Trump: I regret sometimes saying ‘the wrong thing’

“I’ve never wanted to learn the language of the insiders and I’ve never been politically correct. It takes far too much time…truthfully, it takes far too much time and can make it more difficult to achieve total victory.”

Humility is not something for which Trump is famous, but he really does seem to be smoothing out some of his rougher edges. I, for one, find his apology very refreshing. Makes him seem not only more humble, but more human as well.

No one, bar Jesus Christ, is perfect. It takes a big man to admit it when he makes mistakes and apologize for it.

Don’t look back. Keep your eye to the future. Don’t let the enemy define the terms of battle.

Trump is defining the terms of battle. You will notice that he did NOT make his admission during any particular controversy, and was not specific in what he might have said differently. He also implied that this happens sometimes necessarily if you want honesty, and who doesn't want honesty? He gets to be a big man without admitting he said anything that wasn't true.

Someone earlier in the thread pointed out that this makes it much harder for HRC to go after Trump in certain ways without appearing to be a hypocrite.

Politics in competitive races is not usually just a guy pulls a gun, you pull a bigger and faster gun. It is more like a tactical setting where you might get to make the battle happen where you want it to, but even the nest available location will have features that your enemy will try to exploit. Your job is to minimize that exposure while striking at the enemies weaknesses in the same setting, and that is not always a straight on attack. It is often in anticipating the manner of the enemy's attack.

Exactly, He knew CNN would top bill his “regret” comment. He baited them. Most in America feel better about a man that can see an error and admit it. This will bring in many that were on the fence about Trump, I think it is a brilliant move and changes the tone of the election.

I watched part of the speech. DT then goes through and asks whether HC ever apologizes for Bengazi, for ISIS, for pay-for-play at State.

Of course the AP does not have any of that in the articles. The DT strategy would work if the reporters were honest

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/18/for-the-first-time-trump-voices-regret-for-causing-personal-pain.html

Uhhh, unless I’m missing it, I don’t see where Trump says he made “mistakes” about what he meant. He’s quoted as saying he regrets saying “the wrong thing”, as in his choice of words.

I certainly can’t speak for him, but, it seems he’s not referring to substance in this statement... just style. Even so, what’s the big deal if he would have a change of mind/heart regarding some matter? Don’t discredit it simply because it’s a change - critique the new position on it’s own merits. And here, in any case, I don’t read any new expressions of positions.

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