President Donald Trump, in a rambling and admittedly terrifying interview with Time journal, claimed that he is made 200 commerce offers with international locations internationally, however he would not give any particulars about what these purported offers entail—as a result of he’s clearly mendacity.
“[T]here’s many deals,” Trump advised Time, responding to a query about whether or not he is made progress on his administration’s promise to make 90 commerce offers in 90 days.
“You have to understand, I’m dealing with all the companies, very friendly countries. We’re meeting with China. We’re doing fine with everybody. But ultimately, I’ve made all the deals,” Trump continued, including that he is made “200” offers that he’ll announce “over the next three to four weeks.”
There are solely 195 international locations enrolled in or acknowledged by the United Nations, so his declare of 200 suggests some international locations have a number of commerce offers.
However the clearer sign that Trump is mendacity is that if he had made the offers, he would have introduced them. In any case, that will seemingly quiet the inventory market, which has plummeted amid fears that Trump’s dumb financial coverage will spike inflation and sink the U.S. right into a deep and painful recession.
CEOs of main U.S. retailers have warned Trump that his punishing tariffs on China will depart retailer cabinets naked and improve inflation that can trigger People severe ache. Freight shipments at U.S. ports are down precipitously, and time is operating out for Trump to vary course to keep away from financial calamity.
Trump additionally invoked former President Joe Biden’s title 12 occasions within the interview, an effort to attempt to make himself look higher even supposing his standing with voters has fallen dramatically.
In a single particularly preposterous alternate, Trump advised the Time interviewer that Biden “wouldn’t do an interview because he was grossly incompetent.”
Time then advised Trump that Biden did do an interview with the outlet final 12 months, to which Trump replied, “How did he do?” When Time mentioned that Trump might learn the interview himself, Trump responded, “I did read the interview. He didn’t do well. He didn’t do well at all. He didn’t do well at anything. And he cut that interview off to being a matter of minutes, and you weren’t asking him questions like you’re asking me.”
So apparently, Trump learn an interview he did not even know had occurred.
All through the interview, Trump spoke in circles and confirmed he had little understanding of financial, overseas, or home coverage.
For instance, he lied about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the person Trump wrongly shipped off to a jail in El Salvador and is refusing to convey again regardless of a Supreme Court docket order to take action.
Trump claimed he hasn’t requested the Salvadoran president to return Garcia as a result of Trump’s attorneys haven’t advised him to try this. And he then asserted with out proof that Garcia is a member of MS-13 as a result of he had MS-13 tattooed on his arms—which he doesn’t.
Trump mentioned:
I consider that they made him appear like a saint, after which we discovered about him. He wasn’t a saint. He was MS-13. He was a spouse beater and he had lots of issues that have been very dangerous, , very, very dangerous. After I first heard of the scenario, I used to be not pleased, after which I discovered that he was an individual who was an MS-13 member. And in reality, he had a tattooed proper on his—I am positive you noticed that—he had it tattooed proper on his knuckles: MS-13. No, I consider he is a person who has acquired fairly a previous. That is now not only a good, fantastic man from Maryland, which individuals, which the pretend information had me and different folks for a time period believing. Now, no one believes that.
After all, polling reveals that People don’t approve of Trump’s deportation of immigrants to El Salvador, and that fifty% need Trump to convey Garcia again.
In the end, there’s a quote from the film “Billy Madison” that sums up the batshit loopy Time journal interview higher than anything.
After the titular character Billy Madison, performed by Adam Sandler, provides a painfully silly reply throughout a game-show-style quiz, the moderator replies:
What you have simply mentioned is among the most insanely idiotic issues I’ve ever heard. At no level in your rambling, incoherent response have been you even near something that might be thought-about a rational thought. Everybody on this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no factors, and will God have mercy in your soul.
Actually, with an fool like Trump on the nation’s helm, could God have mercy on all of our souls.
