Jeffrey Goldberg: The ‘Essence’ of Trump Is that It Is ‘All About Him’

‘He relates to the Supreme Court through the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg said something mean’

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"I thought one of the truest moments of this last phase was — was with a question — a very large question about the future of the Supreme Court, and Donald Trump could have gone anywhere with that question. And instead he pivoted to — to making the assertion that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the justices, was — was mean to him. It all comes down — this is the essence of who he is. It’s all about — there’s nothing else but him in this. He relates to the Supreme Court through the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg said something mean. And that was — that was his answer. And there’s nothing that lifts him beyond his base in that kind of answer."

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