Just Reiterating

Fox & Friends hosts struggle to get a word in as Trump yells about Hunter Biden and "CHY-NA" pic.twitter.com/egkcLZ3wpV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2019

"That's what the word is."

Always nice to hear the president of the United States casually spreading conspiracy theories with all the evidence and authority of that guy you'd creep away from at a bus stop. https://t.co/itFXixHGQo

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 22, 2019

"That's what the word is."

The "magic words" theory, because I'm quite convinced it's true.  Trump doesn't care about making sense, building rational arguments, defending a claim with reason and evidence (recall the birther conspiracy rant, than ran for years on nothing except more allegations, which were merely "magic words" waved as a talisman and, by repetition, turned into truth.  At least he thought that's how it worked.).  Trump only cares about saying the words.  "CHY-NA."  "Hunter Biden."  "Corruption."  What do they mean?  Precisely what he wants them to mean, of course.  Trump is Humpty-Dumpty, but without the satire.  Trump thinks shouting the magic words is QED and EOD.  And if he says it loudly, at a shout:  win-win!

It's of a piece with his ostrich defense:  if I don't know these people, they don't count against me!

TRUMP on Kurt Volker, his former special envoy to Ukraine: "I don't know him."

TRUMP on Sondland, his current ambassador to EU and $1 million donor to his inaugural: "I hardly know him." pic.twitter.com/m06L6jFlj6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2019

 

Which means Sondland bought his ambassadorship, which is hardly praiseworthy conduct by Trump.  Also, the magic shield:  those I deny are denied, and no longer of effect.

It may be the last hope of the republic is this man ranting in a Senate trial on live national TV.