Trump: Just Kidding About That Colorado Border Wall I Bragged About!

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President Trump says he was just kidding about that border wall in Colorado he confidently touted during an energy conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon.

Hours after the event, Trump insisted in an early Thursday morning tweet that he was referring to people from Colorado and Kansas in the very packed auditorium” when he “(kiddingly)” declared “we’re building a Wall in Colorado.”

Trump’s geographical mishap of boasting about a supposed plan to build a wall in Colorado, a landlocked state, happened right as he touted his border wall plans in New Mexico and Texas.

“And we’re building a wall in Colorado,” Trump said. “We’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works that you can’t get over, you can’t get under.”

The President then continued without hesitation by bragging that “we’re building a wall in Texas.”

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  1. Trump is not a kidder. He is a sneerer

  2. Why do I not find anything Trump says as funny, amusing, or laughable? Is it because he doesn’t respect the job he agreed to do? Is it because he refuses to do the bare minimum of the job he agreed to do? Is because his ignorance is as big as his mass?

  3. Avatar for nikta nikta says:

    Somehow he’s always “kidding” hours after he says something mind-bendingly wrong. Astounding we just don’t recognize his sense of humor.

  4. The essence of humor is that it actually has to be funny. There is nothing remotely funny about Trump’s border cruelty and illegal seizure of funds to build his wall.

  5. OK sure you were making a fonny fonny joke saying you’re building a wall in Colorado, and that hurricane really was threatening Illinois or wherever, and covfefe is a word and “refered” is a word and you’re not an ignorant lummox because why would anyone think that. Sure, pal, whatever.

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