More than 3 million people have watched this clip of President Trump after his address to West Point graduates Saturday. He tweeted at 10:57pm the ramp "..was very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery...Final ten feet I ran down to level ground" https://t.co/TeRlPVyI4q— Robbin Simmons (@RobbinSimmons7) June 14, 2020
Does "run" have a different meaning....
We all saw the footage, he did run for the final ten feet. But nonetheless, he was so bothered, I think, by the criticism on Twitter of that video, especially by the Republican operatives like George Conway and others with the Lincoln Project, who have really gotten under the president’s skin, that he took it upon himself to offer that explanation, which was not entirely consistent with the facts and the reality that we all saw with our own eyes. So, that’s what became the news story a day later.”
When the verb is applied to a 74 year old morbidly obese man? Because two long quick steps does not constitute "run" in any definition I know, and two steps doesn't cover 10 feet unless you're on stilts.
It's extremely odd WaPo report Phil Rucker would carefully define the walk to conform to Trump's statement as much as possible, and then read Trump's mind and speculate on how Conway and The Lincoln Project are "[getting] under the president's skin." Why is the latter obvious, and the former. what everyone saw on the tape (as Rucker said) not? Trump took two long semi-hops, covered maybe 5 feet (at best) with them, and Rucker has to agree the nekkid emperor was clothed in fine raiment as he said he was?
I'm dubious, to say the least.
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