CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Trump’s Words Are ‘Weightless Often’
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria tonight warned about the problems America faces when the words of the President of the United States are taken as “weightless.”
Anderson Cooper brought up the curious mixed messages from the White House on Syria today, given what President Trump said about bringing troops back home.
He also made a point of bringing up what Trump said on the campaign trail criticizing his predecessor, Barack Obama, for announcing military movies to the public instead of surprising the enemy.
Zakaria noted Trump has kept the campaign promise of unpredictability before saying, “What’s striking to me is that Donald Trump has ended up pretty much where Barack Obama was, which is to say whatever the strategy… the reality that President Trump is reflecting, I think, is that the American public is tired of being engaged militarily in the Middle East.”
But he went on to say these words may ultimately be meaningless:
“I think the truth of the matter is it probably doesn’t mean that much. President Trump says these things––you know, I’ve said it before, his words are weightless often. This is what he felt he had to say to that audience because it felt right at the moment. It’s not clear it’s actually going to mean very much. If it does mean the unilateral and rapid withdrawal of American military power in Syria, it would be a bad idea. But I don’t know it means that. I think it means he was playing to the crowd, as he often is.”
Watch above, via CNN.
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