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9 bonkers things Donald Trump said in his new exclusive interview with Time
9 bonkers things Donald Trump said in his new exclusive interview with Time[/
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/23/15035286/trump-time-interview-lies
I cant be doing so badly, because Im president, and youre not.
Updated by Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesiasmatt@vox.com Mar 23, 2017, 12:36pm EDT
In an exclusive interview with Times Michael Scherer, published Thursday, President Donald Trump basically gives three types of explanations for why its okay for him to say things that arent true.
Trump thinks its okay to repeat a false claim as long as he is accurately stating the fact that someone else made the false claim. He thinks its okay to say something false as long as it later turns out that something vaguely similar is true. And he appears to think its okay to just straight-up lie and then keep lying for no reason.
Here are three quotes on category one misstatements, where Trump says he was accurately saying other people said something false, so theres no reason for him to apologize for spreading misinformation:
Im just quoting the newspaper [about Ted Cruzs father being involved in the JFK assassination], just like I quoted the judge the other day, Judge Napolitano, I quoted Judge Napolitano, just like I quoted Bret Baier, I mean Bret Baier mentioned the word wiretap.
Well, Im not, well, I think, Im not saying, Im quoting, Michael, Im quoting highly respected people and sources from major television networks.
Well if you look at the reporter, he wrote the story [about Muslims celebrating 9/11 on rooftops in New Jersey] in the Washington Post.
Here are two quotes on category two misstatements where Trump says its okay to say something false, because something different would later happen that was kind of similar to the thing he falsely said earlier:
Sweden. I make the statement, everyone goes crazy. The next day they have a massive riot, and death, and problems.
Because a wiretapping is, you know today it is different than wire tapping. It is just a good description. But wiretapping was in quotes. What Im talking about is surveillance. And today, [House Intelligence Committee Chair] Devin Nunes just had a news conference.
And here are four quotes..........................
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9 bonkers things Donald Trump said in his new exclusive interview with Time (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2017
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Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)1. I feel bad for anyone that...
Has the job of transcribing Trump. He disregards all rule of grammar.
3catwoman3
(24,046 posts)2. Just like he disregards...
...all rules about anything and everything.
He is a fucking moron.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)3. Excellent, logical article.
Trump sees no problem with repeating lies, and holds himself to no high standard. He wants the power of the position of president, but not the responsibility.