'He doesn't know anything': Conservative exposes basis for Trump's 'howler monkey' routine

A conservative explained that the debate between Donald Trump and president Joe Biden would reveal how little the presumptive Republican nominee knew about policy or anything else.

The twice-impeached convicted felon will face off against the president Thursday night in a debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, and The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that it would present voters with an important contrast.

"Of course, this debate is pivotal," Sykes said. "It is incredibly important, but we live in an era of just constant amnesia. You do this every day, right? Sometimes at the end of the week, you look back and say, what actually happened this week? Something that happened two weeks ago feels like it happened in a different era – that's important. As for, you know, undecided voters, there was a survey in Wisconsin yesterday of registered voters that found the race tied 50/50, which is amazing. That means there's no undecided voters out there."

"You're going to have this post-debate spin that's going to be as significant as anything that happened," he added. "I'm fascinated about the discussion on expectations. Who is going to show up? What's going to happen? We don't know. We do know one thing: Donald Trump is going to be Donald Trump. Donald Trump is either going to be the unhinged howler monkey, or, and I've heard a lot of speculation about this, pundits saying maybe we'll get... the more disciplined and presidential Donald Trump. That Donald Trump doesn't exist. "

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Trump needs chaos to shield his ignorance from the public, Sykes said.

"Keep in mind, if you have a 90-minute debate in which the temperature is low, one thing we're going to discover or be reminded about Donald Trump is that he doesn't really know anything about anything," Sykes said. "Now I don't think this debate is going to turn on policy or substance, but if it does, think about it, how much does Donald Trump know about substance and policy? How many questions can he answer about substance and policy? At his rallies, interviews, think about what he actually talks about. I mean, he's doing this non-prep where he is doing softball interviews and doing the rallies. Listen to what he says when he is unscripted. Listen to what he says when he's, you know, off the hook. You know, I'll be fascinated by seeing, you know, how does Donald Trump react to not having an audience? How does Donald Trump react to actually having hostile interviewers? How does Donald Trump have to react when he is trying to pretend or be the reality star who wants people to think he's presidential?"

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06 27 2024 06 14 47 youtu.be