temperament or intellect of the man who now wants to be the U.S.' President. If on the other hand her remarks are what they sound like -- something Trump contrived, asked her to say, and that she dutifully has said -- and it's not true, it's yet another of Trump's abject denials of the facts. Now, I don't know which of those two be the more accurate depiction of the impetus for Mrs. Trump's remarks, but I don't care as neither is a positive reflection on Trump. The fact is that by 60 years old, one should have better judgment, temperament or intellect than to say, lo, think and believe, stuff like what he said on that bus.
But let's just consider the plausibility of Mrs. Trump's claim. There we had a 60 years old multi-millionaire (perhaps billionaire) business owner of worldwide fame on a bus with an up and coming 30 years old minor reporter in the world of celebrity gossip peddling. Mrs. Trump is asking us to accept that the supposed "adult in the room," her husband, was cajoled by this veritable newbie into disclosing the nature of his behavior and attitude toward women, and to do so in as ribald a way as is humanly possible in English.
Really? I'm serious....Let's for a moment presume that what Mrs. Trump said is indeed how things happened. Well, that doesn't say much for the judgment, temperament or intellect of the man who now wants to be the U.S.' President. If on the other hand her remarks are what they sound like -- something Trump contrived, asked her to say, and that she dutifully has said -- and it's not true, it's yet another of Trump's abject denials of the facts. Now, I don't know which of those two be the more accurate depiction of the impetus for Mrs. Trump's remarks, but I don't care as neither is a positive reflection on Trump. The fact is that by 60 years old, one should have better judgment, temperament or intellect than to say, lo, think and believe, stuff like what he said on that bus.
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