Cue President Pence in 10…9…8…
Thank God I bookmarked this just after the election:
Partial transcript if interested.
I think Jake Tapper from CNN got it right when he said it was Festivus: An Airing of the Grievances.
When Prime Minister Trudeau was in town on Monday, there was a joint press conference with Trump. Which is, of course, the sort of press conference where the subject is the relationship between the two countries, and each leader says kind things about the other. When Trump opened his pie-hole this is what came out, roughly paraphrased:
“We have a great border with Canada, a great border. The border with Mexico, not so great. But I’m going to fix that. Only I know how to fix it, and we’re going to have a great border with Mexico, thanks to me. And another thing I did is stop businesses from moving offshore, and now they’re making big investments here in America, big investments, believe me. And all thanks to me. I did it. I am so great it’s unbelievable, believe me.”
Or something like that. While the Canadian PM stood there looking bemused at this self-aggrandizing windbag of pomposity praising himself for things that (a) he had not done, and that (b) had nothing to do with the purpose of the press conference.
Takes a torpedo in the rear then sails in circles until sunk after being abandoned by it’s crew. Most appropriate.
I was with you till this one. There is no way anyone who knows him would bother asking the Donald where the remote was. That’s the sort of detail that is for little people.
Never mind. I typed in the wrong thread.
CNN has a full transcript of today’s presser. I tried to read it. Oh my God, I tried to read it. It is just this amazing jumble of words – the best words – that make no sense in the order presented.
After about fifteen minutes, my head hurt from trying to follow along. Trump has no train of thought. It’s more like a bee’s hive of chaos. The only unifying theme is that he is, in fact, wonderful. Beyond compare.
Sad.
Pretty much answers the thread about Trump being a barely functioning illiterate?
Well, the article did say, “And, truly, our president’s answer will inspire you (to live the rest of your life in a remote Mongolian cave).”
Reminds me of a friend of mine who used to talk about the guy who ran around in ever-decreasing concentric circles until he disappeared up his own asshole. The USA should be so lucky.
“Ladies and Gentleman, Queens is burning.”
Out of that swirling froth of verbiage I dragged up this slimy old thing:
“The price is going to come down”? On the wall that Mexico was supposedly going to pay for? Is this a tacit acknowledgement that any such wall will, in fact, be paid for by the US government (i.e., us taxpayers), rather than Mexico?
Yes, America - what have you done?!
I never thought I’d say it, but Trump makes GW Bush sound good. :smack:
He almost makes Sarah Palin sound good.
What you mean ‘we,’ white man?
I think he’s referring to approval of his Cabinet appointees…guess he never figured out that he really only needs 50, since Pence is always there as the tie-breaker. But then, I don’t expect him to know anything specific about the process, or much of anything else that doesn’t appear on Infowars, Breitbart, or Faux News.
Complete this sentence: Nuclear holocaust would be ______.
Fill in the blank, then continue.
My personal favorite:
He wants you to know that a nuclear holocaust would be like no other [nuclear holocaust]. They told him this in a briefing, and of course, he’s allowed to say it. Just so we’re clear. Leader of the free world, here, people!
I just wanted to say that when I first saw the thread title, I thought it said “Awesome Trump Answer at Passover.”
You missed the dark side flip - that the media is the source of all problems. The trend of dropping confidence in news media (for no genuine reason that I can see) and the hate from Trump supporters for “the media” is taking things in a really, really dangerous direction. Too many people who see snips from today’s tirade are going to nod smugly that AO is putting those damned libraletists in their place, which is dutifully writing down what he says.
Time to update. Fux News.