President Donald Trump has always spoken in big, vague phrases and it is no different as he campaigns for a second term. When pushed, he seems to recite things he did during his current term, rather than what he wants to accomplish next. Chris Cillizza explains why this isn't surprising behavior from the President.
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Donald Trump has no idea why he wants a 2nd term
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Hey, Chris here — do you think candidates should have to outline their ideas for voters?
@Skogles “oh no, the millionaire BLAH BLAH BLAH millionaire, lol thats sad.”
Yeah whatever, I’m reading a lot of news all over local areas. walk away and the Democrat party left me.
But you keep watching you’re cnn and msdnc they’ll steer you right, I mean leftist
🇺🇲🇪🇦Big Trump. The president of the workers.💪
What are we supposed to do- GUESS?
Chris, what the dwindling viewers you have left really want is for you and the other clown journalists at CNN to tell the truth.
@Hawks Fan Says CNN, the communist news network.
I really really really want to stay out of prison.
@Ed Rowland well. I can tell you many reasons why Trump will win. How about how cops hostorically vote democrat are now endorsing Trump. Shifting like 2 million votes. Biden is toast buddy. Get the Kleenex out to wipe up those tears
robert davis I left America and live on an Island off of Spain where I play golf and go yachting all year. This election has no effect on me what so ever. But will have an effect on you. LOL
No like nobody’s ever seen!
@Ed Rowland cool if you on island in spain boating and stuff then why you have such opinions about usa? Who cares what you think. Thx
robert davis I am American and can still vote. More people care about what I think than you could imagine. Your welcome.
Four more years of chaos, the best chaos, the greatest chaos you’ve ever seen, no one does chaos like us. 😂
In the house it is hard for me to predict yet. Im thinking the over under in house is up for grabs in a way never seen. Over under -30 to plus 80. Democrats can gain a little or outright lose the house all together. This is the only one i am not yet confortable to predict.. But Nancy keeps having bad optics with 20k refrigerators and 20 buck pints ice cream while people struggling and getting hair did while others are shut down. Man with everything else going on it could be towards plus 80 and democrats lose house. Not just ready to predict it yet. But it tantalizes me
@Brandon Prescott nobody’s gonna take them.
Tee Bee they will try though. Biden and Beto have said they will. They’ll go after our “AR-14’s.”
@Brandon Prescott Bhaha. The less educated dont even get the joke. Lol
@Ed Rowland look how triggered you are when said just proves the left call anyone a racist sexist uneducated bigot for not believing them thank you for proving our talking points
He wants a second term to avoid arrest and prosecution.
Matt Thompson only 90 percent of protest turn violent.
Arrest for what? Ye have wasted so much tax money over the last 3 years and all ye proved was that Clinton collided with Russia buying a made up document from them, proved Bidens quid pro quo with the Ukraine and the Obama spying on his campaign!!!
@Liam Dunne there are 36 indictments awaiting trump, plus whatever individual states have. The russia investigation turned a profit. Our allies have verified most of the Steele document, it’s only american Intel that aren’t confirming. There has already been 3 investigations into Biden and nothing was found, are you making stuff up so the other racists and right wing trump terrorists think you can read?
Stephen M our allies? The Steele doc has been proven to be fake and was confirmed fake under oath. The FISA warrants were proven to be falsely obtained and all the info Biden said he was not aware of have been proven that he was directly involved in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
When he’s reelected, he’s gonna dismantle the last remnants of democracy left in America.
@Mason Joseph exactly what you said is what the dems were doing the last 20 odd years, hahahahahhahahahahahaa funny, a guilty person that commits all these things you mentioned, are 100% always accusing the oppsoition, thats called being a sychopath or sociopath.. fact.. Fact, Trump has done more for all americans in 4 years ,than the dems in their decades of tenure. Dems had more wars and murders on decades and trump de-escelated wars and killings… so again, if you dems stand behind the door dont blame a president, especially trump for your own actions.. hahahahhaha idiots…. we the americans see through your bullshit bla bla and fake news attack.. americans not stupid and reason for the #walkaway about time and dems realizing democrat party has become the anarchist and socialist america dont need. Trump replay 2016, with a landslide. MAGA, and keep draining the swamp..
