Trump Loses It Last Night In Extended, Paranoid Rant On Hannity's Show

By Susie Madrak — August 12, 2020

Even for Trump, this was one of the most paranoid and rambling rants ever. He called into Fox News to have a chat with Sean Hannity, and it quickly spiraled downward.

But yes, the real issue here is Joe Biden's mental condition https://t.co/W9SVajBBn4

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 12, 2020

Oh. My. God. Really. Oh. My God. How could anyone of any political persuasion read the question and this answer and think “Boy oh boy, the country’s in great hands with this guy!” Trump is less and less coherent every single day. Oh. My. God. Nuclear codes.

— Casey Nikoloric (@CaseyNikoloric) August 12, 2020

Listening to Trump on Hannity. What started as a talk about Harris has turned into a discussion of "Hillary smashing the phones with hammers" and the Russia dossier. Sounds, honestly, like he and Hannity got bored talking Harris.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 12, 2020

This is interesting bc Hannity's opening monologue was a very effective rundown of Harris's liberal primary positions and gaffes (like immediately believing Jussie Smollett). Then Trump jumps on the phone and it's 2016 again.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 12, 2020

Are Trump and Hannity really going to get through a more than half-hour discussion without even indirectly addressing the pandemic that has killed 164,000 Americans, sickened many more, and ended society as we knew it?

Here's Trump ranting about Pulitzer Prizes pic.twitter.com/HOrFWegTEe

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 12, 2020

Trump, on Hannity to talk Harris, is talking windmills: "If you see a windmill and you hear a windmill, your home goes down by half, or less than half. It kills all the birds."

— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 12, 2020

In this long diatribe against windmills, Maggie Haberman, Pulitzer Prizes, and the radical left, you know what he didn't talk about (until Hannity's made him)? The pandemic.

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