The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com . Donald Trump doesn’t seem to like Maine Gov.
Janet Mills, based on a rambling campaign call to supporters in the Pine Tree State on Monday. He also doesn’t seem to know that she’s a woman, repeatedly referring to Mills as “he” on the call. This small mistake speaks volumes about Trump, his factual awareness and his strained relationship with the truth.
Politicians misspeak and confuse things all the time. But Trump has habitually taken that to a new level, packaging incorrect information in an air of certainty that would have his supporters believe just about anything. Call us old fashioned, but if you’re going to declare that someone is “weak and ineffective,” it might be good to actually know who they are.
He attempts to criticize and stoke fear about a rival Democratic politician, but cannot even get basic facts about that person correct. In his world, it doesn’t seem to matter if you know what you’re talking about, as long as your words are delivered confidently and absolutely. In other words: Speak loudly, and hope your falsehoods stick (our apologies to Teddy Roosevelt ).
We know that Trump has been familiar with Mills for some time, given that he compared her to a dictator several years ago for how she managed the state’s economic reopening during the COVID.
