‘No Proof Of Anything’: Trump Unravels When Pressed On Migrant Conspiracies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2018  -- U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing from the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 22, 2018. Donald Trump said on Monday that his country will begin cutting off or reducing aid to three countries in Central America, citing migrant caravan heading to the U.S. border. (Xinhua/Ting Shen)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2018 -- U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing from the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 22, 2018. Donald Trump said on Monday that his countr... WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2018 -- U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing from the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 22, 2018. Donald Trump said on Monday that his country will begin cutting off or reducing aid to three countries in Central America, citing migrant caravan heading to the U.S. border. (Xinhua/Ting Shen) (Xinhua/Ting Shen via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump finally admitted Tuesday that he had “no proof” to support his blatant lies and conspiracy theories about the migrants and asylum-seekers traveling toward the U.S.-Mexico border.

The President also tried — and failed — to get Vice President Mike Pence to accuse Democrats of funding the caravan, and to say there were Islamic State members in the caravan.

Pence did say that, during a phone call earlier Tuesday, the vice president of Honduras had told him that the group “was organized by leftist organizations and financed by Venezuela.”

“What else did they say, Mike, about ISIS?” Trump attempted. “Did they say something?”

They hadn’t. Pence returned to talking about leftist groups.

Pressed earlier for proof for Democrats’ non-existent involvement with the caravan, Trump was similarly evasive.

“You’re going to find out. And we’re going to see. Maybe they made a bad mistake, too,” he said.

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  1. When they say “financed” by leftists, what are they even talking about? What funds do they think they’re witnessing at work when they see a bunch of starving people with no shoes walking across Central America and sleeping on the side of the road.

  2. “financed by Venezuela.”

    Venezuela couldn’t finance a two-car motorcade from one side of Tegucigalpa’s Plaza Los Dolores to the other.

  3. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    “You’re going to find out. And we’re going to see.”

    Yesssss, the weapons-grade “I’m not even saying these words as they dribble out of my own mouth” two-weeks unpromise.

    It had been too long since we got the pure uncut stuff.

  4. And also not nearly long enough.

  5. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    So what? He is a butt hole we all ready know that.

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