Trump Brags About Election Win (Again) In Joint Press Conference With Trudeau

President Donald Trump smiles during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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President Donald Trump congratulated himself on Monday during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for winning the 2016 election on a platform of immigration enforcement and mass deportations.

“President Trump, you seemed to suggest that Syrian refugees are a Trojan horse for potential terrorism, while the prime minister hugs refugees and welcomes them with open arms,” a reporter asked. “Are you confident the northern border is secure?”

“You can never be totally confident,” Trump said.

Trump praised Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for doing a “great job” of deporting “very, very hardened criminals” so far.

“That’s what I said I would do. I’m just doing what I said I would do, and we won by a very, very large electoral college vote,” Trump said.

Trump said that he “knew” he would win.

“I knew this is what people were wanting. That wasn’t the only reason, that wasn’t my only thing that we did so well on, but that was something that was very important,” Trump said. “I think that in the end, everyone is going to be extremely happy. And I will tell you right now, a lot of people are very, very happy right now.”

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  1. Screw you, Dumblefuck…you incompetent, ill-advised, wretched shadow of a human being.

  2. Trump said. “I think that in the end, everyone is going to be extremely happy. And I will tell you right now, a lot of people are very, very happy right now.”

    If I ever find myself in the company of someone very, very happy Trump is President I immediately seek another place to be and other people to be with.
  3. Avatar for smiley smiley says:

    “I knew this is what people were wanting. That wasn’t the only reason, that wasn’t my only thing that we did so well on, but that was something that was very important,” Trump said. “I think that in the end, everyone is going to be extremely happy. And I will tell you right now, a lot of people are very, very happy right now.”

    This is how my 4 year-old daughter talks – lots of words coming out of her mouth, but not a whole lot of meaning. But she’s much cuter when she does it!

  4. Poor sad little orange clown. If he weren’t president, he’d just be pathetic.

  5. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    240+ years down the drain

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