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tblue37

(65,408 posts)
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:37 PM Jun 2021

Trump is lying again about the West Point ramp he couldn't walk down almost a year ago!

. . .

"Now when I made the best speech I've ever made, they said it was at West Point. And it was pouring and I had a ramp that was an iceskating rink," Trump falsely claimed.

It was not pouring, it was a sunny day in June and there was no ice on the ramp. In fact, earlier that same day, MSNBC law enforcement analyst Clint Watts posted a video showing the "amazing weather for West Point graduation today."

"So I walked gingerly down — that was on every newscast in the world and I never went down," Trump said, despite there should have been no danger of him falling while walking down the ramp. "I never went down, either, I never went on my ass, I'll tell you, I wasn't going to fall."

"I think that was a boobytrap," Trump said.

"I'll never forget that ramp, that was like a sheet of ice. It was cold, rainy and that ramp was long and steep," he falsely claimed.

. . .

https://www.rawstory.com

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Trump is lying again about the West Point ramp he couldn't walk down almost a year ago! (Original Post) tblue37 Jun 2021 OP
Pathetic. But the MAGAts will believe every word. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #1
RUMP IS A DAM LAIR. I would like to read a book telling EVERY lie he has told Trueblue1968 Jun 2021 #9
A book with every lie he told would be bigger than OED... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #20
You nailed it! burrowowl Jun 2021 #45
on every newscast in the world underpants Jun 2021 #2
What's the score? TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #50
😆😆😆😆 underpants Jun 2021 #69
It Was The Steepest Ramp In The History Of Ramps SoCalDavidS Jun 2021 #3
...he had to walk uphill both ways...... lastlib Jun 2021 #5
At the bottom, a man in tears came up to me....n/t hibbing Jun 2021 #38
A big, strong man, right out of central casting, and he said, "Sir. . . ." tblue37 Jun 2021 #63
And there were ferrets biting his ankles. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #44
I ran out of gas, I had a flat tire... jmowreader Jun 2021 #57
:-) SoCalDavidS Jun 2021 #58
Oh Jake. /nt sdfernando Jun 2021 #60
A very rambling festivus speech soothsayer Jun 2021 #4
nobody who voted last year was thinking of the stupid ramp when they did so. Takket Jun 2021 #6
What a piece of work. C_U_L8R Jun 2021 #7
He really needs to let things go. Initech Jun 2021 #8
He is completely incapable of letting things go. 3catwoman3 Jun 2021 #48
Because that's what he does -he lies. Joinfortmill Jun 2021 #10
Strawberries NQAS Jun 2021 #11
Lol torius Jun 2021 #43
Must see. NQAS Jun 2021 #46
The way these things eat at him would be pathetic if he were not so damn dangerous. nt Hekate Jun 2021 #12
Hopefully, more people are going to recognize it...... MyOwnPeace Jun 2021 #21
Excellent point and Biden at the same venue from 2016 was even more painful malaise Jun 2021 #23
It sounds like they're getting his greatest hits again tonight. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #13
I am so fucking sick of him. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #14
If you spend ANY time dwelling on it..... MyOwnPeace Jun 2021 #24
I don't get it either Skittles Jun 2021 #55
+1 New Breed Leader Jun 2021 #70
Yep, and it's mind boggling that they don't see any of that. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #71
What a liar. If it were raining, he would have canceled. Baitball Blogger Jun 2021 #15
water screws with his hair doo !! monkeyman1 Jun 2021 #42
Wait. Is he speaking at West Point?????!!!! msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #16
He's speaking in North Carolina about the West Point ramp last year. tblue37 Jun 2021 #64
Wait. Is he speaking at West Point?????!!!! msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #17
Imagine being so pathetic you believe this guy when he says shit like this... RockRaven Jun 2021 #18
That fucker can lie - here' are the two Youtube videos malaise Jun 2021 #19
And be sure to notice...... MyOwnPeace Jun 2021 #25
It's like he doesn't remember that there is video malaise Jun 2021 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jun 2021 #29
Damn, look at that torrential rain and howling wind. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #27
Bet on that malaise Jun 2021 #31
Smirky....... MyOwnPeace Jun 2021 #33
Look for it on MOrning JoeScum malaise Jun 2021 #35
Jake Tapper, Jim Acosta, Anderson Cooper, Chris Hayes, & Rachel Maddow probably will, and some other tblue37 Jun 2021 #65
+1 dalton99a Jun 2021 #47
There's a lot of bright rain on that day. AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #49
Doesn't he know there is video? malaise Jun 2021 #66
this imbecilic psychopath is seriously mentally ill. NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #22
Has been for a long time. Getting worse. Fixated on grievances (any size) and retribution. nt Evolve Dammit Jun 2021 #32
Either enjoying and testing con man status, or serious Alzheimer's time blending bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #26
OMG. At least when I read this I'm less worried about him destroying America captain queeg Jun 2021 #30
You really could be right....... MyOwnPeace Jun 2021 #36
Trump was just helping that military officer down the ramp Poiuyt Jun 2021 #34
The real fun part is that it happened on malaise Jun 2021 #37
Don't you just love it that this shows that the mocking he took for that ramp Marie Marie Jun 2021 #39
That ramp lives in his head rent free. Grokenstein Jun 2021 #40
It's a classic case of advanced senility. Aussie105 Jun 2021 #41
Much earlier, he claimed that he ran down the last 10 feet of the ramp. keithbvadu2 Jun 2021 #51
It didn't bother the gentleman on his arm holding him up, LOL Baked Potato Jun 2021 #52
It's always a giveaway when he never shuts up about something budkin Jun 2021 #53
He is sick in the head. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2021 #54
HAHAHA his fishlips in the beginning of that clip Skittles Jun 2021 #56
LOL Insane. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #59
Grampy Rampy Blue Owl Jun 2021 #61
One word only. DEMENTIA!! This household lives it every day. 7wo7rees Jun 2021 #62
He was never in any real danger of falling. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2021 #67
Surely there is an award for being the greatest whiner on the face of the Earth. Vinca Jun 2021 #68
.. Mc Mike Jun 2021 #72
A booby trap? That would explain why he's groping the hell out of that railing... Blue Owl Jun 2021 #73

