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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8258973/Trump-goes-rant-against-New-York-Times.htmlI was being sarcastic again! Trump uses same defense for his disinfectant debacle to insist his bungled 'Noble' prize tweets were actually attacks on journalists' morals after 'phony' NY Times hamburger story
President Trump called himself the 'hardest working president in history' as he sent out a flurry of tweets protesting a New York Times story
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Trump accused the Times of lying about 'his schedule and eating habits' and said he was working around the clock
He also said the Times journalists should give their 'Noble' prize back, confusing it with the Pulitzer, which they won, and spelling Nobel wrong
In a follow-up tweet four hours later, the president claimed his use of the word 'noble' instead of 'Nobel' was him being sarcastic to get his point across
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)when he has to eventually face his crimes in the SDNY? "Judge, I wasn't lying, stealing and cheating on my taxes, etc. I was just being sarcastic to make a point about lying, cheating and stealing on my taxes". Suuuure, dude.
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)This seems like a good time for this neologism from a few years back:
Sarcasm - the gap between biting wit and someone too stupid to get it.
Also, ignorance - someone who is both stupid AND an asshole
Caliman73
(11,692 posts)So damn stupid that he doesn't even know what sarcasm is.
Saying that journalists should give back their Noble Prize is not sarcasm. The only point that Trump got across is that he is an idiot.
Captain Zero
(6,714 posts)He spelled it correctly AND incorrectly in the post. noble/Nobel. and then seemed like he was doing something with dictionary definition of noble. It was fucked up word salad to me.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Harker
(13,873 posts)the utter magnificence of his you know what.
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)fierywoman
(7,641 posts)has anyone ever seen him truly, genuinely laugh?
RainCaster
(10,677 posts)They gave him a post-it note
Cha
(295,899 posts)digging.
tblue37
(64,979 posts)Tom Kitten
(7,339 posts)"President Trump called himself the 'hardest working president in history'"... that could be considered sarcasm
eShirl
(18,466 posts)"sarcastic" = sundowning