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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 02:13 PM Apr 2018

Trump claims to "have all the best words." Lets compare them to those of other presidents.

Donald Trump communicates like no other president, rarely speaking with reporters, reading speeches by rote, and tweeting constantly, obsessively, manically, opening windows directly into his mind. While not always pretty panoramas, we see what he’s thinking.

So comparing Trump to other presidents — looking at thoughts on similar subjects or simply comparing Trump’s best-known quotes and those of other presidents — could be interesting. Let’s see. (Note: Trump’s quotes are in italics.)

Franklin D. Roosevelt:

“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”

“There was no collusion. Everybody knows there was no collusion.”

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”

“The point is, you can never be too greedy.”

-more-

http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/burke-a-presidents-garden-of-quotes-or-did-he-say-that/?utm_source=DAILY+HERALD&utm_campaign=f941b2e798-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d81d073bb4-f941b2e798-228635337

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Trump claims to "have all the best words." Lets compare them to those of other presidents. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 OP
My 5 and 7 year old Granddaughters know more words.... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2018 #1
"I know words." 3catwoman3 Apr 2018 #2
Well, I'll Say This: DoctorJoJo Apr 2018 #3
News Flash: world wide wally Apr 2018 #4
A Better Comparison to Trump Wiccan Priest Apr 2018 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
1. My 5 and 7 year old Granddaughters know more words....
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 02:35 PM
Apr 2018

Than Donald Trump. They speak so eloquently. They are able to articulate their thoughts with words one hears college professors use. Conversing with them is like listening to Mozart.

Donald Trump speaks like a Kindergartener with a limited vocabulary and world view.

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
2. "I know words."
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 03:39 PM
Apr 2018

Well, not very many, apparently. Trumps's vocabulary is pathetically puerile. And what a ridiculous statement - "I know words." So do toddlers. And dogs. And parrots.

"I have the best words." Not even close. Trump probably wouldn't even understand half the sentences in the linked article.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
3. Well, I'll Say This:
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:34 PM
Apr 2018

He is probably the only president in history to use the term, MFers, in a campaign speech! On the other hand, those are probably the "best words" in his limited vocab!

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