Trump doubles down on lie he told Canada's Trudeau in jumbled new tweet
Source: RawStory
BRAD REED
15 MAR 2018 AT 09:36 ET
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a baffling and incoherent tweet defending his decision to simply make up facts during discussions with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Reacting to reports that he boasted about inventing false facts while talking with Trudeau, Trump insisted that he knew what he was talking about even if he didnt actually know what he was talking about.
Link to tweet
In fact, the United States government says that the U.S. actually does have a trade surplus not a deficit with Canada.
U.S. goods and services trade with Canada totaled an estimated $627.8 billion in 2016, writes the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Exports were $320.1 billion; imports were $307.6 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade surplus with Canada was $12.5 billion in 2016.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)underpants
(182,834 posts)Does the President have a clue...
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,865 posts)underpants
(182,834 posts)He's going have to deal with a lot of snickering when he passes the water cooler
underpants
(182,834 posts)DownFromTheMountain
(226 posts)Just like when he said:"I'm a Great Christian, and I am!"
Motley13
(3,867 posts)Mark Twain
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)blugbox
(951 posts)HAHA thank you for posting this!
Perfect response!!
Knibb High Football Rules!
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans must stop lying to Americans, Canadians, and the rest of the world.
we can do it
(12,189 posts)DemoTex
(25,399 posts)It's not just about basketball, nowadays.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)but goes out with a Lamb! (been waiting to make that joke)
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)I guess I cannot encourage a similar fate for the boy king. But perhaps something politically just as deadly?
riversedge
(70,245 posts)In fact, the United States government says that the U.S. actually does have a trade surplus not a deficit with Canada.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)Or cherry pick actual facts in a story to suit their narrative.
But this is so unprecedented. That a sitting President would blatantly lie, even double down on the lies, and that would all ok with almost half the population. Or worse, they would believe his tweets over actual bare-faced facts by the authority on the subject.
Astounding,
and depressing.