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WaPo offers eye-catching headline, but alas, it's just clickbait, my story is better. COMMENTS
The story didn't actually deliver as promised. While many of us think Trump is genuinely proud of his ability to make shit up, throw it at the fan (or his gullible fans), see if anything sticks, and gloat when it does, the Washington Post is guilty of using clickbait in this headline. Not that I would ever do that.
Newly leaked audio has emerged that captures President Trump boasting about his ability to make up information for sport in a private conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. To put it mildly, it is unsettling to reflect on what this tells us about Trump’s approach to important domestic policy issues and international alliances.
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But let’s put that aside for the moment. This revelation is also remarkable because of its exquisite timing: It comes just as Trump and his lawyers are preparing for the likelihood of an extended Trump interview with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Even more exquisitely, Trump’s lawyers are worried about his tendency to … make up information for sport.
“Trudeau came to see me. He’s a good guy, Justin. He said, ‘No, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please,’ ” Trump said, mimicking Trudeau, according to audio of the private event in Missouri obtained by The Washington Post. “Nice guy, good-looking guy, comes in — ‘Donald, we have no trade deficit.’ He’s very proud because everybody else, you know, we’re getting killed.
“… So, he’s proud. I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know. … I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid. … And I thought they were smart. I said, ‘You’re wrong, Justin.’ He said, ‘Nope, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Well, in that case, I feel differently,’ I said, ‘but I don’t believe it.’ ”
Oh well.
I was hoping the WaPo would have a recording of Trump saying that lying is almost as much fun as grabbing women:
I started to lie to Trudeau, and I failed. I'll admit it.
I did try and lie to him. I figured he was gullible, I mean, Canada, give me a break.
And I moved on him very heavily. In fact, I gave him a present, a MAGA hocky puck — He was not impressed. I said, "I'll take you to Mar-aLago where I have some hot babes who will do anything but he said he was happily married." I moved on him like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. Then all of a sudden I see him, he's a big phony from a shithole country and a wuss.
Later, Trump says:
I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing him. Ha-ha. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful and he’s basically a six for a man, maybe a seven —I just start kissing them, man, woman, child. They’re like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're the emperor and a handsome fuck, they let you do it. You can do anything.
Grab 'em by the balls. You can do anything.
Then he went off on a rant about how Kim Un Jung was a dwarf with a clown haircut and his sister couldn't hold a candle to Ivanka.
The story didn't actually deliver as promised. While many of us think Trump is genuinely proud of his ability to make shit up, throw it at the fan (or his gullible fans), see if anything sticks, and gloat when it does, the Washington Post is guilty of using clickbait in this headline. Not that I would ever do that.
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