Liberal pundits lean into pushing Trump’s buttons and questioning sanity

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Mockery of President Trump’s physical stance while drinking from a glass and walking down a ramp not only serves the Left by giving the notoriously low-punching campaigner a taste of his own medicine but also baits the president into responding and directing more attention to his shortcomings.

During a commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday, Trump used both hands to lift and drink out of a glass of water — a water-drinking posture that also prompted mockery in 2017. At the end of the speech, he slowly and carefully walked down a ramp off the stage.

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