Trump on fomenting religious wars: 'Who said that?' Reporter: 'You did'

[Madam45for2923]

Well, this doesn’t bode well for the nation’s future. Here’s Trump briefly answering press questions on Wednesday. Specifically, where the reporter asks about his statement on the attack in Berlin:

Video here: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/21/1613380/-Trump-on-fomenting-religious-wars-Who-said-that-Reporter-You-did

Reporter: "Your comments about the truck attack in Berlin being against Christians, do think that this might….”

Trump: "Say it again?

Reporter: "The attack in Berlin being an attack on Christians….”

Trump: "Who said that? When was that said?

Reporter: I believe you said it in a press release….”

Yep, he did. In a statement released just yesterday he said “ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad.” So there you go.

[Madam45for2923]

1. Is it an Aleppo moment or worse?

[wendyb]

15. It is worse

Worse..this is the next prez..who is out of his fucking mind

[Tracer]

66. Simple explanation:

The jackass doesn't bother to read his own press releases.

Someone else writes them, and you can always tell --- because they are written in English instead of Trumpish.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

67. Or he is gaslighting

Or just extremely forgetful. He told everybody at Carrier he hadn't even remembered saying anything about Carrier during his campaign.

[guillaumeb]

2. That was yesterday's reality.

You liberals are all alike. Insisting on a fixed view of reality. Welcome to the Trump multiverse, where all realities coexist and none do.

[Madam45for2923]

3. Aha! Maybe we can start something like Dubya's smoronic sayings

[guillaumeb]

5. A calendar?

It could be very popular.

[Plucketeer]

29. There's not enough days on a calendar. nt

[MFM008]

56. They did that

With all the stupid shit that Bush Jr said. I know, my sister got it for me for Christmas one year.

[guillaumeb]

57. Bush Jr. said enough foolish things for a century calendar. eom

[Madam45for2923]

71. Yes that's what I was thinking about.

[yellowcanine]

32. Ron Ziegler (Nixon) had "Inoperative statements." Euphemism for lies which didn't hold up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/us/ron-ziegler-press-secretary-to-nixon-is-dead-at-63.html

Also famous for calling the Watergate break-in a "third rate burglary." Which it probably was, albeit one committed by thugs from the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP). Always loved that acronym and yes I know the official version was CRP.

[Kolesar]

52. And "plausible deniability"

I don't know if Nixon people invented that phrase though.

[yellowcanine]

58. CIA but yes Nixon used it in the Watergate context.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_deniability
http://www.cityethics.org/content/loyalty-and-plausible-deniability-40th-anniversary-watergate

Senator Howard Baker (Republican) famously destroyed plausible deniability with his "What did the President know and when did he know it?" question during the Watergate investigation. One has to wonder which Republican Senator, if any will be willing to ask that question about Trump and the election shenanigans?

[guillaumeb]

64. And under Bush Jr. reality was what the Administration decided it was.

And that depended on what the current lie was.

CRP could be pronounced crap as well as creep. Both work for me.

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. Lol

[HuskyOffset]

22. Oh man, the Trump multiverse

is going to be more complicated to keep track of than a Marvel-DC crossover.

[guillaumeb]

23. True. And because Trump reality is constantly evolving,

we will all be constantly confused.

[bdamomma]

38. we need not to be

constantly confused we need to hold on to our own moral compass.

[awoke_in_2003]

63. I'm just glad

that the chocolate ration was increased

[BeyondGeography]

4. Well at least he didn't just blurt out, "WRONG."

Progress.

[Angry Dragon]

6. he just has trouble remembering where he stands

[Madam45for2923]

7. Some type of early onset?

[Angry Dragon]

10. that did cross my mind

[uponit7771]

12. yes

[Girard442]

25. Pray for it.

The R's could remove him from office without losing face.

On edit: It occurs to me that he refuses to get the Presidential Daily Briefing because it would become clear to the briefer and others that he couldn't retain what was said.

[wordpix]

45. more likely it's his hands-off approach and Pence is behind statement

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. Perhaps because he stands for nothing in particular...

[Angry Dragon]

55. he stands for Trump, after that it is anyone's guess

[oldtime dfl_er]

69. Because he doesn't have a stand

on anything except how sexy he finds his daughter to be. That's his only consistency.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Not only does Trump look like a cheeto

But his spongiformed brain kinda has the same airy texture

[Jacob Boehme]

14. I've taken to calling him "Agent Orange"

[MoonRiver]

44. I like it!

[Girard442]

27. Creutzfeldt-Jacob, you say?

[C_U_L8R]

28. It's the worst case of the Trumps I've seen

don't get any on you, it's toxic stuff

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Okay,this is a Comcast

major mouth piece entity for the Trump Campaign. Somebody will pay.

[uponit7771]

11. Just saw that ... this guy is ate the fuck up

[Jacob Boehme]

13. Cue the Twilight Zone theme music please...as we are now entering. n/t

[Nevernose]

16. Trump doesn't even READ the press releases

Much less write them. If reporters want to know anything, they need to ask Pence.

