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Donald Trump has, somewhat ironically, ushered in a golden age of iron manning<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Here’s how it goes: Candidate Trump says something false, crazy, racist, etc., and Trump surrogate \u00c2\u00a0appears somewhere to recast what he said as totally reasonable.\u00c2\u00a0This is now a daily occurrence, so you can fill in your own examples (here’s one<\/a>).<\/p>\n The iron man\u00c2\u00a0works best when the person who’s getting iron-manned plays along. Oddly, this doesn’t always work with Trump. He often seems unaware that he needs help. Here is Trump supporter Hugh Hewitt<\/a> trying (and failing) to iron man him:<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got two more questions. Last night, you said the President was the founder of ISIS. I know what you meant.<\/strong> You meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace.<\/p>\n DT: No, I meant he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the founder of ISIS<\/strong>. I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award. I give her, too, by the way, Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n HH: But he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not sympathetic to them. He hates them. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trying to kill them.<\/p>\n DT: I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care. He was the founder.<\/strong> His, the way he got out of Iraq was that that was the founding of ISIS, okay?<\/p>\n HH: Well, that, you know, I have a saying, Donald Trump, the mnemonic device I use is Every Liberal Really Seems So, So Sad. E is for Egypt, L is for Libya, S is for Syria, R is for Russia reset. They screwed everything up. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get any argument from me. But by using the term founder, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re hitting with you on this again. Mistake?<\/p>\n DT: No, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no mistake<\/strong>. Everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s liking it. I think they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re liking it. I give him the most valuable player award. And I give it to him, and I give it to, I gave the co-founder to Hillary. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if you heard that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’m informed now that Trump finally gotten the picture. Turns out it\u00c2\u00a0was sarcasm<\/a>. Yeah, like’s that’s good defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump has, somewhat ironically, ushered in a golden age of iron manning. \u00c2\u00a0Here’s how it goes: Candidate Trump says something false, crazy, racist, etc., and Trump surrogate \u00c2\u00a0appears somewhere to recast what he said as totally reasonable.\u00c2\u00a0This is now a daily occurrence, so you can fill in your own examples (here’s one). The iron … Continue reading A golden age of iron manning<\/span>