Trump Says He Was 'Very Honored' By Clintons' Attendance At Inauguration

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By MATT SHUHAM Published JANUARY 20, 2017, 3:18 PM EDT

During a luncheon with members of Congress on Friday after his inauguration, President Donald Trump thanked the woman he'd said on the campaign trail deserved to be jailed for attending the ceremony.

“You know, I'll tell you, there is something that I wanted to say, because I was very honored, very, very honored, when I heard that President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton was coming today,” he said in his off-the-cuff remarks.

The Clintons were in attendance at the luncheon and at his swearing-in ceremony earlier that morning.

“And I'd like you to stand up,” Trump said as the audience applauded. “I’d like you to stand up because, honestly, there's nothing more I can say because I have a lot of respect for those two people. So, thank you all for being here.”

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[meadowlark5]

1. I thought I heard "lock her up" was being chanted there

Was that not true?

[DonViejo]

2. Outside, in front of the Capitol, it was chanted when she arrived on the stage. eom

[GentryDixon]

3. Pandering.

[msongs]

4. he should thank everyone who helped normalize his ascension nt

[bettyellen]

8. So Sanders and the entire Senate are normalizing DT? I hope not.

I saw some smiling and laughing and it's hard to watch.

[ananda]

18. Yes they are.

We are all just so screwed!

[OKNancy]

5. He loves their star-power

He envies them, so he wants to suck up to them now.

[Ilsa]

16. That's precisely it. He will never be a "power couple"

with 3rd wife Melania, but he could never stand to be married to a woman as brilliant as Hillary Clinton.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Trump was searching for

personnel accreditation by those words. He wants someone from a previous Administration to give him legitimacy. One can see the real narcissistic reality in this person.

[tenorly]

7. He should. Both Clintons, after all, accomplished something he never has:

win the popular vote.

[raging moderate]

9. Okay, now I believe a SECOND Trump statement.

The Clintons certainly HAVE given him a great honor by attending.

The first Trump statement I believed was the claim that he could shoot somebody dead in the middle of Fifth Avenue without losing the love of any of his supporters.

[wordpix]

14. both yours and post #10 give me whiplash & both correct

Trump was so relieved they showed up, I do believe he felt sincerely honored (relieved is prolly a better word).

OTOH, it's difficult to believe anything Orangeman says.

As part of his "honoring," he should have apologized for being such an asswipe with the "lock her up" meme he went along with.

[hamsterjill]

10. Oh, for pete's sake. Does anyone believe this for a minute?

I mean, yes, he did it. But he doesn't mean it. It's all an act. A ploy. So he can say he's trying to bring people together.

Hillary Clinton has more class in her pinkie finger than Donald Ass-Wipe Trump could ever hope to have.

[ewagner]

11. ding, ding, ding

we have a winner!

give that poster a cigar!

[Truth321]

12. He'll probably lock her up soon

[dionysus]

19. Nah. He never meant any of that shit, he just said it to excite his supporters.

Now that he's in office, he doesn't need to lock her up, have mexico pay for the wall, any of that shit he promised...

[hibbing]

13. I can smell the BS from 1500 miles away n/t

[LisaM]

15. He isn't fit to be in the same room with her.

Honestly, she is so tough and gracious. I don't know how she does it. Frankly, I don't deserve to be in the same room with her, even though I had the privilege once.

[scscholar]

17. They shouldn't have legitimized him like that

They did the same to Shrub by not refusing to attend his coronation.

[iluvtennis]

20. Another lie. Clintons went to honor the institution of the presidency not the TraitorTrump nt

[lark]

21. I fucking hate this lying piece of shit.