Trump’s pathetic Dana White gambit could not mask his midterm humiliation | Howard Bryant
Because the public reactions made him look even more lost, confirming the sentiments of recklessness and disorder, utter chaos and buffoonery that led to the Republicans being routed in the midterm elections, the president said his offer to White was all a joke.
Key points
- chief executive “loves the idea” of being the White House spokesman but that his public offer of the job was “just a little fun.”.
- The president told the Ultimate Fighting Championship boss to "please take the job" in a Truth Social post on Saturday.
- But after a crushing midterm defeat, even his UFC ally cannot distract from the political fallout In the wake of being destroyed in the midterm elections, it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump did something outrageous in an attempt to misdirect public attention away from his catastrophic losses.
It was absurd, and widely posited that a confused Trump had erroneously conflated UFC’s White with the Dana White who made more sense, former Heritage Foundation staffer Dana White.
Additional details
- As a disciple of the notorious McCarthyite Roy Cohn, who taught Trump one of his main political pillars – never apologize or admit wrongdoing.
- Trump has long relied on sports to project strength and fuel his culture wars.
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