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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,996 posts)
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:16 PM Aug 2020

Trump: 'George Washington would have had a hard time beating me before the plague came in'

Trump on Tuesday said he had been “sailing” to reelection before the coronavirus pandemic struck the United States, and could have won reelection even running against George Washington.

“George Washington would have had a hard time beating me before the plague came in, before the China plague,” Trump said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “And then, you know, like every other nation, like other countries, when you get hit, it affects you, and we went down a little bit. And then we went down a little bit more, and now we’re coming up at a level that we haven’t seen.”

In both national polls and surveys of key swing states, Trump has fallen behind former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, as voters register disapproval of the president’s response to a pandemic that has killed more than 160,000 Americans and infected more than 5 million.

The president also suggested that if Biden were to win the election, everyone in the United States will have to learn to speak Chinese.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-george-washington-would-have-had-a-hard-time-beating-me-before-the-plague-came-in/ar-BB17PPeN?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP


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Trump: 'George Washington would have had a hard time beating me before the plague came in' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
It would be funny if there AleksS Aug 2020 #1
It actually sounds like the Overweight Orange Orangutan DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #2
I think you're right-- dawg day Aug 2020 #9
God, that's a stupid thing to say. Kablooie Aug 2020 #3
Only if the Russians were hacking the election again! ElementaryPenguin Aug 2020 #4
He couldn't beat his way outta a wet paper bag! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #6
What a stupid and arrogant asshole. No wonder he's a failure. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #5
You are totally correct. One of the stupidest among the stupidist.. Stuart G Aug 2020 #18
When drumph looks into a mirror Tribetime Aug 2020 #7
And there it is!!! WyattKansas Aug 2020 #8
Trump knows what Hewitt's audience wants to hear and he's happy to give it to them. Arkansas Granny Aug 2020 #10
When Trump loses BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #21
Lives in his own deluded world. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #11
The president who can't tell the truth comments on the one who couldn't tell a lie. NCjack Aug 2020 #12
THAT person..... MyOwnPeace Aug 2020 #13
Yeah. We all know what a war hero Trump was. lpbk2713 Aug 2020 #14
Time for the next Jon McNaughton fantasy painting Blue Owl Aug 2020 #15
Okay, I will grant that (even though it is BS). SO WHAT!?! Caliman73 Aug 2020 #16
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2020 #22
This Cockwomble would have to cross the Delaware on his golf cart. lastlib Aug 2020 #17
Trump: "I cannot not tell a lie" Blue Owl Aug 2020 #19
George Washington would have led an army to overthrow this mad king Hekate Aug 2020 #20

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
2. It actually sounds like the Overweight Orange Orangutan
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:20 PM
Aug 2020

Is giving up. At least from this snippet.

But probably not. Probably just means the Russian Puppetmaster will put more efforts in interfering with this election.

GET OUT THE VOTE. AND TRUMP, STFU.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
9. I think you're right--
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:29 PM
Aug 2020

HE's all butthurt that "the plague" happened and spoiled things... in other words, he knows he's learning.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
18. You are totally correct. One of the stupidest among the stupidist..
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 03:29 PM
Aug 2020

....I am glad that he said this, because it shows this facet of his personality to everyone, and it is loud and clear to everyone......
....Washington as everyone knows was a great leader. Comparing himself to one who is a "great leader"
shows the absolute worst side a personality. It makes Trump look worse to people who have knowledge of who George Washington was..
...And almost everyone knows who George Washington was and what he did. Even republicans will be offended by this statement. Maybe just enough to vote for Biden. and.................................

..I doubt Trump will admit his mistake in saying this...

Tribetime

(4,697 posts)
7. When drumph looks into a mirror
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:28 PM
Aug 2020

He must see a young Burt Reynolds instead the wrinkled old orange fat ass with spray on cotton candy hair.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
8. And there it is!!!
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:29 PM
Aug 2020

tRUMP actually wishes that George Washington be replaced on Mt. Rushmore with his ugly mug with his anus mouth... That way he is the "1st" President to be seen. Hell, he is probably even fantasizing about changing everything named after George Washington with his tRUMP brand. This falls into what Putin has been telling him, that he can rebuild the U.S. in his image.

Arkansas Granny

(31,517 posts)
10. Trump knows what Hewitt's audience wants to hear and he's happy to give it to them.
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:30 PM
Aug 2020

Just keeping the base riled up.

BannonsLiver

(16,387 posts)
21. When Trump loses
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 01:22 AM
Aug 2020

The MAGAT I’m most excited about as far as schadenfreude is Hugh Hewitt. I’d give almost anything to have a camera on him the minute it becomes clear it’s over. With any luck he’ll jump off a cliff. I’d pay to watch that too, most likely.

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
13. THAT person.....
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:40 PM
Aug 2020

is one SICK mother-fucker! (sorry, I've never gone so vulgar before, but, well, you know............)

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
16. Okay, I will grant that (even though it is BS). SO WHAT!?!
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 03:13 PM
Aug 2020

The pandemic DID HAPPEN and it is so bad BECAUSE YOUR RESPONSE WAS AND IS HORRIBLE. The pandemic is not just a thing that magically appeared like an asteroid or super volcano eruption. There were warnings. There were opportunities to intervene to slow the spread or even head it off. OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL.

It was Trump's ridiculous response that has is in our current situation. Trump and the entire Republican Party are to blame.

lastlib

(23,238 posts)
17. This Cockwomble would have to cross the Delaware on his golf cart.
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 03:19 PM
Aug 2020

If he tried to kneel in the snow at Valley Forge, he'd have to have six bodyguards help him stand up.

If he had presided at Philadelphia, our Constitution would be four pages of infantile gibberish (word-vomit) written with toddler crayons.

Shitstain, George Washington would eat your lunch, hand you the sack, and stuff your fat ass into it.

Hekate

(90,702 posts)
20. George Washington would have led an army to overthrow this mad king
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:43 AM
Aug 2020

Amirite?

Trump’s pathological grandiosity knows no bounds at this point.

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