MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday might solely shake his head at a bizarre second in Donald Trump’s “Alligator Alcatraz” presser when the president appeared to completely mishear a query and went on a prolonged, rambling tangent as a substitute.
Trump was requested the “easy query,” stated O’Donnell, of how lengthy detainees on the controversial new migrant detention middle in Florida’s Everglades ― which is surrounded by python and alligator-inhabited wetlands — might anticipate to stay there.
Would it not be days, weeks or months, the president was requested.
However Trump, stated O’Donnell, appeared to suppose the query was about how a lot time he can be spending in Florida. Trump formally moved from New York to the Sunshine State in 2019, however clearly is at present dwelling within the White Home.
Trump started: “In Florida? I’m going to spend so much. Look, that is my dwelling state. I find it irresistible. I like your authorities. I like all of the folks round. These are all pals of mine. They know them very nicely. I imply, I’m not stunned that they accomplish that nicely. They’re nice folks. [Florida Gov.] Ron [DeSantis] has been a pal of mine for a very long time. I really feel very snug within the state. I’ll spend a whole lot of time right here.”
O’Donnell, who appeared on a break up display alongside footage of Trump making his feedback, simply shook his head. The host then nixed the Trump video and browse the remainder of the president’s reply out as a substitute.
“The remainder of the reply will get even worse. I finished it there to spare you listening to the precise sound of the banality of Donald Trump’s creeping dementia and his cruelty. I’m going to learn to you what he truly stated,” the anchor defined.
Trump, per O’Donnell, continued along with his mistaken reply: “I’ll spend a whole lot of time right here. I need to, you recognize, for 4 years I’ve acquired to be in Washington. I’m OK with it as a result of I like the White Home. I even fastened up the little Oval Workplace. I made it, it’s like a diamond. It’s stunning. It’s so stunning. It wasn’t maintained correctly, I’ll let you know that. However even when it wasn’t, it was nonetheless the Oval Workplace, so it meant rather a lot. However I’ll spend as a lot time as I can right here. You understand, my trip is usually right here as a result of it’s handy. I stay in Palm Seashore, it’s my dwelling, and I’ve a really good little place, good little cottage to remain at, proper?”
The president went on and on, then ended by calling it a “very good query.”