Donald Trump brags that he got 'higher ratings than 9/11' in interview about first 100 days - Polidicks

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144510]Half of the people responding aren't even in the USA and the other half probably aren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11 for what it was. It's offensive to make racist jokes but it's perfectly fine to talk down 9/11 and use it to compare to Trump. You people are pathetic.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=MrRalgoman's profile]Date of Birth December 24, 1998 (18)[/QUOTE] Lets not forget how trump is the one doing the comparing of himself (his ratings) to 9/11 and no haha, no one outside of the USA has never had a tragedy! Only the US has seen DEATH! MrRalgoman would know after all!

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144510]Half of the people responding aren't even in the USA and the [B]other half probably aren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11[/B] for what it was. It's offensive to make racist jokes but it's perfectly fine to talk down 9/11 and use it to compare to Trump. You people are pathetic.[/QUOTE] You putting yourself in that category?

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144510]Half of the people responding aren't even in the USA and the other half probably aren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11 for what it was. It's offensive to make racist jokes but it's perfectly fine to talk down 9/11 and use it to compare to Trump. You people are pathetic.[/QUOTE] I'm an American and I am old enough to remember what happened, as I watched it live on TV. And I'm telling you, sir, to quit being such a baby.

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144434]Are you guys still surprised that Trump says stupid shit sometimes? It surprises me how you guys are never EVER going to rest over this guy. You realize you are only giving him what he wants? It's hilarious how the media hasn't realized he is just playing them... STILL.[/QUOTE] I like how your answer to Trump being a total moron is "just ignore him lol" You probably have nothing to really lose from Trump's policies, or at the least you think you dont, so I don't expect you to really understand the gravity of having a blatantly moron president. That said, it does pose a problem considering this asshole now represents us, makes real policy changes that affect US, makes decisions that affect US, but you want to have a laugh because he's playing the media, so you think. You and people like you are literally never going to stop trivializing just how awful trump really is because you're either sheltered to the point where you think having a meme president is a good thing or you're actively malicious towards the groups that Trump's policies effect. I'm leaning towards betting on the first scenario. [editline]24th April 2017[/editline] If trump wasn't in a position of power nobody should give a shit about what stupid things he says. The problem is that he isn't a trivial figure anymore. He's the president of the United states. This isn't a reality show anymore.

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144434]Are you guys still surprised that Trump says stupid shit sometimes? It surprises me how you guys are never EVER going to rest over this guy. You realize you are only giving him what he wants? It's hilarious how the media hasn't realized he is just playing them... STILL.[/QUOTE] And what exactly about this buffoon do you like what about these behaviours is "good" to you [editline]24th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144510]Half of the people responding aren't even in the USA and the other half probably aren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11 for what it was. It's offensive to make racist jokes but it's perfectly fine to talk down 9/11 and use it to compare to Trump. You people are pathetic.[/QUOTE] Wow I remember 9/11 pretty clearly actually and it was a pretty formative moment in my life if you generalizing people isn't pathetic idk what is

Just like the good ol days after nine eleven [editline]24th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Aredbomb;52144319]What is he comparing to 9/11 here?[/QUOTE] Just the scope of viewership A lot of people were watching and telling friends to flip on the news when it happened. He's saying his broadcast ratings had bigger presence

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144434]Are you guys still surprised that Trump says stupid shit sometimes? It surprises me how you guys are never EVER going to rest over this guy. You realize you are only giving him what he wants? It's hilarious how the media hasn't realized he is just playing them... STILL.[/QUOTE] Oh, so he's just playing his 11 dimensional Buckaroo again

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] I think you might care more about human lives than the president does!

[QUOTE=Mingebox;52144764]Oh, so he's just playing his 11 dimensional Buckaroo again[/QUOTE] obviously he didn't even [I]want[/I] his healthcare bill to get passed because he had already deduced that the bill would set into motion an elaborate chain of events which would lead to him getting a rash on his left buttock in the year 2028. suck on [I]that[/I], globalists.

