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On Tuesday, President Trump tried to walk back the comments he made in Helsinki where he sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence officials in regards to election meddling. The President suggested he misspoke and meant to say, “I don’t see why it wouldn’t be Russia?” The excuse rightfully raised eyebrows considering the rest of his comments.
To kick off CNN’s OutFront that night, host Erin Burnett bitterly wondered, “Did the dog eat his homework, too?” “[H]ow stupid does President Trump think we Americans are,” she declared in a frustrated huff. She would get her answer a short time later from CNN senior political analyst Mark Preston.
“I say this and I'm not saying this tongue in cheek. How stupid does he think we are,” Burnett asked one more time after she introduced her panel. Preston spoke up immediately and took a thinly veiled shot Americans who supported Trump in the election, basically arguing they were the ones stupid enough to fall for it.
“Well, short answer is he thinks we're very stupid. And in many ways you can't argue against that,” he asserted. “He has gotten away with this ever since he came down that escalator when he announced his presidency. We have seen him time and time again say one thing that is outrageous, that causes anger, then he turns around and acts like he never said it.”
As evidence to back up his attack, Preston cited the breakdown of President Trump’s base. “Now, the problem that we're facing right now, Erin, is he enjoys an 80 percent approval rating amongst Republicans,” he complained.
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