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(CNN)He finally used the word “apologize.”
More recently, Trump refused to acknowledge a mistake, or apologize for inflaming the public outrage over the shocking rape and assault of woman in Central Park in 1989. At the time, Trump bought full-page advertisements in New York newspapers to declare, “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE!”
In the ad, which bore his signature, Trump referenced “roving bands of wild criminals” and said, “I want to hate these muggers and murderers. They should be forced to suffer and when they kill they should be executed for their crimes.”
He also told CNN’s Larry King that year, “Maybe hate is what we need” in response to the crime in the park.
This week, CNN’s Miguel Marquez asked the Trump campaign to comment on the case in light of the fact that the five men originally convicted in the case were exonerated.
Instead of taking responsibility and acknowledging reality, Trump said, “They admitted they were guilty. The police doing the original investigation say they were guilty. The fact that that case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous. And the woman, so badly injured, will never be the same.”
As he often does, Trump offered Marquez only the most convenient facts to justify a simplistic position on a complex issue and avoid admitting he might have done something wrong. The Central Park Five, as they are known, did confess to various crimes under extended police questioning and implicated each other. However they were subjected to improper interrogation techniques, without access to parents or lawyers, and their so-called confessions were without merit.
In standing by his original position on the Central Park case, Trump exhibited a variation on his no apologies strategy that might be called “doubling down.”
Like a gambler who shows his confidence by adding to a bet, Trump has often repeated outrageous comments and impolitic observations in order to show that he is a straight-talking person who won’t be politically correct. He has done this with his false claim that he opposed the war in Iraq when he didn’t, and when he said that Obama was the founder of the ISIS terrorist group and then repeated the claim.
Why did Trump change course this time, pulling a Jimmy the Greek by admitting he did something wrong? It’s likely that among the people he offended are his wife, his children, his running mate and millions of voters. Also, the existence of the audio recording makes his behavior impossible to deny.
Finally, he had no option for doubling down. Not even Trump could hear himself saying such awful things and then tell the world he would say them again, and add something worse.
Should the limited mea culpa change the way we regard Trump? The caviling tells us we should not. By offering excuses, and pointing a finger at Bill Clinton, he has maintained his standing as a dangerous and juvenile 70-year-old man.
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