Trump tells fundraiser Japan uses 'bowling ball test' on car hoods: report

[DonViejo]

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 03/15/18 09:51 AM EDT

President Trump on Wednesday said that Japan uses something called a “bowling ball test” to keep American car companies from selling to Japanese consumers.

In remarks on trade policy given at a private GOP fundraising dinner, the president ripped Japan and other U.S. allies for taking advantage of the United States, according to the Washington Post.

“It’s the bowling ball test,” he said. “They take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and drop it on the hood of the car. If the hood dents, the car doesn’t qualify. It’s horrible.”

Trump may have been joking and using a bit of hyperbole with the remark.

The Post noted that “it was unclear what he was talking about.”

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/378544-trump-tells-fundraiser-that-japan-tests-car-hoods-with-bowling-balls

[Lindsay]

1. it was unclear what he was talking about.

That pretty much sums up his entire time in office.

[Hoyt]

2. Quit Whining trump. Christ, we've taken more than our share of the world's resources and

wealth.

If it hasn't happened already, trump is going to turn the world against all of us.

[NewJeffCT]

4. That is what his puppet master Putin wants

to isolate the US.

Even if Trump is impeached and out of office within a year, it will take us a generation or more to rebuild trust

[dalton99a]

8. And make us look like stupid assholes

in the process

[poboy2]

3. More accurate and universal headline: "Trump is a fucking moron (and traitor too)" -nt

[dalton99a]

5. Because he saw it on David Letterman

Link to tweet

[Javaman]

6. each day and in every way, the orange asshole shows us just how fucking stupid he is.

what a fucking sideshow barker.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them

[spanone]

9. he's acres full of shit

[jberryhill]

10. Here's what he's talking about....

He mis-remembered a 1992 set of commercials by Lexus and the response by Nissan:

Just like his belief that health insurance is $10 a month from a misunderstood burial insurance commercial, the guy is immersed in TV.