We all know that he wouldn’t.
Also couldn’t. To state the glaringly obvious I guess hahaha.
Sure, bit even in his prime, as a fit and able young man, Trump would not have lifted a finger to assist someone else in need.
Perhaps you have forgotten about his debilitating case of bone spurs.
He likes people who don’t get captured by outgoing tides, undercurrents or exhaustion
Yes, but the president was kind enough to invite this young man over to the white house to tell him to his face, in front of his father.
Well, if Trump could swim and he thought there was a chance to rape the kid, there’s a remote chance he might try.
To give some modicum of credit: I think this was his attempt at talking the lifeguard up. Like: “Wow, you’re such a hero!”
But the problem is that the exclamation (regardless of truth) is supposed to be like: “Wow, I don’t know if I would’ve been brave enough to do that! You’re a real hero.” Not that you just “might not have” as though saving a human life would be too inconvenient.
Then the 16-year-old kid gets to feel really brave because even the president thinks they are. (Also doesn’t help that this current POTUS is an abject, selfish coward.)
I agree. This is how he meant it and how anyone who likes him takes it. It makes him likeable to those people. It’s so childish to pretend it isn’t.
These types of “news” articles I think are actually quite dangerous. It shifts the battleground into weaker territory. If you’re a prosecutor trying to prove a guy needs a life sentence, and you have thirty testimonies of him beating puppies with hammers, why would you pull up to court saying shit like “your honor, the defendant’s cologne is too sharp and clearly in poor taste”? Meanwhile everyone who justifiably hates the puppy-flattener is excited to jump on ANY bandwagon to hate the guy, no matter how flimsy it is. Next thing you know the court is all talking about his cologne. Then the defendant comes in with some actually good explanation for that like “they didn’t have my regular cologne in prison” and now it looks like maybe the prosecution was wrong about him. The flimsy bandwagon falls apart.
I’ve said it before on here:
We MUST resist the urge to criticize bad people for weak reasons when they already provide us with stronger arguments against themselves.
“I don’t know if I would have done it. Unless nobody was around, then I’d give you a yacht ride to my friends island.”
Then left you in the same situation afterwards.
But only worse.
Strangly honest
Literally the only time he’s honest is when he’s talking about doing something terrible
“That’s very scary.”, said the orange child rapist, “You must’ve shit yourself… I know I just did…again.”
He’d never admit it. “Antifa has shat in my Depends again!!!”
This isn’t news
Captain Bonespurs rides again!
I know: He would not. Trump has no interest, and honestly no ability, to do so.
“I don’t know if I’d do it”
Because the 16 year old is too old for him
Yeah, Trump would be too busy raping the 16 year old life guard, so the 10 year old kid would drown.
Must have been an ugly kid, cause Trump for sure does kids.
Like Trump can even swim.
I thought fat does swim?
It floats!
But not necessarily upright for breathing.
Also, rethorically perfectly fine. His language does tend to follow common phrases but only is tangentially similar anyway.
Could have said something along the lines: don’t know if I could have done it. Probably couldn’t. Probably wouldn’t. I don’t know.
His inner monologue is spoken out loud and his social filter barely exists. This isn’t news.
He can make anything sound respect less, that being said.
Are you by any chance German, or Dutch, or Danish, or a few others I’m sure? I’m Dutch and we would also literally translate it to respectless (respectloos in Dutch, just like tactless = tactloos), but in English you’d say “disrespectful.” ;)
German. .org is a primarily DACH instance
Oh, I see. Had no idea. TIL. :)