LOL.... another own-goal by this White House... the flag is now back at half-staff again

[LiberalLovinLug]

18. What gets me sometimes is how politically stupid the man is

But I gather his hubris is just too large for even practical political decisions to get to the surface.
Like, why not just bloody-well leave the flag at half mast.....even if you detest the man. It would at least not garner any bad press. Not that his deplorables care.

Or NOT saying there's good people on both sides?
Or insisting you won the popular vote?
Or meet with Putin in private, the leader of the country that cyber attacked the US?

He just does not even think ahead enough, or blithely ignores his advisors, on the most basic political moves and/or statements. Ones that should be no-brainers. Not talking ethically here, just basic political optics.

And that is frankly, what scares me about some future Trump, only one with political smarts who knows not to step his foot into it so much especially when he doesn't have to. I can only imagine that Trump without Twitter, ever, would probably be polling much higher. If he had handed in his Twitter account after being sworn in, and also only read prepared for him by writers, all public statements. If he were smarter, and humbler, that is, he could have allowed a crack PR team to transform him into the shining American businessman and maverick hero for the little guy, did what they told him, read what they wrote for him.

But no.....his own dumb self-centered brain would never allow that.