Trump’s plan to rehabilitate his image: Explain past controversies

[mystery-ak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-plan-to-rehabilitate-his-image-explain-past-controversies/2016/05/17/de2225da-1c37-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html

 By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker May 17 at 3:14 PM

NEW YORK — In the face of a brutal new Democratic advertising assault, Donald Trump said he plans to rehabilitate his battered image in the coming weeks by publicly addressing head-on some of the most controversial episodes of his campaign.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s strategy is fueled by a desire to persuade voters that he’s nothing like the monster he believes his political adversaries and the media have portrayed him to be.

Trump is taking other steps to recalibrate the impression he leaves on voters. He sat down for a television special airing Tuesday night to make peace with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, with whom he has feuded for 10 months, and he has forcefully contested reporting that shows him to be callous and lecherous with women.

The moment speaks to the core challenge for Trump: His incendiary behavior, both before and during his populist campaign, has sown doubts about his character and fitness for office.

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[Bill Cipher]

Oh this'll be fun to watch. 

 

[sinkspur]

It's so easy to get under Trump's skin, all it will take is one off-handed comment, one question that catches him unawares, and he'll go off.  He can't help himself.

If you're explaining, you're losing.  And he's not going to change any minds.  You can't explain away "blood running out of her wherever."

[don-o]

If you're explaining, you're losing.  And he's not going to change any minds.  You can't explain away "blood running out of her wherever."

You can't explain away "blood running out of her wherever."

Or mocking the handicapped.
Or "take 'em out on a stretcher."
Or "I'll pay your legal bills"
Or ""Nuclear triad? What's that?"
Or "I've never had to ask forgiveness."

There's gotta be a master list out there.

[jmyrlefuller]

I have a hard time believing that.

Stone's Rule: Never complain, never explain.