Trump: "When I took over the United States..."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Oliver Willis ✔ @owillis

Trump refers to the beginning of his presidency as "when I took over the United States."

1:26 PM - Sep 23, 2019

Fuuuuuuck you, Orange Julius!

[HipChick]

1. More like when he infected it..

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. .

[unblock]

3. excellent! he's admitting it was a coup!

[live love laugh]

46. YES a Coup and people are oblivious (sort of) nt

[sharedvalues]

55. "When I stole the election" with GOP voter suppression and a lot of help from Russia

is what he meant

[live love laugh]

69. Exactly nt

[Hekate]

4. A bankrupt businessman who never, ever understood government. He only knows buying & selling.

I hope to see him in prison. I hope to see his whole family bankrupted back to nothing -- and in prison.

[BonnieJW]

7. And lying and eating

He knows those really well.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. His main business abilities:

His main business abilities: bullying and cheating........

[Uben]

19. His main business ability is....

...spending other people's money! That's why no bank in the U.S. will lend him anything. They've all been burnt by the bastard. He borrows money, buys something and sucks all the money out leaving them bankrupt....which means the loans never get repaid.

[usaf-vet]

10. Don't forget bullying, threatening, suing, reneging on contracts and the ever present lying.

[dugog55]

32. That is just it,

he never was a business man. He never was a CEO, never answered to a Board of Directors or shareholders. He was a corrupt salesman, that dealt mainly in real estate. If anything, he was a very well financed shyster (thanks daddy) without a shred of morality or compassion. He is a hollow shell of what could have been a human being, the true definition of a lowlife.

[Dave Starsky]

39. I've screamed this a million times.He NEVER ever was a CEO.

He has always, ever been the sole proprietor of a shady, insular family business.

He has never, ever been accountable to a board of directors, to shareholders, to regulators, to credentialing or certification organizations, ever. He has never performed in any way like the Chief Executive Officer of an actual corporation would have to behave.

I tell people that I know work for major companies that if their CEO behaved on ONE DAY like Trump does even ONCE several times a day, that the board of directors would hold an emergency meeting and fire that asshole immediately. No real company would ever want to be even remotely associated with that bullshit.

[True Blue American]

63. And lost

His Fathers money that he and his sister, the judge stole from their Father with a shady corporation.

[SummerSnow]

64. he's a political slumlord

[Caliman73]

5. He is an idiot, but this is just normal lack of vocabulary.

Please don't make me defend Trump.

Yes, he is a complete ass. Yes he does fantasize about being an autocrat. This however, is just an example of how he lacks the vocabulary of an intelligent person. I don't think it is anything sinister. It is Trump being a moron who can't think on the fly.

Iran is a different place since I "took office" would have been perfectly fine. He said toward the end, "when I became president" and repeated it as if he FINALLY found the words he was looking for.

[FakeNoose]

8. Chump never rehearses anything, never reviews his press briefings

... and THAT'S why he's never prepared to say anything intelligent in front of a camera. Winging it is just fine because no reporters ever call him out on it. He's been getting away with this shit for way too long.

[Caliman73]

14. Worse than that. He is just not smart.

You are right, he is never prepared but he isn't intelligent. President Obama, was usually prepared, but he was also incredibly smart. President Obama could riff and react to things that were unexpected. He knew enough about many topics to be able to turn on a dime if the conversation did.

Trump, possibly because of cognitive decline, possibly because he just lacks intelligence has what is called "Poverty of Content". He uses the same words constantly when better words are available and he cannot seem to find words when specking extemporaneously.

[yonder]

27. Though not likely clinical, I'd add Poverty of Curiousity and Poverty of Compassion

to the top of the list, along with a lack of other traits that most normal people have. Not to mention what a POTUS has to have.

[Lock him up.]

58. He is smart to conspire shenanigans in secret with his sycophants...

... like the crooked conman he's always been.

The fact that he managed to get away with every crime he committed that far is stunning.

