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highplainsdem

(48,966 posts)
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:49 PM Jan 2019

Trump tweet just now: We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border.

Bizarre new tweet from Trump, 5 minutes ago:






We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!




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Editing to add a tweet from Aaron Rupar, who "solved" this.

Trump is misquoting something Hannity said during today's interview:






I'd say this is like Tim misquoting Wilson in "Home Improvement"...except:

Tim was funny, and Trump isn't.

Wilson was smart, and Hannity isn't.

And, most of all, this moron is in the White House and a danger to the entire world.
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Trump tweet just now: We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2019 OP
WTF? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1
Yes 90% of those 300 lost come through the southern border!! Claritie Pixie Jan 2019 #16
Not come--comes. janx Jan 2019 #48
He's sundowning...lucidity fading...grip on reality loosening...incoherence rising... brush Jan 2019 #53
wait...I, umm...what? anarch Jan 2019 #2
More made up crap. Doodley Jan 2019 #3
Sales pitch Renew Deal Jan 2019 #19
But, He Was Bad At That, Too! ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #59
Drugs. Wall won't stop them. They come through ports of entry. Shrike47 Jan 2019 #4
Thanks, just figured it out now n/t wellst0nev0ter Jan 2019 #27
What is he babbling about now? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2019 #5
GET THE NET BOYS nt Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #6
WTF! squared or cubed or something jeffreyi Jan 2019 #7
Are they leaving? Is the wall to keep us IN? angstlessk Jan 2019 #8
Stay tuned for the "human trafficking" arguments? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #9
What the hell? Is he trying to trap us in? herding cats Jan 2019 #10
Trump decoder ring says... JHB Jan 2019 #11
I'm just glad that the children were hear to hear some authenticity frontier gibberish underpants Jan 2019 #28
"People stampeded and cattle raped" 912gdm Jan 2019 #49
Is he seriously suggesting that 14,000 Americans are killed John Fante Jan 2019 #12
That's what it sounds like. yardwork Jan 2019 #22
He seems to be talking about overdoses and drugs being smuggled. Flaleftist Jan 2019 #32
No, they die from drug overdoses, and 90% of those drugs, he claims, come through the southern tblue37 Jan 2019 #41
I don't know if I'm in awe or aghast that you are able to interpret Trump. phylny Jan 2019 #58
I teach college English. I often have to translate prose that is as hard to figure out tblue37 Jan 2019 #62
This is what happens when you snort too much cocaine. Oneironaut Jan 2019 #13
So 300 Americans come across the southern border into America and get killed or are Autumn Jan 2019 #14
They get run over by the incredibly powerful vehicles jberryhill Jan 2019 #45
And this weirdo is "running" our country. lkinwi Jan 2019 #15
Are they trying to escape? Renew Deal Jan 2019 #17
Melanie, it is time for Grandpa's sedative now The Genealogist Jan 2019 #18
So deaths by gun violence is twice this. slumcamper Jan 2019 #20
Maybe this makes sense to his base. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2019 #21
The earth is flat Renew Deal Jan 2019 #23
If we build it, they will not come uppityperson Jan 2019 #24
I just edited the OP to add an Aaron Rupar tweet that seems to explain Trump's insane tweet. highplainsdem Jan 2019 #25
OMFG jcgoldie Jan 2019 #26
This great country DOES NOT DESERVE bluestarone Jan 2019 #29
about as intellectually stimulating as smashing two fistfuls of mashed potatoes together underpants Jan 2019 #30
Judging From That Last Video... smb Jan 2019 #31
He has his good days Blue Owl Jan 2019 #33
Maybe he's referring to True Dough Jan 2019 #34
Steel slats or concrete walls and stopping drugs HoosierDebbie Jan 2019 #35
Is this covfefe? greatauntoftriplets Jan 2019 #36
Chapter 2? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #38
I'm waiting for him to sell us parasols to protect us from a comet strike. Quemado Jan 2019 #37
The RW is really so embarrassed by Trump they will do anything in hopes of making him appear allgood33 Jan 2019 #39
Says the man whose solution to the opoid crisis thucythucy Jan 2019 #40
i'll have the word salad to start, and for my main course, the steaming pile of bullshit Takket Jan 2019 #42
What the fuck is he talking about? smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #43
Hannity is the shadow president Demovictory9 Jan 2019 #44
Lose 300 people a week? area51 Jan 2019 #46
Now Stumpy is doubling up on the number of lies he tells per sentence. Sinistrous Jan 2019 #47
My reaction: Nevilledog Jan 2019 #50
Lessee wryter2000 Jan 2019 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author brush Jan 2019 #52
Only 300? C'mon try harder Conald! How about 3 MILLION? flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #54
I think he got mixed up with the 300 people that resign from his administration every week. dameatball Jan 2019 #55
For the record, Tim Allen is an unrepentant Repub/Trump supporter. eom tarheelsunc Jan 2019 #56
Doesn't the stable genius know that it's malaise Jan 2019 #57
I wish some Democratic politician would ask phylny Jan 2019 #60
So he wants the wall to keep Americans in???????? Vinca Jan 2019 #61
Comes ... or goes ananda Jan 2019 #63

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,669 posts)
1. WTF?
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:51 PM
Jan 2019

Does that mean 300 Americans a week are lost through the southern border; that is, they're escaping from the U.S.? Or is he just randomly pulling fake statistics out of his ass? (Yes. He is.)

brush

(53,764 posts)
53. He's sundowning...lucidity fading...grip on reality loosening...incoherence rising...
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:29 AM
Jan 2019

MUELLER, IF YOU'RE LISTENING...

