Bugsy McGurk
President
WASHINGTON — President Trump left little room for doubt. “We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the W.H.O.,” he said, referring to the World Health Organization. “We’re going to put a very powerful hold on it.”
But when he was asked a bit later whether it was the right time to delay money for the health agency in the middle of a pandemic, he denied that he said he would. “I’m not saying that I’m going to do it,” he said during his news briefing on Tuesday. “But we’re going to look at it.”
“You did say you were going to do it,” a reporter pointed out.
“No, I didn’t,” he said. “I said we’re going to look at it.”
I know what you’re thinking - where’s the news, right? Trump lies. Constantly. But to outright deny what he just said moments before?
The pathological liar-in-chief.
But when he was asked a bit later whether it was the right time to delay money for the health agency in the middle of a pandemic, he denied that he said he would. “I’m not saying that I’m going to do it,” he said during his news briefing on Tuesday. “But we’re going to look at it.”
“You did say you were going to do it,” a reporter pointed out.
“No, I didn’t,” he said. “I said we’re going to look at it.”
I know what you’re thinking - where’s the news, right? Trump lies. Constantly. But to outright deny what he just said moments before?
The pathological liar-in-chief.
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The president does not need adversaries to dispute his statements. He does that all by himself.
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