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“President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.'”
“This is objectively a completely ludicrous quote. And yet kinda plausible. Especially on twitter, where people automatically support whatever political position they have. That’s the point.”
Time Magazine columnist Ian Bremmer on Sunday tweeted a quote from President Donald Trump about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that quickly went viral — but it wasn’t real.
“President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.'” Bremmer wrote on Twitter.
Bremmer left the false post up for several hours before conceding he made up the quote and deleting the tweet, which he defended as “plausible.”
UPDATE: @ianbremmer has now admitted that he fabricated this viral Trump quote. And yet it is being shared by journalists and congressmen as if it is real. pic.twitter.com/QgNd9DnN8g
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) May 26, 2019
Bremmer’s tweet went viral among Trump critics before he took it down.
“Don’t shrug your shoulders. Don’t get used to this insanity,” wrote CNN contributor Ana Navarro.
“The President of the United States praising a cruel dictator who violates human rights, threatens nuclear attacks, oppresses his people, and kills political opponents, IS NOT FREAKING NORMAL,” Navarro added.
Her tweet amplifying Bremmer’s fake quote was shared thousands of times across Twitter.
Navarro was far from alone in falling for the made up quote.
Democratic Calif. Rep. Ted Lieu also spread Bremmer’s false tweet. Lieu later wrote that he “removed the retweet” after Bremmer admitted the quote was fake.
Left-wing activist group Media Matters‘ deputy director of rapid response, Andrew Lawrence, also amplified the invented quote.
Lawrence called it “equally incredible how easily manipulated the president is and also that democrats havent [sic] figured out how to take advantage of this yet,” pointing to Bremmer’s false tweet.
Other critics of the president similarly promoted the false information.
originally posted by: BrennanHuff22
a reply to: StallionDuck
I know it is cliche, but this right here is why Trump is going to win in an absolute landslide in 2020.
So, it's a "completely ludicrous quote", yet he threw it out there to the sharks as if and acted like it was real. What a totally ultra leftist thing to do!
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: StallionDuck
So, it's a "completely ludicrous quote", yet he threw it out there to the sharks as if and acted like it was real. What a totally ultra leftist thing to do!
You mean to tell me people couldn't tell the difference between a completely ludicrous quote and something trump would actually say?
I'm shocked I tell you. Shocked.
“North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me [and] also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Bidan a low IQ individual [and] worse. Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?”
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: StallionDuck
So, it's a "completely ludicrous quote", yet he threw it out there to the sharks as if and acted like it was real. What a totally ultra leftist thing to do!
You mean to tell me people couldn't tell the difference between a completely ludicrous quote and something trump would actually say?
I'm shocked I tell you. Shocked.
originally posted by: musicismagic
Trump is being honored here.
The press say his wife is wearing shi.. that an inoshishi would wear.
the american press is shtites these days
You seem to think that this reflects poorly on Trump, that people can't discern between something he would say and something made up.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Rewey
You seem to think that this reflects poorly on Trump, that people can't discern between something he would say and something made up.
I know right? He should have put in a meme, because Trump supporters never believe the false quotes incorporated in memes.