“is there some reasonable interpretation other than the one I posited?”
Your interpretation is tendentious, not reasonable.
Trump said, “Nobody’s perfect. Stop being such a bunch of girls while I’m trying to back us away from WWIII.”
Except... that’s not what Trump actually said, was it
Here’s what he said
Pressed about Putin’s history of violence, Trump said: “There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?”
Oh and yes — the rest of the interview is fine (as expressed in the excerpts) - his actions are great. Got no complaints about that -
And yes, for sure, let’s partner with Russia to get rid of ISIS - that’s a fantastic idea (not being sarcastic, for those of you in Rio Linda or West Palm Beach, I really mean that)
what I’d sure like someone to set me straight about whether there is some way to interpret this other than the obvious moral equivalence
So far, the replies are Oh-for-all posts.