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‘I Am a Young, Vibrant Man’: Trump Goes Full-Tilt Pants on Fire in Insane and Rambling Press Event
President Attacks Biden, Praises Treasonous General
President Donald Trump delivered a cornucopia of lies as he talked with reporters on the White House South Lawn Friday morning. Among the many topics the president opined on were the economy, former Vice President Joe Biden’s entrance into the 2020 race, the deadly Unite the Right neo-Nazi rally, a treasonous Civil War-era general, age, his attempted firing of Special Counsel Robert mUeller, and the measles outbreak and vaccines.
On Joe Biden, who is just four years older than Trump: “I am a young vibrant man.”
Q: “How old is too old to be president.”
President Trump: “Well I just feel like a young man. I’m so young. I can’t believe it. I’m the youngest person — I am a young vibrant man. I look at Joe, I don’t know about him.” pic.twitter.com/AYcZtA0b5J
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 26, 2019
He falsely claimed his “both sides” remarks were describing only people who were in Charlottesville to support or oppose the monument to treasonous Civil War general Robert E. Lee, who waged war against the United States.
President Trump on Charlottesville: “I’ve answered that question and if you look at what I said you will see that that question was answered perfectly, and I was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee, a great general.” pic.twitter.com/F07pO8V4pJ
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 26, 2019
On the Mueller report that details the lengths to which he went in trying to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller:
President Trump: “I’m a student of history. I see what you get when you fire people and it’s not good. But there would have been nothing wrong with firing him. Legally I had absolute right to fire him, but I never told Don McGahn to fire Mueller.” pic.twitter.com/BdFUrwg7pe
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 26, 2019
CNN’s Jake Tapper weighed in on Trump’s remarks:
Spoiler alert: 4 pinnochios https://t.co/s0LZUXXroj
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 26, 2019
Trump claimed hen did not pay $2 million to North Korea for the release of hostage Otto Warmbier, who died soon after being returned. Warmbier was tortured and returned in a vegetative state. Trump did not speak to reports the U.S. signed a letter of intent to pay North Korea.
MOMENTS AGO: President Trump spoke to reporters before leaving to NRA event https://t.co/e0MzlXf05Q pic.twitter.com/fq7MX9klTF
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 26, 2019
Stunningly, Trump reversed on his previous non-scientific, anti-vaccine remarks:
President Trump on measles outbreak: “They have to get the shot. Their vaccinations are so important. This is really going around now. They have to get their shots.” pic.twitter.com/utgJcymycl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 26, 2019
Here’s a small sample of Trump’s previous anti-vaxx remarks.
A sampling of the literally dozens of times Trump has promoted anti-vax pseudoscience on Twitter pic.twitter.com/v0wWMJV8sX
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 26, 2019
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