It was quite an exchange with the reporter. I’m puzzled why the administration needs to rely on lying to the American people. It’s quite bizarre to witness. Trump is trying to achieve fairness, ultimately, in trade. Why not drive that point home? Why the lying?
Because the population is largely retarded and dumb. Nevermind right or left.
For God’s sake, teach the children critical thinking and logic, ASAP!!! In a generation or 3 there might be hope…
I do believe that 90% of Americans had no idea of any details of how a tariff is enacted until recently. They also are oblivious to details like exemptions or companies legally reclassifying their products. I am not badmouthing Americans but in future if administration is not transparent about this process then corruption seeps in very quickly and Americans will be baffled about the various outcomes.
How much tariff money is collected per industry? Where will tariff money be used?
Which companies and industries are getting exemptions and why? (details should include how much money spent lobbying congress and president for such exemptions)
Meanwhile, simply lying to Americans about other countries’ tariff schemes means American are levying anger at other countries needlessly. Yes, almost all countries want to protect their domestic companies. But few American realize the extent that their own federal government helps local companies, like the agricultural industry. I am not saying that assistance is wrong (I think even more assistance is necessary in some industries)…just saying throwing around lies that only other countries are lavishing help on their domestic industries is really disingenuous.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon discussing investigation of racial discrimination in 50 universities: “Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin.”
Post shared by Elon Musk on X: “Stalin, Hitler and Mao didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did.”
Marco Rubio comments following criticism by South Africa ambassador Ebrahim Rasol: “Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates President Donald Trump. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.” [Note: Rubio’s earlier comments: “South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote ‘solidarity, equality, and sustainability.’ In other words: DEI and climate change. My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.”]
Trump regarding the media: “I believe that CNN and MS-DNC, who literally write 97.6 percent bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party and in my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal, what do they do is illegal. These networks and these newspapers are really no different than a highly paid political operative. And it has to stop, it has to be illegal, it’s influencing judges and it’s really changing law, and it just cannot be legal. I don’t believe it’s legal, and they do it in total coordination with each other."
Trump regarding attacks on Tesla cars: “We already know who some of them are; we are going to catch them. If you do it to any company, we will catch you, and you are gonna go through hell."
Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding attacks on Tesla cars: “If you’re gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we’re coming after you.”
Sean Hannity regarding market reaction to Trump’s economic related actions: “And, you know, the fact that the markets don’t understand that Donald Trump is in the middle of a negotiation here is kind of hard to comprehend. They have no curiosity about what the thinking of Donald Trump is in this. The thinking is to get them to the table and to either choose free or fair trade or reciprocal tariffs. And that’s what it is. This is the economy that Donald Trump inherited that every American is still living under. He’s not — it takes more than a day to get his economic policies in place.”
Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding immunity for measles: "It used to be, when I were a kid, that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection. The vaccine doesn’t do that. The vaccine is effective for some people for life, but for many people it wanes. There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause, like encephalitis and blindness, etc., so people ought to be able to make that choice for themselves.”
Trump complaining about Democrats and Chuck Schumer: “The Democrats have to get their act together, and if they don’t vote, then what you’re gonna do is you’re gonna have taxes that are going to go through the roof. You’re gonna have a very bad time, you’re gonna have some very bad things happen, and people are gonna blame the Democrats, and Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned, you know, he’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian.”
Some of those are wild. But without references, hard to take serious. Not saying you are making them up, but people want a source in order to take anything serious. At least I hope people still require this base level.
If Musk said that, I want to know where and I can see he whole context. Because in that s ese, not many modern readers have killed people. Hitler didn’t gas people, the public did. I need a full context and source before calling Elon musk on this.
Block, right click, Google!
Wild? At this point I don’t think I have posted anything that is not part of the quoted person’s normal persona. But I do expect the quotes to become much, much more menacing over time.
I don’t include quote source as sometimes is more than one media (due to try to include as much as original quote as possible) and seems people nowadays only belief certain media anyway. I really don’t expect everyone to believe quotes from people they admire…but that I cannot control. I have checked some quotes before posting and found no “reliable” second source which would validate from my perspective. I do not include summaries from media as to what people said as I think the quotes are the best record.
As for Musk…the one you mentioned is him forwarding a message…not him typing the message himself.
We still have another 3 years and 9 months to see what else pops up. Perhaps the quoted persons’ real meanings will reveal itself over time…
Trump regarding pardons granted by Biden: “The ‘Pardons; that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them! It’s not my decision – that’ll be up to a court – but I would say that they’re null and void, because I’m sure Biden didn’t have any idea that it was taking place, and somebody was using an autopen to sign off and to give pardons. The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden. He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.”
