What annoys most about Pompeo is not merely his clearly disprovable lies but that faux ‘how dare you’ bluster he packages them in, replete with the physically puffed up bully mode stance.
It is so boringly see-through to watch, both on TV and in person.
It is so boringly see-through to watch, both on TV and in person.
The best parallel I can make is it is reminiscent of the stance and tone of a high school level sports coach, who is used to ordering players around, trying to bluster his way through life.
Like them, what creates actual anger is when you aren’t intimidated by the sham.
They don’t know how to handle it, as they know they don’t have anything else.
They don’t know how to handle it, as they know they don’t have anything else.
