Trump mocked after promising "very powerful crime" in Washington, D.C.
Trump mocked after promising "very powerful crime" in Washington, D.C.
"We're going to have very powerful crime," Trump said. "And you're going to be proud of it again."
Former President Donald Trump is facing mockery over a video clip that appears to show him promising to bring "very powerful crime" to Washington, D.C.
Trump inadvertently suggested that he would inspire a crime wave in the nation's capital during a "bonus" portion of his Tuesday night Fox News town hall that aired on the conservative news network's The Ingraham Angle on Wednesday night.
"We're going to take over Washington, D.C.," Trump said. "We're going to federalize. We're going to have very powerful crime. And you're going to be proud of it again. We're going to take the graffiti off the beautiful marble columns, the swastikas off the columns, and we're going to make it beautiful again."
A short clip of the moment that ends before the graffiti removal remark quickly circulated on X, formerly Twitter. The reelection campaign of President Joe Biden and a number of Trump critics took the opportunity to ridicule the former president over the gaffe.
Is this an actual gaffe, or is this like "Stand back and stand by?"
59Assuming the above quote is accurate, contextually it looks like he's trying to say he'll stand against the massive crime wave in DC.
Freudian slip, most likely.
32The Swastika comment is the bigger slip, or was this in response to something nazi related? Because who goes straight to nazi graffiti besides someone with nazis on the mind?
8Oops! He said the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud.
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I think he was trying to say he’d fight crime very powerfully (“powerful” being one of the five adjectives he knows), but his brain is broken.
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Crime, the likes of which, you have never seen before. The best crime
33It's so illegal that it's legal. Many people are saying!
9Yuge crime, he knows the best criminals.
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graffiti off the beautiful marble columns, the swastikas off the columns
Where tf in DC that Trump has ever been looks like this?
The most "graffiti" I can recall near the mall (aside from the bajillion stickers on lamp posts) were the hilarious projections on his stupid hotel a few years back (when it was still Trump Hotel)
24Isn't it the right wing method to always say the exact opposite of what you're thinking or doing? So in fact Trump wants swastika graffiti on DC pillars.
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“Criminal promises to do more crime.”
10Thing is, he’s right.
7Wouldn't that just be recidivism?
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