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Nothing’s Been More Revealing Of The President Than The Little Rap Sessions He Did With Regular People
These low-key-by-design events at the Republican National Convention have not gotten nearly as much attention as some of the more fiery and high volume speeches
But really, they tell you everything about the President you need to know.
Put him in a room with regular folks, and he suddenly becomes like an alien from outer space struggling to find the skills to conduct even the most basic of interpersonal interactions with upstanding and quietly courageous members of American society. The level of detachment is astounding.
We’ve often argued the reason Trump liked rallies so much and almost never did intimate events of any kind aside from obligatory fund raisers full of rich folks, was that he could pull up in his plane as close as possible, give a rousing, incendiary speech, and then leave. Without ever having to come into direct physical contact with most of his supporters, which before Trump was a hallmark of campaigning. That way he could directly appeal to, but wouldn’t have to directly come in contact with “the dregs”, as a close friend of Trump’s we happen to know likes to call them.
