From the NABJ interview, after Scott asked him if it's OK that his supporters keep calling Kamala Harris a "DEI hire":
Trump: "How do you define DEI? Go ahead."
Scott: "Diversity, equity, and inclusion."
Trump: "OK, yeah. Go ahead. Is that what your definition-"
Scott: "That is literally the words-"
Trump: "Give me a definition then. Would you give me a definition? Give me a definition."
Scott: "Sir, I'm asking you a question, a very direct question-"
Trump: "No no, you have to define it."
And people thought Biden was the senile-sounding one? This guy sounds f**king senile. The fact that he has a clearer speaking voice doesn't change the fact that his brain is obviously misfiring. DEI is an acronym. She told him exactly what it stands for. And he clearly didn't understand that this was the definition he asked for.
In order to understand Trump's belief that Kamala Harris needs to pick a racial identity to go with, you need to remember that white-supremacists have been talking about and preparing for a "race war" since the 1970s.
When you believe a "race war" is coming, then of course you'll believe people need to pick a side.
Who needs George Orwell's "1984" when you can just read Donald Trump's education policy? You won't find a finer example of Orwellianism than this document, straight from the source.
Seriously, read it. Everyone needs to recognize what a threat to liberty and democracy this guy is.
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I don't think it's senility in this case. If you listen to the way Trump asked Scott to define DEI, you can tell that he thinks he's asking a "gotcha" question that she's not going to be able to answer. But then she answers it, and he has to scramble for a response since he thought he'd get to say "See? You can't define it!" and that would be the end of it. So he hopes that if he repeats the question enough times, that'll get him his "gotcha", and then that fails too.FB friend:
Trump: "How do you define DEI? Go ahead."
Scott: "Diversity, equity, and inclusion."
Trump: "OK, yeah. Go ahead. Is that what your definition-"
Scott: "That is literally the words-"
Trump: "Give me a definition then. Would you give me a definition? Give me a definition."
Scott: "Sir, I'm asking you a question, a very direct question-"
Trump: "No no, you have to define it."
Well, he does act like an infant a lot of the time. Wouldn't be surprised if his grip on object permanence is slipping.Does he think cameras disappear when he turns his back to them?
I saw it as a "gotcha" question, but somewhat differently. He wants to get "the other side" to admit that Harris WAS hired in part because of her race and/or gender (Biden did, after all, pledge to nominate a woman when he ran in 2020). That allows him and his cronies to keep using the term, even though such usage implies that she wasn't hired because of her extensive record (which Trump, prior to becoming president, absolutely did not have... one could easily argue he still doesn't, but that's not my point).I don't think it's senility in this case. If you listen to the way Trump asked Scott to define DEI, you can tell that he thinks he's asking a "gotcha" question that she's not going to be able to answer. But then she answers it, and he has to scramble for a response since he thought he'd get to say "See? You can't define it!" and that would be the end of it. So he hopes that if he repeats the question enough times, that'll get him his "gotcha", and then that fails too.