Trueblue1968

(17,228 posts)
9. RUMP IS A DAM LAIR. I would like to read a book telling EVERY lie he has told
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:48 PM
Jun 2021

during his run for president and the 4 horrible years his filthy butt sat in the WH. I WOULD BUY THAT BOOK !!!!

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
3. It Was The Steepest Ramp In The History Of Ramps
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:40 PM
Jun 2021

And it was pouring rain. And Snowing. And There Was Grease On The Ramp. And.....

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
57. I ran out of gas, I had a flat tire...
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 12:43 AM
Jun 2021

I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. It wasn’t my fault! I swear to God!

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
4. A very rambling festivus speech
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:42 PM
Jun 2021

With lots of me me me. A caricature of every past speech you’ve heard, like fat Elvis phoning it in.

But he didn’t mention reinstatement so I guess he can restrain himself.

Takket

(21,577 posts)
6. nobody who voted last year was thinking of the stupid ramp when they did so.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:42 PM
Jun 2021

they voted against him because he killed half a million people with his incompetence

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
48. He is completely incapable of letting things go.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 11:28 PM
Jun 2021

I haven't thought of the ramp incident since then. Now, I get to enjoy it all over again.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
21. Hopefully, more people are going to recognize it......
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:14 PM
Jun 2021

and thankfully, he's out of office as it continues to get worse!

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
13. It sounds like they're getting his greatest hits again tonight.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:59 PM
Jun 2021

I watch Hal Sparks' week-nightly streams, where he picks apart and mocks the shit out of Trump's rallies and interviews, Fox/Newsmarx/OANN/RightSide broadcasts, Rudy's and Juniors videos, etc. Trump brings up the ramp thing every damn time, along with a litany of petty grievances and bullshit self-aggrandizement, like a broken record. It's all he has.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. I am so fucking sick of him.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:01 PM
Jun 2021

I do not understand how such a moronic, deranged, ignorant, drug-addled, vulgar, blithering idiot can have so much power over so many people. I really don't. It just blows my mind.

It's like being stuck in a never-ending episode of The Twilight Zone.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
24. If you spend ANY time dwelling on it.....
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:16 PM
Jun 2021

it can be VERY depressing to think about the future of our country based on the number of people that are sucked in by this BULLSHIT!

