02-17-2017, 02:05 PM
(02-17-2017, 01:26 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I didn't see the encounter in question, but based on this article, it sounds as if Trump thought the reporter was asking a loaded question or one that was implying Trump was anti-Semitic. On one hand, can you blame him for responding that way, if he did? Trump has been accused of just about every -ism short of ageism, none of which have been proven definitively, so you can sort of understand him not wanting to go there.
On the other hand, Trump should really wait until at least one question is asked before jumping in and not answering it.
To be fair, most politicians and presidents don't really answer the questions they're asked. They dance around the answer, particularly the more difficult to answer ones, and make it seem like they're answering when, in fact, they're just trying to obfuscate things so you'll forget the question they were asked. Clearly something Trump does not know how to do.
Trump definitely knows how to not answer a question.