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
59. But, He Was Bad At That, Too!
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 07:22 AM
Jan 2019

So he's completely failed to recognize his immense limitations, even through direct experience

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
8. Are they leaving? Is the wall to keep us IN?
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:54 PM
Jan 2019

Are they really lost? 300 per day cause we don't have a wall on the boarder? Does it conflate?

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
9. Stay tuned for the "human trafficking" arguments?
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:54 PM
Jan 2019

He had all day w a bunch of border yahoos w their horror stories.
Imagine a few...'They took perfectly healthy Americans, and harvested their organs'.....
'They' come here....they take our women, and they are sex slaves forever'......


Maybe this all has to do with when he grabbed a pack of whatever was on that show-crate...told Jared to "drop back for a pass" and Jared ran in the plane and don threw him a Key of yayo...and they flew home w it. Now, he's cracking it open. Stay tuned tomorrow for a LOT of sniffles and a 4 O clock pm wake-up.

underpants

(182,763 posts)
28. I'm just glad that the children were hear to hear some authenticity frontier gibberish
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:13 PM
Jan 2019


I'm not sure if that's an exact quote from the movie.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
12. Is he seriously suggesting that 14,000 Americans are killed
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:57 PM
Jan 2019

each year by undocumented immigrants?

Even Goebbels is like, "y'all need to tone it a bit. Sheesh."

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
32. He seems to be talking about overdoses and drugs being smuggled.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:21 PM
Jan 2019

I don't know about the overdose numbers, maybe, but the majority of drugs sneak in through planes, boats, and vehicles. A wall will not stop it.

tblue37

(65,318 posts)
41. No, they die from drug overdoses, and 90% of those drugs, he claims, come through the southern
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:39 PM
Jan 2019

border.

Of course, what he actually said is quite different (and makes no sense), but that is what he was trying to say.

tblue37

(65,318 posts)
62. I teach college English. I often have to translate prose that is as hard to figure out
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:54 AM
Jan 2019

as the gibberish that Trump produces.

Autumn

(45,050 posts)
14. So 300 Americans come across the southern border into America and get killed or are
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:57 PM
Jan 2019

they just lost because someone hid the road signs? Interesting. Maybe we need an infrastructure plan to replace signs so they know where they are. Or if god forbid they were killed by an assault rifle some common sense gun control would cut that number way down!

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
18. Melanie, it is time for Grandpa's sedative now
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:02 PM
Jan 2019

I'm sure he is trying to tell a lie, but it sounds like he got confused about what lies he wanted to tell.

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)
23. The earth is flat
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:09 PM
Jan 2019

And we lose people when they fall of the edge into Mexico. At least that’s what is in the Texas curriculum

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
26. OMFG
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:11 PM
Jan 2019

Americans are escaping... quick get up a wall! Seriously my wife and I tried to escape south of the border over x-mas but we had to come back

underpants

(182,763 posts)
30. about as intellectually stimulating as smashing two fistfuls of mashed potatoes together
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:16 PM
Jan 2019

Hannity "interviewing" Trump

smb

(3,471 posts)
31. Judging From That Last Video...
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:16 PM
Jan 2019

...Dolt45 was repeating something he heard from Spawn Inanity, but only about half of the statement stuck in his little pea brain long enough to make it into the tweet.

HoosierDebbie

(290 posts)
35. Steel slats or concrete walls and stopping drugs
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:26 PM
Jan 2019

Um. I am pretty sure you could package drugs to easily fit between the slats and hand them off to somebody on the other side. Pretty sure you could get a drone to carry them over to the other side of a concrete wall. Eliminating the need to have a person carry them over might actually make it easier.

 

allgood33

(1,584 posts)
39. The RW is really so embarrassed by Trump they will do anything in hopes of making him appear
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:33 PM
Jan 2019

successful and smart because if they don't it says more about them than about Trump.

Takket

(21,555 posts)
42. i'll have the word salad to start, and for my main course, the steaming pile of bullshit
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:40 PM
Jan 2019

and the orange sherbet for dessert

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
43. What the fuck is he talking about?
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:46 PM
Jan 2019

Can we make it illegal to lie on matters of national security? I am so sick of his shit! Not a word of what he says is true.

FFS, when is he going to be indicted? This is just dragging on too long.

area51

(11,905 posts)
46. Lose 300 people a week?
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:43 AM
Jan 2019

Hell, we're losing over 123 people a day due to lack of healthcare! See sig line below. Fracking idiot!

Sinistrous

(4,249 posts)
47. Now Stumpy is doubling up on the number of lies he tells per sentence.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:45 AM
Jan 2019

Spectacular tossing of his usual word salad.

wryter2000

(46,036 posts)
51. Lessee
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:07 AM
Jan 2019

90% of 300 Americans = 270 Americans. Does that mean 270 Americans cross over the border to Mexico every week? Does Vicente Fox know about this?

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
54. Only 300? C'mon try harder Conald! How about 3 MILLION?
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:30 AM
Jan 2019

His dumbass "base" would believe anything he said, so why not really go for it?

malaise

(268,913 posts)
57. Doesn't the stable genius know that it's
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:59 AM
Jan 2019

who and not which?

I know that looks like a teeny problem here but sheesh!

phylny

(8,378 posts)
60. I wish some Democratic politician would ask
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 07:41 AM
Jan 2019

how many people were dying or going bankrupt because they had no or substandard health insurance. Gee, if only we could figure out a way to use government funds to help them.

ETA: I see area51 has the exact number and thought of this earlier than I did

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