I know. I’m just exhausted with all the fake choreography, scripting, and deception, and I’m wondering when the press will finally be fed up with it all too. It’s embarrassing to watch as these types of things are “produced,” and we’re told to believe it’s all live and candid, while it’s painfully obvious it is all staged. Lord knows how many takes they did on that speech, and the man still wasn’t able to piece together the lines.
Maybe my expectations are too high, but the POTUS shouldn’t have to use a teleprompter, really ever. Maybe some bullet point notes on topics that are intended to be covered, but otherwise the person in that role should be able to just stand up there and speak freely on the topics to deliver the message. That goes for anyone in that role.
Imagine how refreshing, and frankly, inspiring it would be if the POTUS was able to turn off the teleprompters and speak directly to people like a real human being. Hell, if someone was able to do that, I would at the very least respect them, even if I entirely disagreed with them. But sitting there and stumbling over RECORDED lines that certainly were written by whoever is really running the “show” does not inspire confidence in leadership.