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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:50 AM Aug 2018

Trump gives himself a grade of 'A+'

Source: The Hill

President Trump said in an interview broadcast early Thursday that he gives himself an "A+" for his time in office thus far.

"I don’t think any president has ever done what I’ve done in this short -- we haven’t even been two years," Trump said in an interview with "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt.

He cited the passage of a GOP-backed tax cut bill last December, his nomination of two Supreme Court justices, and administration's rollback of regulations. Trump also claimed the economy "is the best it’s ever been in history," though there are some categories in which that is not accurate.

Trump said last year he would "give myself a 10" out of 10 for his administration's response to Hurricane Maria ravaging Puerto Rico.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403211-trump-gives-himself-a-grade-of-a



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Trump gives himself a grade of 'A+' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
Oh my freaking God.... moose65 Aug 2018 #1
for letting non-white heathens grovel and struggle bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #4
He knows how to bait and troll oberliner Aug 2018 #2
Pure Goebels propaganda: the bigger the lie the farther you roll it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #16
Exactly oberliner Aug 2018 #22
... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #3
A is for Asshole Racerdog1 Aug 2018 #5
A+ is for a bigger asshole lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #29
A+ and 100% are for administrations forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #6
psycho potus POS heaven05 Aug 2018 #7
Every morning he looks into the mirror and tells himself "Stay the course, Little Donnie. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #8
He's such a humble man Ohioboy Aug 2018 #9
Some would call that "gaslighting" but is it? Towlie Aug 2018 #10
He's right he is getting all A's.... BleedsBlue Aug 2018 #11
What a zero C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #12
Nominating 2 SCotUS is not an accomplishment. At best it is luck and one nomination is in doubt. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #13
Accomplishment Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #14
Glad he does, because only 37% of the population support him. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #15
Even If Graded On A Curve ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #26
Trump is the kid who shifts the curve, lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #31
And Miss Shields is going to excuse him from theme writing for the rest of his natural life! Dread Pirate Roberts Aug 2018 #17
A+ for Magnificent Asshole Mad-in-Mo Aug 2018 #18
A+? pazzyanne Aug 2018 #19
He actually told the truth, although not the whole truth, and not nothing but the truth. Marcuse Aug 2018 #20
DELUUUUUUUUUSIONAL YOHABLO Aug 2018 #21
Of course he did! Initech Aug 2018 #23
He Must Have Misunderstood the Question: Thought They Asked His Blood Type! DoctorJoJo Aug 2018 #24
Well he's right in one sense ut oh Aug 2018 #25
He would. Turbineguy Aug 2018 #27
Yeah, Donny, you'ere amazing. No president in history has praised himself so lavishly in such a Nitram Aug 2018 #28
Mmmmm? colorofoldfield Aug 2018 #30
Psychopath. truthisfreedom Aug 2018 #32
An uncharacteristic display of modesty. borgesian Aug 2018 #33
You're right. It's the plus that makes the story for me. tclambert Aug 2018 #34
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Aug 2018 #35
Ali Velshi rips apart trump's claims Gothmog Aug 2018 #36

moose65

(3,169 posts)
1. Oh my freaking God....
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:53 AM
Aug 2018

The man is absolutely delusional! A 10 on Puerto Rico?? In what universe?? I just can't even.....

bucolic_frolic

(43,364 posts)
4. for letting non-white heathens grovel and struggle
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:56 AM
Aug 2018

Trump will be studied for what can go wrong in a human mind for 10,000 years

 

Racerdog1

(808 posts)
5. A is for Asshole
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:59 AM
Aug 2018

Piece of shit couldn't run a one car funeral. As dumb as the shit wads that support this morom.

forgotmylogin

(7,539 posts)
6. A+ and 100% are for administrations
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:02 AM
Aug 2018

...who don't collude with Russia.

