re: #103 sagehen

It was somebody’s analysis (Stonekettle? Beau? can’t remember now) that if he had indeed gone with them, it in fact would have succeeded, because the defenders wouldn’t have been so physically defensive against a group led by the President.

The excuse floated for him going home to watch TV was that the “Secret Service would never have allowed it”

Which is probably true

Which Trump was fucking aware of when he made the statement.

Which indicates that he never intended to go along in the first place but knew what the protesters needed to hear in order to to do what he wanted them to do, which is pretty much the reason he says anything…