[Caliman73]

68. The fact the he has gotten away is indicative of the system, not his intelligence.

Money allows people to evade consequences in a way that you and I could not. If I got in trouble for something minor, I probably have the ability to hire an attorney in private practice or a small firm to defend me. Someone with less resources than I would need to rely on a public defender or in civil court, might not be able to afford one. Someone like Trump has attorneys on staff who are aware of his situation who can deal for him, with any prosecution. Justice is not blind. Your ability to hire the right attorney and "make deals" avoiding criminal prosecution gives people with more resources the ability to get away with things that would send the average citizen to jail or prison.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. You're right.

I've been meaning to make a post of how Trump just uses the first word that pops into his head for his version of mangled English.

Yesterday it was a "perfect conversation", the day before a "powerful wall". Then how he didn't want Biden to "create to the corruption in Ukraine".

Trump is an unqualified idiot who pulls facts and words in general out of his ass.

[colorado_ufo]

15. I agree - gaffe or Freudian slip?

I cannot stand him and want impeachment a.s.a.p., but I think he was going with something like, "When I took over responsibility for the United States." His conduct, however, would automatically make one lean toward autocracy.

[Caliman73]

16. They aren't mutually exclusive.

He desperately wants to be the "boss" of the United States AND he is a dottering fool who lacks the vocabulary and intelligence to express himself well.

[colorado_ufo]

18. He does score on both!

[King_Klonopin]

57. Yes, he is an idiot, but Sigmund Freud was right! No such thing as an accident. n/t

[Stuart G]

6. These are the words that will destroy Trump...he said them today...

"when I took over the United States.".....and he really said this...and it is what will destroy him..
...........his own words

He will have to apologize, or take the heat. and the heat will be "Fucking Hot"

[TommyCelt]

21. I'll believe that...

...when this trump is in leg irons.

Should heat ever befall this creature, I highly doubt it'll be this statement that turns it up.

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Trump confessed to obstruction of justice on national TV.

" when I decided to just do it (fire Director Comes), I said to myself, I said: ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story..."

There were 9 other instances of Trump obstructing justice outlined in the Mueller Report, and he has not been impeached or indicted.

"when I took over the United States" doesn't even rise to the level of a crime, so how will those words destroy him exactly?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

49. Because we will NOT forget those words.

EVER.

[IronLionZion]

9. Channeling Putin or does he just have a very bad vocabulary

maybe some of both

[Stuart G]

23. Not a bad vocabulary. Just a very dim light bulb..like 2 watts.

[bdamomma]

12. may day may day

where is Stephen Miller to intervene on this one. dripping with

[DFW]

17. And now, he's running the U S A ha-ha, ho-ho, hee hee, ha ha...........

[Ligyron]

29. That was very good!

Yeah, I remember the original song too, I'm old.

Thanks for putting it up.

[DFW]

41. Glad you liked it!

It was one of the first ones we did after he got in. Back then, even we didn't imagine the damage he'd do.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. We are so screwed

when is this ever going to end

[murielm99]

22. It will end.

Let's just hope it ends the way we want it to end. GOTV

[Haggis for Breakfast]

52. Just remember:

The pendulum ALWAYS swings back.

[Delmette2.0]

24. Tough fucking shit!

He has had over 2 and a half years to learn the correct verbiage for a government EMPLOYEE. He doesn't care to learn. The proof was when all the transition documents/books were ignored or probably shredded.
I truly hope that copies of each were saved to be reprinted and used for the next democratically elected administration to use as a starting point.

[calimary]

25. ...and ran it straight into the ground.

[Ilsa]

26. Gaffe or not, trump believes what he said. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

28. He freely admits it was a joint hostile takeover by the Trump Organization and Putco Worldwide...

[DFW]

42. PUTUS

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But I doubt even PUTUS always gets his way when communicating his instructions.....

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Says who? Says Moscow ME!!
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[LudwigPastorius]

45. Is that a mink ushanka on your head, or...

were you trying to fix the electric generator in the dacha?

[DFW]

59. Actually, I don't remember what it was

A friend of ours was stationed in Moscow, and he had been after us to visit for almost five years. I just never found the time. His time there was drawing to a close, and he insisted, so we finally booked a trip in December. BAD move. 23° below, I've never been so cold. I wasn't prepared, so he gave me a Chechen hat he had acquired on a trip to the Caucasus.

This was right around the time when the Chechens were blowing up stuff right and left in Russia. He lived in a compound where many foreigners lived, so there were armed guards at the entrance to every apartment building. One of them started to unshoulder his rifle when he saw me. My friend had to reassure the guard that I was a friend visiting from the West who had forgotten to bring an appropriate hat.

