CNN's Gloria Borger: The Term “Pivot” Should “Be Put In A Lock Box” When Talking About Trump

Borger: “There Was No Softening Here That I Could See”

From the August 31 edition of CNN's CNN Tonight:

GLORIA BORGER: I think during this whole campaign, people have been waiting for a different Trump to show up. He's had different people running his campaign, as you know, Corey [Lewandowski], and people keep saying, “oh, Trump's going to change, he's going to be different, he's going to so-called pivot,” which I think that ought to be put in a lock box that word, because Trump was tough tonight. This -- we were talking about whether he was going to soften on immigration, what his policy would be on mass deportation. There's a little bit of confusion here to me and we can talk about that later, but I do think that he made it very clear that those who are today illegally, who are seeking legal status, they will have one route and only one route: to return home and apply for reentry. There was a little bit of confusion later on in the speech to me, but I do believe that this was tough, it was build the wall, it was Mexico's paying for it, and there was no softening here that I could see.

Previously:

Fox Hypes A Trump Pivot The Same Day Trump Says He Won't Pivot

Media Figures Mock Trump For Backing Off Previous Demand Mexico Pay For Border Wall

The Problem With The Media's 'Trump Is Pivoting' Narrative