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
25. And be sure to notice......
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:18 PM
Jun 2021

the umbrella the Army Officer is carrying because it was such a cold, rainy day!!!!!


(Oh, wait! What's that 'shiny light' on the hairpiece? That can't happen when it's a 'cold, rainy day!' )

malaise

(269,054 posts)
28. It's like he doesn't remember that there is video
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:21 PM
Jun 2021

Take it to the bank that we'll see this video over and over for the next two days

Response to MyOwnPeace (Reply #25)

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
27. Damn, look at that torrential rain and howling wind.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:21 PM
Jun 2021

And all that ice covering every square inch of ground! It's amzaing he is still alive!

I hope someone plays this video with a simultaneous recording of his description of that day on one of the major news channels.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
33. Smirky.......
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:23 PM
Jun 2021

You need to be a 'producer' or 'director' at MSNBC - BRILLIANT idea!!!!

Then again, I'm thinking Colbert or Jimmy Kimmel will have run with that already - BUT YOU DESERVE A CREDIT LINE!!!!!!

tblue37

(65,408 posts)
65. Jake Tapper, Jim Acosta, Anderson Cooper, Chris Hayes, & Rachel Maddow probably will, and some other
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:17 AM
Jun 2021

as well--maybe even Joe Scarborough.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
26. Either enjoying and testing con man status, or serious Alzheimer's time blending
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:20 PM
Jun 2021

Are cognitive abilities, never much to begin with, slipping away?

captain queeg

(10,208 posts)
30. OMG. At least when I read this I'm less worried about him destroying America
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:21 PM
Jun 2021

He is such a pathetic loser. This one could be in his greatest hits with his injecting bleach speech and holding a Bible up in front of the church (though that one wasn’t particularly funny when you think of the whole story)

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
36. You really could be right.......
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:28 PM
Jun 2021

things are 'kicking in' so fast that somebody may actually come up with the idea of not letting him out in public - he could run the "Kingdumb" from behind the curtains of Merde-a-Lago!

malaise

(269,054 posts)
37. The real fun part is that it happened on
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:30 PM
Jun 2021

his birthday - he should have seen it as an omen of things to come.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
39. Don't you just love it that this shows that the mocking he took for that ramp
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:41 PM
Jun 2021

walk is still eating away at and festering in those few remaining brain cells he has left.

Aussie105

(5,403 posts)
41. It's a classic case of advanced senility.
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:46 PM
Jun 2021

Trump still mulling over this all that time ago?

It made him feel vulnerable at the time, so he has to embellish it, make it more dangerous than it was, so he can feel a Hero who overcame Immense Odds.

Reality and video tape don't get in his way.

Just your average senile grandpa retelling tales of his heroism in his younger days.
Nothing to see here, move on!

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
51. Much earlier, he claimed that he ran down the last 10 feet of the ramp.
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 12:01 AM
Jun 2021

Much earlier, he claimed that he ran down the last 10 feet of the ramp.

Donald just makes up his lies as he needs them, even if it contradicts his earlier lies.


Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
59. LOL Insane.
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 01:44 AM
Jun 2021

Dumpy uses his final free media breaths on trying to “correct” a public perception of his imperfect personage. That is deep nuts.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
62. One word only. DEMENTIA!! This household lives it every day.
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 04:39 AM
Jun 2021

The 7wo7rees live with 85 yr old mother that was diagnosed in Dec of 2017 and has gotten much worse rapidly in last year.
There is no reason, no logic. We attended a seminar end of May and in one session one quote stood out, "its not the person, it is the disease."
Trump needs help of loving family......
Whoops, that's not happening.
Just a really sad state of affairs!

Buns_of_Fire

(17,183 posts)
67. He was never in any real danger of falling.
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:32 AM
Jun 2021

His MAMMOTH ASS is finely tuned to counterbalance his GARGANTUAN GUT. Or as Dr. Charles Atlas (the inventor of Dynamic Tension!) once put it, "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down."

Still, since this was more than ten feet, I would have thought West Point would have provided a golf cart with the optional "tons o' fun" suspension package.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
68. Surely there is an award for being the greatest whiner on the face of the Earth.
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:43 AM
Jun 2021

Hard to believe he harps on this stuff months . . . years . . . after the fact. The man "ain't right."

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