Trump At The Border: The Word ‘Manufactured’ Is Manufactured!

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President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of Democrats’ line about the situation at the border.

Democrats have called Trump’s fervor for a border wall and ramped-up rhetoric about illegal immigration a “manufactured crisis.” During a trip to the border on Thursday, Trump said the word “manufactured” is … manufactured.

“They say this is a manufactured crisis. That’s their new sound bite … every network has ‘manufactured crisis.’ But it’s not. What’s manufactured is the word ‘manufactured,'” Trump said, according to a White House pool report.

Speaking of fabricated imagery, Trump himself reportedly told TV anchors that his border trip amounted to a photo op. “It’s not going to change a damn thing, but I’m still doing it,” Trump said ahead of his prime time address on immigration, according to the New York Times.

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  1. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

  2. OMG!

    “I’m not manufactured. I’m not manufactured!~ You’re the manufactured.”

    And his followers will say “yeah!”

  3. Avatar for gonzoc gonzoc says:

    Seriously, Bush’s Scottie Barney would’ve been a better President…smarter and more articulate in any case.

  4. Drumpf is the laziest of presidents.

    And has never before worked as hard as he has for 24 months

  5. This kind of idiotic semantic high-fiving has Stephen Miller written all over it.

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