The 36 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump's Fox News interview
Whoa boy.
On Sunday, Donald Trump sat down with one of his favorite “journalists” — Maria Bartiromo — for an interview. It was something else.
I have made it my mission to watch candidate Trump’s remarks closely — and fact-check them — so I went through the whole thing — and pulled out the lines you need to see.
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“We have a situation where they forgot to apply, I guess, for Indiana. You don't -- you don't run and not apply for Indiana, a great state.”
Trump is suggesting here that Nikki Haley didn’t qualify for the Indiana presidential ballot, but she has until February 9 to do so. And away we go!
“We're letting millions of people -- I think the number is going to be 18 million people by the time he gets out.”
It’s not clear where Trump got this number from — on the number of migrants coming into the country illegally. (The New York Times fact-checked this and couldn’t find any data to back up the assertion.)
“I think 18 million people. That's bigger than New York state.”
New York State’s population is more than 19 million.
“We were having fun. And I said, I'm going to be a dictator, because he asked me, “are you really going to be a dictator?” I said, absolutely. I'm going to be a dictator for one day. I didn't say from day one.”
Just a one-day dictator! All good! Just having fun! Nothing to see here folks!
“I'm going to close the border and we're going to drill, baby, drill. That's all. And then, after that, I'm not going to be a dictator. Now, that was said in jest.”
It’s worth noting here that Trump often says he is joking after something he says draws outrage or controversy.
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