A good friend on Facebook posted this today:
My husband made a very astute observation after watching last night’s debate. He said Trump has a lot in common with Sarah Palin…no grasp of how government really works, oblivious to foreign policy, prone to unintelligible rants, easily distracted, refusing to take direction from anyone and a willful disregard of preparation and professional behavior. If she “can see Russia from her front porch” just imagine what Trump can see from his Tower LOL!!!
— N.M.
I used to be a member of Toastmasters International. Before your first speech, you learn to prepare so you know the subject matter cold. You learn about the audience and the room. You know about the position of the microphone, the arrangement of the stage, and you know if you are being recorded.
Trump showed up yesterday to stand in front of 100 million people so unprepared, thousands of first-week Toastmasters would have done a better job. His body language, which communicates 70% (or more, depending on who you listen to) of the message, made him look puerile.
He acted like a flustered 5th-grader:
Clinton: “Trump did this and that.”
Trump: “Did not!”
Clinton: “Trumps said this and that.”
Trump: “Never said that!”
He hardly answered any questions, and mostly rambled his stump speech phrases, sometimes repeating himself four or five times with the same message in the same segment. He wasted precious minutes being defensive rather than imparting new information.
He bent down into the microphone like it was the first time in his life he had used one. Since he has spent the last year in front of microphones, this behavior was inexplicable. He was obviously flustered and nervous, and got more so as he realized how his performance was becoming unraveled as the evening progressed.
He yelled and interrupted. He stated obvious falsehoods and repeated them.
He didn’t behave in any way like a man who was prepared for the event. No entry level Toastmaster would ever show up so unprepared for his first speech. But Trump showed up obviously planning on just winging it in front of 100 million people.
This is testament to his unbelievable ego. He thinks he is above preparation. He is above facts. He is above playing by the rules. He must think we’re all beneath him, idiots. It’s obvious that the man cares about nobody and nobody’s feelings but his own. It showed last night in the debates.
Yes, N.M., I can’t imagine what he will be able to see from the top of his tower.
I am waiting for him to announce, “I quit. You are all unworthy of me.”
(I read that he looked like he was deflating over the 90 minutes, but I can’t make myself watch the debate to see for myself. Did you watch it?)
Oh, yes, please watch. It was a spectacle. I am utterly dumbfounded that such a doofus made it to that stage.
was very interesting to watch his body language (shrugged shoulders most of the time; typical indicator of someone who is unsure of himself; someone amused). There’s plenty of gender difference discussions going on. What got me was how irritating it is that Hilary can’t really claim a win when she is “debating” against someone so clearly not her equal. I’m very surprised however at those who continue to back him with the reasoning that he is an “outsider” who will shake up government because he’s not going to play it like a politician. I’m all for fresh faces but he has zero public service experience and he will have to work with three branches of government none of which offer him full control- which is what also concerns me- does he believe one man/woman runs the free world?
He would crash and burn in weeks. Foreign leaders would eat him alive. Congress would crucify him.