Rips ‘worrisome’ Trump bigly
and really make somebody believe it. But so far, you’ve gotten to the point where you really can’t believe anything that comes out of his mouth. You really can’t.”
Popovich, after citing Trump’s obsession during his campaign about Muslims allegedly celebrating on 9/11, as well as his birther movement regarding Barack Obama’s birthplace, went off on his Saturday speech to the CIA.
“Instead of honoring the 117 people behind him where he was speaking, he talked about the size of the (inauguration)crowd. That’s worrisome. That’s worrisome,” Popovich said. “I’d just feel better if someone was in that position that showed the maturity and psychological and emotional level of someone that was his age. It’s dangerous and it doesn’t do us any good.”
Then Popovich opened up about his thoughts on Trump’s closest advisers and the “disingenuous attitude” they take in defending him, regardless of what he does.
“What really bothers me are the people around him, the Sean Spicers, the Kellyanne Conways, the Reince Preibuses, who know who he is and actually have the cynical approach and disingenuous attitude to really defend him and make him look like he didn’t say what he said,” Popovich said. “When he’s mad at the media for them reporting what he said, it just boggles my mind. When Kellyanne Conway said the other day he wasn’t really making fun of the handicapped person. It’s incredible. It really makes you wonder how far would someone go to actually cover for somebody that much. I think the comment was, ‘You have to look in his heart. You don’t know what’s in his heart. He wouldn’t do that.’ But he did it.”
Popovich ultimately said that he hopes Trump “does a great job,” but that doesn’t necessarily mean he respects him.
“But there’s a difference between respecting the office of the president and the person who occupies it,” he said. “That respect has to be earned. It’s hard to be respectful of someone when we all have kids, and we’re watching him be misogynistic and xenophobic and racist and make fun of handicapped people.” AP