I'll give credit to Fox's Laura Ingraham as she actually challenged Trump....sort of anyway....for a minute or two. She brought up Trump's proposal for fifty-year mortgages....calling it more money for the bankers. Then Trump did what he has done for ten years now in interviews....he begins talking....blathering is a better word....some of it purposely just confusing the issue....or exaggerating where in continuing to talk fast....the interviewer has no chance to challenge....and in just outright lies....once again where he just continues to talk fast....changing the subject at times....attacking Biden or Powell at times....blah blah blah....end of interview.
There is absolutely nothing new in this. It's a grand deceitful ploy....and has proven very effective....enough so that conservatives and evangelicals have been taken in hook...line....and sinker....but Trump may have slipped up on one thing in his interview with Ingraham. She brought up the Supreme court's coming decision on whether the tariff money will have to be paid back....and Trump said that would be a disaster. She asked him what he would do....and here is where he slipped up....by giving her the real Trump Doctrine....on everything....as he blew off the question and quickly said...."I'll figure something out....that's what I do....I figure things out."
Trump cannot see the long run....and he never even tries. He just wants instant glory and then move on and let others mop up the mess. He does this on everything....including foreign policy. This Gaza peace deal would never hold up....but to Trump that doesn't matter....for he'll just figure something out when it collapses..
So what would Trump do when he eventually stands in judgment before Jesus Christ? He'll figure something out....or so he thinks. This Trump Doctrine of....I'll figure something out....has taken over the MAGA and conservative and evangelical mind. There is great disappointment ahead....and the shedding of real tears....and even the grinding of teeth....as the Trump Doctrine will be seen for the egotistical....short-sighted....irresponsible....me-centered doctrine that it is.
Addendum: Let me add this on that interview with Ingraham. He said that there is no big deal between a thirty-year or a fifty-year mortgage....as you only pay a little less....for a longer time. A half a century ago I worked as a loan officer....and what we were instructed to do was offer to everyone who came in to make a payment....to take a new loan out and pay a few other bills off....with smaller payments....just over a few more years....whether this was needed or not. It would not help the borrower....but be a lot more money for the lender.
