REPORTER: You called the Beirut explosion an "attack." Are you confident it wasn't an accident? TRUMP: "Well, it would seem like it." (This, in case it needs to be pointed out, is totally irresponsible.) pic.twitter.com/7LYYq1dWFr — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2020
REPORTER: You called the Beirut explosion an "attack." Are you confident it wasn't an accident?
TRUMP: "Well, it would seem like it."
(This, in case it needs to be pointed out, is totally irresponsible.) pic.twitter.com/7LYYq1dWFr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2020
Little bit, seeing as how reporting is that it was a warehouse full of explosives rather than an attack, so let’s not go to war.
The thing is…if you take New York out then the US hasn’t done quite so badly.
REPORTER: When you look at the percentage of the population that has died from Covid, only 3 countries are worse than the US. How do you explain that? TRUMP: "Well, I think actually the numbers are lower than others." (They are not — this is a lie.) pic.twitter.com/qy7wm1c1fD — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2020
REPORTER: When you look at the percentage of the population that has died from Covid, only 3 countries are worse than the US. How do you explain that?
TRUMP: "Well, I think actually the numbers are lower than others." (They are not — this is a lie.) pic.twitter.com/qy7wm1c1fD
And if I don’t count the students who don’t get As, I could with confidence say that all my students aced my class.
iknklast:
Worth a try, surely, given that Trump has shown the way. It surely will go down as the Trumpian path to national elevation. ;-)
TRUMP: “Well, I think actually the numbers are lower than others.” (They are not — this is a lie.)
No, he’s right, the numbers are indeed lower than the three countries worse than the US. Other than that, not so much.
AoS,
The lie was in his first three words.
Still early. But a gigantic stockpile of ammonium nitrate, sitting in storage for year after year, could be a target for sabotage. It usually takes a Timothy McVeigh to make the stuff explosive rather than flammable.
And if I don’t count the students who don’t get As, I could with confidence say that all my students aced my class.
iknklast:
Worth a try, surely, given that Trump has shown the way. It surely will go down as the Trumpian path to national elevation. ;-)
No, he’s right, the numbers are indeed lower than the three countries worse than the US. Other than that, not so much.
AoS,
The lie was in his first three words.
Still early. But a gigantic stockpile of ammonium nitrate, sitting in storage for year after year, could be a target for sabotage. It usually takes a Timothy McVeigh to make the stuff explosive rather than flammable.