The 41 nuttiest lines from Donald Trump's interview with Hugh Hewitt
Whoa boy.
Donald Trump is starting to ramp up his public appearances after a largely dormant March. As part of that effort, he called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday morning.
Hewitt — much to his credit — published a full transcript of their conversation. I went through it this afternoon, pulling out the lines you really should see.
A quick preview: Trump talked A LOT about golf. And suggested Joe Biden was on cocaine during the “State of the Union” address. Uh, yeah.
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Ok, to the lines!
“You can say something very plainly, and they’ll turn it around. They’ll turn around everything. That’s why they’re fake. And that’s why they’ve been discovered. That’s why they’ve been found to be so, you know, if you look at approval ratings, they’re lower than Congress now, the news. They used to be in the 90s when I started, and now they’re lower than Congress.”
The media has never had a 90% approval rating. Trust me. And away we go!
“And what I said very plainly is get it over with, and let’s get back to peace and stop killing people. And that’s a very simple statement. Get it over with. They’ve got to finish what they finish.”
Trump to Israel: “Get it over with.” Also Trump to Israel: “They’ve got to finish what they finish.”
“He’s an idiot. He’s the dumbest president we’ve ever had. He’s the most corrupt, and he’s the most incompetent.”
I am a broken record on this but how can Joe Biden be simultaneously corrupt and incompetent? Like, if he running a massive crime ring to benefit his family, how can he be totally out of it? Am I wrong?
“And I’m not sure that I’m loving the way they’re doing it, because you’ve got to have victory. You have to have a victory, and it’s taking a long time.”
More Trump advice to Israel: “You have to have victory, and it’s taking a long time.”
“They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big. But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life.”
If Donald Trump knows about any kind of war, it’s the PR war.
“Well, we had the safest border in history, and you saw that chart that was released a couple days ago where literally the day I left office, we had the lowest number in history.”
I have no idea what chart Trump is talking about. And it’s impossible to verify his claim that “we had the lowest number in history.” That said, there’s no question illegal entrants to the U.S. have soared since he left office.
“We have Congo, and in the Congo, the normal address is prison. Where were you in Congo? Don’t know address, they say. We think it’s this location. It was a prison.”
This sounds like a totally realistic conversation that has definitely happened. Yup.
“And they’re coming in from countries where there are big problems. And they’re tough people, too. These are tough people. These are very, very tough people.”
How would one ascertain that people coming into America are “tough people”? Or even “very, very tough people”?
“No, they’re probably building an army. They’re probably building an army from within”
In which Trump suggests that China is building an army in the United States because so many Chinese have been entering the country. “Probably.”
“They’re young, and they’re healthy. I see the pictures of them. I see them on television tapes, also. I mean, these are young, healthy people.”
“Television tapes.”
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“But you know, I rebuilt the entire military, and the one thing was, the ships are, you know, they take longer to do.”
“I.”
“They look, I mean, they were beautiful. They look like, yeah, because I’m into beauty, to be honest with you.”
Same. (He is talking about warships.)
“China is on a shipbuilding, China is on a shipbuilding message like nobody’s seen before.”
Ah yes, a “shipbuilding message.” Of course.
“This guy lies. What he lies most about is his golf handicap. Not only is he not a six, he’s not a 36. 36 is the worst handicap you can have before, you know, to qualify. He does not qualify for 36.”
So, Biden lies about his golf game? Man, that is really bad. It’s evidence of a deep character flaw. Who would do something like that???
“I think what happened is you know that white stuff that they happened to find, which happened to be cocaine in the White House, I don’t know, I think something’s going on there, because I watched this State of the Union, and he was all jacked up at the beginning.”
Oh just Trump suggesting that Biden was high on cocaine during this year’s “State of the Union” address….
“I want to debate. And I think debates, with him, at least, should be drug tested. I want a drug test.”
Drug testing at the presidential debates. Very normal stuff!
“I don’t know what he’s using, but that was not, hey, he was higher than a kite.”
This was how Trump responded when Hewitt asked him if he was accusing Biden of using cocaine. So, yeah.
“But he’s obviously, he’s being helped some way, because most of the time, he looks like he’s falling asleep. And all of a sudden, he walked up there and did a poor job. But he was all jacked up.”
So, Biden did a poor job at the State of the Union. But he was also “all jacked up.” Ok, got it!
“I have. I mean, I have a list. I think really, you know, it’s a question I get so much. The first question is how do you take it? How do you do it with all these fake investigations. How do you do it. The second question I get is vice president, who’s it going to be? Who’s it going to be? And the third question, and usually it’s actually the second, will they do it again, meaning cheat? And that one’s a simple one. They’re going to try like hell. And we think we’ve got them checkmated, but we’ll see what happens. But it’s a disgrace. One way you win is if you just swamp them, you know? You swamp them, there’s nothing they can do. And that’s what I think is going to happen with this election.”
