“What do you think they [protesters] want?” Harris Faulkner of Fox News asked the president. “What do you think they need, right now, from you?”

 

Here was Trump’s answer, verbatim:

"Protesters for different reasons. You’re protesting also because, you know, they just didn’t know. I’ve watch - I watched very closely. Why are you here? They really weren’t able to say, but they were there for a reason, perhaps.

“But a lot of them really were there because they’re following the crowd. A lot of them were there because what we witnessed was a terrible thing. What we saw was a terrible thing. And we’ve seen it over the years. We haven’t, you know, this was one horrible example, but you’ve seen other terrible examples. You know that better than anybody who would know it. And I know it. I’ve seen it, too. I’ve seen it before I was president. I’ve seen it. I think it’s a shame. I think it’s a disgrace. And it’s got to stop.”

Edit: This quote was from 2020

  • Erasmus
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    And Biden got shit for an occasional stutter, this guy blows my mind. 🙄

      • @GraniteM@lemmy.world
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        This was my response to the Trump-Biden debate:

        Imagine one guy who’s been doing the same job, working hard, for decades, and you can tell he should retire, but his work ethic is just beyond anything and he absolutely will not, even though clearly a couple of teeth on his gears have gone stripped. And then there’s this only slightly younger asshole who’s never worked a day in his life, who knows fuck all from fuck nothing, who’s a racist and a rapist, who’s declared bankruptcy and been convicted of felonies, but he’s got enough energy to lean back and yell “That other guy is an asshole! His job isn’t that hard! I could do that!” and even though you and everyone with three functioning brain cells knows that the second guy is full of shit, he’s got just a tiny bit left in the tank that he could use to make life a living hell for all of us.

        • @TronBronson@lemmy.world
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          Thank you lmao. I always watch the president. Been doing it since before its cool.

          Biden delivered an amazing speech one moring at 3AM to our NATO allies, it must have been 2023ish. I could not believe an 81 year old man had flown across the water to give a unifying speech. He even made a gaff! But it was well received and it was a presidential action.

          Shame on him for being tired past 10pm at night, unable to debate a madman who’s unable to stop lying. If only he spent 4 years relaxing, playing golf he may had been more energetic, the one hour of one night america decided to pay attention and judge a man by his words an actions.

    • @Bacano@lemmy.world
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      Let’s not sugar coat it. I’m no trump fan but Biden was about as lucid as a piece of driftwood.

        • @TronBronson@lemmy.world
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          The people who just lost 20% of their retirement accounts in 2 week.

          the people who are afraid they will be drafted to a war against Canada or Europe.

          The people who are worried they are losing their government benefits they survive on.

          The people who have to cut back on groceries 30%

          The people who lost their jobs, and the many more who will.

          The people affected by shutting down medical research, and rural hospitals.

          The people who are at risk of being deported for no reason other than a whim.

          The people who are getting mass starved across with world with no US AID

          The victims of Ebola, AIDS, birdflu, measles, and all the other infectious diseases

          I mean i could go on but you think about those people for a second. Then think about if you live far enough from a large population center to surrvive civil unrest as supply chains break down and people starve?

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            Idk why those people would be mad at someone for noticing and pointing out why Biden lost the debate.

            Would it help them if I lied and said he wasn’t clearly sunsetting on live tv? How?

            “Biden was about as lucid as a piece of driftwood” is an accurate statement. It’s why he dropped out. It’s why trump won. Pointing it out 5 months after the election isn’t going to change that.

            I don’t really understand where you’re coming from

            • @TronBronson@lemmy.world
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              Because we’re going to enter into the great depression 2 on monday and your still talking about biden. So good luck in your local hunger games and see you at the top. May the odds forever be in your favor.

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                So you’re suggesting we forget the former president existed? I still don’t understand. How many years back do historical events need to be before you approve of discussing them on the internet?

                We have a president currently who probably suffers from some form of dementia. And your solution is “we should pretend we didn’t just watch the federal government attempt to hide that the previous president was clearly suffering from dementia”

                So, I reiterate, I don’t understand where you’re coming from. But I’m starting to suspect you’re just blue maga.

                • @TronBronson@lemmy.world
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                  I’m happy to go through 30 speeches of Joe Biden with you and give him a full psychiatric evaluation with you. We can drink whiskey and discuss. My friend I would love nothing more than to do that with you.

                  Everything I love is fucking dying I cannot do this with you right now.

                  COMMUNIST REVOLUTION WEN?

        • @Bacano@lemmy.world
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          Every online space is being flooded with state run propaganda.

          I’m not taking it personally lol but thank you for chiming in, it helps.