Texas Governor Gregg Abbot regarding proposed bill to ban “non-human” behavior in schools: “Kids in two rural school district settings go to school dressed up as cats with litter boxes in their classrooms. This has become so prolific, Stan Gerdes, State Representative in the state of Texas, is actually having to file a piece of legislation saying no furries in public schools in the state of Texas. If you have a child in a public school, you have one expectation, your child is going to be learning the fundamentals of education, like reading, writing, math and science. If they’re being distracted by furries, those parents have a right to move their child to the school of their choice.” [Note: Abbot discredits public schools as he wants to push for focus on tax payer funder school voucher program. Abbot has been asked which schools have 'furries” but no reply.]
What about the alcoholics who go dressed as teachers?
When reporter asked Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt if there was any ‘evidence’ supporting Trump’s claim that pardons by Biden were invalid.: ‘You’re a reporter, you should find out…And so I think it’s a question that everybody in this room should be looking into, because certainly that would propose perhaps criminal or illegal behavior if staff members were signing the President of the United States autograph without his consent.’ [I assume Leavitt means that Trump’s administration will not provide evidence so media should investigate instead.]
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Karoline Leavitt responding to question about possibly returning Statue of Liberty to France.:“Absolutely not. And, my advice to that unnamed, low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now. So they should be very grateful to our great country.” [Note: Raphaël Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and co-president of a left-wing party in France, made the suggestion to return the Statue of Liberty to France]
Trump regarding use of coal for energy production: “I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL”. [Note: Private companies decide whether to invest producing more gas or coal]
Musk regarding his claim that the DOGE team has discovered 14 “Magic Money Computers” with blank-check authority: “I call a ‘magic money computer’ any computer which can just make money out of thin air.”
Trump on being asked as to why he is tougher with Canada than his other bigger adversaries: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada.”
Trump’s US Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, publicly recommended buying Tesla stock: “I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.” [Note: Lutnick indirectly owns Tesla (TSLA) stocks through his investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald which has traded large amounts of Tesla stock. Howard Lutnick’s son, Brandon, is now in charge of Cantor Fitzgerald as Chairman.]
Senator Mayes Middleton from Texas defended his bill to set aside time for prayer during the school day: “There is no such thing as separation of church and state. That has been twisted completely out of control."
Musk responding to post on X attempting to link transgender people to attacks on Tesla cars: “What are the statistics on trans violence? The probability of a trans person being violent appears to be vastly higher than non-trans. Hormone injections cause extreme emotional volatility. That is simply a fact.” [Note: original X post – “Of course 3 out of 4 of the people who have been arrested for vandalizing Teslas are transgender or nonbinary.”]
I’d like to see him work that of in standard form. 
Musk polling users of X: “The IRS just said it wants $20B more money. Do you think its budget should be: Increased, Same, Decreased, Deleted?”
Trump discussing auto industry in address to Congress: “And by the way, we’re going to have growth in the auto industry like nobody’s ever seen. Plants are opening up all over the place. Deals are being made never seen. That’s a combination of the election win and tariffs. It’s a beautiful word, isn’t it, that, along with our other policies, will allow our auto industry to absolutely boom. It’s going to boom. Spoke to the majors today, all three the top people, and they’re so excited. In fact, already, numerous car companies have announced that they will be building massive automobile plants in America, with Honda just announcing a new plant in Indiana, one of the largest anywhere in the world.” [Note: Honda denies plans to open a plant in Indiana … “Honda has made no such announcement and will not comment on this report.”]
Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek responding to federal judge blocking staffers at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data housed at the agency: “My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates. As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems. Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency."
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick implying that complaints about missing social security benefits checks indicate fraud: “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks this month — my mother-in-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain. She just wouldn’t. She’d think something got messed up, and she’ll get it next month. A fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming, yelling, and complaining. Anybody who’s been in the payment system and the processes, who knows the easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments and listen because whoever screams is the one stealing.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, and Trump advisor Stephen Miller criticism of Europe regarding U.S. keeping sea lanes open: Vance – “I just hate bailing Europe out again.” Hegseth – "VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC. We are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this.” Miller – “Green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return.”
Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the National Security Council regarding accidently adding reporter to group chat about confidential military planning: “At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic. We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain. The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy co-ordination between senior officials.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding accidently adding editor-in-chief for Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic to group chat about confidential military planning: "Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that. “Goldberg is a deceitful and highly discredited, so-called journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.”
Trump regarding accidently adding editor-in-chief for Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic to group chat about confidential military planning: “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine. But I know nothing about it. You’re saying that they had what?”
Senior Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Tucker Carlson discussing the potential for the Gulf economies to replace those of Europe.: Witkoff – “It could be much bigger than Europe. Europe is dysfunctional today.” Carlson – “It would be good for the world because Europe is dying,” he said.
Trump when asked about National Security Advisor Michael Waltz being possibly punished for using chat app to discuss military actions in Yemen: “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man. We believe … somebody that was on the line, with permission, somebody that … worked with Mike Waltz at a lower level, had Goldberg’s number or call through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.”