Trump is a buffoon. Were he born poor, he'd be a hapless, pathetic nobody. Except that I LIKE most hapless, pathetic nobodies (people like me ).

[Thor_MN]

24. Interesting thought... Where would Trump be today if he was born poor?

He'd be bald, overweight, worn out from manual labor if he were alive.

[MineralMan]

41. No, probably not. He would have risen to the level of

Assistant Manager or Shift Manager at whatever McDonald's he worked at. In that position, he could be a petty tyrant, which is the job for which he is best suited.

[Dave Starsky]

48. He doesn't have the aptitude for that.

He would just live in his Mom's basement collecting unemployment and playing video games.

[Kolesar]

53. That my 'hole brother!

Lives off of mom's SS pension. Hates everybody, howls at the moon

[femmedem]

65. He'd be in jail for sexual assault. n/t

[pipi_k]

50. I've thought the very same thing

If the guy didn't have money shooting out his ass, he would be less than a nobody.

A different set of circumstances might have seen him becoming anything from a sleazy used car salesman to a serial killer, for all we know. He certainly doesn't seem to possess any sort of compassion or ability to place himself in someone else's shoes.

And as far as his three wives...yeah, right. Like any of them would have given him a second look if he didn't have all that money.

I personally find him repulsive, and can't even imagine having to kiss a mouth that looks like a bad case of hemorrhoids on a baboon's ass, money or no money.

ugh

[progressoid]

17. Great.

It's already started.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. When narcissists & sociopaths tell as many lies as they do, they can't remember what they said.

Especially when they, as tRump does, make stuff up to please the audience.

Lately we've seen tRump say that the "Lock her up" stuff was just to please crowds at his rallies.

Same thing goes for "drain the swamp".

[bucolic_frolic]

20. "Global Jihad" and the White House full of Generals

Is there any doubt where we're headed?

[Bucky]

33. Not just generals,

But the sorts of generals who make most of the other generals worry. Barry McCaffrey thinks Trump's DNS is demented.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/09/gen-barry-mccaffrey-michael-flynns-pizzagate-tweets-border-demented.html

[RKP5637]

26. DUH!!! n/t

[erpowers]

30. Mentally Challenged, or Not in Control

Donald Trump is either mentally challenged, or not in control of his administration.

[NightWatcher]

31. We're all going to die, aren't we?

And probably within the next couple of years.

[Bucky]

34. No

There's some theories in environmental sciences that a general nuclear exchange between the superpowers would only create a demi-global genocide north of the equator.

The southern hemisphere would be much warmer and have less land mass, but it would be possible for scattered bands of mutated humans to survive down there. Until the roaches become sentient.

[NightWatcher]

42. Your roaches aren't sentient?

[RedWedge]

43. Everyone will die someday.

It's good to remember that.

[bdamomma]

35. again tRump is not mentally well

thank goodness we have everything videotaped it will serve as evidence.

[MineralMan]

36. Either Trump had nothing to do with that press release or

can't remember what he said. Either way, it is clear evidence of his unfitness for the office to which he was elected.

Personally, I suspect that he had nothing to do with the press release. I think he leaves such things to others. However, if he did use such language in a press release and cannot remember doing so, then I'm concerned about the state of his health. Forgetting things that are important is a symptom of some issues often associated with advanced age.

[wordpix]

46. looks like Pence behind it with the emphasis on Xtians

just sayin

[MineralMan]

49. Yup. Trump has no religion at all.

I'm quite sure of that. He only pretends to.

[inwiththenew]

37. I think he has very little involvment in things that are not spoken unscripted directly from him

That include teleprompter speeches too. I think the only time we get something from him and not his people is when he's talking without a script.

He doesn't even go to security briefings so I'm sure he doesn't go to other briefings as well. He's flying by the seat of his pants out there and sometimes what he says lines up with his official position put out by his team.

[wordpix]

47. yes and that's why he won't hold a presser

Gets him in trouble bc he doesn't know anything, not even what his people put out there

[Madam45for2923]

59. This makes so much sense!

[0rganism]

39. wtf? is he gaslighting himself now?

[Cha]

40. Your post is featured here, Madam..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017416058

Thank you!

[Madam45for2923]

62. That's awesome! Thanks for letting me know, Cha!!!

[Cha]

68. Yeah, I thought you'd

like to know,

You're

[SledDriver]

51. Alec Baldwin

Google: What is ISIS?

[Kolesar]

54. The outrage is his claim that there is a religious war

He disrespects the victims and torments the survivors with that pernicious hatred.

[Madam45for2923]

60. Yes! It's bad in so many levels.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

61. And of course neither that dumpfuck

nor his children will fight in said war.

[area51]

70. Alzheimer's already, Trump?

Congratulations, you've beaten St. Ronnie Reagan.