Never Trumper Meghan McCain got her pantsuit in a twist today over reported comments from Trump’s interview today with Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.
She’s accusing Trump and his followers of praising Putin in order to own Biden:
What an absolute disgrace this is.
Trump is a full blown psychopath. https://t.co/DRzTPnju6r
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) February 22, 2022
We see you. pic.twitter.com/lCgaV8G1TI
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) February 22, 2022
What she’s referring to is this transcript and tweet put out by Sahil Kapur where he highlights comments from Trump that are somewhat out of context. Kapur does give the nearly full transcript in the tweet, but I’ll explain what I mean in a moment about his comments being out of context.
Trump says Putin’s military move on Ukraine is “genius.”
“Putin is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper… We could use that on our southern border.”
“Here’s a guy who’s very savvy.” pic.twitter.com/8vk9SWm3QO
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 22, 2022
While you read the transcript, I want you to listen to Trump as he says these words. It’s important that you do because Trump at times has a mocking tone. The comments start at 1:56:
Trump isn’t supporting Putin to own Biden, like Meghan claims. He’s not saying is Putin a genius or savvy in order to praise him. No, he’s pointing out that Putin is very calculating and knows exactly what he’s doing, and that Biden doesn’t have a clue, that he’s out of his league. That’s why he goes on to say that this never would have happened on his watch and laments the entire situation as ‘very sad’.
You do get that sense when you listen to it as opposed to just reading the transcript. That’s what I mean by Kapur’s tweeting being out of context.
Here’s a few responses from people who understood exactly what Trump meant:
Yeah, it’s “genius” from Putin’s perspective. He’s getting everything he wants with few consequences because he’s taking advantage of Biden.
Notice Trump says: “This never would have happened with us. Had I been in office, not even thinkable. This would never have happened.” https://t.co/YrriNDNyFy
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 22, 2022
Oh Sahil. You are a partisan activist. You just cherry picked Trump’s words to lose the mocking tone he used.
Why didn’t you finish your quotes with his final words? You didn’t want to lose your narrative, right?
Trump finished by saying “it’s very sad. Very sad.” https://t.co/3lqwtxz7a5
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 22, 2022
“By the way, this never would have happened with us.” -Donald Trump
People will ignore that part of the quote and call Trump a Putin puppet anyway.
Take note that Sahil Kapur (D-NBC) chose not to highlight it. https://t.co/8RSLDxmKdm
— Max (@MaxNordau) February 22, 2022
He’s right. It was an extremely savvy move and Biden ended up completely flat-footed. And if you keep reading, Trump says it wouldn’t have been something he let happen.
Pretending that Putin isn’t extremely cunning is how we got to this point. But dunk away. https://t.co/LExeOCkaD8
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 22, 2022
That’s exactly right and many leftists are trying to dunk on Trump, not just Meghan. But seriously, these are the same people who will ignore all of the crap Biden has done to support Putin’s invasion of Ukraine while trying to paint Trump as a Putin puppet. They are hacks and cannot be taken seriously.
John ‘McStain’ SHOULD’VE died over in Vietnam.., but I digress. AFTER that traitor and disgrace to his country FINALLY kicked the can (burn in hell you p.o.s.) I was HOPING I’d NEVER have to hear the ignorant rants of another ‘McStain’. Then his parhetic old lady and disgrace of a daughter HAD to find their political voices. ? EVER notice how the offspring of politicians tend to follow in their vile parent’s footsteps? It’s because the kid grows up around adults who have NO work ethic…
BUCK Foe Jiden ?
GO AWAY..
We do NOT want your opinion.
We really care less what your mother thinks too.
McCains are Non-existent in out book.
Being a POS is genetic.