President Trump wittily shuts down a snarky reporter - American Thinker

President Trump wittily shuts down a snarky reporter - American Thinker
"When Trump was at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, he did what he so often does – he gave an impromptu press conference. 
Before it began, either Trump or his team told a crowd of people who were at the club that they were welcome to stick around to listen to him take the reporters’ questions. 

One of the reporters opened, not with a question, but with an accusation. 
“You said that the pandemic is disappearing, but we lost 6,000 Americans this week, And just in this room, you have dozens of people that are not following guidelines in New Jersey, which say we should not have more than 25 people….”

Trump answered, “No, they don’t have to. It’s a political activity….”

At that point, the people assembled booed the reporter so loudly that the President fell silent. When the room was quiet again, he resumed. 

“You’re wrong about that because it’s a political activity. They have exceptions. Political activity. And it’s also a peaceful protest.”

The room exploded with laughter, as Trump continued, “And as you know, they asked if they could be here. 

And to me they look like they all have, they pretty much all have masks on. 

You have an exclusion in the law. 

It says peaceful protest or political activity, right? 

It says exactly, political activity or peaceful protests. And you can call it political activity, but I would call it peaceful protests because they heard you were coming up and they know the news is fake. 

They understand it better than anybody.”

...A president with that kind of quick wit – “I would call it peaceful protests” – is a strong president. 
Americans recognize that he has the mental acuity and toughness to take on whatever the world throws at him.

Trump provides a marked contrast to Joe Biden, whose mental acuity visibly deteriorates on a day-by-day basis...Read all.