Trump's ability to bullshit reminds me of John C. Reilly's character from Step Brothers.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

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There's a scene where Reilly's character is giving his new "stepbrother" (Will Ferrell) a tour of his house, and he nonchalantly throws out the claim that the house "was built in 1825 by General Custer."

Of course, the house in question is clearly a mid-20th century modern style, General Custer himself wasn't born until 1839 and as far as I know never set foot in California, where the movie was set. Ergo, it's a funny joke.

However, it's his characters utmost confidence in recklessly throwing out obvious bullshit as supposedly well-known fact that brings to mind Trump.

Because when Trump says things like, "We're the only country that has judges"--apparently as it relates to immigration--without batting a single eyelash or questioning for a very second as to whether or not the words coming out of his mouth have any bearing in relation to actual fact, that is one seriously confident bullshitter.

[BBG]

1. Funny, not funny

If it weren’t so damn serious it would be funny.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Even sadder is that he admitted his own propensities as it related to one of our closest allies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/03/14/in-fundraising-speech-trump-says-he-made-up-facts-in-meeting-with-justin-trudeau/?utm_term=.ad3594e1ddac

President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up information in a meeting with the leader of a top U.S. ally, saying he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the United States runs a trade deficit with its neighbor to the north without knowing whether that was true.

“Trudeau came to see me. He’s a good guy, Justin. He said, ‘No, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please,’ ” Trump said, mimicking Trudeau, according to audio of the private event in Missouri obtained by The Washington Post. “Nice guy, good-looking guy, comes in — ‘Donald, we have no trade deficit.’ He’s very proud because everybody else, you know, we’re getting killed.

“... So, he’s proud. I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know. ... I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid. … And I thought they were smart. I said, ‘You’re wrong, Justin.’ He said, ‘Nope, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Well, in that case, I feel differently,’ I said, ‘but I don’t believe it.’ I sent one of our guys out, his guy, my guy, they went out, I said, ‘Check, because I can’t believe it.’

‘Well, sir, you’re actually right. We have no deficit, but that doesn’t include energy and timber. … And when you do, we lose $17 billion a year.’ It’s incredible.”

[Glamrock]

3. He puts me in mind of Zapp Branigan from futurama.

Overconfident, stupid, cowardly, horny, narcissist.

[quartz007]

4. It was a cold morning, snow on the ground...

The little bird was cold and hungry and trying to find worms in the snow. Then a big bull came along, and took a steaming pile of dump right on top of the bird. The bird began to revive with the warmth, and flew to the top of the tree and began to sing. A hunter heard the bird singing, saw him and shot him.

Moral of the story is if bull shit takes you to the top, do not sing about it. Is tRump listening?

[world wide wally]

5. He has had years of practice