Let's workshop some rhetoric

[edelsont]

In a recent dispatch from the alternate universe that is Donald Trump's brain, we learn that that he had “smiled” when North Korea described Joe Biden recently as a “fool of low I.Q.” The White House spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, also said that Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim’s government “agree in their assessment” of Mr. Biden.  (www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/politics/trump-biden-north-korea.html)

Later in the day, Mr. Biden chose to take the high road in response: “I’m not going to get down in the mud wrestling with this fella.”

 

Probably a sound strategy, in general.  But in this case, I think maybe he could have had it both ways.  Would he have been "getting down in the mud" if he had replied with something like this?

 

"I don't know about you, Mr. President.  But speaking for myself, I don't think that an endorsement from Kim Jong-un is something that I would choose to brag about."
 

Comments

[johnny9fingers]

Poor old Joe; the way you describe him he appears the American definition of l'esprit d'escalier.

Maybe the Dems need someone as sharp as Mr Obama. Wit is deadly to politicians, especially when wielded by another politician.

[oportet]

Is it possible to be more trumpy than Trump? If not - the 'reserved statesman' act seems like a waste.

"I am nobler than Trump!" Well no shit - what other tricks can you do?

He'll need to loosen up - but maybe not yet - how forgiving would Dems be for a slip up now?

[edelsont]

Winning a debate with Donald Trump is a simple matter of bringing a stiletto to a rotten-egg fight.