DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Flying to Las Vegas from Phoenix on Wednesday [2-19-20] night on Air Force One, President Trump was glued to the Democratic presidential primary debate. He liked what he saw, and all day Thursday [2-20-20], as strategists and pundits sifted through the aftermath, the president shared his own conclusions…Indeed, at times during the rally, it was difficult to follow exactly what it was he was doing during the 90-plus minutes he spent onstage. During a free-associative speech, Mr. Trump directed an aide to bring him a sheaf of news clippings, reminisced at length about his 2016 victory, criticized windmills and provided xenophobic pop culture commentary. He criticized the movie ‘Parasite’ for winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards — ‘The winner is a movie from South Korea? What the hell was that all about?’ — before calling the actor Brad Pitt ‘a little wise guy.’”
–Katie Rogers, “President Declares the Winner of the Democratic Debate: Donald Trump,” The New York Times online, February 20, 2020