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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 08:57 PM Sep 2017

What did Trump know ...

... and when did he know it?

I'm talking about Puerto Ricans being American citizens. It seems obvious from his statements and attitude earlier this week that Trump clearly did not know that.

Let that sink in. The (alleged) "pResident" of the United States didn't know the citizenship status of Puerto Ricans.

I wonder who at the WH drew the short straw, and had to explain it to him. They were probably met with the accusation that they were purveying "fake news".



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What did Trump know ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Sep 2017 OP
There needs to be a Presidential Competency Test administered democratisphere Sep 2017 #1
There also Meowmee Sep 2017 #9
I told a neighbor today that I honestly believe that Trump did not know that the people of PR appleannie1943 Sep 2017 #2
"knowing" is a very difficult concept when it comes to Trump grantcart Sep 2017 #3
i held that same suspicion. spanone Sep 2017 #4
I bet he knew they are almost all not white and Catholics. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #5
Generally speaking, the answers are nothing and never. George II Sep 2017 #6
Yeppers Hekate Sep 2017 #7
K&R Gothmog Sep 2017 #8
He looks MFM008 Oct 2017 #10

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
1. There needs to be a Presidential Competency Test administered
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 09:16 PM
Sep 2017

to each and every potential candidate BEFORE they can run for Presidential Office. It would have saved US all of this misery.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
9. There also
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 11:23 PM
Sep 2017

Needs to be a competency test for voters 😹 I believe there are laws against inciting violence if you’re a candidate but no one cared and he was allowed to run for the highest office.

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
2. I told a neighbor today that I honestly believe that Trump did not know that the people of PR
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 09:17 PM
Sep 2017

were citizens and purposely ignored them until he started hearing what was said about him on TV. By then it was too late.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
3. "knowing" is a very difficult concept when it comes to Trump
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 10:09 PM
Sep 2017

Descartes would be astonished to find that "I think therefore I am" has been changed to "I twitted and enough buffaloes agree with me that it must be true".
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