Michael Ian Black: The Big Problem With Selling a Kinder, Gentler Donald Trump

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Michael Ian Black: The Big Problem With Selling a Kinder, Gentler Donald Trump
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I am grateful that Trump wasn’t killed or seriously injured. I am hopeful for his newfound belief in unity. However, I am extremely doubtful that his deeds will match his words.

After the horrific assassination attempt against him—and the murder of former fire chief Corey Comperatore—at his rally last Saturday, Donald Trump gave an interview to Salena Zito of theTrump vowed to use the incident to turn away from his caustic rhetoric, ripping up the “humdinger” speech he’d planned on delivering as an attack on Democrats and President Joe Biden in favor of something more temperate. “This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024.Plus, there’s the issue of Trump’s previous language regarding immigrants. For years, Trump has been calling them rapists, criminals, vermin, mental hospital patients, and prisoners.

But when you’re talking about expelling millions and millions of people, the vast majority of whom have committed no crime greater than cutting the line, it’s a little tough. Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.That should go over well, I think. Healing, unifying, generous. A great message. Now, I’m no fan of the Second Amendment, but I recognize that “THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS” is important to many Americans, so maybe Trump could find some unifying language on that front.

Moving on to restoring peace in Europe and in the Middle East. See, when we get down to specifics, the sledding gets a little rougher. Just look at the European component for a second. Trump has, famously, tried out his unity message with Putin well before he decides to try it out on his own country. So he has some experience. The problem is that Trump’s plan for ending the Ukraine war is to give Putin everything he wants.

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