Maggie Haberman Weaves Her Way Through Donald Trump's Latest Rambling 'PR' Attempt

The New York Times Maggie Haberman dismissed former President Donald Trump s claim that his tangent-filled ramblings are actually part of a genius tactic that hes dubbed, The Weave.

Trump recently told a 2024 campaign rally in Pennsylvania:

You know, I do the weave. You know what the weave is? Ill talk about like nine different things, and they all come back brilliantly together and its like, and friends of mine that are, like, English professors, they say, Its the most brilliant thing Ive ever seen. But the fake news, you know what they say? He rambled.

NPRs Dave Davies played audio of those Trump comments to Haberman on the Fresh Air show. Haberman deadpanned in response, I dont think he has friends who are English professors.

I dont think that this is some intentional strategy, she continued. I think that he is aware that theres a lot of questions about whether his speaking patterns have deteriorated, and he is just doing PR on that. I dont think these various threads all weave together brilliantly toward the end.

Haberman was very struck, she said, by how meandering Trump was during a recent rally. It was never not meandering, but he is going off on a lot of tangents these days. And I just think hes trying to combat negative headlines by saying that.

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