Wow...Trump invented the phrase "Priming the Pump"

[Bengus81]

Well...he SAYS he did! BTW Trump,that very phrase was used in the movie Nine to Five oh....THIRTY SEVEN years ago. But...if you say you came up with it...........

TRUMP: We have to prime the pump.

ECONOMIST: It's very Keynesian.

TRUMP: We're the highest-taxed nation in the world. Have you heard that expression before, for this particular type of an event?

ECONOMIST: Priming the pump?

TRUMP: Yeah, have you heard it?

ECONOMIST: Yes.

TRUMP: Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven't heard it. I mean, I just ... I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. It's what you have to do.

http://headlinesnetwork.com/article/www.kansas.com/ba62d14748db050d2fbe3c736c26cf95/news/20170511/trump-says-he-invented-84-year-old-phrase-but-why/

[JDC]

1. Lunatic. Pure and simple.

[okieinpain]

5. i'm looking for a "bwahhhhhhh" emoji. don't know of one do you. n/t.

[jberryhill]

2. Bullshit, Kim Il Sung did!

WARMONGERING US PUPPETMASTER LIES ABOUT INVENTION OF "PRIME THE PUMP" BY GLORIOUS DEAR LEADER KIM IL SUNG!

ALSO, GET HOLE IN ONE EVERY TIME AFTER INVENT GOLF.

[Bluepinky]

3. He has never had to use his tiny hands for anything except waving them around when he talks.

Other people who actually work have always had to do all kinds of things with their hands, such as, err, priming a pump.

[milestogo]

4. Is that the same as spanking the monkey?

Or is it this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=priming+the+pump

[peggysue2]

6. My husband nearly . . .

fell off his seat when he heard this. The Trumpster presumably has a degree from Wharton, yet believes he came up with the phrase 'prime the pump.' Anyone who has taken Econ 101 is familiar with the phrase, a basic Keynesian principle.

The Trumpster is losing it, bigly.

[rzemanfl]

7. He thinks he invented it by buying Russian hookers champagne. n/t

[appleannie1943]

8. He is so full of it, it runs over every time he opens his mouth

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[Chipper Chat]

9. my grandpa told me in 1953 not tp prime the pump too often

That was 64 years ago. Trump would have been 6?

[Warpy]

10. Part of living too long is having a very long memory

It was a song popular in the Depression that built support for FDR's program of putting people back to work on government projects, "priming the pump" of the economy by creating demand.

It worked.

[davsand]

11. Well, be sure and tell all the old timers Donny invented that phrase.

Stupid asshole clearly has lived a life with indoor plumbing and running water. A hand pump has to be "Primed" to create the suction necessary to make the pump work. You pour some water into the pump then pump the handle...

Honest to Gawd, he didn't invent the phrase.




Laura

[Warren DeMontague]

12. He also invented underwear

true story.