Trump has spent the past week pulling abstract promises out of thin air
President Trump seems to be on an improvisational roll.
In the past week, Trump has encountered questions on school busing and homelessness, two uncommon topics in the federal conversation. And each time, he's made vague promises that the issues will be addressed in the coming weeks or months — answers The Atlantic's David A. Graham refers to as "bulls--t."
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Next up came Trump's odd spiel on homelessness during an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson. Carlson asked Trump about American cities' "problem with filth" during the interview that aired Monday night, and Trump categorized it as "a phenomena that started two years ago." He then chalked the whole issue up to the "liberal establishment" running these cities and said "we may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up" — an odd promise considering homelessness is a topic Trump has hardly touched during his presidency.
These instances are just the most recent in Trump's string of unexpected — yet unspecific — policy promises, like the time he suggested the U.K.'s National Health Service would be "on the table" in a trade deal. Read more of Graham's take at The Atlantic.
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