Trump Mistakenly Thinks Description Of Sanders Is About Himself (VIDEO)

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

During a Wednesday night town hall moderated by MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski described a “political outsider” candidate, and Donald Trump incorrectly guessed that she was describing himself.

“The candidate is considered a political outsider by all the pundits. He’s tapping into the anger of the voters, delivers a populist message. He believes everyone in the country should have healthcare,” she told Trump. “He advocates for hedge fund managers to pay higher taxes. He’s drawing thousands of people at his rallies and bringing in a lot of new voters to the political process, and he’s not beholden to any super PAC. Who am I describing?”

“Or any special interests or any donors,” Trump added before responding, “You’re describing Donald Trump.”

“Actually, I was describing Bernie Sanders,” Brzezinski replied.

“Oh, that’s good,” Trump then said in response before offering a similarity he believes he shares with Sanders.

“There’s one thing we’re very similar on: He knows that our country is being ripped off big-league — big-league — on trade. The problem is he can’t do anything about it,” the Republican presidential candidate said. “He doesn’t understand what’s happening.”

Watch part of the clip via MSNBC:

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Now that is some high quality trolling; Describe Trump’s political rival in terms underscoring their similar political positions and let the King of Humble indict himself in a moment of self-congratulation. It’s a perfect illustration of Trump’s auto-infatuation.

  2. In his tiny mind It always revolves around Trump’s little tower.

  3. “The candidate is considered a political outsider by all the pundits. He’s tapping into the anger of the voters, delivers a populist message. He believes everyone in the country should have healthcare,” she told Trump. "He advocates for hedge fund managers to pay higher taxes. He’s drawing thousands of people at his rallies and bringing in a lot of new voters to the political process, and he’s not beholden to any super PAC. Who am I describing?"

    Yes that’s Trump…back then, but still…

  4. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    The Donald is a male version of Sarah Palin, everything is about them.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

46 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for lestatdelc Avatar for rob_beatty_walters Avatar for liveswithcorgi Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for afblac Avatar for wildwilly1111 Avatar for feathered_head Avatar for clemmers Avatar for 1gg Avatar for ctvoter Avatar for wwss Avatar for pdxer Avatar for inversion Avatar for mantan Avatar for slagathor Avatar for mxyztplk Avatar for jhvoll Avatar for occamsrazor2 Avatar for sjk Avatar for mordant_k Avatar for jordanolsen26 Avatar for sickofitall Avatar for AlNewman

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: