Western Standard - March 06, 2024


34-Year-Old Donald Trump Quizzed on Potential Presidential Run

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Abraham Lincoln
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

210.0

Word count

315

Sentence count

23

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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Sen. John McCain speaks on running for President of the United States and why he doesn t think it's a good idea. John McCain is a former Marine and retired U.S. Marine Corps officer who served in the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Navy SEAL Teams, and served as a Navy SEAL Team Six commander in the Persian Gulf War.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 For some people, the ultimate goal in life has been becoming the President of the United States.
00:00:07.000 Would you like to be the President of the United States?
00:00:09.000 I really don't believe I would rather, but I would like to see somebody as the President who could do the job,
00:00:14.000 and there are very capable people in this country.
00:00:16.000 Most people who are capable are not running for office. Most men are frightened of politics today.
00:00:21.000 It is a shame, isn't it? Yes.
00:00:23.000 It is a shame. The most capable people are not necessarily running for political office,
00:00:29.000 and that is a very sad commentary on the country.
00:00:31.000 They had major corporations and they had this and that, but they are not running for political office.
00:00:36.000 Why wouldn't someone like yourself run for political office?
00:00:39.000 You have all the money that you possibly need. You've accomplished a great deal, even though you are only 34.
00:00:45.000 I know there's a lot of things that you possibly can do in the years ahead.
00:00:48.000 Why wouldn't you dedicate yourself to public service?
00:00:51.000 Because I think it's a very mean life. I would love and I would dedicate my life to this country,
00:00:57.000 but I see it as being a mean life, and I also see it as somebody with strong views,
00:01:01.000 and somebody with the kind of views that are maybe a little bit unpopular,
00:01:05.000 which may be right, but may be unpopular,
00:01:08.000 wouldn't necessarily have a chance of getting elected against somebody with no great brain but a big smile.
00:01:14.000 And that's a sad commentary for the political process.
00:01:17.000 Television in a strange way has ruined that process, hasn't it?
00:01:20.000 It's hurt the process very much. I mean the Abraham Lincolns of the world. 1.00
00:01:23.000 Abraham Lincoln would probably not be electable today because of television.
00:01:27.000 He was not a handsome man and he did not smile.