[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52144510]Half of the people responding aren't even in the USA and the other half probably aren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11 for what it was. It's offensive to make racist jokes but it's perfectly fine to talk down 9/11 and use it to compare to Trump. You people are pathetic.[/QUOTE] According to your profile... [quote]December 24, 1998 (18)[/quote] ...I'm older than you. You weren't even 3-years old at the time and definitely weren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11. My mom recorded it on VHS when it happened because she understood the historical significance. I remember watching it live on CNN, I remember being scared about going to school, I remember how morose everybody in my town was, I remember my teacher talking with her daughter (who was also a teacher just across the hall) about the collapse of the towers and estimates about how many people had been killed, I remember worrying about my stepfather (he was in New York City at the time, back when he was working for Ernst & Young)... I remember everything really fucking clearly. Way to generalize though. Do you ever get tired of saying stupid shit?

My memory of 9/11 is a lot stronger than any of my memories of the time though it feels like a fever dream. I was in 3rd grade and we just got back from lunch break. The radio was on and our teacher wasn't in the room which was strange. They were talking about a plane going down in a field on the radio but we didn't hear any of the details and we all assumed it it was just a small plane, no big deal. The teacher came in and turned the radio off and swiftly resumed the class like nothing happened though clearly something was off. Wasn't until I got home and saw what was happening on the TV in our kitchen that I actually had some idea of what happened.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] Well considering the healthcare plan Trump wants to pass would mean 40 000 MORE Americans would die from lack of healthcare every year, if you wanna talk numbers I got you beat.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] The precedents that Trump has set can have far worse and longer lasting effects than a single, albeit very large, terrorist incident.

[QUOTE=Mingebox;52144764]Oh, so he's just playing his 11 dimensional Buckaroo again[/QUOTE] Trump could literally begin denying the Holocaust ever happened, and people like Ralgoman would go on and on about how we'd be playing right into his hands by talking about.

isnt this an amendment to godwin's law that in US politics you'll eventually compare something to 9/11? [editline]24th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] "i saw muslims out cheering in the streets that day" seems like he already trivialized it

[QUOTE=Riller;52144361]To be entirely pragmatic, the instantaneous death of 3000 is probably a lot less bad than most projections on the results of Trump's energy policy will be. But you know, that's awfully abstract and speculative. But 3.000 deaths aren't really that much. Loads of people die every single day, from loads of awful reasons. 9/11 barely put a dent in the US' murder statistic, if you count them as murders.[/QUOTE] You forget that 9/11 also started the War on Terror and directly led to shitshows like ISIS, mass surveillance, mass racial discrimination, and more wounded veterans being ignored by our awful system. Just because it wasn't a very large number of deaths compared to the course of 10+ years doesn't mean the event didn't lead to worldwide suffering.

[QUOTE=Riller;52144361]To be entirely pragmatic, the instantaneous death of 3000 is probably a lot less bad than most projections on the results of Trump's energy policy will be. But you know, that's awfully abstract and speculative. But 3.000 deaths aren't really that much. Loads of people die every single day, from loads of awful reasons. 9/11 barely put a dent in the US' murder statistic, if you count them as murders.[/QUOTE] 3000 US civilians on home soil killed by foreign terrorists by destroying two of the biggest towers in the world. That sends a lot stronger message that 3000 murders, and it's a lot more meaningful than 3000 murders due to its symbolic and devastating nature. Yes blah blah 3000=3000, it's the context in which it was done.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] Way to trivialize the deaths of far more than that to deportations, welfare cuts, and worse healthcare

[QUOTE=Gwoodman;52144560]You're acting like someone outside of the US doesn't know what a major terrorist attack is like. Ireland 1985 flight 182 bombing(over 300 dead), Scotland Flight 103 bombing(over 250 dead), Madrid train bombings(200 dead, over 2,000 injured), Paris 2015 attacks(130 dead, over 500 injured), Nice truck attack(80 dead, over 400 injured), Norway attacks(over 70 dead, over 300 injured) London 2005 bombing(50 dead, 800 injured), Brussels airport bombing(35 dead, over 300 injured). Europeans know tragedies.[/QUOTE] You forgot to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not Europeans, but definitely know about tragedies and how USA is willing to bring them around the world.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] Someone dying by mass murder always seems worse than the deaths of several thousands due to economy & health factors. One is a tragedy, the other is a statistic. The unbiased human would agree that the losses of 9/11 is small compared to what a President's cabinet can achieve through poor choices.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] This in a thread about Trump doing exactly that, and in an infinitely more egregious way? Grow up.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52144348]Way to trivialize the death of 3,000+ people. Grow up.[/QUOTE] if they repealed ACA more than 3k people would've died

[QUOTE=DoorCloser;52146808]You forgot to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not Europeans, but definitely know about tragedies and how USA is willing to bring them around the world.[/QUOTE] Are you kidding me.

