New Yorkers think a few steps ahead and they skip ahead.
I was once in a restaurant in Manhattan and asked that the music be turned down a little. The response was:
“Candles?”
Which was an answer ahead of my next question which was to turn down or off a glaring light. The music and light were turned down immediately.
I imagine Trump was thinking to the question you described “Hey! Not only is that a silly question but your selection of one of the participants here is inappropriate.”
So he skipped to his next thought showing at the same time that the moderator’s question was unimportant and also at the same time putting Rand Paul in his place who I know to be without doubt a corrupt little weasel.
You’re going to see a lot of these types of New Yorkerisms in the future so best to get used to it or you’re going to feel left behind and flummoxed.
Got it.
Nouakchott.
That was me anticipating your next question: what is the capital of Mauritania?
Hank