Leslie Stahl's trainwreck of an interview with Trump on @60minutes is useful as a window into the ignorance - as well as arrogance - of the elitist left.
Stahl appeared confused on the facts and unable to understand the responses. Easy game for Trump
One thing that really struck me - after I realised that she was sober - was how SIMPLISTIC and SHALLOW her understanding was.
It's a zero-sum circuitry:
Obama - GOOD. Trump - BAD.
Evidence and facts be damned.
For example, she seemed incapable of accepting that Obama also separated families and children at the border, as well as detained kids in CAGES.
It was cognitive dissonance. When Trump pushed the point home, she ran for the hills.
Stahl then trotted out the Obama/Clinton Trump-Russia lie as fact.
I mean, anyone with half a brain knows that there are YUGE questions about the entire narrative, by now.
I know, I know. She's a partisan hack. But this was a glaring example of how DUMB these people are.
As Trump repeatedly tried to explain to Stahl, there is no YES/NO answer, when it comes to the most difficult and powerful job in the world.
It's often a choice between two bad options - 'the least worst'. Of trying to work with evil people.
The harsh reality of the world.
In Stahl's world of fawning adulation & narcissism aka #FakeNews, everyone has so much money, that they'll never have to worry about the real world impacts of their ideology.
All they need is never-ending narcissistic supply. Trump won't give it to them - they hate him for it.
So, Leslie Stahl will now return to her staff.
Will the producer tell her the truth?
'Leslie, that was utter sh!t. You made yourself and us look like total idiots. There are people on twitter who know more than us. Pack your bags.'
No. Course he/she won't.
It will be a standing ovation and yet more fawning adulation, of course.
'Leslie, you are a genius.'
'Only Leslie could have taken on Drumpf and won.'
'Today, we are ALL Leslie Stahl'.
On and on it goes. A 24/7 circle jerk of group narcissism, based on lies.
And yet another bottle of champagne will be cracked open as they toast each other & themselves, all using each other as a mirror to bask in their greatness.
While Trump laughs his head off.
The modern left is a #BonfireoftheVanities
Stahl proved that, again.