Yeah, that stuck out to me also. He had a flow in his mind for the conversation, and reacted to what she said inside his mind, while completely missing the totally different thing which she actually said. It was already clear that his brain works that way but it is an instructively candid example from his unscripted life.

Yeah, the closest Trump gets to genuine charm is when he accidentally starts to resemble a goofy Saturday morning cartoon show villain, "Ah, I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for my nincompoop henchmen! I tell you, it's impossible for supervillains like me to find reliable evildoers these days, why is no one talking about this?"

Like, he's not trying to be charming, he's trying to threateningly project power, but he's so bad at it it comes off like a joke.

None of these fuckers have. I remember watching Jeff Sessions up there talking about how God wants him to put refugee children in cages and it just clicked in my head. The man has never once cared for a child in his life. Oh sure he provided the sperm, he used tax dollars to hire the nannies, but the actual effort of being a parent he has not performed.

You never see any of these people struggling with a car seat, or telling a story about being late cause their kid threw up, or having to leave work to go see their kids school play.

You also missed the part when, after the deposition was over, Trump's lawyers, who we all know now are incompetent and inattentive to details, immediately sprung up to confirm that they were now off the record. They knew what he was going to say.

That means they had to plan it. Trump must have gone to them ahead of time and said "I'm gonna call her a cunt straight to her face, and there's nothing you can do to make me stop". So they had to enact a strategy to make sure it didn't get into the record. And then, they probably had to snicker a bit to prove they thought the joke was totally OK and they really got her good.

I can't imagine a better response even if she knew what he meant. "What do you mean Donald? Our meeting is Wednesday, did you forget?"

See (C) you (U) next (N) Tuesday (T) - yes, it's childish.

It's the type of thing a junior high kid would say to a frenemy to sound edgy, while at the same time avoiding all the "naughty words" that would get them in trouble with the teacher.

So, totally on brand for Donald Trump. Actually a bit too mature for him, since he's said directly that his temperment hasn't changed at all since first grade.

That and he didn't get his way to not have a lunch break. He thought he had the power to say no since they were at Mar a lago and they wouldn't have option for a lunch if he said so, then got angry when he lost on that little decision. That's the temperament of the GOP forerunner, can't even be overruled on a lunch decision without being set off.

Everyone in South Park tells Cartman directly to his face that he’s a fat piece of shit that everyone hates and he still thinks they all love him so this tracks.

“You guys really do think I’m cooooooooollll”