Donald Trump never wants to take any option off the table, no matter how weird, unsettling, or foolish it might be. Throughout his career, when journalists have asked the former president a hypothetical question about any topic, he never rejects the premise-his answer is pretty much always maybe or yes.
But since President Trump seems constitutionally unable to say no, the usual newsmaking logic does not apply. Worse, reporters risk giving Trump bad ideas.
At times, the stakes of these hypothetical questions are pretty low. In many cases, the answers are basically meaningless chaff for the daily outrage cycle.
Perhaps Trump won't rule things out because he doesn't want to commit a gaffe or be seen as conceding anything, or he doesn't actually know enough about the topic at hand and is deflecting.
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