Seth Meyers believes Mister Trump’s wild ride may be ending and it’s about time, we’re all becoming nauseated and this week Trump doubled down on his claim that he saw New Jersey Muslims cheering 9-11, and insisted his statistics on black and white crime were correct.
Perhaps Bill Maher was right when he said Americans need a long, tortuous election cycle before electing a president, and Donald Trump is the proof. The love affair between Trump and his followers is an odd one, but it has been passionate. Love is blind, and the Trumpettes would have marched the loud-mouthed know-nothing into the White House on the basis of a shared dislike of dark-complected people. And ‘Murica!
This week Trump was hit with, but remains untouched by – facts. Trump was called out by none other but the grand pooh bah of the right, Bill O’Reilly! Shown that his statistics on black and white crime were bogus, Trump doubled down, rhetorically asking, ‘do I have to verify every fact? When it was revealed that Trump could not have seen New Jersey Muslims cheering and celebrating the destruction on 9-11 Trump did not stand corrected, he doubled down. The man who “has the best memory in the world” says he cannot remember the last time he apologized – or was wrong about anything. An inability to admit his own blunders, explains a lot about Trump’s divorces but it isn’t a great attribute for a potential world leader and diplomat.
Seth compares Trump’s wild ride as the ‘fun’ candidate, and his breakthrough to spreader of dangerous rhetoric as being similar to a Tilt-o-Whirl ride. “At first it’s wheeee! Pretty soon it’s ;I’m gonna puke and my stomach is full of quadruple downs.’ At this point, we have to hope the ride breaks down.”