"What do you think they [protesters] want?" Harris Faulkner of Fox News asked the president. "What do you think they need, right now, from you?"
Here was Trump's answer, verbatim:
"Protesters for different reasons. You're protesting also because, you know, they just didn't know. I've watch - I watched very closely. Why are you here? They really weren't able to say, but they were there for a reason, perhaps.
"But a lot of them really were there because they're following the crowd. A lot of them were there because what we witnessed was a terrible thing. What we saw was a terrible thing. And we've seen it over the years. We haven't, you know, this was one horrible example, but you've seen other terrible examples. You know that better than anybody who would know it. And I know it. I've seen it, too. I've seen it before I was president. I've seen it. I think it's a shame. I think it's a disgrace. And it's got to stop."
Edit: This quote was from 2020
My comment is not targeted at you, but that sentiment.
That’s such an asinine take. They’re clearly just providing cover for nonsense from Trump.
Definitely one of those “if you believe it hard enough, it’ll be true” things for them.
On the one hand, it might do them good to have their bubbles burst as Trump continues to degrade. It could get them to the place where they realize they were lied to by a fraudster. On the other, it’s bad for all of us that he’s so out of it and suggestible while being surrounded by factions representing corporate takeover of the U.S., Christian Fascism, and those who are merely seeking uni-party control under Republicans.