{"id":46460,"date":"2020-08-29T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T17:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=46460"},"modified":"2020-08-29T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T18:58:09","slug":"babbling-incoherently-trump-promises-unspecified-other-things-in-2nd-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=46460","title":{"rendered":"Babbling Incoherently, Trump Promises Unspecified ‘Other Things’ in 2nd Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his Republican Nationalist Confederation acceptance speech, Trump rattled off an array of objectives that were nothing but rehashes of what he’s been saying for nearly four years. Things like cutting taxes and regulations, defending the 2nd Amendment, and building the border wall. There was nothing new and nothing that he’s made any progress on. It was political boilerplate with no substance or commitment.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/p>\n

In the past few weeks Trump has been asked a question that is commonly asked of presidential candidates: What is your agenda for the next four years should you win? Trump has been asked this question at least four times, including by friendly “interviewers”<\/em> like Sean Hannity of Fox News and the “Curvy Couch”<\/em> of Fox and Friends, but has failed to give a comprehensible answer<\/a><\/strong>. You might think that after flopping once or twice, Trump would have an aide write up a response for him. But not Trump. On Thursday Peter Baker of the New York Times published his account of Trump’s answer to that question. And it makes even less sense than all the others that preceded it:<\/p>\n

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Trump on a 2nd term: \u201cSo I think, I think it would be, I think it would be very, very, I think we\u2019d have a very, very solid, we would continue what we\u2019re doing, we\u2019d solidify what we\u2019ve done and we have other things on our plate that we want to get done." https:\/\/t.co\/a1VSJLxd4E<\/a><\/p>\n

— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n