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LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
17. I still can't watch him very long..
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:43 PM
May 2017

But the clip I saw reminded me of a prisoner of war video. He said he was happy to be there but he looked like he wanted us to pay the ransom and get him out of there.

yes, the joy of media normalization and the impossibly lowered bar! NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #1
Give him another gold medal dalton99a May 2017 #2
Shouldn't he just get a participation trophy? n/t Different Drummer May 2017 #16
Yep, as predicted... Docreed2003 May 2017 #3
I agree Beautiful NM May 2017 #10
Clearly he did not speak in the same tone he uses everyday, he could have sent a Thinkingabout May 2017 #4
Turms my stomach to hear the msm trot out that crap about being presidential. BSdetect May 2017 #5
And Trump gave the Saudi despot a nice curtsy for the shiny gold bauble he got. SunSeeker May 2017 #6
I wonder if this wasn't done on porpoise - force the recipient to bow or curtsey erronis May 2017 #15
No one forced him to curtsy. The medal was already ON HIS NECK. SunSeeker May 2017 #18
I couldn't stand to watch all the fakes faking it. Thanks for correcting my limited observation. erronis May 2017 #19
He better be careful. I'm sure Putin doesn't like sloppy seconds. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #21
He doesn't even understand what he did pangaia May 2017 #22
Oh really? Then why did he bash Obama for bowing? SunSeeker May 2017 #23
I know all about him bashing obama pangaia May 2017 #24
Then why do you want to write this off to ignorant absentmindedness? SunSeeker May 2017 #25
Think abt what i said..i can't explain w/1 fingr typng pangaia May 2017 #30
It is obvious you can't explain it. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #31
The primary author of Trumps speech in Saudi Arabia kskiska May 2017 #7
Grown ass man BARELY able to calmly read words he didn't write, sounds oh so slow-witted. L. Coyote May 2017 #8
+100 for well deserved snarkiness. Maybe donnie can be in the next "challenged" series. erronis May 2017 #29
No worries. Won't last. New news are waiting to pop. Madam45for2923 May 2017 #9
He sounded heavily sedated (nt) William Seger May 2017 #11
Yeah, he read a speech written by an idiot and at a 4th grade level. DK504 May 2017 #12
Are we going to hear more twaddle now from talking heads who strapped on the knee pads benfranklin1776 May 2017 #13
Yep. Every time he reads another person's speech, he's suddenly presidential. progressoid May 2017 #14
I still can't watch him very long.. LakeArenal May 2017 #17
I was impressed footinmouth May 2017 #20
mouth shut, cant say anything Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #26
The normalization of Trump's idiocy continues by the MSM workinclasszero May 2017 #27
Didn't write the speech, doesn't understand it. madamesilverspurs May 2017 #28
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