Trump Flops Another Convention Speech

Jonathan Bernstein: “Outside of that he’s running as an authoritarian, outside of his crimes and his history of sexual assault, outside of that he doesn’t believe in the rule of law, and outside of the other ways that he’s massively unsuited for the presidency: This guy also knows nothing about government and policy.”

“Now, George W. Bush was massively underqualified when he became president, and it was harmful to his presidency and to the nation. But W. wasn’t a stupid guy, and he really did improve over the course of eight years. Trump if anything goes backwards. Bush treated setbacks as setbacks and tried to learn from them; Trump treats everything he does as a massive victory, ignores any evidence to the contrary, and just bulls (and bullies) his way ahead, never learning from anything.”

“At any rate, it takes some real initiative to botch a convention acceptance speech, and Trump has now done it three times, with the third time being the worst.”