Trump "didn't know people died from the flu." It killed his grandfather.

[kpete]

Trump continued: “I never heard those numbers. I would’ve been shocked. I would’ve said, ‘Does anybody die from the flu? I didn’t know people died from the flu.’ … And again, you had a couple of years where it was over a 100,000 people died from the flu.”

The president is correct. Seasonal influenza has killed 12,000 to 61,000 people in the United States every year since 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been several years where more than 100,000 Americans were killed by particularly nasty influenza strains.

One of those episodes was the 1958 pandemic, which killed 116,000 in the United States.

Another was 1918.

That is the year Trump’s paternal grandfather died.

He died of the flu.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1440

Link to tweet

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/06/27/the-story-of-donald-trumps-grandfather-who-came-to-the-u-s-as-an-unaccompanied-minor/

[Leghorn21]

1. Aw geeze, kpete, I missed the part where he said he didn't know people died from the flu

he didn’t know
what else doesn’t this moron “know”?

Have MERCY

[3catwoman3]

8. As was said of Sarah Palin, "She doesn't know anything."

Neither does Trump. He has survival a=savvy and cunning, but knowledgeable he ain’t.

The meaning of that statement above feels different, depending on which word you emphasize, but is equally true no matter which way:

He/she doesn’t KNOW anything.
He/she doesn’t know ANYTHING.
He/she doesn’t know ANYTHING!

[elleng]

2. and my grandmother,

both in nyc (as I suspect his was.)

[Martin Eden]

3. Astounding and Appalling IGNORANCE

Very appealing to his voters, who like to think he's one of them.

[RockRaven]

4. To be honest, I *DO* believe that Trump did not know that.

Even with it being his grandfather's cause of death.

First of all, it was before he was born, and as far as Dolt45 cares, the world began the day he was born and will cease to exist the moment he dies.

Secondly, ignorance of, and indifference towards, even his closest relatives' infirmities and sufferings is EXACTLY what one ought to expect out of Dolt45 given all of his public behavior to date.

[virgogal]

5. The bottom link never mentions the flu,just that he died in 1918.

[RussBLib]

6. who knew?

everyone but you
asshole!

[superpatriotman]

7. Have you seen the Transcript of the Perfect Call?

Or heard about the electoral college win?

[dweller]

9. the first link is broken

not accessible any longer


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