Fox Host Breaks From Usual Trump Praise: ‘Makes Absolutely No Sense’ To Hit McCain

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President Trump didn’t get his usual cup of steaming hot affirmation from “Fox and Friends” Thursday morning.

While discussing Trump’s visit to Ohio Wednesday evening, co-host Brian Kilmeade praised the President for the economy before suggesting that he “swamped” his own message with his attacks on the late-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and the husband of one of his most loyal aides, George Conway.

“The problem is he swamped his own message by going after George Conway and in that speech, inexplicably, segue way to going after John McCain,” Kilmeade said. “It makes absolutely no sense.”

Trump has gone after both Conway and McCain multiple times in the past two days, most notably slamming McCain — who passed away from brain cancer nearly seven months ago — because he didn’t get a “thank you” for his funeral.

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  1. Kilmeade: “It makes absolutely no sense” for Trump to bash John McCain pic.twitter.com/pNLmT8y8sR

    — TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) March 21, 2019

    If you know Donald Trump, and are paying attention, it all makes perfect sense. Claiming this is confusing is akin to expressing puzzlement at the cat chasing the mouse.
  2. “It makes absolutely no sense.”

    The motto of the Trump maladministration.

  3. One wonders what Kilmeade expects from President Inappropriate?

  4. This is moon-level political gravity, not Earth level, but gravity is gravity. Evidently it’s not true that Trump can say or do anything and have it received 100 percent positively forever.

  5. It’s just than when he exceeds a certain level of Batshit Craziness , they have trouble spinning it positive to he Rubes.
    Cindy McCain reports that she has received death threats and vile messages , so I guess he is achieving an objective on certain levels

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