Why does he refuse to condemn them?

[Dill]

(10-02-2020, 04:40 PM)PhilHos Wrote: There's no denying Trump says some stupid shit. A lot of the time. But there's also no denying that people twist his words sometimes, too. 

People do indeed sometimes twist Trump words, as happens to every president.

What is disturbing in the Trump case is not that "some" twist his words, but that--

1. Most of the time, twisting is unnecessary. His damning statements need no extra spin.

2. Trump is himself the twister in chief, regularly disinforming the public about everything from Obama's (sick) spying to Ukrainian meddling in the US election to his health status at the moment.

To make it worse the government officials working under them under him, who are supposed to be working for the American people, are enlisted into the process--or terminated.

Were Trump a reporter, could even the National Enquirer risk publishing one of his stories?

He doesn't have to worry about that though because his day job is deciding foreign and domestic policy for the US--and protecting the nation from a pandemic.