I was nominated for three Nobel Peace Prizes, different subjects. I told our first lady, ‘Darling, we’re going to have the greatest publicity we’ve ever had tonight. I got nominated for the Nobel (sic) Prize. Do you know what that is, darling? Let’s go home.’ So, I leave for the first time in a long time early. I get home, I turn on the television and they talked about your floods in Iowa. How is Iowa doing? The crops. How is this happening. How are they doing in Florida? Three or four stories, one after another. Where is my Nobel Peace Prize?! They don’t talk about it. I said, ‘You know, darling. This news is a little tough to crack.’”
—Trump, at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 14, 2020. [Yeah, that’s it. Nothing like downplaying the impact of floods to flood victims while whining about your own insignificant problems. Everything’s about you, isn’t it? That should get you votes.]
They said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin. He just said it’s not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it would be. President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial.”
—Trump, standing beside Putin at Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018, defending Russia against U.S. intelligence briefings that Russians had interfered in the 2016 presidential elections.
It is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected – immediately.”
—Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican and a Trump supporter, in response to Trump’s blanket defense of Putin and Russia, July 2018.
We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security.”
—Then-Director of National Intelligence (before being fired by Trump), in response to Trump’s apologetic defense of Putin and Russia, July 2018. [So, here we are, two years down the road and it’s still going on and now Russia is being joined by China and Iran. Meanwhile, Trump golfs.]
No one’s going to brief anything on Russia to the president. They’re terrified of doing that. I know that from the briefers. Because he’ll explode and the whole thing will get derailed, because he has this weird affinity for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.”
—Former CIA official Marc Polymerepoules.
Ole Fig Newton called this one wrong – not his first time.
I know I’m early, but goodbye tRump. They will write “nasty” things about you in the history books. But much remains to be discovered about your dishonesty, corruption, crimes and incompetence. And then there is the punishment you will have to pay for them all. Parents today will live to see their grandkids read about all the harm he did to our country and those of you who supported him will have to explain to them how he was able to deceive you easily.
https://710wor.iheart.com/featured/mark-simone/content/2020-08-27-the-very-long-list-of-the-many-times-joe-bidens-been-caught-in-major-lies/
They all do it.
…but none so well as the Superspreader in Chief:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracity_of_statements_by_Donald_Trump
Dear Zoe: When you just deflect to the old “they all do it”…you must mean it is just OK for Trump to do i and you fail to admit that Trump does it like a liar on steroids. No politician ever lied as much as Trump. Trump lies as easily as he breathes. It is interesting to watch him lie….you can see his mind jumping around a grabbing tidbits ( not grabbing women’s private parts) but tidbits of information that stuck in his brain. He is a master at weaving these bits and pieces in to his very own fake truths (lies). This is what should concern you…not making excuses for an American president who is a serial liar.
Zoe, all politicians lie. Every single one. Biden is no exception. But no one, repeat, NO ONE can churn out the whoppers like your boy Trump. 22,000 lies in 4 years. The Nobel (that’s how he spelled it) Peace Prize? 400 miles of the wall built? Largest inauguration crowd ever? Jobs created by Ivanka? Least racist president ever? Won’t be playing golf during his presidency? Hardest working president ever? Wants the cleanest air and cleanest water? Will hire only the best people? Blah, blah, blah.
Give me a freakin’ break, lady. You have a serious blind spot if you can’t see through his dishonesty, his insincerity, his hostility, his cruelness, his ignorance, his cluelessness, his ineptness, his lies, his short attention span, his refusal to listen to advisers, his – yes, his collusion (and don’t even start on the Mueller report: it did NOT exonerate him).
I am especially fond of the way he mansplains to the little woman.