"I don’t think any president has ever done what I’ve done in this short -- we haven’t even been two years,"

That I must admit may be true.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
7. psycho potus POS
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:07 AM
Aug 2018
he gets a 10 in paper towel throwing and his fashion model wife wearing her finest most expensive heels and 'Versace' "I Don't Care Do U"clothes while 'visiting' children her husband caged like animals. Which when everything this POS potus has done, divided a nation along racial lines, lies and picks "only the best" cons and crooks, racists and white separatists, starting with bannon, ending with sessions for his administration, is taken into consideration is about right in this most despicable of first family's EVER in my time observing american politics since that other crook, nixon.

Takes credit for the hard work of a real POTUS Barack Hussein Obama and a First Class First Family. He did tell his base during the campaign he would not be out golfing or just plain out of touch as he blamed President Obama for taking too many golf vacations. He is great at psychological-psychopathic projection which has shown up so obviously when he got into office. This poor excuse of a man, human being, is just PITIFUL and disgusting.

This POS calling himself potus has a family of grifters starting with his 2nd wife in the WH, Ivanka and her husband making millions off their access to this POS we have now as a potus. He really is the epitome of lowlife trash called a human being who wastes an incredible amount of precious oxygen with his bloviating piehole full of shit.

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
8. Every morning he looks into the mirror and tells himself "Stay the course, Little Donnie.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:07 AM
Aug 2018

You're doing swell!"

Ohioboy

(3,248 posts)
9. He's such a humble man
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:07 AM
Aug 2018

I think Trump takes credit for a lot of economic trends that started under Obama. America was already great and he came along and took credit for it.

Towlie

(5,328 posts)
10. Some would call that "gaslighting" but is it?
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:11 AM
Aug 2018

Gaslighting is an attempt by a rational but evil person to manipulate others by psychological means into questioning their own sanity, but this seems different. It's more like we're seeing an irrational person who actually believes what he's telling others. Trump might be fooling the weak-minded people who constitute his base, but it seems he's also fooling himself.

BleedsBlue

(113 posts)
11. He's right he is getting all A's....
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:20 AM
Aug 2018

He gets an A in HATE !!!!
He gets an A in DIVISION!!!!
He gets an A in CORRUPTION!!!!
He gets an A in LYING!!!!!
HE gets an A in BEING AN ALL AROUND DISGUSTING human being.( left small because as a human he's small, SAD).
Please add to list .

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,047 posts)
13. Nominating 2 SCotUS is not an accomplishment. At best it is luck and one nomination is in doubt.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:24 AM
Aug 2018

Following McCONnell there should be no judicial confirmations in this the final year of the tRump presidency.

ProfessorGAC

(65,248 posts)
26. Even If Graded On A Curve
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 02:12 PM
Aug 2018

Because before now (excepting Nixon, who is the gold standard for "F&quot , anything approaching 40 would be a D.

Marcuse

(7,530 posts)
20. He actually told the truth, although not the whole truth, and not nothing but the truth.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:47 AM
Aug 2018

"I don’t think any president has ever done what I’ve done in this short -- we haven’t even been two years," Trump said in an interview with "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt.

ut oh

(900 posts)
25. Well he's right in one sense
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 02:07 PM
Aug 2018

"I don’t think any president has ever done what I’ve done in this short -- we haven’t even been two years,"

More Golf
More Indictments of his cronies
More national debt
More money for the .01%
More misery for the rest of us
More corruption
More racism


He's definitely done what no other president has done....

Nitram

(22,910 posts)
28. Yeah, Donny, you'ere amazing. No president in history has praised himself so lavishly in such a
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 02:36 PM
Aug 2018

short time.

borgesian

(52 posts)
33. An uncharacteristic display of modesty.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 04:28 PM
Aug 2018

The Trumpian thing to do would be to award himself 2, 3, maybe even 4 pluses, and perhaps a gold star as well!

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
34. You're right. It's the plus that makes the story for me.
Thu Aug 23, 2018, 05:21 PM
Aug 2018

Of course, he gives himself an A, but that's not enough, he has to add the plus. Clearly, he just didn't think of giving himself an A++, or he would have. At one point, he thought he should get a Nobel Prize. "I wouldn't say it," he said, faking modesty, "But people are saying I should get a Nobel prize. And, well, why not?" He dispensed with the modesty at the end. And he should have won an Emmy for The Apprentice.

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