1). I am feeling so humbled this week. I feel truly horrible for the things I said and believed in 2016 about @realDonaldTrump
. I believed the worst politically, which he proved me wrong at almost
every turn. In the most dramatic cases (life/Israel/China/authoritarian)
cont
2. I expected @realDonaldTrump
to take control federally at the first opportunity. Here we are in a
massive crisis. Bush ‘violated the free market to save the free market.’
Trump could have violated federalism to ‘save federalism’ yet he has
stood firm through COVID. Con’t
3. But let me cut to the chase. I believed he actually didn’t care about people. When @realDonaldTrump
called me after my fathers death, I assigned the motive to politics -
AND SAID SO. What haunts me this week is how my words must have hit his
children. How ... con’t
4. Did I miss, the sharpness of my
‘judgement’ without consideration of family. Me? A guy who has lived it
from his side. I wanted to end my interview with @realDonaldTrump son this week w/ a personal apology, who had spent 20 minutes with me as if we were old friends. Con’t
5. I didn’t want to embarrass myself
in the end and failed to do the right thing again. I don’t regret my
doubts or expressing my concern in 16, but the fact that I missed his
humanity and was blind to his family. I said at the time, ‘I hope I am
wrong and will...’ con’t
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