“Who Writes This Stuff?”

"This is Melania -- told me this. Can you believe this?" The crowd is now cheering for this supposed advice from Melania. I've never seen a more elaborate Trump attempt to pretend he didn't make a reading error. https://t.co/eg8t8BEW6G

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 29, 2020

I’ve read analyses of this (mostly yon Twitter) that this kind of error betrays dementia, cognitive impairment, etc. But I think it just shows Trump doesn’t recognize the concept of duty, and after he read “first” and saw the “y” he jumped to “Lady “ because the printed word made no sense to him. That, and had to escape for he import of that sentence: that someone, anyone, is more important than him and what he wants.