Sure the claims he makes against Trump on style issues can be made about pretty much any politician. Trump is not unique in being narcisistic, or petulant, ect
Obama comes to mind. But Obama, unlike Trump, hates America.
Sam Gamgee wrote: “Sure the claims he makes against Trump on style issues can be made about pretty much any politician. Trump is not unique in being narcisistic, or petulant, ect”
That’s precisely the point. It is Trump’s style that turns off too many for him to be elected. It’s not 2016 anymore and he isn’t running against Hillary whose style was worse than Trump’s.
What’s remarkable is that he lists these huge and often unique ways in which Trump was a great candidate and leader...and then he says but Trump’s personality makes him unsupportable. It’s such a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater that I have a hard time believing it’s the real reason he rejects Trump. I think the real reason is deeper and is hard for guys like Barr to admit, which is that Trump makes them feel inadequate somehow. He threatens their egos, and that is simply too much for them to bear. Hence their relentless, visceral, and oddly disproportionate opposition to him.