"Ian Jackson" <
ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <qphpig$h1j$
1...@news.albasani.net>, "Brian Gaff (Bed)"
> <
bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>>It was obviously a set up after all the President should have more to do with his time
>>than to chat to an ex politician on the phone on the radio. The question is, what is
>>the motive here?
>>
>>Personally I cannot bear to listen to more than a few sound bytes of Trump as he is
>>either completely ignorant or a little bit mad. Some of the things he says beggars
>>belief and I'm not giving any of them the oxygen of quoting them. He has enough hot air
>>on his own. Brian
>>
> In his half-hour 'chat' with Nigel Farage, I was actually quite impressed by Trump's
> frankness and apparent honesty regarding his opinions.
As are many people. That's the whole point about con artists and
bullshit merchants. Unless you're actually fact checking everything
that comes out of their mouths as they're saying it, then superficially
they can sound very convincing. Not least because they actually believe
all the bullshit themselves. It was the exact same with Blair.
> Unlike the furore that followed Obama's innocuous 'back of the queue' so-called
> 'interference' in our referendum, it's unlikely that Trump's extremely disparaging
> remarks about Jeremy Corbyn's suitability for the premiership, and about Boris
> Johnson's transition deal, will generate anything like as much condemnation (certainly
> NOT from either wing of the Brexit camp).
Possibly because people took Obama rather more seriously than they ever
did Trump. Like Boris Johnson he's a turn; worth listening to not for
his wisdom but for his entertainment value.
> But at least it has exposed Nigel Farage's election policy of wanting Johnson to join
> him in going for a no-deal Brexit, in the hope it will bring the pair of them both a
> glorious, overwhelming victory.
Contesting General Elections costs money. The real question is
probably whether Farage already has, or can secure the financial
backing, to back up his threats.
michael adams
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