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz when asked how Goldberg’s number ended up in the group chat about military actions in Yemen: “Have you ever had somebody’s contact that shows their name and then you have somebody else’s number there? … Of course I didn’t see this loser in the group. It looked like someone else. Whether he did it deliberately or it happened in some other technical mean is something we’re trying to figure out.” "He [Goldberg] is the bottom scum of journalists.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding using chat app to discuss military action in Yemen: “There were no classified or intelligence equities that were included in that chat at any time.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard responding to questioning from Senator Mark Warner regarding using chat app to discuss military action in Yemen:
Warner: “Director Gabbard, did you participate in the group chat with the secretary of defense and other Trump senior officials discussing the Yemen war plans?” Senator Mark Warner asked.
Gabbard: “Uh, Senator I don’t want to get into the specifics—”
Warner: “You were not ‘TG’ on this group chat?” Gabbard: "I will not get into specifics.:
Warner: “Why aren’t you gonna get into the specifics? Is this—is it because it’s all classified?”
Gabbard: “Because this is currently under review by the National Security Council,” Gabbard said.
Warner: “Because it’s all classified? If it’s not classified, share the texts now.”
Trump discussing possibility of financial compensation for people who were prosecuted for taking part in the riot at the Capitol in 2021 and Ashii Babbit who was shot by capital police: “A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it because a lot of the people in government really like that group of people. They were protesting peacefully and patriotically. Ashli Babbitt was a really good person who was a big MAGA fan, Trump fan. And she was innocently standing there, they even say trying to sort of hold back the crowd. And a man did something to her that was unthinkable when he shot her.”
Trump saying ahead of a visit by Vice President JD Vance that the United States needed to take control of the Danish island.: “We need Greenland for international safety and security. We need it. We have to have it. I hate to put it that way, but we’re going to have to have it.”
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: “We are going to eliminate FEMA.” [Note: Federal Emergency Management Agency–FEMA]
Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office Pastor Paula White-Cain fundraising…if donors send her $1,000: “God will assign an angel to you. Be an enemy to your enemies. Give you prosperity. Take sickness away. Give you long life. He’ll bring an increase for inheritance. And he’ll give a special year of blessing. You’re not doing this to get something, but you’re doing it in honor to God, realizing what you can receive.”
Trump while speaking at a White House event celebrating Women’s History Month: “We’re going to have tremendous goodies in the bag for women, too. The women, between the fertilization and all of the other things that we’re talking about, it’s going to be great. Fertilization. I’m still very proud of it. I don’t care. I’ll be known as the fertilization president and that’s not bad. I’ve been called much worse and actually, I like it. I like it.”
Elon Musk regarding the number of government employees his initiative has targeted in cuts, saying it was a small percentage of the overall government workforce and others left voluntarily: “Basically almost no one has gotten fired.”
Elon Musk about Trump: “I think the president is a good man. I think he is an honest man, and I have yet to see him do anything mean or anything that is wrong, that I would say morally wrong. Not even once.”
Elon Musk regarding the affects on his DOGE team working on the Social Security department: “Legitimate recipients of social security will receive more money not less money. Let the record show that I said this.”
Musk claimed that he’s worried about the “strength of America.”: “You know, America is the central column that holds up… Holds up all of Western civilization. So if you like, we’ve got the temple of Western civilization, America is the central column. If that column fails it’s all over. You can’t run off to New Zealand or some other place. It’s over. So we need to strengthen that column and make sure that America is strong and will be strong for a long time or that roof’s coming down.”
Russian President Putin discussing "geopolitical competition in an address to Russia’s Arctic Forum: “In short, America’s plans in relation to Greenland are serious. These plans have deep historical roots. And it’s clear that the US will continue to systematically pursue its geo-strategic, military-political and economic interests in the Аrctic. As for Greenland this is a matter for two specific countries. It has nothing to do with us.”
JD Vance during trip to Greenland: “Our message to Denmark is very simple. You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland. You have under-invested in the people of Greenland and you have under-invested in the security of this incredible, beautiful landmass.”
Trump discussing Greenland upon return of JD Vance from visit: “We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security. We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of: ‘Do you think we can do without it?’ We can’t.” Trump added that Denmark and the European Union understood the situation “and if they don’t, we’re going to have to explain it to them.”
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi discussing judges who have recently ruled against the actions of Trump: “Many judges need to be removed. These judges obviously cannot be impartial. They cannot be objective.”
Putin discussing his wish for a transitional government in Ukraine to set up peace deal: “What for? To organize a democratic presidential election that would result in the coming to power of a competent government that would have the confidence of the people, and then begin negotiations with these authorities on a peace agreement and sign legitimate documents.” [Note: Basically he wants to overthrow Zelensky as requirement for peace talks. Also to note that Putin holds power as a dictator but is pushing for democratic election in Ukraine.]