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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat on earth prompted the speech 45 is making to the police?
I came in in the middle of him trying his best to convince the police they're disrespected, mistreated, unappreciated, etc. it's a complicated issue and that's not what I want to ask, but where did this come from? Some random publicity stunt? Some event?
radical noodle
(8,017 posts)in law enforcement who've been killed in the line of duty.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,229 posts)Naturally.
radical noodle
(8,017 posts)maybe they can wear those instead of the hats that go with their uniforms. smh
Louis1895
(768 posts)Using a government-sponsored event to campaign. I am assuming this was an official government-sponsored event and the hats were paid for by his 2020 campaign. Of course, if the federal government is paying for the hats, that is another count for the impeachment indictment.
nolabear
(42,004 posts)I'm deeply suspicious of anything he does.
radical noodle
(8,017 posts)but don't know for sure. I'm suspicious of everything too. He's such an idiot.
jpak
(41,760 posts)and throwing hats around.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)"What's Trump up to today?"
"Well, he's incoherent and throwing hats around."
Yup!
The Blue Flower
(5,451 posts)wash, rinse, repeat
kentuck
(111,111 posts)The strongest part of his base, to give the impression that America supports him.
nolabear
(42,004 posts)At least the wind is giving him trouble.
JHan
(10,173 posts)jayfish
(10,040 posts)Why is it being covered live and in its entirety? Seriously MSNBC?
nolabear
(42,004 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)and exact loyalty from them. Law enforcement need to be remindd that googpd policing and respect for those the serve will get them farther. And the need to honor and protect the Constitution.
nolabear
(42,004 posts)Summer is coming. I'm concerned what the first shooting of an innocent citizen will bring.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Many/most of his canned applause line fell flat. Didn't seem like the crowd was buying his scripted bullshit. How many times can he say "We love you, believe me! You're great, I can tell you that. America supports you, you can believe I'll tell you that." It was nauseating. And the applause was very thin.
procon
(15,805 posts)Poor baby, he's had a rotten run of bad luck lately and his self esteem probably needs some butter.
jeanmarc
(1,685 posts)Even evoked the American carnage line, but differently.
Can't stand this orange ape.
jpak
(41,760 posts)JHB
(37,166 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Trump is just upping their authoritarian credentials.
Generating division is the only thing he is good at.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,358 posts)Solly Mack
(90,801 posts)The whole right-wing blue lives matter so stop talking about police brutality against African-Americans.
Because, you know, talking about violence directed at people of color by the police harms the police. They can't do their jobs if they feel the world is watching, and golly, it's so unfair to them anyway.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Telling people that they're victims was his only campaign strategy beyond slander.
Paladin
(28,285 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)Go to YouTube and watch Onama's speech from last year compared to this crap.
nolabear
(42,004 posts)benpollard
(199 posts)MFM008
(19,834 posts)About the YUGE electoral win?
Try and sell his dog steaks?
Promote Ivankaa jewelry?
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)When you dismantle their unions and whine and rant about their pay and pensions and big government.
Otherwise, when have people ever loved cops as a general matter?
Most people respect cops, but they don't treat them like they are all superheroes either.
The poor and marginalized are the least likely to have candy coated opinions of them and they shouldn't.
Institutionalized bias and racism doesn't have a positive affect on society and that is all that Fat Fascist 45 is lauding - the law and order myth and the part it plays in his fascist scam of scapegoating and fear mongering.
qwlauren35
(6,153 posts)Trump forming allies with the police spells utter hell for minorities.
niyad
(113,936 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)2. Shore up his flagging approval numbers... Jacking off while surrounded by badges is the best public image he can have aside from a military parade...
Wounded Bear
(58,778 posts)he's trying to get the cops all rah-rah behind him.
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)nolabear
(42,004 posts)Bragging about them supporting him "bigly," throwing a 45 hat to one of the kids who lost a parent, etc. The blowback might be from those who despise him already but it certainly doesn't sound like any memorial I have attended.