Pejotade Fotografia no, I don’t even watch news media. The most I get my news from is Bloomberg, the New York Times, and US federal labor bureau
Pejotade Fotografia trumps son who was part of the Trump campaign openly emailed a Russian ambassador about setting up a meeting to get dirt on Hillary https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2017/7/11/15953204/donald-trump-jr-emails-russia
Pejotade Fotografia draining the swamp? What has he drained? Who is out of office that has been proven to be corrupt? The only swamp that has been drained is from the trump administration.
Nazi pig.
3:12
“Now, Trump has never been a big planner.”
Trump plays it “loose”.
Reminds me of most of the drug addicts interviewed on Soft White Underbelly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
@allan general you keep posting the same You Tube video numerous times – don’t you have a brain large enough to write a decent comment.🤯😝😡👎
“we are looking very strongly at powerful words”-72 years old morbidly obese offender who does not exercise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
Dictator Donald wants to remain out of jail, that’s all. And so far he let over 180.000 people die for himself, while he golfs.
@Mathematician23 he does condemn the kkk and racism but you choose to ignore it and say he doesn’t
@Chris Quas you need to be listening to chris Wallace on fuznoise, if you do not like CNN lol.
Stop listening to sean hannity, Jeanine piero, fox&friends or tucker Carlson the worst of all on fuznoise🤣🤣🤣🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
general hahaha tell your blogger to remove his hat, it’s not yet winter. Snd besides he needs not be wearing a hat inside the house.
@allan general one nobody has an opinion on trump while the rest of the world sees right through the lies. Just like Barr lied, once again, on China taking the lead on influencing the elections. There is just so much bs from this administration we can spend the next 10 years on it. Unfortunately the environment won’t wait for us, so we need the democrats in the lead to start tackling that asap. We have less the 9 years to make MAJOR changes. Otherwise it is quite literally game over.
Only things from that quote “do more of what we have done”
Oh.. so more police brutality and thumbing their nose at people dying to the Trump plague?
“Solidify what we have done”
So utterly destroy the mail system and social security?
“And we have other stuff we wanna do” …. that’s a threat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
@allan general Hellish Hindrance and Kool-Aid.
Trump’s 2d term agenda:
“I think, I think it would be, I think it would be very, very, I think we’d have a very, very solid, we would continue what we’re doing, we’d solidify what we’ve done and we have other things on our plate that we want to get done.” Trump is bad for America’s future.
Val Villanueva apologies Val that wasn’t meant as directed at you but more a general case. For sure I can send you links to all of the above I mentioned. On my phone away from home at the moment. And to note the bussing was called out by Lamala at the Dem debates
@Liam Dunne no links. I’d like the actual reference numbers from the documents that you researched.
@Liam Dunne I understand. Stay safe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
@G Donham Republi-CON Senate leader …Moscow Mitch is the one that is all TALK and NO action…the unsigned bills that could help Americans must be 2 feet high by now, and still just sitting on his desk.🤦♂️🤪😝👎
He doesn’t know, because Putin hasn’t told him yet
@robert davis shut up bot. Your copy and pasting is obvious and frankly, beyond irritating
@robert davis
Find an elephant “to test your IQ”
@robert davis CNN unfortunately is not leftist. They are corporate whores.
