The 20 most bizarre lines from Donald Trump’s NPR interview

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But, Trump is, as always, Trump. After about 10 minutes into the call, Trump dropped NPR’s Steve Inskeep when the host repeatedly pressed Trump with his false arguments that the 2020 election stole from him.

(Sidebar: Why amplify – or obscure – Trump’s statements? Simple. He gives every indication that he wants to run again for president in 2024, and every poll in that race suggests he will be a massive favorite for the nomination.If that’s the case for any more “normal” politician, we’ll cover every statement he makes.Just because Trump is Trump doesn’t mean we can – or should – ignore what he’s saying.We need to cover up it will – and, if necessary, always will – provide context and analysis of the facts.)

1. “Are we going live, Steve? Are we, uh.”

The interview is pre-taped. So they didn’t live. (In other news: “We’ll do it live!”) And let’s go!

2. “Well, first of all, the mandate is really offensive to our country.”

The question Inskeep asked: “What advice would you give to Americans who have not chosen to get vaccinated?” So, uh, yeah.

3. “And as the very – the proud man who has done so well with therapeutics and, and vaccines and everything else and has done it in record times, you know, I – I have a lot to say on the subject. “

I think Trump is trying to make the point that a) he was vaccinated and boosted and b) when he had Covid-19, he benefited from therapeutics to treat it. But, like, word salad.

4. “If some people don’t want to, they don’t have to take it. They can’t be ordered, as the saying goes. And I think that’s very important.”

Inskeep stressed to Trump what advice he would give to the unvaccinated. This is what the former President formed. Also, there is no saying that “they cannot be mandated.”

5. “Personally, I feel like I’m comfortable getting them. I’m completely devoid of reverberation.”

Vaccines! Now with less reverberation!

6. “I don’t know why they would take the vaccine for most, unless they’re in a certain age group and they have some problems, if it’s high blood pressure, diabetes and, you know , various things.in particular.

Trump talks about people who have already gotten the virus here-and argues, against science, that they probably don’t need to be vaccinated. Also, diabetes [Wilford Brimley voice].

7. “If you look at the numbers, if you look at the findings in Arizona, if you look at what’s happening in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, by the way – and look at Wisconsin – they’re finding things no one thought possible. “

[narrator voice] Not them. Heck, even the shady “recount” of ballots in Arizona’s Maricopa County showed that Biden still won.

8. “The number of ballots is meaningless.”

Uh …

9. “Look at the number of votes. Go to Detroit and just ask yourself, is it true there are more votes than voters?”

I asked myself this. Then I read this fact check and I found out NO more votes are given in Detroit than the people. How did I dig into this revealing and critical truth? A secret weapon I call “a Google search.” Check it out. Life-changing.

10. “Look at Detroit.”

I literally just did that!

11. “Because Mitch McConnell is a loser.”

The question? “Why do you think most of your allies in the United States Senate are not standing behind you [on election fraud]? “Just a reminder here: McConnell has won seven races for the Senate in nearly 40 years. McConnell is also the longest -serving Republican leader in history. But, I digress …

12. “Look at what’s happening now in Pennsylvania.”

I made. And I don’t think that proves the point Trump is trying to make.

13. “Look at what’s going on in Wisconsin. Just look.”

Again, I did. And I found that a conservative group’s review of the 2020 vote in Wisconsin found “no evidence of widespread voter fraud.”

14. “In fact, sabi nila, and I can’t testify because it’s been through a lot of systems, a lot of different systems. Pero sabi nila, and they say very strongly, the judges just – nobody’s really gotten a chance look. “

Uh, what?

15. “I said, wait a minute. I’m the president of the United States. They just cheated an election. Hundreds of thousands of votes in different states. They just cheated an election.”

Whether you are president of the United States or not, this claim is wrong. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud – at the national or state level – in the 2020 elections.

16. “We got-we got a number of votes that, I think you’ll agree-no sitting president got the number of votes I got.”

This is true! Also misleading. As America’s population continues to grow, it makes sense that Trump got more votes than the last incumbent president who presided over a country with so few people here! Also, Trump got 74 million votes. The problem is Joe Biden got 81 million.

17. “You think Biden got 80 million votes? Because I don’t believe it.”

Well, given all the evidence you’ve cited to prove …. oh teka.

18. “How could Biden not attract 20 people for a crowd? What if he went to speak in different locations, no one came to watch, but he suddenly got 80 million votes?”

Note: The 2020 election ended 435 days ago. And Trump is still talking about majority size.

19. “People have no idea how big this issue is, and they don’t want to repeat it.”

OK, so the “people” have no idea how big the issue of election fraud is and they don’t want to repeat it. That seems like a contradiction?

20. “So Steve, thank you very much. I appreciate it.”

That was the last thing Trump said before he dropped the call to Inskeep. And so yes, it seems like a good place to end.

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