At today's (Beijing time, March 24) "Make America Safe Again" launch event, Trump said: "Everyone on the streets of Washington is telling me 'thank you.' Young female employees at the White House came up to thank him, saying they now feel safe walking to work. Previously, even riding an Uber was terrifying—cars would be robbed while they were inside. 'And it wasn't just robbery; that’s the mildest form of what happened.' Trump also joked that since his election, he hasn’t dared to compliment anyone’s appearance, because once he says, 'This young lady is really beautiful,' his political career would basically be over.
[Sarcastic] Commentary: This old man is indeed extremely arrogant—he takes credit for minor improvements in Washington’s public safety, fabricates a story about grateful White House female staff to boost his image, and completely ignores the fact that earlier he forcibly pushed federal takeover of local policing and deployed National Guard units—an overreach of authority aimed at covering up problems. On one hand, he boasts about restoring safety to the streets; on the other, he pretends to be victimized by political correctness, joking he can no longer compliment women’s beauty. He transforms his past reckless, flippant remarks into a supposed helplessness constrained by political correctness. This self-written and self-directed drama is nothing but theatrical embellishment for his political performance—hypocritical and laughable.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1860496067173380/
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