r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • Jun 02 '24

Trump Denies Ever Saying ‘Lock Her Up.’ He Did… Several Times Soft Paywall

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-denies-saying-lock-her-up-clinton-1235031145/
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u/crispydukes Jun 02 '24

Wow, he had better speaking skills 8 years ago

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada Jun 02 '24 edited Jun 02 '24

I watched the Ric Burns New York docuseries not too long after the election. There’s a segment where a voice was talking about about skyscrapers and building on NYC’s foundations, set over images of buildings. When it cut to his talking head and I realised it was Trump speaking, I was astonished. Back then he was able to speak quite smoothly and with more apparent intelligence than I would’ve given him credit for knowing him largely only from politics.

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u/Maskirovka Jun 04 '24

I watched the Ric Burns New York docuseries not too long after the election

It's sooooo good. Especially the parts on Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses and all the highway related stuff. I went down so many rabbit holes after watching that series.

There’s a segment where a voice

I remembered that, and I've seen people link it quite a few times recently. It's stunning how much word salad comes out of his mouth compared to earlier in life. His brain is mush at this point, whether it's dementia, drugs, STDs, or some combo...jfc

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada Jun 04 '24

It's sooooo good.

It's funny - I've watched a lot of Ric's work, and I've watched a ton of his (apparently estranged) brother Ken's series. I feel like smushed together they'd make a perfect documentarian, but separately, Ric is far too dry and Ken is far too sentimental. I learn a lot from Ric's movies but they feel longer than they are. Ken's movies fly by but are nowhere near as well researched or historically accurate.