Trump Defends His Tweet of Fake ISIS Video: "All I Know Is What's On The Internet"

[IDemo]

Source: Gizmodo

Yesterday Donald Trump tweeted a now-debunked video showing that the protester who jumped a barrier at a recent rally was an ISIS supporter. This morning Chuck Todd asked Trump on Meet the Press about the fake video, to which Trump replied, “I don’t know, all I know is what’s on the internet.”

Trump had stated earlier that he believed the protester to be involved in a terrorist organization. His tweet attempted to further that narrative.

“This was a guy that was looking to do harm,” Mr. Trump said in Kansas City, Missouri yesterday. “It was probably ISIS or ISIS-related, can you believe it?”

But when confronted this morning by Chuck Todd with the fact that he had tweeted a fake video, Trump basically admitted that as long as it’s on the internet, he feels absolutely no obligation to fact-check what he tweets to his 6.87 million followers.

Read more: http://factually.gizmodo.com/trump-defends-his-tweet-of-fake-isis-video-all-i-know-1764626302

[jpak]

1. ...

[L. Coyote]

61. Here's the meme with the quote:

[center]

[underpants]

2. can you believe it?

No. I really can't.

[w0nderer]

3. Actually let's get real people

in order of preferance
ISIS would probably prefer
Trump
Cruz
Hillary
Bernie

why? cause the more aggressive the easier to recruit
the easier to rabble rouse as it were

ie...they wouldn't 'attack trump' more like they'd ask their Saudi financiers to BACK Trump, Cruz or Hillary or Bernie in that order

Jeesh does Trump even understand double and triple betrayal? or is this simple politics beyond him?

[Geronimoe]

4. World Wrestling Entertainment

Trump is just like those fake actors in WWE. Probably draws the same audience.

[7962]

24. Stop insulting wrestlers!! Although you may get a laugh from this:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. I know nottin' !

Why Sarah Palin Knows More Than Trump

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017336815

[shadowmayor]

6. If it's on the Intertubes

It must be true! Just sayin'. Read somewhere that Bill Maher had definitive proof that Donald's mother had mated with an orangutan - that's how he got his gorgeous hair. And Ted's daddy knows that Jesus personally has anointed Teddy (boy king Joffrey) to be the next President, and also read where Fox News assured us that Fred Thompson, Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio etc. were all going to be formidable candidates. I don't know - it's whats on the internet!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

15. I read a tweet on the internet that Trump is actually a Mexican, and ineligible to be President.

It was on the internet, it must be true.

[L. Coyote]

62. Must be one of the Irish deserters who fought for the Catholics to repulse the USA's invasion.

That's how Mexico got their orange redheads, right?

[BLACK4EVER]

7. Yes, I believe it

Donald Trump will never let facts get in the way of the narrative he wants to "sell" to his fans/supporters/followers. Good sound judgment from him is non-existence It's another example of why he's unfit to be POTUS.

[olddad56]

8. “I don’t know, all I know is what’s on the internet.”

Now, that is the kind of well informed, even keeled human being I want for the next President to the US. What if he read a false story on the Internet that the leader of North Korea had fired a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead? Would he start WW3, and then just say “I don’t know, all I know is what’s on the internet.”

This narcissistic personality disordered sicko is a danger to all living creatures on the planet.

[William Seger]

9. ISIS will probably CONTRIBUTE to Trump

He's the only candidate who will give them exactly what they've been begging for, for 2 decades: war with Islam.

[MariaThinks]

10. trump admits he's stupid.

[elleng]

11. 'Smart!'

[Jeb Bartlet]

12. Stunning

I can't tell any more if Trump is pretending to be ignorant or really is ignorant. I guess when you're trying to make a point, facts just aren't that important.

[world wide wally]

13. I read that Trump was having a gay affair with some hotel butler or something

[groundloop]

17. If you read it on the internet it must be true

(Or at least true enough for T-Rump). SO.... I'm going with that tidbit - T-Rump is in fact having a gay affair with a hotel butler.

[lark]

14. Any convenient lie will do.

Since truth is nowhere in him.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Especially if it is reassuring

[passiveporcupine]

16. At first I thought that Trump's camp

might have faked the video, but now after reading I realize it was an old hoax by someone trying to put down the old protest for BLM.

It was a righteous protest too.

What this proves to me (and what I've always known) is that Trump will use anything, for his purposes. Even if he knows it's a bald-faced lie. I know whomever found that video for him also found the original video and they used the fake one anyway.

Trump is scum. And he's dangerous.

