Trump says he was "kidding" when he called himself the "chosen one"
Source: CBS News
President Trump tweeted Saturday that he was "kidding" and "being sarcastic" when he called himself the "chosen one" to undertake trade negotiations with China. Earlier this week, Mr. Trump tweeted out the claim that Israeli Jews view him as the "second coming of God."
In a news conference Wednesday, the president defended the escalating trade war with China, saying he was the "chosen one" to take on China in trade. He tweeted Saturday that his comments were just a joke.
"When I looked up to the sky and jokingly said 'I am the chosen one,' at a press conference two days ago, referring to taking on Trade with China, little did I realize that the media would claim that I had a 'Messiah complex,'" Mr. Trump tweeted Saturday.
"They knew I was kidding, being sarcastic, and just having fun. I was smiling as I looked up and around. The MANY reporters with me were smiling also. They knew the TRUTH. And yet when I saw the reporting, CNN, MSNBC and other Fake News outlets covered it as serious news & me thinking of myself as the Messiah. No more trust!" Mr. Trump continued.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-chosen-one-president-says-he-was-kidding-and-being-sarcastic-2019-08-24/
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)the tariff increase and he was kidding about MAGA and........
IggleDuer
(964 posts)N/T
Big Blue Marble
(4,978 posts)The evangelicals think he has been chosen by God. He was reminding them to make
sure he is re-elected.
dhill926
(16,234 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)But the dog-whistle is heard loud and clear by his intended target.
Only rubes and gullible evangelicals hear the meaning and agree. Why? Because they let Trump think for them, dont have a mind of their own, and because Trump told them so.
His words are gospel to them. Theres the Old Testament, the New Testament, and now the Trump Testamentthe words of the Anti-Christ.
For Gods sake people of all faiths and principled atheistshes telling us right out in the open who he is or thinks he is. Believe him! His disciples do!
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)I know all about Sarcasm and Attitude. Besides dishing it out and being able to take it in return (Trump can't), there is also a fine line which sarcasm cannot cross.
Trump crossed it with this.
CTyankee
(63,771 posts)heard plenty of people barking out strange things in the subway).
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)just kidding, wink wink . . .
This guy is insane.
Vote them out.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)emergency powers.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)When they sense their remarks made them look foolish or when someone stands up to them.
Boomer
(4,159 posts)LuckyLib
(6,814 posts)was -- it's a term far too advanced for him. He doesn't (and hasn't) read in decades.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)The first thing out of his mouth (or tweet) is what he really feels, unfiltered by any rational thinking. His staff then tries to clean up the mess he made.
He is bat shit crazy.
Chemisse
(30,793 posts)OldManTarHeel
(435 posts)It's always the same old same old with douchebag donny:
"oh, I was just kidding . . "
"I was just being sarcastic . . "
" I was joking .. "
Gimme a fucking break, you ass-wipe of a person and wannabe important political POS.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)And like this pun, tRUMP is a joke.
Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)you dipshit Donnie.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)But we're not kidding when we say "Not for long".
rurallib
(62,346 posts)cp
(6,543 posts)At all.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,504 posts)Stuart G
(38,365 posts)Not 4 days later. He was told to say that. It is as close to an apology that we will ever hear.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Maxheader
(4,366 posts)If there was no response to the yellow haired idiots rants for attention?
No market slides...no outrage from the press..
thecrow
(5,519 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)He wouldn't know a sarcastic comment if it kicked him in his roomy backside.
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)Besides, must of us know he was chosen.
By Putin. And his moron supporters.
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)MF45 didnt look like he was joking.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)He's insane. Emergency session to remove please.
Lock him up.
(6,874 posts)of Qs, white supremacists, neo-nazis and christo-fascists, and faux snoozes of a base.
They never have enough
Enoki33
(1,584 posts)excuse it as joking. It is a lame, tired, disorganized pattern that exposes one of his too numerous to count contemptuous decency deficiencies.
Yonnie3
(17,376 posts)would they just go away if i said I was kidding?
lettucebe
(2,336 posts)He is simply unable to do this. So, no, he was not kidding. He does not kid. Ever. The joke is on him but he's never in on it
diva77
(7,606 posts)But of course, not in this case.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)Would sorta make sense
NNadir
(33,368 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)DFW
(54,056 posts)Defend the Constitution, all that kind of stuff.....
"They knew I was kidding, being sarcastic, and just having fun. I was smiling as I looked up and around. The MANY reporters with me were smiling also. They knew the TRUTH......."
Did we ever!