Trump needn't be taken out of context
Former President Donald Trump says a lot of plainly absurd and ridiculous things, as even his own supporters will concede. But recently, national media outlets have curiously chosen to take a particular line out of context.
Over the weekend, in Ohio, `bloodbath' if Biden wins in Trump took to the stage and November” declared the normally spoke at length in his characteristic more sober Politico. rambling style. “Trump defends his warning
This is a lengthy quote from of a `blood bath for the that speech to read, but here's country'” declared the New what he said: York Times.
“Let me tell you something, Trump has said and done to China, if you're listening, many outlandish and disqualifying President Xi ... those things as a candidate big, monster car manufacturing and as president. The sloppy plants that you're building or deliberate mischaracterization in Mexico right now, and and hysterical pearlclutching you think you're going to get over what he said that, you're going to not hire in this specific instance, however, Americans and you're going is glaringly apparent to to sell the cars to us? We're anyone who bothers to invest a going to put a 100% tariff on few minutes of their time. every single car that comes As even the Washington Post across the line, and you're not has conceded, “Trump might going to be able to sell those indeed have been speaking guys if I get elected. Now, if I metaphorically in this case.” don't get elected, it's going to Well, yes. That's because he be a bloodbath for the whole was. It is doubtful he was literally — that's gonna be the least of referring to a national it. It's going to be a bloodbath slaughter as a result of Chinese for the country. That'll be the car manufacturers outcompeting least of it. But they're not going American car manufacturers. to sell those cars, they're building massive factories.” As National Review's Jeffrey
Read or heard in full, it's Blehar notes, “It isn't just selfdefeating, not a particularly complicated it's offensive: January line of rhetoric from the former 6 was real enough, and president. enough of an enormity, that
Trump is appealing to auto any attempt to raise a false workers with promises to keep alarm about Trump's rhetoric the American car-making industry only diminishes the impact competitive by imposing and importance of what he very costly taxes (tariffs) has actually done.” on imported vehicles. Yes, Trump's rhetoric is routinely
Trump suggests that if he over the top and damaging loses, American car manufacturers to national discourse. Yes, will be outcompeted Trump appeals to the worst and will suffer drastic economic instincts of his fiercest supporters. consequences.
It's standard Trump economic Oh, and by the way, the populism with standard 100% tariff idea on foreign Trump hyperbole. cars is a simply terrible, economically
But you read, listen to or indefensible one. watch many media outlets, But Trump, like any politician, you'd think that Trump was should be criticized and advocating for national bloodshed. challenged without cutting corners and leaving out basic
“Trump says country faces context.