shit Trumps say Archives

Trump: Capitol Riot Was a ‘Lovefest’

March 1, 2021 Buck Banks

“The press doesn’t like to talk about it, but the real number was much, much bigger… It was tremendous numbers of people, not the Capitol, I’m talking about the rally itself, and it was a lovefest, it was a beautiful thing.”

— Asked in a Fox News interview if he regretted how he handled the Capitol riots, Donald Trump blamed Speaker Nancy Pelosi for poor security and then boasted about the size of the crowd that was there to support him.

Trump’s Cognitive Dissonance Line

December 7, 2020 Buck Banks

“Friends of mine say we are not going to vote because we are angry about the presidential election. Don’t listen to my friends.”

— President Trump, quoted by Politico, urging Georgia Republicans to vote in the Senate runoffs.

Trump Threatens to Send Sheriffs to Polls on Election Day

August 21, 2020 Buck Banks

“We’re going to have sheriffs, and we’re going to have law enforcement, and we’re going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we’re going to have everybody and attorney generals.”

— President Trump threatened to send “sheriffs” and “law enforcement” to polling places on election day to guard against voter fraud—even though he lacks the authority to do so, CNN reports.

Trump Wanted to Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland

August 19, 2020 Buck Banks

“He wanted to see if we could sell Puerto Rico, ‘could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland,’ because, in his words, ‘Puerto Rico was dirty and the people were poor.’”

— Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor confirmed to MSNBC that President Trump inquired about “selling” Puerto Rico.

Trump Needles New Zealand on COVID

August 19, 2020 Buck Banks

“You’ve seen what’s going on in New Zealand? Big surge in New Zealand. It’s terrible. We don’t want that.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, after New Zealand reported 22 new coronavirus cases in two days. The United States is currently averaging 50,000 new cases every day.

Maybe, but Developing Into What, a Third-World Nation?

April 17, 2020 Buck Banks

“We’re a developing nation too, in my book. We’re developing too.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post.

Eric Trump — Investment Seer

March 10, 2020 Buck Banks

“In my opinion, it’s a great time to buy stocks or into your 401K. I would be all in… let’s see if I’m right ….”

— Eric Trump, tweeting on February 28.

Ivanka Trump Registers Republican

March 3, 2020 Buck Banks

“I am a proud Trump Republican. I believe he’s broadened the reach of the Republican Party, which is really important to me.”

— New York Times: “Ivanka Trump’s transformation from a liberal New York socialite who donated to Democratic politicians and vocally supported gay rights to a card-carrying member of her father’s ‘Make America Great Again’ coalition is now complete. … Ms. Trump said on Monday that she had made the decision to officially change her voter registration from Democrat to Republican because she wanted to vote for her father in the New York primary, something she did not do in 2016 when she missed the deadline to register as a Republican.”

Trump Expands the Presidential Vernacular

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Buck Banks

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After President Trump said “bullshit” in a television appearance at the White House Feb. 6, NBC News searched the 132,480 records from the American Presidency Project and found six instances where people had used the word before at public events. One was songwriter Diane Warren, one was singer Kanye West and the rest were by Trump.

A Rare Moment of Trumpian Self-Reflection

January 10, 2020 Buck Banks

“You know it’s interesting, as I’m saying this stuff — you know, ‘They want crime, they want chaos’ — I’m saying all this stuff and then I say, ‘Gee, now I sort of understand why they hate me for it.’”

“The press doesn’t like to talk about it, but the real number was much, much bigger… It was tremendous numbers of people, not the Capitol, I’m talking about the rally itself, and it was a lovefest, it was a beautiful thing.”

— Asked in a Fox News interview if he regretted how he handled the Capitol riots, Donald Trump blamed Speaker Nancy Pelosi for poor security and then boasted about the size of the crowd that was there to support him.

“Friends of mine say we are not going to vote because we are angry about the presidential election. Don’t listen to my friends.”

— President Trump, quoted by Politico, urging Georgia Republicans to vote in the Senate runoffs.

“We’re going to have sheriffs, and we’re going to have law enforcement, and we’re going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we’re going to have everybody and attorney generals.”

— President Trump threatened to send “sheriffs” and “law enforcement” to polling places on election day to guard against voter fraud—even though he lacks the authority to do so, CNN reports.

“He wanted to see if we could sell Puerto Rico, ‘could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland,’ because, in his words, ‘Puerto Rico was dirty and the people were poor.’”

— Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor confirmed to MSNBC that President Trump inquired about “selling” Puerto Rico.

“You’ve seen what’s going on in New Zealand? Big surge in New Zealand. It’s terrible. We don’t want that.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, after New Zealand reported 22 new coronavirus cases in two days. The United States is currently averaging 50,000 new cases every day.

“We’re a developing nation too, in my book. We’re developing too.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post.

“In my opinion, it’s a great time to buy stocks or into your 401K. I would be all in… let’s see if I’m right ….”

— Eric Trump, tweeting on February 28.

“I am a proud Trump Republican. I believe he’s broadened the reach of the Republican Party, which is really important to me.”

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“You know it’s interesting, as I’m saying this stuff — you know, ‘They want crime, they want chaos’ — I’m saying all this stuff and then I say, ‘Gee, now I sort of understand why they hate me for it.’”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, in a rare moment of self-reflection before adding, “But it’s true.”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Well, the concern is misplaced. Because if you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.”

– Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, demonstrating how racists speak.

“If I were a betting person, I’d say Trump is going to run again. If he’s not held accountable and he gets to do it again, I think that could be the end of our democracy.”

– Hillary Clinton

— Former President Trump released a statement on the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

“Now, Wacky Bill Cassidy can’t walk down the street in Louisiana, a State I won by almost 20 points. He could not even be elected dog catcher today, the great people curse him.”

— Conservative radio host Dennis Prager announced that he has Covid-19 while he ranted against vaccines.

Numerati

49%

13

38%

44% to 53%

8.2%

“The wealthiest 400 families in the United States are paying an average income tax rate of just 8.2%, according to a new analysis from the Biden administration,” CBS News reports.