'Let me see the legs': Trump welcomes Winter Olympians at idiosyncratic reception

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

President hosts event for Team USA athletes at White House
‘I look at those legs when we want to work out. Great job’

Tom Lutz
@tom_lutz
Fri 27 Apr 2018 14.09 EDT Last modified on Fri 27 Apr 2018 14.59 EDT

Donald Trump returned to one of his favourite topics – the size of crowds – as he welcomed USA’s Winter Olympians to the White House on Friday.

Team USA finished fourth in the medals table at this year’s Olympics in South Korea, with a haul that included nine golds. “You performed and you made us very proud,” the president told the assembled Olympians. “And many of you came home as champions wearing a bronze, silver, or a gold medal. And you had very big crowds. And I have to say, without certain backing, those crowds were not looking good.

“But all of a sudden, those crowds got very, very big, very powerful, and it became a very, very successful Olympics aside from everything else. They had a lot more people show up than they thought. And you think you know why, right?”

The president also made sure the athletes were up to standard. “Do we have any quitters here?” he asked. “Raise your hand, please. All right, because I was going to say, get the hell out of here. No quitters in this group, huh? I had a feeling. I had a feeling that was true.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/27/donald-trump-team-usa-winter-olympics-white-house-reception

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[hatrack]

1. . . . the FUCK?!?!??!!?!??

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[mac56]

2. "And I have to say, without certain backing, those crowds were not looking good."

What the hell is he babbling about?

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Trump took credit for ticket sales and attendance.

"I'll tell you, we did a great job on the Olympics," Trump said. "President Moon of South Korea said without Donald Trump the Olympics would have been a total failure."

"It's a little hard to sell tickets when you think you are going to be nuked," he added. "But when North Korea called and said they wanted to be in the Olympics, everybody said let's get tickets and go."

https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/homenews/administration/377785-trump-without-me-olympics-would-have-been-a-total-failure%3famp

[Leghorn21]

7. Oh, good find, Granny - today's article ALMOST makes sense after reading this -

Thanks for posting!!

[Delphinus]

10. OMG.

[caraher]

8. I didn't get it either

but I think based on the article he was hinting that sending Ivanka made a difference

[Leghorn21]

3. ...the FUCK?!

Ivanka Trump travelled to South Korea as part of the US delegation and the president praised his daughter’s contribution after the men’s curling team said she had been in the crowd supporting their gold medal victory.

“It helped, right?” Trump asked team member John Shuster.

“Yeah,” replied Shuster.

“Go ahead. Say that. Go ahead,” said Trump.

“Thanks for helping cheering us on,” said Shuster.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Sounds like a carnival huckster.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Worse. In public Trump good as says kiss my ass because Ivanka is my daughter, MINE, me.

Forced adulation by Big Brother.

Remember when Hussein had those British hostage children on his lap?

Remember how tRump has frequently said that if you cross him he gets revenge five and ten times over?

[djacq]

6. Very Inspiring

NOT

[NastyRiffraff]

9. No matter who he "honors"

it's always all about him. It's a pattern: he says a few words praising the honorees, then talks about crowds and of course, HIMSELF and how nothing good could ever have happened without him.

I hate him so much.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. When I talk about Trump with friends and family we wind up

just growling to each other. You just reach a point where words just don't suffice. (I won't discuss him with any of his supporters. I don't want to hurt someone.)

[smirkymonkey]

24. Ugh, always! Me, me, me!

I'm beginning to think I have died and gone to hell.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Previously in the Winter Olympics Pence was saying the US didn't perform well enough because gays.nt

[PatrickforO]

14. Wow...my wife and I just got done cracking up about these newest

mysterious utterings from our Chief Cheetoh.

He just can't help himself, can he? He absolutely HAS to take credit for everything.

And didn't that comment about looking at those legs add class to the whole thing?

[NOMOGOP]

15. Eagle Scout.

Hope he didn't give them the boyscout speech.

[sakabatou]

16. He's still going on about crowd sizes

[MineralMan]

17. Olympic Hurling Team, I see...

[mahannah]

18. "Do we have any quitters here?" he asked. "Raise your hand, please".

All raise hands and refuse to leave.

[moriah]

19. Now I almost wish Adam Rippon had gone.

Him shutting down something like that with showing his legs would have been priceless.

And even I have to admit I watch his legs and butt when I can take my eyes off his adorable face and talented feet.

[riversedge]

25. oh my. you are so right.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

20. If this guys ego gets any bigger...

We’ll be able to use it to walk to the moon.

[TNNurse]

21. Let's send him there and leave him.

[moose65]

22. Geez Louise!

He is the most repulsive person I have ever laid eyes on! No matter what the subject is, he has to twist it around and make it ALL about him. If he had met Mother Teresa, I shudder to think what he would have said to her.

[riversedge]

23. This tells me that

Trump will never leave his presidency. He will tear #America down -and apart, but he will not resign.


.....The president also made sure the athletes were up to standard. “Do we have any quitters here?” he asked. “Raise your hand, please. All right, because I was going to say, get the hell out of here. No quitters in this group, huh? I had a feeling. I had a feeling that was true.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. "I look at those legs when we want to work out."

"Trump went on to single out individual athletes for praise, taking particular interest in speed skater John-Henry Krueger’s legs. “Let me see the legs,” he told Krueger. “Pretty strong legs, I’ll tell you. I look at those legs when we want to work out.”"



When was the last time that tub of lard worked out?

[rzemanfl]

27. Or worked at all. n/t

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. I will repeat this again...I HATE THIS MAN SO VERY MUCH. nt