Trump’s confusion about Bush’s slogan illustrates his narrow view of the presidency

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🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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President Trump sounded genuinely baffled by George H.W. Bush’s 1988 campaign slogan, “A thousand points of light," during a rally in Montana last week.

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0:00.0	The Power of Possible.
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0:09.0	Good morning.
0:11.0	I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Monday, July 9th.
0:20.0	In today's news, President Trump is keeping up the suspense on his Supreme Court pick, which he'll announce tonight.
0:27.0	Seven former Ohio State wrestlers have now come forward to say Jim Jordan knew or must have known.
0:33.7	And the United States threatened to cut aid to Ecuador
0:36.7	if it didn't withdraw a resolution to encourage breastfeeding. feeding.
0:45.0	But first, the big idea.
0:48.0	Trump's confusion about Bush's slogan
0:51.0	illustrates his narrow view of the presidency.
0:55.0	Donald Trump sounded genuinely baffled by George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign slogan,
1:00.7	a thousand points of light.
1:02.4	While riffing during a rally in Montana last
1:04.4	Thursday night, the 72-year-old president said he was always confused by what
1:08.4	Bush was talking about. And by the way, you know all the rhetoric you see here the thousand points of light.
1:14.3	What the hell was that by the way?
1:15.6	Thousand points of light.
1:16.8	What did that mean?
1:17.8	Does anyone know?
1:18.8	I know one thing.
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