"I Think What Donald Meant Was . . ."

I watched a panel on CNN this morning discuss last night's Commander-In-Chief Forum. Donald Trump said some pretty stupid things during the Forum, such as praising Putin because he has "82% approval" in Russia, claiming that he never supported the Iraq War, and stating we should have taken Iraq's oil, etc.. Trump surrogates on the panel were asked this morning whether they agreed with these ridiculous statements. Five times the Trump surrogates responded, "Well, I think what Donald meant was . . ."

This touches upon one of my biggest problems I have visualizing Trump as President, namely, his penchant for saying stupid shit and the corresponding need for his supporters to constantly correct him or defend him by stating, "well, what Donald really meant to say was . . ." 

Now, no president -- or candidate for that office -- is immune from the "saying stupid shit" syndrome, but Donald appears to be way more afflicted with this illness than most. Needless to say, this is a troublesome problem for someone running for President of the United States. 

Markets crash when the Leader of the Free World says dumb things.  If Trump somehow becomes president, is he going to have to appoint a special "Secretary of Corrections" who has to come out every day and say, "What President Trump really meant with that statement was . . ."?

One thing I like about Obama -- and Hillary -- is that they both are very careful with what they say in public.  Obama learned that lesson the hard way.  Remember the GOP attacking Obama when he said to American business owners "you didn't build that"? Obama was referring to the roads and infrastructure that are used by America's businesses, but the Republicans tried to argue that Obama was really accusing U.S. business owners of not actually building their own businesses.  This line of attack really didn't amount to much, but Republicans nonetheless repeated their horseshit "interpretation" for years, no doubt because it played well with the GOP's radicalized, Obama-hating base.

Bottom line:  America cannot afford to have a president whose statements have to be corrected on a daily basis.  Trump would be precisely that type of Commander-in-Chief, and this makes him wholly unfit for the job.