[shadowmayor]

19. Agree

In many ways, he's only as dangerous as our fawning corporate media will let him be, and our media scares me the most. As much of a shit-flinging carnival show the repuke primary has been, it's the coverage that is truly despicable. MSNBC abhorrently talks Drumpf 24-7 e.g. and the others are far more delighted with the titillation Donnie provides than actually discussing and reporting on the real issues we face. Anniversary of the Fukushima disaster and the silence was deafening.

[AC_Mem]

18. Can you imagine

what these very same supporters would say if our President did the exact same thing? Not that he would of course - he has too much class and intelligence, but they would crucify him over something like this. But if their dear leader says it - oh well, that's justtttttttttttt Donny!

[Botany]

20. “I don’t know, all I know is what’s on the internet.”

[JesterCS]

28. The problem with many

Low info voters, right there

[awoke_in_2003]

21. How presidential. nt

[mdbl]

23. OOOoohh Chuck Tool

asks the hard-hitting questions! Why doesn't he just go back to sucking up the reich wing like he's been doing for a bunch of years.

[redwitch]

25. This is my boyfriend. He's a French model. nt

[Person 2713]

32. I have to tell you so many of your comments I read are always a perfect drop

[redwitch]

41. Thanks!

I inherited my dad's sense of humor.

[TeamPooka]

26. An uninformed nominee for an uninformed political party. nt

[Person 2713]

27. Trump Believes everything on the internets . This is POTUS material ?

Trump Will wipe ISIS off the face of the earth but couldn't even face the protestors in Chicago

One or two n the crowd he will ridicule but big numbers on the scene & he runs like a punk ass chicken .
ISIS would use him for recruiting plus he may never even really stand up to ISIS, if he thinks he is in danger.
Look how fast he layed off the El Chapo stuff,when he sent a threat back to Trump and Trump had to run to the gubermint for protection .

[Vinca]

29. That's the problem: all a POTUS needs to know cannot be found on Twitter.

[NoMoreRepugs]

30. as long as its a Republican saying or doing anything it's okay - BUT

if it was a Democratic candidate the pitchforks would be out

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING!!! From: FBI DIRECTOR {[e-mail]}

Dear Mr. The Donald Trump:

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building

THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING!!!

This is the final warning you are going to receive from me do you get me? I hope you understand how many times this message has been sent to you.We have warned you so many times and you have decided to ignore our e-mails or because you believe we have not been instructed to get you arrested and today if you fail to respond back to us with the payment details below,then we would first send a letter to the MAYOR of the city where you reside and direct them to close your bank account until you have been jailed and all your properties will be confiscated by the FBI,CIA and other enforcement agency. We would also send a letter to the company/agency that you are working for so that they could get you fired until we are through with our investigations because a suspect is not suppose to be working for the government or any private organization.

Your ID which we have in our database have been sent to all the crimes agencies in Europe for them to inset you in their website as an internet fraudsters and to warn people from having any deals with you. This would have been solved all this while if you had gotten the CERTIFICATE ENDORSED AND STAMPED as you were instructed in the e-mail below. This is the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) am writing in response to the e-mail you sent to us and am using this medium to inform you that there is no more time left to waste because you have been given a mandate. As stated earlier to have the document endorsed, signed and stamped without failure and you must adhere to this directives to avoid you blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and jailed you for life and all your properties will be seized and bank account will be confiscated too.

You failed to comply with our directives/instruction and that was the reason why we didn't hear from you, as our director has already been notified about you get the process completed yesterday and right now the WARRANT OF ARREST has been signed against you and it will be carried out in the next 48hours as strictly signed by the FBI director. We have investigated and found out that you didn't have any idea when the fraudulent deal was committed with your information's/identity and right now your ID is placed on our website as a wanted person, I believe you know that it will be a shame to you and your entire family because after then it will be announce in all the local channels that you are wanted by the Federal bureau.

I decided to see how i could be of help to you because i would not be happy to see you end up in jail and all your properties confiscated all because your information's was used to carry out a fraudulent transactions, i called the EFCC and they directed me to a private attorney who can help you get the process done and he ensured that he will endorse and stamp the document with the sum of $87.00 USD only and i believe this process is cheaper for you.

You need to do every possible today and tomorrow to get this process done because our director has called to inform me that the warrant of arrest has been signed against you and once it has been approved, then the arrest will be carried out, and from our investigations we learn that you were the person that forwarded your identity to one impostor/fraudsters in Nigeria when he had a deal with you about the transfer of some illegal funds the sum of $10,500,000.00 only.

I pleaded on your behalf so that this agency could give you till 18/08/2015 so that you could get this process done because i learn that you were sent several e-mail without getting a response from you, Bear it in mind that this is the only way that i can be of able to help you at this moment or you would have to face the law and its consequences once it has befall on you.

