Trump's Know-Nothing Tour de Force
I was going to write about something else today, but frankly I just can't work around what Donald Trump has said in multiple interviews released today. You should really see the full interviews, or at least the excerpts I'm linking to, but here's the gist:
He told the Economist he invented the use of "priming the pump" with regard to the economy. It's probably most associated with Franklin Roosevelt, and even if Trump meant "came upon it" rather than "came up with it" it's remarkable for anyone in his position to be that ignorant of normal economics usage. Then again, he's never shown that he knows anything about economics.
He spoke gibberish about aircraft carriers to Time magazine: "I said what system are you going to be'Sir, were staying with digital.' I said no youre not. You going to goddamned steam, the digital costs hundreds of millions of dollars more money and its no good." I know very little about aircraft carriers, but the people who do know this stuff confirm that he doesn't know what he's talking about. Not that he's wrong, mind you; he isn't coherent enough to be wrong.
Then he completely contradicted his own explanation on James Comey's firing to NBC News. The old story that Trump was reacting to a recommendation from the Department of Justice; the new story is that he was always going to fire Comey.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-11/trump-s-know-nothing-tour-de-force
The Blue Flower
(5,446 posts)Come on, Rs. Show some concern for the country.
several times.
brush
(53,876 posts)gobbledygook is way beyond breathtaking.
There are just no words wait, there are words.
He's the president and we have repugs to thank for it.
Ryan and McConnell, where the fuck are you?