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riversedge

(70,227 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:38 PM Oct 2018

President Trump says he's never had a beer, jokes it's 'one of my only good traits'

Source: USA TODAY



Erin Kelly, USA TODAY Published 1:34 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2018 | Updated 2:03 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2018



WASHINGTON –...............................................

Trump's comments, which drew laughter from the audience as he delivered remarks touting a new trade deal, came as his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is being investigated by the FBI for sexual misconduct allegations that took place while he was reportedly drunk in high school and college.

"I'm not a drinker, I can honestly say I've never had a beer in my life," Trump said in the Rose Garden press briefing. "It’s one of my only good traits."

Trump joked that if he had been a drinker: "Can you imagine if I had, what a mess I’d be? I'd be the world's worst."

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"I watched him," Trump said. "I was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer...This is not a man that said that he was perfect with respect to alcohol."

He continued: "I think the judge has been pretty amazing about describing his situation with alcohol and with beer."........................

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/10/01/donald-trump-beer-joke/1488351002/



The only swamp creature that is a joke is Trump himself.











Patrice fairman
? @Patricefairman
18m18 minutes ago

Replying to @USATODAY

We don’t have to imagine, he’s a mess w/o alcohol
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carnbc
? @lll365247
19m19 minutes ago

Replying to @USATODAY

What a mess you "WOULD BE??????" Ummmmm, you are a mess sooooooooo, lololol.
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NikkiJ

🆗
? @cola_okc
16m16 minutes ago
Replying to @USATODAY

Oh you’re a mess alright 🤯
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President Trump says he's never had a beer, jokes it's 'one of my only good traits' (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2018 OP
So...if I follow the convoluted logic...Drinking beer bad, KavDrinking beer, ergo Kavbad ? n/t CincyDem Oct 2018 #1
I think in Trump's twisted logic brain LiberalLovinLug Oct 2018 #5
Shouldn't this be a sign to all his redneck followers that he's a nerd? RhodeIslandOne Oct 2018 #2
Wow. Trump's this fucked up and he's sober? louis c Oct 2018 #3
Which always makes me wonder why he got into the liquor business jmowreader Oct 2018 #4
A couple years ago in a TV interview Trump emhasized that appalachiablue Oct 2018 #6
I guesh drumpf prefersh... hic! jober sudges... n/t mwooldri Oct 2018 #7
This Alone Should Be Enough For Impeachment LandOfHopeAndDreams Oct 2018 #8
I think he's lying. I think he's a lying liar. truthisfreedom Oct 2018 #9
he's said that for so many years now that I imagine someone would've busted him by now. 7962 Oct 2018 #10
He's full of shit. maveric Oct 2018 #11
But I bet he's done cocaine and popped pills kimbutgar Oct 2018 #12
so he's saying that all them good ol boys that voted for him elmac Oct 2018 #13
I am a believer that alcohol and drugs do not bring out anything that is not already in there logosoco Oct 2018 #14
Bullshit, Mr President, that's not even a trait. I've known people with good traits ... marble falls Oct 2018 #15
Silver lining and all that, huh dementia boy? Maxheader Oct 2018 #16
That's weird. Tiggeroshii Oct 2018 #17
While the rest of the country must imbibe in something alcoholic just to endure his "presidency''. YOHABLO Oct 2018 #18

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
5. I think in Trump's twisted logic brain
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:55 PM
Oct 2018

..he's saying that IF he had drank beer in college, he would have probably engaged in even more 'locker room' behaviour. But hey....non of that would have affected him today. He'd still be the stable genius that he is.....obviously. His great mind and body would have gotten over it years ago. Just like Kavanaugh did.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
2. Shouldn't this be a sign to all his redneck followers that he's a nerd?
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:45 PM
Oct 2018

Naaaaaah, as long as he hates blacks, gays and women, it's all good.

appalachiablue

(41,133 posts)
6. A couple years ago in a TV interview Trump emhasized that
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:58 PM
Oct 2018

Last edited Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:49 PM - Edit history (1)

he doesn't partake in drinking or smoking which was linked to the early death of his older brother, Fred Trump Jr. who died at age 43.

"How Donald Trump's Brother Fred Jr. Shaped His Views on Addiction," 2017.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a13098008/fred-trump-jr-addiction-history/

But the issue of addiction is also a deeply personal one for Trump. His older brother Freddy suffered from alcoholism, and died in 1981 at the young age of 43.The president spoke about his brother's struggles with addiction during today's speech, and it's not the first time he's shared his brother's story publicly. Trump has said in the past that Freddy's death had a "tremendous impact" on him. Perhaps most notably, he does not drink alcohol, do drugs, or smoke cigarettes, avoiding these vices because of his brother's alcoholism.

 
8. This Alone Should Be Enough For Impeachment
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:01 PM
Oct 2018

Never had a beer? Not once? How many guys have NEVER had a beer in their entire lives? About as Un-American as sitting for the anthem.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
10. he's said that for so many years now that I imagine someone would've busted him by now.
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:13 PM
Oct 2018

Seriously, back in the 80s when he was 1st getting famous he said that in many interviews; never had booze or drugs.
It COULD be true, although in NYC and his ego its is hard to believe. I know a few guys in their 50s-60s who have never had a drink. But with them its a religious thing
Trumps religion is Trump

kimbutgar

(21,153 posts)
12. But I bet he's done cocaine and popped pills
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:22 PM
Oct 2018

I remember reading he loved the cocaine at studio 54 in the 70’s.

How do you know the orange maggot is lying?










Every time he opens his mouth and speaks

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
13. so he's saying that all them good ol boys that voted for him
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:28 PM
Oct 2018

are beneath him, thinks they are trailer trash, and good commercial for beer companies!

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
14. I am a believer that alcohol and drugs do not bring out anything that is not already in there
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:40 PM
Oct 2018

at least deep inside. So I cannot imagine how awful tRump would be drunk. But he should try some weed, maybe that would open his mind far enough to see how it's much nicer to be kind (because he sure can't see it at all!). I find it hard to believe that he has NEVER had a beer. Most people try it at least once, and many find that it is not for them. Maybe that is the one good thing I can say about tRump, he knew he was just evil enough and did not want to go over board. ???? (I am trying to find something good and that is as close as it gets !)

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
15. Bullshit, Mr President, that's not even a trait. I've known people with good traits ...
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:42 PM
Oct 2018

and you, sir, are no person with even a single good trait.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
17. That's weird.
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 04:02 PM
Oct 2018

The president just expressed a modicum of a modicum of humility. What world am I living in?

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