Putin probably told him but he probably forgot from the mini strokes he had in the hospital he announced were a hoax before anyone even knew about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
The reasons Trump wants a 2nd term are simple: 1) to avoid having his ENTIRE administration being thoroughly investigated for various crimes and malfeasance, 2) to stay out of prison, 3) to continue removing any and all governmental regulations that protect the environment and any that protect We The People, 4) to finish the destruction of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the USPS and ANY other agency that benefits We The People. This is what happens when you have staggering levels of incompetence layered with inability and refusals to make decisions, a total lack of concern for the citizens of the country, and overwhelming personal greed. We can thank the Republican party for totally destroying America. They are only concerned about the wealthy upper 10% and this is the result. Disease and death across the nation, homelessness surging, the economy collapsing and a grossly divided, unbelieving public. The government has lied to us repeatedly, cheated us blatantly, stolen from us continuously all while laughing at us throughout the Trump administration and the Republican majority. They have derided, ridiculed and threatened Governors trying desperately to help their states. Denied federal aid and supplies being given to the states in need. All the while praising Republican Governors that DID NOTHING to help their citizens and instead forced their states to not close down and/or open far, far too soon. Khrushchev was right very little interference was needed. All Putin had to do was encourage and manipulate the Republicans to elect Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
Well said well said. The truth is rarely told these days.
Bunker boy is weak, shaky, off balance, and dragging his right leg.
#TrumpStroke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
I am amazed when snakes don’t flow from his mouth as he lies and lies.
Trump, like Cheney, and McConnell will need stakes driven through their hearts before they are buried.
@Deborah Webb Don’t forget Barr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
He wants a second term to avoid being prosecuted by SDNY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
even when that happens, nothing will happen
When Chris got to the end and was saying ‘Lots….and lots….” – I was sure he was going to say “golf”
Billions and billions and billions of ………..golf balls will be hit into the rough or Out of Bounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
“We are doing things like no one has done before”… Like turning America into a fascist dictatorship???? Just wondering….
Bianca Reininghaus he loves to say he’s gonna do unbelievable things. He proved that in his last term, I still can’t believe the things he’s done!
Through his incredible incompetence. He actually made bush Jr look presidential,that in itself was unbelievable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
Trump’s sentence structure is a combination of kindergarten and TBI.
@MAGA what an absolutely STUPID comment! Can’t you do better than “hahahaha”? 🤦♂️🤯😝👎😡
@MusicManMaurice and her last sentence that doesn’t make any sense at all…”I nothing you”🤦♂️???…🤪😝👎
@Elizabeth McKinley you need Grammarly.com really bad! 🤪👍
@Elizabeth McKinley lol…. TRUMP 2020, AGAIN!! Baby murdering Dems can’t do a thing to stop America’s most impressive, imposing, monumental, noble, proud, stately, exalted, kingly, princely, opulent, rich, brilliant, radiant, modest Des
@Paul Ferrante
Baby murdering Dems can’t do a thing to stop America’s most impressive, imposing, monumental, noble, proud, stately, exalted, kingly, princely, opulent, rich, brilliant, radiant, modest President the world has ever known…. 4 more loooong years! hahahahahahahahahaha All you Dems have is Sleepy Joe & the Hoe! lol
Trump’s an idiot. He’s never had a clear plan about what he’s going to do next throughout his life. He’s too damn lazy to make the effort.
@Brohim Allllll democrat’s are fools!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs
@MAGA your trolling for trump will result in a Trident or two for st. petersburg. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(missile)
@Timothy Murphy lol TRUMP 2020, AGAIN! 4 MORE LOOOONG YEARS. DEMS CAN’T STOP THE GREATEST PRESIDENT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN! TRUMP TRAIN…… ALLLLLL ABOARDDDDDD~~~~~
@MAGA yo’ mama.
BIDEN 2020 – 2028.
PELOSI 2028 – 2036
HARRIS. 2036 – 2044
Trump 00
According to Howard Stern, the people who are Trump’s voting base, “he would not let stay in a f- – – – – – g hotel. If one of them was to touch his car, he would have them arrested.
I saw it😂🤣 he said Donald dispizes his fan base, he would not have them at his golf courses.😂🤣 Stern should talk, he knows a lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62oPzl-FTs