“Ryan Walks Back Exaggerated Marathon Time.” “Obama Walks Back Claim That Economy is ‘Doing Fine.’” “Mitt Romney Walks Back London Olympics Comment.” “Bloomberg Walks Back Comment That Police Should Threaten Strike After Aurora.” “Why Didn’t Team Obama Walk Back Joe Biden’s ‘Back in Chains’ Remark?” “Carney Starts Walking Back Claim That Anti-Islam Video Inspired Riots.”
On the other hand, if the comment sparks outrage, but whoever made it isn’t feeling particularly conciliatory (either out of conviction or stupidity), they can defiantly up the ante on the original statement, by issuing a full-throated: Yeah, I said it.
“Obama Doubles Down on ‘You Didn’t Build It.’” “Mitt Romney Doubles Down on His Decision to Politicize Diplomat Deaths.” “White House Doubles Down: Obamacare Not a Tax.” “Allen West Doubles Down on Obama’s ‘Crap Sandwhich.’” “Rush Limbaugh Doubles Down on ‘Slut’ Claim.” “Trump Doubles Down on Birther Nonsense.” “Clint Eastwood Doubles Down on Empty Chair.”
- To Walk It Back or Double Down, That is the Question, by Bill Santiago, HuffingtonPost.com, November 20, 2017.
2. Sometimes it seems policy at Donald Trump’s White House is like a Night at the Improv.
From transgender troops in the military to immigration and tax cuts, Trump has a habit of winging it: announcing (or tweeting) a policy pronouncement, and leaving it to aides to fill in the details (or somehow walk it back). In the past week alone, Trump did that with immigration, the Mexican border and U.S. troops in Syria.
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