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Conrad Duncan
Jan 03, 2019
You can almost feel yourself getting stupider when you listen to a Trump press conference.
During his latest cabinet meeting, Trump touched on a lot of topics – Syria, immigration, his lonely Christmas holiday – with his usual mix of misleading statements, mistakes and surreal detours.
So instead of watching the whole one hour and a half meeting, we’ve collected together some of its most ridiculous moments.
But before we begin, a quick reminder that the whole meeting took place with a Game of Thrones parody poster on the table.
Not sure what's crazier: That Trump is using a stupid Game of Thrones reference to threaten sanctions, or that he's… https://t.co/d6Fpln5NTN— Josh K. Elliott (@Josh K. Elliott) 1546450658
Behold the intellectual vision of the most powerful man in the United States...
1. When Trump explained he's withdrawing the US army from Syria because it’s a country of “sand and death”.
TRUMP can't specify a timetable for Syria withdrawal, then says this about the country: "Look, we don't want Syria.… https://t.co/HBORPaIBqF— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1546457127
2. When he started talking about how good looking all the generals at the Pentagon were…
TRUMP: "I had a meeting at the Pentagon with lots of generals. They were like from a movie. Better looking than Tom… https://t.co/VwjLo5CClO— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1546459008
3. When he said the border wall isn’t immoral because the Vatican has “the biggest wall of them all".
TRUMP: "When they say the wall is immoral, then you better do something about the Vatican. The Vatican has the bigg… https://t.co/yP2rvvWyHU— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1546458025
4. When he said he would have been a good general - even though he dodged the military draft five times.
President Trump: "I think I would've been a good general, but who knows." https://t.co/ca32iovQCy https://t.co/4h8Z6blCpN— The Hill (@The Hill) 1546500660
5. This absolute car crash of a history lesson, where he suggested Russia was “right” to invade Afghanistan in 1979 (the US opposed the invasion and supported the Sunni Mujahideen).
Trump: "Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afgha… https://t.co/7rjWr66cWT— Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin) 1546458017
6. When he claimed he single-handedly lowered gas prices by calling up oil providers and demanding “let that damn oil and gasoline, you let it flow".
Trump: “Gasoline is way down, and the reason is way down is I called up some of the OPEC people [...] and I said ‘y… https://t.co/Y3wKpW8zY3— Javier Blas (@Javier Blas) 1546470886
7. When he said if he hadn’t been elected in 2016, there would be a “nice big fat war in Asia” right now.
TRUMP, brandishing a letter, says: "I just got a great letter from Kim Jong Un. The few people that I've showed thi… https://t.co/oM5BO0cjMB— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1546460336
8. When he mocked India for building a library in Afghanistan and then suggested people there don’t use libraries, or maybe they don’t read books… it’s really hard to tell at this point.
Trump mocked India for building library in Afghanistan: "I get along very well w/Modi, but he's constantly telling… https://t.co/LIT7IGAu13— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1546522190
9. Whatever the heck is meant be going on here - we think he’s saying we should be scared about giving him power…
President Trump: "Can you imagine me having that power, wouldn't that be scary? Right? No, if Pres. Obama is allowe… https://t.co/2XiUM5M33R— The Hill (@The Hill) 1546515660
We’re still only three days into 2019.
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