You would make the payment through western union money transfer with the below details.

RECEIVER NAME: David Nwalieji
COUNTRY, BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY, COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION: WHEN
ANSWER: NOW
AMOUNT: $87.00 USD

Senders Full Name======
Sender Full Address:====
Direct Phone Number:==========
MTCN:=========

Send the payment details to me as stated above and make sure that you didn't hesitate making the payment down to the agency by today so that they could have the certificate endorsed, signed and stamped immediately without any further delay. After all this process has been carried out, then we would have to proceed to the bank for the transfer of your compensation funds which is valued at the sum of $10.500,000.00 usd which was suppose to have been transferred to you all this while. Note: All the crimes agencies have been contacted on this regards and we shall trace and arrest you if you disregard this instructions. You are given a grace today to make the payment for the document after which your failure to do that will attract a maximum arrest and finally you will be appearing in court for act of terrorism,money laundering and drug trafficking charges, so be warned not to try any thing funny because you are been watched.

Call me or text at [phone]

EXPECTING YOUR KIND ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
James B.Comey
FBI DIRECTOR

[packman]

33. Hey, don't knock the internet - Expecting a Fortune soon

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[rocktivity]

56. DEAR MR. TRUMP: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND 'TOP SECRET'. I AM SURE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR ABILITY AND RELIABILITY TO PROSECUTE A TRANSACTION OF THIS GREAT MAGNITUDE INVOLVING A PENDING TRANSACTION REQUIRING MAXIIMUM CONFIDENCE.

WE ARE TOP OFFICIAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPORATION OF GOODS INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN NIGERIA. IN ORDER TO COMMENCE THIS BUSINESS WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SAID TRAPPED FUNDS.

THE SOURCE OF THIS FUND IS AS FOLLOWS; DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME HERE IN NIGERIA, THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SET UP COMPANIES AND AWARDED THEMSELVES CONTRACTS WHICH WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED IN VARIOUS MINISTRIES. THE PRESENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT SET UP A CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF INFLATED CONTRACT FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY FLOATING IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR PAYMENT.

HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANTS AND MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL, WE CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN OUR NAMES. I HAVE THEREFORE, BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES OF THE PANEL TO LOOK FOR AN OVERSEAS PARTNER INTO WHOSE ACCOUNT WE WOULD TRANSFER THE SUM OF US$21,320,000.00(TWENTY ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). HENCE WE ARE WRITING YOU THIS LETTER. WE HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE MONEY THUS; 1. 20% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER 2. 70% FOR US (THE OFFICIALS) 3. 10% TO BE USED IN SETTLING TAXATION AND ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES. IT IS FROM THE 70% THAT WE WISH TO COMMENCE THE IMPORTATION BUSINESS.

PLEASE,NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND WE HOPE TO COMMENCE THE TRANSFER LATEST SEVEN (7) BANKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIOM BY TEL/FAX; 234-1-7740449, YOUR COMPANY'S SIGNED, AND STAMPED LETTERHEAD PAPER THE ABOVE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE US WRITE LETTERS OF CLAIM AND JOB DESCRIPTION RESPECTIVELY. THIS WAY WE WILL USE YOUR COMPANY'S NAME TO APPLY FOR PAYMENT AND RE-AWARD THE CONTRACT IN YOUR COMPANY'S NAME.

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YOURS FAITHFULLY,


rocktivity

NOTE: PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER (VE/S/09/99) IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES.

[packman]

57. Sounds like a sound investment-I'm sending them my bank routing number

A tip of the hat to your clever letter

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. A Freudian Slip of Freudian Slips.

He reads it on the internet, therefore it must be true.

This man could be our next president, people.

[Sunlei]

35. Trumps to dependent on Twitter, He's ripe to be "breibarted".

[suffragette]

36. Mr. "I don't accept responsibility" strikes again.

[cyberswede]

37. Does that make him more of a selective human?

[Beartracks]

38. "Everything I Know About Governing I Learned from the Internet."

Yeah, there's a kids' book in there somewhere.

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[Bad Dog]

39. It's about par for the course.

And it's still not the stupidest thing he's said.

[Zira]

49. But his inablity to admit error reinforces that he is not capable of admitting mistakes

let alone correcting them.

[Bad Dog]

50. Only to his die hard supporters

Most "normal Republicans," if there is such a thing can see through him. It's whether or not they'll still vote for him that's the problem.

[groundloop]

40. Watch out - if Minnesota could elect a pro-wrestler as governor ........

My God, it's terrifying to think what could happen if we allow T-Rump to be elected. If Minnesota could elect a pro-wrestler to their Governor's Mansion it's not too much of a stretch for the US to elect a reality TV huckster to the White House.

