Trump drops bombshell: 'These are numbers'

[Zorro]

President Trump on Thursday morning appeared before reporters in the White House briefing room to rattle off a bunch of numbers — unemployment numbers, stock-market numbers, consumer-confidence numbers. For much of the presentation, he was reading off of prepared materials. But this is a fellow who can’t resist ad-libbing.

And so at one point, he added, "It’s coming back faster, bigger and better than we ever thought possible,” said Trump of a bounce-back in economic indicators. “These are not numbers made up by me. These are numbers.”

Boldface added to highlight a classic case of Trump-style articulation, if you can call it that. The observation that “these are numbers” would appear to be an empty one. Situated alongside the assertion that Trump didn’t make them up, though, it acquires some meaning — as in, these are real numbers. Someone who lies as much as Trump needs a way to signal when he’s not lying.

Daniel Dale, the CNN reporter who fact-checks Trump in real time, tells the Erik Wemple Blog that while he hasn’t done a detailed look at Trump’s performance at the Thursday presser, “on the whole the numbers were more accurate than usual, since he was reading from prepared notes rather than just talking.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/02/trump-drops-bombshell-these-are-numbers/

[dweller]

1. 86 45

those are #'s too

✌🏼

[mwooldri]

7. Bingo! What's the prize for a full house? Ehehe lol NT

[AwakeAtLast]

10. There is a FB Group with that name

I've been known to post there a time or two...

[dweller]

11. thanks

i'll check it out

✌🏼

[AwakeAtLast]

12. No space between the numbers, BTW

[nilram]

2. Wow. One statement that wasn't a lie.

[House of Roberts]

3. "But this is a fellow who can't resist ad-libbing."

Oh, you mean 'ad FIBBING'.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Here's another number ASSWIPE

130,000 DEAD because of your incompetence.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Here's another number he should fear. 11/3/2020

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. I've heard some people call them prime numbers.

In fact, all my numbers are the prime numbers.

[love_katz]

8. Dead cat bounce.

That's an actual stock market term for when the market looks better than it really is. I hope that I am wrong, but I don't think all the economic damage from the very necessary stay-at-home orders and business closures has shown up yet. We will just have to wait and see. The skyrocketing numbers of Covid cases in the states which unwisely opened too soon do not bode well for a continued economic recovery.

[Skittles]

9. 131,485 (known American covid casualties)

what about THAT number