Posted on 03/25/2016 5:43:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Will Trump 2.0 ever show up?
Donald Trump, for all his theatrics, has repeatedly hinted that at some point he'd tone down the rhetoric and begin to act like a more traditional candidate. "Once you get to a certain level, it changes," he told Greta van Susteren last month about his speaking style and approach to campaigning. "I will be changing very rapidly."
On CBS News' "Face the Nation," he told host John Dickerson that President would be a "much different person" than candidate Trump.
We've seen glimpses of a more presidential -- or at least less purposefully off-putting -- Trump as recently as his scripted AIPAC speech earlier this week. We also saw it at the last Republican debate, where he mostly refrained from childish taunts.
We've seen this before, too, at various times this cycle, most notably as voting got underway for the first three contests, when he seemed to show some restraint. "Watch his latest interviews and you'll see someone becoming a better politician -- shifting and moving the pieces around him with a greater degree of knowledge of the terrain," the conservative writer Ben Domenech said on the eve of the Iowa caucus. "This is what should really scare Republican elites: It's learning."
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Well if Obama is considered “presidential” I certainly hope not...
Trump certainly looked Presidential addressing AIPAC.
“Will Donald Trump ever seem “presidential”?”
I certainly hope not; I would no longer trust/believe him if he does...
I wonder if that’s the expression Larry Sinclair has seen before...; )
right
You’re only “presidential” if you support the welfare state, socialism, and sodomy, apparently.
Presidential ain't what it used to be...
According to the GOPe, Mittens Romney and Juan McLame acted "Presidential" and they are two PROVEN LOSERS.
The bastard currently infesting the white hut acts "presidential" by doing the wave and the cha-cha while our allies are attacked.
To hell with "acting Presidential", I want a President that will HIT BACK!
It goes both ways, of course. You can't change a leopard's spots, and you can't change Gutter Donald's spots, either.
Define “acting presidential”? If you mean will he ever tone down his rhetoric, speak in measured terms, stop his Twitter flame wars, and cease offending whole demographics? No, I don’t think so. I don’t think he could even if he wanted to.
compared to what we have now ???
We need to see more of that!
Can he dance and play golf?
Trump couldn't stick to a prepared speech or avoid bragging about himself for twenty minutes.
Oh boy, is that ever rife for a queer photoshop.
Or, as Presidential-acting Al Gore said “You can’t change a leopards stripes.”
He can’t control himself. He doesn’t have the temperament. Too old to change.
I think he will keep this up until after he wins NY - he’s playing to the home team.
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