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Rick Massimo's avatar

I can’t imagine they haven’t figured out that Trump relies on their desire to “stay on track.”

As for the rest of Trump’s belchings, I mean, he’s been saying the same five or so things for years. There’s no excuse not to be ready.

And asking Trump whether he’d direct the Fed to lower interest rates is completely LOL. He doesn’t know. He doesn’t know anything. He doesn’t care. If he’s president again he’s going to spend four years telling Attorney General Michael Flynn who to put in jail and selling secrets to Putin and MBS to pay off his massive debts.

It’s a euphemism to even say he’s “running for president”--he’s running for president the same way a burglar checks whether your door is unlocked before he breaks in. And asking him about interest rates is like asking the burglar what they’re going to do with your money. The only reason to ask is to report that “in response he went on a bizarre rant about persecution by Chase Bank.”

Sorry this is so long but FFS.

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SteveB's avatar

MSNBC has been pushing this interview HARD, showing clips all throughout the day. He's just a firehose of lies, so they show a clip, say "That's not true", show another clip, say "And that's not true either", rinse, repeat. Do they think they're performing some sort of public service with this? "Look, we showed you his lies, then told you he was lying, what more do you want?"

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Edward Kazala's avatar

Their response is likely "well, he's the front-runner for the GOP nomination, so we can't ignore him, we have to let America know what he says," but as Tapper showed, there are better ways to do it.

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SteveB's avatar

Oh sure, that's what they tell themselves, it's all part of their duty to "inform the American People", but come on, is there anyone out there who's saying, "Gosh, I won't know if I should vote for Donald Trump until I hear what he'd tell the Fed about interest rates"?

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Edward Kazala's avatar

If Trump WERE to direct the Fed to lower interest rates, it would constitute interference with an independent agency. Not that that would stop him, but jeez, for Welker to not know that...

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SteveB's avatar

He'd get some people in a room, he'd say some things, you know, make a deal, it'd be great. Oh, I'm sorry, we talking about the Fed or ending the war in Ukraine?

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SteveB's avatar

I'd say the only correct way to interview Trump is DON'T, but I guess people gotta get paid, which means clicks must be clicked, and so this is what we get.

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Chuck L's avatar

Another great aricle. I'm also glad to see you've been getting attention from some national people like Emptywheel and others so more people will see your always excellent work.

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