When Donald Trump does not really know anything about a topic, he tries to speak in generalities, lacking any detail or clarity. Take the case of Saudi Arabia being accused to killing that journalist recently. Trump clearly is not in a position to handle himself admirably, or even capably, on this story. According to a recent article by Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post, Trump uses a strategy of "bob and weave," which sounds like as apt a description as any that I have heard. He did that with climate change, both during the debates against Hillary in 2016, when he denied having claimed that climate change was a hoax, and he did it again on the recent 60 Minutes interview with Lesley Stahl, where he seemed to reject or deny (it was unclear, which again is Trump's trademark, of course, on subject matter that might give him some difficulty) his old assertions suggested that "something is happening," before suggesting that the climate will change back again, and denying that it has anything to do with human activity. He did the same thing when discussing the situation with North Korea and trade with China. I highly recommend taking a look at this article for further specifics, because this does indeed seem to be one of the tactics that Trump keeps getting away with. He is getting away with it because too many reporters let him get away with it, and because a dumbed down American people have, by and large, allowed him to get away with it, and not just his most loyal supporters:
How Trump bobs and weaves to avoid the truth by Glenn Kessler, October 15, 2018:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/16/how-trump-bobs-weaves-avoid-truth/?utm_term=.23f807bd7e08
According to our beloved leader, nothing can ever possibly be his fault. Even though people have long been saying - well before the Trump presidency - that midterm elections are largely about how voters feel the sitting president is doing, Trump is suggesting that if Republicans lose the House this November, that it is not his fault:
Trump says it’s not his fault if Republicans lose the House by Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post, October 16, 2018:
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