In a “60 Minutes Overtime” interview the next day, Trump
walked senior CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell through his perspective of
the shooting.
“There were a number of people who were very, very scared,” O’Donnell said in the extended cut of the interview. “How worried were you that there were going to be injuries?”
“I wasn’t worried,” Trump said in response after a pause. “I understand life. We live in a crazy world.”
He went on to say that he was watching the back door of the ballroom because he wanted to know what was going on and if he could “be helpful.”
There were hundreds of law enforcement personnel between the alleged would-be assassin and President Trump. And he hung around a little so he could "be helpful." No one believes that. Trump told O'Donnell additionally
I also saw a lot of very strong, physically strong, really attractive law enforcement people come through those doors. And frankly, it made me feel very safe, very, very safe. There’s nobody going to get by them. … They were very impressive, I think they were very impressive. I think the whole operation was very impressive.
Similarly, on March 25, Trump had
praised Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for their “larger” and “harder” muscles that they’re "supposed to have” after he deployed agents to more than a dozen airports, where their presence doesn’t appear to have made a dent in hours-long security lines across the country.
Searching for an explanation for the obvious homoeroticism, HuffPost found psychologists with their own peculiar explanations. One claimed
There are associations between physical attractiveness and strength, most notably through what we call symmetry. Humans are sort of programmed to develop symmetrically, and people who do develop more symmetrically are expected to have better genes. More symmetrical individuals tend to be rated as more physically attractive.
Another stated
In psychology, there is a tacit tenet among humans that what
is beautiful is good. Studies support that babies will respond with a smile and
trust to a face and appearance that is attractive and proportionate, vs. to [a]
disproportionate [one]. As we mature, we learn to move past this in varying
degrees, but still, there is an immediate ease to trust someone who presents
well.
Yet another believes the "halo effect" is at play, in which
Trump’s statement illustrates the common
biased assumption that physically attractive people are good at things that are
not in fact related to physical attractiveness,” Eastwick wrote. “If the law
enforcement agents appear ‘camera-ready,’ people like Trump might feel safer,
but there’s no evidence that attractiveness is related to any sort of
professional competence in the law enforcement domain (or any other domain for
that matter).
At some point in their acdemic studies, practice, or research, they should have heard of the Law of Parsimony- better known as Occam's Razor- which postulates "the easiest explanation is often the best one." And you all remember the song, the Village People's "YMCA," which long ago became a staple at Trump rallies. Written by the group's lead singer and its producer, the hit "has been embraced as an anthem of the LGBTQ community"
In the first year of Donald Trump's term, the lead singer wisely denied that YMCA was written as a gay anthem. However, when the group "started out, they garnered success by appealing to one of disco’s most engaged audiences – the gay community. With suggestive lyrics, floor-filling beats, and elaborate costumes they were a shoo-in for the club-lined streets of Greenwich Village."
Denial aside, Donald Trump decided to embrace this rather unique (as a dance) dance to accompany the song
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