[JGug1]

42. Trump Finds It On The Internet

Al Gore won't be amused.
Donald Trump is reason, as someone already said we need to suspend Godwin's Law. What he is doing is too much like the Brown Shirts. Somehow this has to be stopped. This can't be happening here......Wait, it is.

[complain jane]

43. This stuff

is dragging me down. I'm so sick and tired and frustrated with the people in this country who applaud this race-baiting, lying, manipulative con artist. How can people be so stupid? Don't any of these people have any interest at all in decency, honesty or integrity? They know he's a liar, they know he's inciting violence, and they put him on a pedestal. I know I'm stating the obvious but Jesus Christ this blows my mind.

What the F do these people even think he's going to do for them? Magically get rid of all the "others" with a wall and ride a unicorn overseas to "bring our jobs back"? And all of a sudden their lives will be transformed into some blissful state of utopia (where everyone carries deadly weapons and beats the shit out of dissenters and only straight white loud-mouthed, vulgar males with excesses of testosterone exist)?

For the first time in my life I'm seriously wanting to go explore other countries with the intent to possibly stay there, as far away from these self-serving, visceral maniacs and their pied-piper charlatan as possible.

[Ilsa]

44. He believes we are all idiots, and

His supporters are. They have to be as gullible as three year olds.

[RoccoR5955]

45. I read it on the Internet, so it MUST be true.

I got this email from years ago:
I was on my way to the post office to pick up my case of free M&M's (sent to me because I forwarded an e-mail to five other people, celebrating the fact that the year 2000 is "MM" in Roman numerals), when I ran into a friend whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken (which is predictable, since as everyone knows, there's no actual chicken in Kentucky Fried Chicken, which is why the government made them change their name to KFC).

Anyway, one day this guy went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full of ice and he was sore all over and when he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEY HAD BEEN STOLEN. He saw a note on his mirror that said "Call 911!" but he was afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and there was a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened an e-mail entitled "Join the crew!"

He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself was a computer programmer who was working on software to prevent a global disaster in which all the computers get together and distribute the $250.00 Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. (It's true - I read it all last week in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also promising me a free Disney World vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to everyone I know.)

The poor man then tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but a voice on the line first asked him to press #90, which unwittingly gave the bandit full access to the phone line at the guy's expense. Then reaching into the coin-return slot he got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said, "Welcome to the world of AIDS."

Luckily he was only a few blocks from the hospital - the one where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and o's in the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to more than 10 people, you will have good luck but for only 10 people you will only have OK luck and if you send it to fewer than 10 people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS).


It was on the Internet, so it MUST be true!

[RoccoR5955]

46. And here's tRump's first sellfie!

Oh, and here's Abe Lincoln's:


And the first ever recorded Selfie of Jesus himself:

[Tab]

47. Now there's a hole with no bottom

[Zira]

48. The man is not capable of apologizing or admitting error.

[bobGandolf]

51. Oh, and we are supposed to believe that rationale?

He doesn't care how lame his reasoning sounds.

[Roland99]

52. Well, must be ALL kinds of stuff on them internets about Trump!

Probably find some gay porn with him in it

Probably find some with him shooting up heroine.


I mean, if it's on the internet....

[left-of-center2012]

53. Oh, and the Sunday talk shows ! n/t

[Nolacs22]

54. tRump is full of it

Really? “I don’t know, all I know is what’s on the internet.” and all I know is tRump is full of crap. He has a very "selective knowing process" doesn't he? As if any intelligent person couldn't see how he works the media and manipulates things to cover his ass at any given time or statement! The republican's have really screwed everything up. This election is unlike any other in history, except for Hitler being resurrected, and now David Duke is saying that tRump will fix Hitler's image!

[rocktivity]

55. Funny, he doesn't look Nigerian

rocktivity

[sofa king]

58. Disqualified.

[Blasphemer]

59. The campaign ads just write themselves.... nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

60. So, Mr Trump, who do you consult with about foreign affairs?

Well, I consult with myself. You know, I have an amazing brain, so much smarter than anyone else, with much common sense, and the ability to negotiate with anyone and win. You'll be amazed at how much I win!

And, of course, I consult with the Internets. Everything that can be known is on the internets. The internets are almost as good as my brain.

[Initech]

63. What's on the internet: It's science.

[Quasimodem]

64. The Quote:

"All I Know Is What's On The Internet" - Donald Trump.

He may have accidentally just spoken the truth, and isn't that the worst thing you can say about any adult, let along a candidate?