TRUMP TWEET BREAKDOWN

Note from the website administrator:
I was not a fan of Trump and was even considering abandoning the Republican party, until I began researching Covid 19 in early 2020. Only then did I start watching Trump live and see his remarks without the filter of the news or social media. Upon seeing his relaxed speaking style – very unusual for a politician – I began researching him and checking some of the media’s wild claims. I encourage you to do the same, and feel free to send in anything you think I’ve missed.

Now, I believe Trump thinks he has a big job to do and simply does not care about stepping on toes, or care what anyone thinks about him. I don’t think he even cares what the history books will write about him, I think he only cares about doing his job for the American people.* 

Some of his older comments are cringe-worthy to be sure, but remember

Trump is NOT a slick politician. He says and tweets A LOT of politically incorrect things. But, did you know that

• Trump actually told reporters that it is “not my intention” to speak in racially provocative terms. “It’s very time-consuming to be politically correct,” he said, “and I don’t like wasting a lot of time.” (New York Times)
• Trump admitted in 2016, while campaigning, that in the heat of debate while speaking on many issues he had used the wrong words and said the wrong thing and “believe it or not, I regret it!” 

Here are some popularly quoted and misquoted recent Trump tweets and other remarks made – some continuously cited even though they are from decades ago – with additional context. 

• Trump continues to warn protestors that if protests turn to riots, illegal activities will be met with police force. “There will never be an “Autonomous Zone” in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!”
• Trump warned rioters and Antifa sympathizers about trying to hijack any peaceful protests in Oklahoma, since Oklahoman is a very red, pro-second amendment state with over 83,000+ registered firearms. “Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!” 
• Trump did tweet “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” as a statement of fact or a word of caution. This tweet was not a threat against citizens, is a maxim that’s been used since the 60s, similar to “when it rains it pours” or “Actions speak louder than words.”
• Did Trump call Haiti and African countries sh*tholes? This was a closed door meeting with conflicted reports and – while no one would be surprised by Trump’s directness  – there is no proof he said this. Trump denied the claim, saying “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made – a big setback for DACA!” He also denied trying to get Haiti removed from talks; “Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country. Never said ‘take them out.’ Made up by Dems. I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. Probably should record future meetings – unfortunately, no trust!”
  (Is America still the land of innocence until proof of guilt? Or is one innocent until the media claims they are guilty?) 
• Trump did appeal to Black voters on the campaign trail by plainly stating inner cities are still struggling under Democratic leadership. Trump said, “It’s time to address some honest and very, very difficult truths. Democratic policies have produced only more crime, more broken homes and more poverty…To every voter in our inner city, I’m running to offer you a much better future, a much better job and a much higher wage. The democratic party has taken the vote of African Americans for granted…”and “What do you have to lose by trying something new? I will fix it…This means so much to me, and I will work as hard as I can to bring new opportunity to places in our country which have not known opportunity in a very long time.” (Opportunity Zones instated the very next year. Promises made, promises kept.)
• Trump did not and does not defend or pander to white supremacists. After a chaos erupted between protestors and counter protesters in Charlottesville, VA, he condemned the press for implying that the violence was all the fault of one side when both alt-right and alt-left groups were present. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides” later he told the press again, “I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. But not all of those people [involved in the Charlottesville incident] were neo-Nazis…” he said.
• Trump did not want a mosque built at Ground Zero in New York City.  Due to the nature of the attacks, he told David Letterman, “I think it’s very insensitive to build it there. I think it’s not appropriate, a I think it’s insensitive and it shouldn’t be built there…In this case, it’s caused such a storm that the people [proposing to build the mosque] would make so much good will if they said, ‘hey, listen, we want to make everybody happy,we’re going to pick a site that’s a little further away.’ Everybody would be happy and I think it would be such incredible goodwill.”
• Trump did not mock Native Americans, but rather Elizabeth Warren’s false claims of Native American heritage, tweeting,  “Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!”
• Trump and the Trump Organization did not discriminate against Black people when approving tenants for their properties. What Trump opposed was being forced to rent to welfare recipients, as did other large real estate companies at the time, many of which, like The Trump Organization, chose to settle. The settlement was required TTO to furnish the New York Urban League with a list of all apartment vacancies, every week, for two years and to allow the league to present qualified applicants for every fifth vacancy in Trump buildings where fewer than 10 percent of the tenants were black. At the time only 21% of the New York City population was Black. The agreement did not constitute an admission of guilt.
• Trump did run a full page ads in New York City demanding the city “bring back the death penalty and bring back the police” after the 1989 gang rape of a female jogger in New York City’s Central Park. Even back then, Trump called for “law and order” and said that “Many New York families White, Black, Hispanic and Asian have had to give up the pleasure of a leisurely stroll in the Park at dusk, the Saturday visit to the playground with their families, the bike ride at dawn, or just sitting on their stoops given them up as hostages to a world ruled by the law of the streets,” though it didn’t call out the incident specifically. The Central Park 5 were exonerated, and in 2014, New York paid them a $41 million settlement. As of 2016 it appeared Trump still believed them to be guilty based on the initial police reports, and has refused to apologize for issuing the ad which was written and printed following a vicious crime that shook all of New York City to its core.
• Trump did run ads concerning his casino business and competition in Atlantic City  “I wasn’t knocking the [St. Regis] Mohawks; I was knocking their record. That’s not because they’re Mohawks. That’s because their record is bad and was proved to be bad at the time.” In October 1993, Trump appeared before the House Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources to support an effort to modify legislation regarding casinos. Trump was implying there was discrimiation and corruption taking place when he said those filing casino applications “Don’t look Indian to me.”
• Trump called the majority of Mexican illegal immigrants criminals and rapists – those trying to sneak in through the border – on the campaign trail in 2016. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Trump has stated again and again his goal is to take down a widespread and deeply-rooted human trafficking network, so he doubled down on this comment again in 2018 “women are raped at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.” In 2017, of all illegal immigrants in the US 47% were from Mexico and it’s estimated that the majority of the U.S. illegal drug imports come from Mexican drug cartels –  around 195 U.S. cities have been infiltrated by drug trafficking that originated in Mexico.[source]
• Trump did stand up against Anti-Americanism that is running rampant in our country and within our own governement. He did tell a group of congress members to “go back to where they came from.” Here is the full quote “So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly.and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!”
• Trump posted a meme video that a private citizen had made mocking CNN including footage of a white baby and black baby, a previous “best friends” video that had gone viral many times. Because the CNN logo was present on the video, the media went into a frenzy about Trump posting “fake news” when what he posted was very obviously a meme! The end. 

*How does Trump view his job of serving the United States? See this TRUMP POLICY BREAKDOWN.