Trump claims support from past presidents for the wall: Clinton, Bush and Obama beg to differ

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence on Friday that past presidents have privately confided to him that they regret not building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

But at least three of the four living U.S. presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — did no such thing.

Asked if Clinton told Trump that he should have built a border wall, Clinton spokesman Angel Ureña said, “He did not. In fact, they’ve not talked since the inauguration.”

Bush spokesman Freddy Ford also said the two men had not discussed the matter. And Obama, for his part, has not spoken with Trump since his inauguration, except for a brief exchange at George H.W. Bush’s funeral in Washington, D.C.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/trump-former-presidents-border-wall-1082562

[Siwsan]

1. trump* lies as easily as he breathes

Maybe easier.

[onetexan]

23. Jesus said the devil is the father of lies

trump lies so pathologically. It then follows he must be the...

[Sucha NastyWoman]

2. Must be Jimmy then

carter is the only other living Prez

Unless he is now claiming to be communicating with dead Presidents

[marylandblue]

7. Bush Sr. may have called him from his deathbed, but neglected to tell his children.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. My money is on a picture of Andrew Jackson that Trump talks to (nt)

[suffragette]

24. That's my guess as well.

[MaryMagdaline]

26. Yep. One of those dead racists.

[salin]

3. Lol - of course he was riffing in falsehoods that sounded good, inside of his head before he said it

And dotard has no concern that all four presidents could be asked about this.

Sadly, for a slice of his base (think the QAnon folks, and the die-hard religiously propagandized) this statement will be accepted despite dis-confirmations. B/c "the statements were private" which is enough for the cultized.

[underpants]

5. Yeah seriously. Did he not think someone would bother to follow up on that?

Only a few steps from Howard Hughes territory- I'm just saying.

[salin]

8. He is used to few people close to him ever challenging what he says.

Old habits die hard. And given his clear impulsivity - no, he did not think. (Does he ever?)

I think it is hard to tell if/when he is decomposing vs. he is acting how he has acted across his adult life.

Perhaps he has always been a few steps away from Howard Hughes territory?

[underpants]

9. You are right

He's used to his own bubble where he makes people fight it out for his own amusement.

[scarytomcat]

17. he is doing everything to try to justify ruining federal

workers lives over his stupid wall
too bad he refuses to study issues and analyze real facts and make sound decisions
he is not equipped for this job and his staff is too scared of him to help him
sad very sad our country is suffering and will continue to suffer as long as he and republicans hold any power

[RockRaven]

4. Is Trump going to die on this hill, is it worth it? Do reporters really need to track down Carter?

And then what? Will Trump claim it was GHWB, and then his former staffers will have to be asked to confirm via appointment and phone records that he never spoke to Trump since his inauguration (or even before)?

Or maybe Trump will claim it was Nixon, or Reagan, or Ford? They didn't die until '94, '04, and '06 respectively so maybe Trump will claim he meant he had spoken to them BEFORE he ran for President.

His lies are so f--king dumb. It's so goddamned ridiculous.

[ToxMarz]

6. Maybe Nancy Reagan's astrologer arranged a seance

with GHW Bush. Or even ..........Ronny himself!

[oberliner]

10. George W. Bush Signed the Mexico Border Fence Act

President GEORGE W. BUSH: This bill will help protect the American people. This bill will make our borders more secure.

LEWIS: Critics immediately blasted the idea of more fences.

Mr. FELIPE CALDERON (through translator): Humanity made a huge mistake by building the Berlin wall, and I believe that today the United States is committing a grave error in building a wall on our border.

LEWIS: Immigrant rights groups in this country call the bill an election year gimmick.

Mr. JUAN JOSE GUTIERREZ: The building of the wall is going to be viewed by our Latino community as a frontal attack by the extreme wing of the Republican Party, and they will pay a high political price for it.

https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=3418

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Is he hearing voices

Communing with the dead?

[BlueStater]

12. More fucking lies.

He can't help himself. He lies about things that can be easily disproven, which just makes him a psychopath.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

13. It's really not so difficult to figure where Trump

is coming from in that lie lol. Trump was all alone in the white house over the holidays holding a self pity party. Of course past presidential portraits confided in Trump at his pity party. Certainly you wouldn't expect Trump to tell you the truth about those imagined conversations that to Trump were very real now do you lol ? Than there's the thing about Trump seeming to believe he too will have made a great general lol . Is that real or imagined ? lol.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. It was that picture of Nixon.

[Sunlei]

15. what about Canadas WALL? Mexico City to Montreal $271,Mexico City to Winnipeg $295

Flights

Lowest Price

Mexico City to Montreal $271
Mexico City to Winnipeg $295
Mexico City to Halifax $351
Mexico City to Saskatoon $420

[Mc Mike]

18. Just barf up whatever lie comes into your head, right away, li'l Donnie.

It's a strategy that's worked for you since you were 5 years old.

[Cha]

19. Dead presidents talking to trump

Link to tweet

[MurrayDelph]

20. Didn't Nixon

have drunken conversations with presidential portraits?

[Vinca]

21. Maybe, like Nixon, he's talking to the portraits on the walls.

[2naSalit]

27. That's who I think he means, guys in the pics on the walls!

[sarcasmo]

22. Maybe Lincoln talked with Trump in the bedroom?

[whistler162]

25. Lincoln may have talked with him

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_ghost

[Still In Wisconsin]

28. He means Hannity and Limbaugh... he thinks they were Presidents.

Actually, they are kinda running the country now (especially Hannity) so maybe that's not so far off.

[doc03]

29. I am sure President Jefferson Davis supports him nt