DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Wednesday [5-15-19] that Donald Trump is not a good role model, telling ‘CBS This Morning”’ that ‘we’re expecting more from preschoolers’ than the behavior the president has exhibited in office. Bullock, the two-term governor of a state Trump won by more than 20 percentage points, announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for president on Tuesday [5-14-19]. He is the 22nd candidate in the crowded field, and his relatively late entry could make it difficult for him to qualify for next month’s primary debate, where only 20 candidates will be allowed to take the stage across two nights…In the CBS interview, Bullock also criticized the president’s trade strategy, calling the results of his trade war with China a ‘long-term injury’ to American farmers. Though he said China poses an economic threat to the country, he indicated that the chaos of the Trump presidency has created a much more dire problem.”
–Caitlin Oprysko, “Bullock: ‘We’re expecting more from preschoolers’ than Trump,” Politico, May 15, 2019 9:48 am