While I don’t dispute the US paid to incarcerate TdA gang members, I don’t believe the US paid to incarcerate the 23 ES nationals sent to El Salvador. ES was asking for ES MS-13 gang members to be sent to ES as part of the deal. Garcia was mistakenly caught up in that, but ES chose to incarcerate him, not the US.
His clumsy use of words is not a lie. Trump has a long history … going back long before going into politics … of saying things wrong and doubling down because he thinks what he says is perfect. So yes, you are quibbling.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, wait a minute. Wait a minute. He had MS-13 –
TERRY MORAN: Well –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: – on his knuckles tattooed.
TERRY MORAN: – he – he – he – it didn’t say-- oh, he had some tattoos that are inper – interpreted that way. But let’s move on
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Wait a minute.
TERRY MORAN: I want –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Hey, Terry. Terry. Terry.
TERRY MORAN: He – he did not have the letter –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Don’t do that – M-S-1-3 – It says M-S-one-three.
TERRY MORAN: I – that was Photoshop. So let me just–
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: That was Photoshop? Terry, you can’t do that – he had –
– he-- hey, they’re givin’ you the big break of a lifetime. You know, you’re doin’ the interview. I picked you because – frankly I never heard of you, but that’s okay –
TERRY MORAN: This – I knew this would come –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But I picked you – Terry – but you’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed –
TERRY MORAN: Alright. Alright. We’ll agree to disagree. I want to move on –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry.
TERRY MORAN: – to something else.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry. Do you want me to show the picture?
TERRY MORAN: I saw the picture. We’ll – we’ll – we’ll agree to disagree –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Oh, and you think it was Photoshop. Well –
TERRY MORAN: Here we go. Here we go.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: – don’t Photoshop it. Go look –
TERRY MORAN: Alright.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: – at his hand. He had MS-13 –
TERRY MORAN: Fair enough, he did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I’m not an expert on them.
I want to turn to Ukraine, sir –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No, no. Terry –
TERRY MORAN: I-- I want to get to Ukraine–
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry, no, no. No, no. He had MS as clear as you can be. Not “interpreted.” This is why people –
TERRY MORAN: Alright.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: – no longer believe –
TERRY MORAN: Well.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: – the news, because it’s fake news –
TERRY MORAN: When he was photographed in El Sal – in-- in El Salvador, they aren’t there. But let’s just go on –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He is –
TERRY MORAN: They aren’t there when he’s in El Salvador.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: --there – oh, oh, they weren’t there –
TERRY MORAN: Take a look at the photograph –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But they’re there now, right?
TERRY MORAN: No. What –
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But they’re there now?
TERRY MORAN: They’re in your picture.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terry.
TERRY MORAN: Ukraine, sir.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He’s got MS-13 on his knuckles.
Yep … Typical Trump. Doesn’t listen to what people actually tell him so he gets it wrong when he tells the story. You won’t get him to back down by correcting him. Take a lesson from Terry there … Move on.
The white house, democrat party, and media just finished lying to the American people about biden’s mental state for 4 years and you have the gonads to come here and accuse Trump or anyone else for that matter of lying?
Not everyone experiences significant mental decline as they get older. My paternal grandmother lived to be 102. Her son (my father) looked to be a blithering idiot, in comparison, when they were in a room together. It was sad, given that my father was usually the smartest person in the room in his younger days.