berg80
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Often in gibberish.Trump speaks to the people and the press almost daily.
It is unclear whether Donald Trump has forgotten the precise nature of NATO or whether he ever fully grasped it in the first place.
What is clear, however, is that Trump ā who ostensibly spent four years as president of the United States ā has little clue about what NATO is or what NATO does. And when he spoke on the subject at a rally in South Carolina over the weekend, what he said was less a cogent discussion of foreign policy than it was gibberish ā the kind of outrageous nonsense that flows without interruption from an empty and unreflective mind.
āOne of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, āWell, sir, if we donāt pay, and weāre attacked by Russia, will you protect us?āā Trump said, recalling an implausible conversation with an unnamed, presumably European head of state. āāYou didnāt pay? Youāre delinquent?āā Trump recounted responding. āāNo, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay. You gotta pay your bills.āā

Opinion | Trump Is Losing It
Unfortunately for Biden, the former president benefits from something akin to the soft bigotry of low expectations.