Talk is slowly quieting down about Donald Trump’s impromptu interview with the New York Times, giving way to the next five outrageous Trump acts of the day. But the words spoken will forever remain a part of America history. The meeting took place Thursday in the Grill Room of Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club.
Many can imagine how it went down. Below are just five of Trump’s fabrications. To see a comprehensive list followed by a short detailed fact-check, visit The Washington Post.
- “Paul [Manafort] only worked for me for a few months.”
- “What I’ve done is, I have absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.”
- “I know the details of taxes better than anybody. Better than the greatest C.P.A. I know the details of health care better than most, better than most.”
- I think it’s been proven that there is no collusion.”
- “I like very much President Xi. He treated me better than anybody’s ever been treated in the history of China.”
…and I’m nineteen.
Twitter lit up and the extended characters began. Here are eight tweets by different Twitter faves, some well-known, and a meme to live by. Chelsea Handler never has trouble speaking her mind. Here is her reaction to the NYT interview.
I just canâÂÂt believe how stupid our current president is. Every night I come home, mostly shitfaced, and think, âÂÂwow, he really is that stupid…and sober.âÂÂ
â Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) December 29, 2017
There are different views as to how the interview was conducted and whether or not it gave Trump yet another platform to spew his lies and propaganda. Maggie Haberman with the New York times shared both sides.
Trump talking unfiltered has historically been vastly more revealing than jousting matches where he shuts down. The most revealing and significant things he’s said in the last year were in these kinds of interviews.
â Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 29, 2017
Different people find different parts of the interview to be either disturbing, humorous, concerning, enraging—or all of the above.
ThereâÂÂs a lot in this impromptu interview Trump just gave the @nytimes, but this bit at the end is worth reading several times (and then several more). https://t.co/uYXbV5cXWV pic.twitter.com/XV1KapdJcs
â shauna (@goldengateblond) December 29, 2017
Charlotte Clymer (formerly Charles Clymer) voices her concerns, which are very different from Maggie Haberman’s reasoning.
Dec ’15: “Let him ramble. He’ll never win the Primary.”
June ’16: “Let him ramble. He’ll never be elected.”
Dec ’16: “Let him ramble, so we’ll see how he thinks.”
June ’17: “Let him ramble, so people will see how crazy he is.”
Dec ’17: “Let him ramble. We need access.”#NYT
â Charlotte Clymerð³ï¸ÂâÂÂð (@cmclymer) December 29, 2017
Nope, can’t imagine any other “modern president” saying what Trump said in the NYT interview either. But then, Trump is neither modern, nor a legitimate president.
To get a sense of how far Trump has already shifted the goal posts, just imagine any other modern president saying this about DOJ. https://t.co/618xOPsgX3
â Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 29, 2017
Trump gives himself away so often, it’s baffling he remains in office.
Donald Trump repeated 16 times in his interview with the New York Times that there is âÂÂno collusion.â Then he said even if there was â âÂÂcollusion is not a crime.âÂÂ
I canâÂÂt wait until Donald Trump finds out that CONSPIRING WITH RUSSIA and OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE are CRIMES.
â PROUD RESISTER ð (@ProudResister) December 29, 2017
And then there’s Aunt Crabby.
Dear Fucking Moron, @realDonaldTrump signing Legislation requires a BILL passed by the LEGISLATURE. Your damn Executive Orders DO NOT COUNT as legislation. GET IT? GOD DAMN, I am so sick and tired of trying to ‘splain this to you. Get some learnin’ MORON!
â ðÂÂÂð»Aunt Crabby ðÂÂÂð» (@DearAuntCrabby) December 28, 2017
Joy Reid states the sad truth of it all. (For more Joy Reid tweets/threads about the NTY interview, click here.)
I ask again: at what point is it fair for the American people to inquire as to the health of the president? If he is indeed in cognitive decline, he can be taken advantage of – by Republicans, yes, but also by powers who wish us ill. Time to discuss it. https://t.co/ODtmTyvPab
â Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 29, 2017
By the way, Joy Reid’s page is pinned with the following meme:
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Just heard this Octavia Butler quote for the first time and am now obsessed with it. pic.twitter.com/2M4cVlGmFu
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 27, 2017
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Just heard this Octavia Butler quote for the first time and am now obsessed with it. pic.twitter.com/2M4cVlGmFu
â Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 27, 2017
