".....[Donald] Trump: This is the best time to think like a champion. As an example, the house is being foreclosed. You go see your bank -- maybe you can make a deal, maybe you can't. But you can make a deal with a bank on another house, and much better than the one you're living in. ... They'll do any deal to get rid of their product.
They have houses by the thousands. And you go see that bank and you make a deal.
[Larry] King: How do you assess [Barack Obama]?
Trump: Well, I really like him. I think that he's working very hard. He's trying to rebuild our reputation throughout the world. The previous administration was a total disaster, a total catastrophe.
And, you know, the world looks at us differently than they used to. ... He was handed a pretty bad deck of cards. And I'm not saying I agree with everything he's doing. ... I do agree with what they're doing with the banks. Whether they fund them or nationalize them, it doesn't matter, but you have to keep the banks going.
King: Do you assess him as a champion?
Trump: Oh, yes, he's a champion. I mean, he won against all odds. When he first announced, people were giving him virtually no chance. And he's just done something that's amazing."....
he had to give him a chance. Everybody did. he was the first black POTUS and the previous administration was a total disaster which is what got us Obama in the first place.
I hate to see you doing this. You're the best researcher on FR, have been since I cyber-met you 16 years ago. But it's time to let go. Trump is a force of nature, the imperfect hero of the caliber we so admire in history and literature. If he can't get it done, no one else can or will. In four years, after the other contenders develop their views and ability to take charge and lead, one of them will emerge. Both political parties can regroup and get their priorities straight. Only someone real strong who attracts a lot of attention, across the political spectrum, can get that started.
That’s 2009 and, while most of us knew it, there wasn’t a sure sign of how bad Obama was actually going to be. Kind of a reverse of Obama getting the Nobel Prize before actually doing anything - if you thought that was crap, then hitting at trump for that early on comment is also crap.