[QUOTE=JeSuisIkea;52147302]Are you kidding me.[/QUOTE] Regardless of how justified or unjustified the US may have been it still caused a very large number of deaths, Despite who was in the wrong anything that causes such a massive loss of life should be considered a tragedy of/c its not fair to group some with others, but death is death. There is nothing black and white about it. It's fucked up and affects everyone.

[QUOTE=J!NX;52147411]Regardless of how justified or unjustified the US may have been it still caused a very large number of deaths, Despite who was in the wrong anything that causes such a massive loss of life should be considered a tragedy of/c its not fair to group some with others, but death is death. There is nothing black and white about it. It's fucked up and affects everyone.[/QUOTE] Nobody is saying the atomic bombings weren't bad, what he said is that the actions of the US in the 40's during the largest war known to man somehow reflect the US's sole willingness to be evil.

I was 8 in 2001 I remember for a straight week after 9/11 long island was covered in a haze from all the dust being picked up in the wind, I remember at the time thinking that it was Eerie as fuck but thinking back I was probably breathing in the ashes of the dead. Spooky.

[QUOTE=JeSuisIkea;52147561]Nobody is saying the atomic bombings weren't bad, what he said is that the actions of the US in the 40's during the largest war known to man somehow reflect the US's sole willingness to be evil.[/QUOTE] How convenient he left out the Soviets raping, pillaging, and murdering their way across Eastern Europe (Poland especially) and Germany-- not to mention their deliberate extermination of millions of Ukrainians by systematic starvation and industrial-level mass murder during the Holodomor in the 1930s. For that matter, what about all the people they murdered during the Great Purge? Door's just an apologist for his side. Basically: "Down with the United States and the West, up with Russia and the East." The other day he was making excuses for Le Pen and why she'd be good for France after somebody highlighted the fact she has suspiciously close ties to the Russians and also sought a huge loan from the Bank of Moscow (to the tune of more than $29.5 million) for her campaign and for the National Front.

Where/When did he say this? Article just says that he did.

[QUOTE=Govna;52144801]According to your profile... ...I'm older than you. You weren't even 3-years old at the time and definitely weren't old enough to remember the tragedy of 9/11. My mom recorded it on VHS when it happened because she understood the historical significance. I remember watching it live on CNN, I remember being scared about going to school, I remember how morose everybody in my town was, I remember my teacher talking with her daughter (who was also a teacher just across the hall) about the collapse of the towers and estimates about how many people had been killed, I remember worrying about my stepfather (he was in New York City at the time, back when he was working for Ernst & Young)... I remember everything really fucking clearly. Way to generalize though. Do you ever get tired of saying stupid shit?[/QUOTE] This is actually infuriating, him telling people to calm down when he was a damn baby at the time of the disaster. He has no idea what it was like.

[QUOTE=Procrastinate;52150166]Where/When did he say this? Article just says that he did.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]TRUMP: No I have, it's interesting, I have, seem to get very high ratings. I definitely. You know Chris Wallace had 9.2 million people, it's the highest in the history of the show. I have all the ratings for all those morning shows. When I go, they go double, triple. Chris Wallace, look back during the Army-Navy football game, I did his show that morning. AP: I remember, right. TRUMP: It had 9.2 million people. It's the highest they've ever had. On any, on air, (CBS "Face the Nation" host John) Dickerson had 5.2 million people. It's the highest for "Face the Nation" or as I call it, "Deface the Nation." It's the highest for "Deface the Nation" since the World Trade Center. Since the World Trade Center came down. It's a tremendous advantage.[/QUOTE] [URL="https://apnews.com/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83/Transcript-of-AP-interview-with-Trump?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Politics"]source[/URL]