Trump's answer for why he shut down the Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense

[intrepidity]

established at the National Security Council in 2016 by President Barack Obama after the 2014 Ebola outbreak:

“Well, I just don’t think — I just don’t think that somebody is going to — without seeing something, like we saw something happening in China,” Mr. Trump said. “As soon as they saw that happening, they essentially — not from the White House. I mean, you know, we don’t need a lab in the White House. But they saw something happening.”

You don't say.

[Demovictory9]

1. omg

[diverdownjt]

21. And there you have it

If you listen...people will tell you all you need to know about them...

First line he says it twice...."Well I just don't think"

What else do you need to know?

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. See? Sometimes Trump DOESN'T lie.

Twice a day, and all that.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Can someone please translate that to English for me.

[duforsure]

5. He's saying he hasn't a clue

So he's double speaking , BSing , and knows he got caught , again screwing up.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. Don't forget to add the FU at the end.

[NanceGreggs]

7. I'm sorry.

We cannot fulfill your request.

There is currently no Trumpshit-to-English translation books and/or services available at this time.

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[BigmanPigman]

9. HA!

[docgee]

16. LMAO!

[HuskyOffset]

20. I can sometimes get a close translation

by combining the translations from Idiot-to-English, Bullshittery-to-English, and Malignant Narcissist-to-English, but Trump has something else in there as well, so it only gets you close some of the time.

[Grokenstein]

18. Sure, here you go.

"Duhhhhhhhhhhh...huh? Somebody else will take care of it, right? They always do!"

[KY_EnviroGuy]

19. You'll need to ask the nearest MAGAt deplorable, they should know.

Their interpreter comes along with their brainwashing and is also compatible with Limbaugh 2.0 and Faux News Version 4.X.

Otherwise consider it meaningless gibberish.......

[AwakeAtLast]

26. I'm. An. Idiot.

[wishstar]

3. Real reason is monster set out to abolish everything good set up by Pres. Obama as "Deep State hoax"

Reports have placed direct blame on John Bolton so surprised Trump hasn't blamed him yet.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. I am always in awe of his golden-throated oratory. No soap radio. nt

[exboyfil]

6. That needs to be an ad

run while captioning his words.

[Arkansas Granny]

13. +1

[uponit7771]

14. +1,

[33taw]

8. 25th amendment.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. WTF?

[Scarsdale]

11. Silver tongued debil!

I bet the botoxed, plastic surgery enhanced "Trumpeteers" at Mar-A-Lardo just eat those words up. Probably makes sense to Maleria, though.

[safeinOhio]

15. Again we have an 8th grader

giving a book report on a book he has not read.

[woodsprite]

28. 8th grader? You give him too much credit. nt

[NurseJackie]

17. It's like listening to Vicky Pollard (Fast-forward to the 40-second mark)

[Layzeebeaver]

22. Let's try and boil this down...

“Well, I just don’t think — I just don’t think that somebody is going to — without seeing something, like we saw something happening in China,” Mr. Trump said. “As soon as they saw that happening, they essentially — not from the White House. I mean, you know, we don’t need a lab in the White House. But they saw something happening.”

Let’s use a form of calculus of statement...

1st sentence compression/clarification:

“I don’t think somebody is going to — without what we saw in China,” (Ok, here he just left something hanging out there... we can likely just eliminate this 1st sentence compression as well. He’s obviously attempting to ad-lib and this bit conveys no information)

2nd sentence compression/clarification:

”As soon as the ”non-white house” people saw what was going on in China, they...” (this is just an attempt at a qualifying statement -and poor at that- and can be eliminated as well)

3rd sentence compression/clarification:

“we don’t need a lab in the White House” (Aha! here it is... the real nub of the statement. Wait, there is an actual lab in the White House?)

4th and final... (let’s just compress the whole thing down to three words)

“I’m in idiot.”, Mr. Trump said.

[OneBro]

23. He nailed it with his first five words.

“Well, I just don’t think -“

Full stop.

[Duppers]

25. THIS ⬆⬆

Thank you.

[Vinca]

27. Maybe it made more sense in the original Russian.

[ThoughtCriminal]

29. I can translate.

President Obama created it.

[eleny]

30. Yeah, I get it....