# Did or did not Trump say in Charlottetown, "There were some fine people on both sides"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 2, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-or-did-not-trump-say-in-charlottetown-there-were-some-fine-people-on-both-sides/1008382 "2024-10-02T17:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-or-did-not-trump-say-in-charlottetown-there-were-some-fine-people-on-both-sides/1008382/15 "2024-10-03T12:40:31Z")
I think I’ve offered this on another thread: Former President Trump has taken every conceivable position on every possible issue. He has affirmed and disavowed every position he’s ever held. He was both deadly serious and totally kidding. The strategy? No matter the outcome, he can point to ‘evidence’ that he called it right from the beginning. I tend to view Trump as _far_ more evil than stupid. He says the thing that the deplorables are desperate to hear, but says it in a way that gives his surrogates space to walk it back, or offer an alternative – slightly less repugnant – interpretation. And he does this All. The. Time. And he does this to close the deal … to make the sale. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-or-did-not-trump-say-in-charlottetown-there-were-some-fine-people-on-both-sides/1008382)._