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Trump's Total Lack of Presidential Comfort
from Mandalay Ray · #65
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minTim argues Trump lacks any of the folksy, paternal comforting quality past presidents (Reagan, Clinton, Obama, the Bushes) had, comparing his Puerto Rico remarks to Katrina and calling his approach pure bullying meanness with a bit about a lunatic hotel guest wanting a buffet comp.
- 33:00Trump lacks the presidential ability to comfort people that previous presidents possessed.
- 33:26Reagan, Bush, Clinton all conveyed competence and control; Trump has none of that.
- 33:53In the absence of presidential comfort, Trump is just meanness and bullying.
- 34:20Trump's idea of comfort: telling disaster victims they didn't lose as many people as Hurricane Katrina.
- 34:48Tim thought the presidency was ceremonial until he realized a president can actually do major damage.
- 35:11Hiring someone for a no-show job who instead comes in and shits on everyone's desk reveals the position is more important than expected.
- 35:40Tim assumed Trump would do the bare minimum like pardoning the turkey, not start a race war in the first month.
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