It’s hard for me to fathom how anybody can watch and listen to trump for all these years, and then listen to one scripted speech and say, “he seemed to have a real desire to bring people together rather than cause discord.” Are you really that easily fooled by a con man? And not even a good con man? Con man don’s actions and most of his unscripted words show that bringing people together is the last thing he wants. Dividing people – stoking fear of immigrants and resentment and loathing of liberals and disgust with and fear of “others” in general – is THE central plank of his political platform, and his words and actions outside of his scripted speeches clearly show this.

I thought the insincerity was glaringly obvious. Now, that could be because I’m aware that virtually all of his words and actions outside his scripted speeches demonstrate that he was insincere. But when I listened, he didn’t sound sincere at all.

I thought he sometimes sounded like a whiny little bitch, but mostly he sounded like a giant douchebag. And sometimes he sounded lethargic. Also he just sounds like he’s not very bright, which I guess is beside the point.

But he didn’t overtly rant or rave. It seems that’s where a lot of people are currently setting the bar for sounding presidential. Which is pretty sad.