The Trump mosquito episode was less unhinged than his usual demented word salad, by Hal Brown, MSW

 

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Here's what Trump said durinng what was billed as a Fox News town hall:

“But we did a good debate, we had a good debate and it was a fair debate. And he was down like 18 or 19 points after the debate.” 

This was before before he swatted the air around his head. He continued: 

“I hate mosquitoes, I’m surprised. I didn’t think we had — we don’t like those mosquitoes, running around. We want nothing to do with them. But — and we want nothing to do with bad politicians that hate our country too if you wanna know the truth.” (From HUFFPOST article Donald Trump’s Biden Rant Gets Totally Derailed By Surprise Guest On Fox News)

 

You can watch Trump's reaction to a mosquito flying near his face here.

MSN republished an article from The Times of India which had this cartoon:

I've been writing about how Trump speaks in disconnected words and how this is indicative of dementia, but actually his jumping from talking about how he hates mosquitos and wanting nothing to do with them to wanting nothing to do with bad politicians actually made sense, at least to a point. He would have been more precise if instead of saying "they hate our country, too" because it gives these insects human characteristics, he should have said they are annoying, useless, and can be dangerous."

Nobody likes mosquitos. They are always annoying. In some parts of the country there is reason to fear them since some of them carry Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). 

Instead of abruptly shifting the topic to, say, how windmills kill birds, he made a somewhat logical connection to bad politicians. 

Trump could have done better in his equating mosquitos with bad politicians. Once upon a time when he had a semblance of mental acuity he might have described how his political enemies had the characteristics of mosquitos. After all they are annoying, can bite you, cause itchy rashes, suck your blood, and they can carry serious diseases (reference). 

Even so, his jumping from having a mosquito flying in his face to bad politicans wasn't as demented as the rants I wrote about a couple of days ago here.

This bug bugging Trump did him a favor since the incident gave him a line that prompted his audience to cheer him.

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