State of the Union

[BmorePat87]

(02-06-2018, 02:45 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 1. He said "can I call that treason" from what I saw. It was a question, not a statement.

2. I'm pretty sure he's using this definition of treason: "the action of betraying someone or something.", rather than suggesting it was the crime of treason and all who sat should be arrested. But don't let that get in the way of any good "Trump is Hitler" talk.

3. Treason isn't a word that should be thrown around loosely, but Trump has no filter. Still, I don't think this means he has intentions to be an evil dictator who wants to kill freedom. It's just another dumb slip of the tongue from Trump, that dems will run with.

"Sure, why not?" seems to be giving an answer to that question with a follow up rhetorical device. Sometimes it's hard to say whether or not he's playing to his crowd or he believes what he says. The WH says he was joking. I don't think he meant anything nefarious by it, but I will say that not clapping isn't betraying anything, so either way, no definition fits.