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1. "Don't listen to his words. Look at what is in his heart."
2. "Don't take his words literally."
3. "Let me clarify what he said."
4. "He intended it as a joke. Maybe you should get a sense of humor."
5. "I think what he meant was . . ."
6. "What he said is not entirely supported by the facts."
7. "He fights fire with fire."
8. “Genuine president expressing himself genuinely.”
9. "Just trump being trump."
10. "Wait until he matures in office."
11. “It’s not terrible but it’s kind of the classic Trump in that he overstates things.”
12. “Maybe he was being sarcastic.”
13. “While I find it hard to believe I should have to defend the President on this . . .”
14. “It is not unusual for staffers to hear him bluster about things. That doesn’t mean it’s real.”
15. “The president speaks for himself,”
16. “The tweet speaks for itself.”
17. “He wasn’t meaning to give a factual statement.”
18. “He was misinterpreted.”
19. “The president will use whatever language he wants to use, obviously.”
20. “I don’t think the president really modulates his language, have you noticed?”
21. “He was being rhetorical.”
22. “The president's style is the president's style.”
23. “Mar-a-Lago stirs him up,”
24. “He was paraphrasing.”
25. “The tweet was simply sloppy and unfortunate.”
26. “He was trying to be cute.”
27. “Give him time. He's learning on the job.”
28. “His comments were unfortunate but his heart is in the right place.”
29. “This is how the forgotten men and women of America talk at a (Wisconsin) bar,”
30. “It will actually resonate with his base, not alienate it,”
31. “Let's judge the President after 4 years and not on what he says.”
32. “I don’t recall him ever saying that specifically.”
33. “He is a flawed man, I am a flawed man. God will take care of it...”
34. “President Trump was speaking “tongue in cheek”
35. “He lacks precision.”
36. “It was locker room talk.”
37. “Women who voted for him knew he is not a saint.”