Comment: Listen carefully to the things that Trump can't unsay

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By John M. Crisp / Tribune News Service

President Donald Trump’s defenders often counsel me along these lines: Don’t listen to what Trump says; watch what he does.

But saying something is also doing something. And some things, once said, cannot be unsaid. Here are three examples:

Let’s make the point with an example that pre-dates Trump’s presidencies: During the 2016 campaign Trump bragged on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape about enjoying such impunity as a celebrity that he could sexually assault women and they “let you.”

These are remarks that, not so long ago, would have ended a politician’s career immediately. But many Trump supporters rationalized them as “locker room” talk, permitting themselves to imagine that all men talk like that.

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[J_William_Ryan]

1. "These are remarks that, not so long ago, would have ended a politician's career immediately."

Exactly.

And what Trump does is just as idiotic and wrongheaded as what he says.