[LudwigPastorius]

70. Yikes!

That had to be a frightening moment.

Who knew you could identify a violent, crazed, ideologue by the kind of hat he’s wearing?

[DFW]

71. Not just paramilitary Russian cops, apparently! n/t

[sandensea]

30. And the Orange Blob thinks that flashing the Illuminati sign non-stop will win them over

They must laugh at him non-stop, that's what.

[Fan of Da Bearse]

33. Up Next from Trump:

"When I created the heavens and the earth. . ."

[barbtries]

34. for those on twitter,

go check the whole thread. a series of insane, defamatory, outrageous lies.

yeah, we've seen it all before. but we cannot become inured to it; they count on that.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Even by Trump standards, it's been a raucous tweet day

Link to tweet

[karin_sj]

36. Good grief

I have no words.

[C_U_L8R]

37. It's true. He did.

And we're still in denial.

[Glimmer of Hope]

38. The day he is put in his place cannot come soon enough.

[Totally Tunsie]

40. After all the accusations, after all the trials and (hopefuly) convictions,

each and every Democrat should be allowed their one best shot at the body of this moron. We just need one yuuuuge bruiser to hold him still as we wind up for our punch.

I hope this idiot/traitor burns in Hell for all eternity.

[bucolic_frolic]

43. Just keep your thoughts focused on

Trexit .... Trump Exit. Their lies are interwoven now, they are not as good or believeable as before, it could mean an end game emerging.

Trexit or bust!

[Ferrets are Cool]

44. Well, for ONCE I agree with this criminal

we BOTH think he is a dictator.

[Alwaysna]

47. Trump would cheat at tic-tac-toe with a 4 year old!

[Aussie105]

48. When I became CEO of these here United States . . .

I just applied my usual business techniques. Come up with big ideas, expect others to make them real, assume the business was running well, and scoop the cream off the top in personal profits.
(And I had my excuses and denials for stuffing up all lined up nicely.)

One thing is for sure, Trump has legitimised a grab for power and money for a lot of politicians. Service to the public good is no longer a political ideal, it's just the acquisition of power and money that now motivates a large section of the government.

Problem is, in the back of his mind, and for most of the GOP and supporters, they know they are doing it wrong, which creates a feeling of insecurity. How do you get over that? Well, you ramp up your efforts in regards to acquiring power and money.

Then there is the moral sneer and cruelty aimed at minorities. (aka not white, too young to vote people)

If it was found that parents locked up their kids in cages, they would have authorities around like a shot. Yet the government can do this, and all is OK?

[BootinUp]

50. Lol, u just can't make this shit up. Nt

[BootinUp]

51. There are actually people who want to re-elect

this pompous lying cheating destroying mfer.

[Aussie105]

53. He promised them

he would pave their local roads with gold.

And they believed him, still do. It's easier to tell yourself . . . ."Any day now, Trump will deliver, just a little more patience" . . . . rather than . . . . "Shyte, I got it so wrong!"

[KY_EnviroGuy]

54. tRump speaks as if he's taken control of a corporation.

Sorry, chump - this is the people's government and you're living in the people's White House.....

Republicans in government need the words "public servant" tattooed in reverse on their foreheads so they can see it every morning in their mirror.

KY........

[Wawannabe]

56. He can go straight to

Fucking the fuck off !!

He said the exact right words because he has done that ....but he can fuck the fuck off !

[ZZenith]

60. You didn't take over shit, you pompous pimple on the ass of humanity.

A pox on you and your wretched family. I live to watch your demise.

[rickyhall]

61. You mean when fucked your country?

[pansypoo53219]

62. mob boss.

[malthaussen]

65. Not surprising.

Who didn't know that this is exactly the way he thinks?

-- Mal

[bucolic_frolic]

66. There is karma, there is hoisting by one's own petard, there is arrogance

and then there is hubris.

"when I took over the United States."

Hold that thought.

[Sapient Donkey]

67. Imagine if Obama or any other democratic president said those exact same words

We wouldn't hear the end of it from the republicans. But hey, if Trump says weird shit it's totally cool since he's their guy.