Louisiana Voice

Tweets by Trump on areas in which he purports to be the “greatest,” the “smartest,” or the “best” at:

• Campaign finance: “I think nobody knows more about campaign finance than I do, because I’m the biggest contributor.” (1999.)
• TV ratings: “I know more about people who get ratings than anyone.” (October 2012.)
• ISIS: “I know more about ISIS than the generals do.” (November 2015.)
• Social media: “I understand social media. I understand the power of Twitter. I understand the power of Facebook maybe better than almost anybody, based on my results, right?” (November 2015.)
• Courts: “I know more about courts than any human being on Earth.” (November 2015.)
• Lawsuits: “[W]ho knows more about lawsuits than I do? I’m the king.” (January 2016.)
• Politicians: “I understand politicians better than anybody.”
• The visa system: “[N]obody knows the system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. … Nobody else on this dais knows how to change it like I do, believe me.” (March 2016.)
• Trade: “Nobody knows more about trade than me.” (March 2016.)
• The U.S. government system: “[N]obody knows the system better than I do.” (April 2016.)
• Renewable energy: “I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth.” (April 2016.)
• Taxes: “I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world.” (May 2016.)
• Debt: “I’m the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me.” (June 2016.)
• Money: “I understand money better than anybody.” (June 2016.)
• Infrastructure: “[L]ook, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump.” (July 2016.)
• Sen. Cory Booker: “I know more about Cory than he knows about himself.” (July 2016.)
• Borders: Trump said in 2016 that Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he was endorsing him for president because “you know more about this stuff than anybody.”
• Democrats: “I think I know more about the other side than almost anybody.” (November 2016.)
• Construction: “[N]obody knows more about construction than I do.” (May 2018.)
• The economy: “I think I know about it better than [the Federal Reserve].” (October 2018.)
• Technology: “Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me.” (December 2018.)
• Drones: “I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have.” (January 2019.)
• Drone technology: “Having a drone fly overhead — and I think nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology certainly, than I do.” (January 2019.)

“And guess what, after November 3, coronavirus will magically, all of a sudden, go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen.”

—Eric Trump, in interview on Fox News on Saturday. [Yes, Eric, and guess what else? The 100,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus will suddenly spring back to life. And by the way, wasn’t it supposed to have “magically” disappeared in April?]

HERE’S A PICTURE WORTH 100,000 WORDS (from The New York Times)

“A lot of interest in this story about Psycho Joe Scarborough. So a young marathon runner just happened to faint in his office, hit her head on his desk, & die? I would think there is a lot more to this story than that? An affair? What about the so-called investigator? Read story!”

—Donald Trump tweet over the weekend about a debunked theory surrounding the 2001 death of an aide to then-U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough. [The only “interest” in this 19-year-old story appears to be in the disturbed head of one DJT.]

“Completely unfounded conspiracy. Just stop. Stop spreading it, stop creating paranoia. It will destroy us.”

—Tweet by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) in response to Trump’s calloused attempt to ignite some kind of conspiracy theory against one of his critics. [Experts have warned of a potential shortage of conspiracy theories for each of Trump’s growing number of critics.]

“62 million Americans voting for a president who tells people to drink bleach might be the best argument I have ever heard to fund public education more.”

—Tweet by David Hogg. [I don’t know who he is, either, but it’s hard to argue with his observation.]

“The Wacky Do-Nothing Attorney General of Michigan, Dana Nessel, is viciously threatening Ford Motor Company for the fact that I inspected a Ventilator plant without a mask. Not their fault, & I did put on a mask. No wonder many auto companies left Michigan, until I came along!”

—Trump tweet, May 21, 2020.

“Do nothing A.G. of the Great State of Michigan should not be taking her anger and stupidity out on Ford Motor — they might get upset with you and leave the state, like so many other companies have — until I came along and brought business back to Michigan.”

—Follow up tweet by Trump, May 21, 2020. [Never too busy to take a little time to personally respond to every individual who dares disagree with him. Amazing that he has time to tend to his job. Also, Trump is implying that he has brought jobs to Michigan when in fact, manufacturing jobs over the past three years have increased in Michigan by less than 2%—half the national average; the state lost 5300 jobs last year, and there has been a net loss of three automotive manufacturing plants since the end of 2016.]

“[M]ore manufacturing jobs have been created in Michigan than just about every state.”

—Eric Trump, on the night of the Michigan primary earlier this year. [Wow, these Trump guys couldn’t tell the truth if their lives depended on it. But I guess if you can lie to bankers and the IRS, then lying to a gullible bunch of MAGA fanatics is a piece of cake.]