Ladies and gentlemen, it is just this simple:

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13. Well that's certainly what we want in a political "leader".

Says it, notices it creates a mostly-negative uproar and then denies he ever said it. Cuz he “got it” too late - but he still thinks he can just take it all back and everybody will simply forget and go along with the new revision.

Maybe that works with the low-info crowd because it’ll mesh with and reinforce what they WANT to believe. Unfortunately for them - and for the rest of us - it’s out there, reinforcing a completely cock-eyed view of reality.