Alternative headline: Trump finally tells the truth about something.

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Trump was talking about this country dumping all their criminals in the USA. He said:

    "He liked to say he did something with a social experiment. A criminal is a criminal as they generally say a criminal and we don’t have time to figure it out. But we’re not going to take criminals and we’re going to get rid of

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      Trump / Vance 2024: A criminal is a criminal as they generally say a criminal

      It’s kind of Gilbert and Sullivan-esque. G&S would have a field day with trump.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah that’s fair, I’m not giving him the benefit of the doubt so much as just how I heard it(based on his voice, he wasn’t talking normally- instead he sounded like he was quoting), but there’s definitely two possible ways to interpret it.

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        Even if he is quoting someone… he’s quoting them for the justification of getting rid of them.

        He clearly agrees with the statement.