Is this a contest? CNN: Trump finds his voice in Vegas after stumbling in Puerto Rico

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Las Vegas (CNN)When President Donald Trump sought to bring comfort to this shell-shocked city Wednesday, the contrast with his paper-towel tossing visit to Puerto Rico Tuesday could not have been more stark.

One was jarring in its display of Trump's defensive and juvenile behavior against a backdrop of death and desperation. The other was measured and presidential.

The President, who arrived at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada trauma center on Wednesday, was gracious and deferential. One nurse recalled how he greeted first responders by gripping them on both arms, leaning in with warmth to tell them how grateful he was.

He and first lady Melania Trump went room to room to talk to each of the 10 patients he visited and their families. He asked for their stories of how they survived as the hail of bullets rained down from the gunman. He wanted to know about their favorite country stars, whether they heard the gunshots, how they escaped the venue, whether they had arrived at the hospital in pickup trucks. He invited them to "drop by" the White House when they were in Washington, one doctor said.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/politics/trump-las-vegas-puerto-rico/index.html

[madaboutharry]

1. CNN always plays this game.

When push comes to shove they are unable to tell it like it is.

[tanyev]

2. Pre-screened patients whose visits ended up in campaign videos. Shame on you, CNN.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Trump's "voice" was monotone, unemotional and insincere

If that's the best we can expect from him, that's a very sad fact to deal with.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. It's just his typical "reading from a prepared script" voice.

After the shitshow in PR, someone wrote it up and strongly advised him to stick to it. So we have the equivalent of a third-grader reading his "What I Did Last Summer" essay in front of the class.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. CNN. Constant Neverending Normalization

[ecstatic]

5. It's called acting, and bad acting at that. He sounded like a WWF wrestler

auditioning for the role of President in a D-list, straight to DVD movie. No offense intended towards Dwayne Johnson and John Cena who have both blossomed into decent actors.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[HughBeaumont]

6. This screams one thing -

Corporations and their media are SO painfully desperate for a Republican politician that doesn't suck in some way. Particularly a Republican President that doesn't suck with the force of a hurricane.

Unfortunately, their six choices since Eisenhower have all been obviously damaging to the United States; this one promising to be the most deadly to the brand.

Maybe, like mass shootings, it's time to stop mainstreaming terrible Republican presidents.

Of course, it's long past time for America to stop falling for and defaulting to Republicans . . . one can only dream.

[LuckyCharms]

9. No, he didn't find his voice, and he'll never find his dick. n/t