'Quirky': Rachel Maddow flags Trump's 'inexplicable' delivery of 'sober message'
Donald Trump's spelling and delivery of what should have been a comforting statement are what stood out to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Saturday night.
Maddow took over the MSNBC hosting duties following the breaking news, which saw Trump announcing the U.S. had dropped "a full payload of BOMBS" on Iran sites. One GOP lawmaker declared the action was unconstitutional, and onlookers blasted the president.
For her part, Maddow read Trump's statement, which included multiple unnecessary capitalizations, on air.
Maddow noted that Trump "said in that post, quote, 'We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran... all planes are now outside Iran airspace. A full payload of, inexplicable all capital letters, BOMBS.' It's not an acronym; he's just spelling it in all capital letters."
Maddow continued reading:
"'There is not another military in the, capital, world that could have done this.' And then he says in all capital letters, 'NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE.' exclamation point. Thank you for your attention to this matter.' The president, in his quirky spelling and delivery, delivering the most sober possible message to the American people who have been largely opposed to and afraid of a potential U.S. war with Iran, again for generations."