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This is lacking context. He was paraphrasing something I believe is implied to have been said (or at least believed) by Bukele(the president of El Salvador)
Lol, context doesn't help him at all. It sounds like he's referring to the USA based on the words immediately around the statement.
So this is just another one of demented don's stupid slips of his tangled tongue.
Trump was talking about this country dumping all their criminals in the USA. He said:
Now if you want to give him the benefit of the doubt and interpret that "criminal is a criminal" line as something he is quoting from someone else, you go right ahead. I do not give him the benefit of the doubt though. Even if he is quoting someone else, he is not disputing the point. He appears to be accepting it as fact and his response is that he's going to get rid of those criminals.
/Apologies for deleting and then un-deleting, I hit enter too soon while transcribing and wanted to avoid confusion.
Exactly what benefit is being given to him by allowing his complete lack of self awareness?
Shouldn't he be getting rid of himself then?
He's not a criminal in his mind. Because he's a nutter.
One would think so, but he's clearly not that self aware.
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.
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.
Even if he is quoting someone… he’s quoting them for the justification of getting rid of them.
He clearly agrees with the statement.