Ok, so the question Hewitt asked was about Trump’s short list for vice president. And this is the answer Trump gave. A truly remarkable mind.
“Biden has one of the worst people. People can’t even believe it. And I think it’s going to end up being a big part of the campaign, because it would be, it’s surprising to me if he makes it to the gate. But if he does, how long is he going to stay? I don’t know. I think she becomes a very big part of the campaign.”
Trump suggests here that Biden is likely to either die or be incapacitated before the November election — forcing Kamala Harris onto the ballot as the Democratic presidential nominee. And Trump also raises the idea that even if Biden wins, he will resign shortly afterward and make Harris president.
“Well, in many ways, and you know, I was a fan of his in many respects, okay? And so were you. But in many ways, he was his own worst enemy.”
Trump is talking about Richard Nixon. But, yes, this is also entirely true of him.
“You notice the way I kept people that I couldn’t stand…I learned that from Nixon. I said let me just live with these people for a little while before I get rid of them.”
Total turnover in the Trump administration was 92%, the highest ever recorded.
“I don’t think he even understands what’s happening to the country. I think he has no awareness. It’s the people that surround him in the office. That includes the DOJ. I don’t think he knows what the hell’s happening.”
So, the Department of Justice and the people who “surround” Biden in the Oval Office are actually running things?
“Eisenhower was very big as a deporter, as you probably know.”
I think that’s the epitaph on Ike’s grave: “Here lies Dwight David Eisenhower, a big deporter.”
“Now some of them have now recently endorsed me, like Mitch McConnell. Can you believe that? Mitch McConnell endorsed me. I’m so happy. But Mitch McConnell endorsed me, and John Thune, and Cornyn, a lot of people endorsed me that a lot of people said wow, that’s nice. So I must be doing very well.”
“A lot of people said ‘wow, that’s nice.’”
“Do you know, that Whoopi Goldberg called me and she said would you be in my movie. She did a movie on basketball. She said will you do a cameo? Please, please? I said I just don’t have the time. She said please, and I ended up doing a cameo in Whoopi Goldberg’s movie.”
He did! The movie was called “Eddie” and Goldberg played a chauffeur who becomes the head coach of the New York Knicks. Seems plausible!
“I’ve always liked sports. I’ve done well at sports, very well at sports.”
Trump has claimed he was the best high school baseball player in the state of New York. He was, um, not.
“Well, I had a yacht, and I bought Khashoggi’s yacht, the Nabila, it was called.”
Trump bought Adnan Khashoggi’s yacht in 1989 for $30 million. (Khashoggi was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer.) He renamed it the “Trump Princess.”
“But the problem I had is I play golf, and you can’t play golf and have a yacht, because you want to play golf, then you’re supposed to go on the yacht.”
You can’t have a yacht and play golf. A real man of the people!
“It was a beautiful yacht, but yachting wasn’t for me, because I liked, if you’re a golfer, you can’t be a golfer and a yachter.”
“You can’t be a golfer and a yachter.” Man, I learned that lesson the hard way.
“And I do it as a form of exercise. I play 3-4 times a week. I run through the course. I play fast. I play well. I win club championships, which is sort of like our major, our major is winning club championships.”
So much to say and so little time. Just read this — on how Trump “wins” club championships. And for MUCH more, go buy my book on presidents and the sports they play.
“I mean, it’s so, I watch Biden’s swing. He couldn’t break 200. In my opinion, he could not break 200.”
Biden doesn’t play a ton of golf. But credible reporting suggests his handicap, at its best, was somewhere between 7 and 10. He’s good if not great. (Also, here is Biden’s golf swing. You be the judge!)
“There has never been spirit like I’ve seen for this time. The people, the spirit, the love and the crying and the laughter, there has never been the rallies, you see the rallies.”
The crying! Yeah, this feels like a good place to end.
This is just disgraceful, all of it, every utterance. Although, I love when you do these, Chris, it is beyond the pale that a former president & perhaps our next president, spews this nonsense. To accuse President Biden of using cocaine, is just brushed under the carpet as if it is nothing. I understand that everything can’t be an outrage as this is just normal, coming from Trump. However, this is not normal and yet his base eats it up. Sigh…
“He’s an idiot. He’s the dumbest president we’ve ever had. He’s the most corrupt, and he’s the most incompetent.”
As usual, Fatso Fatass is pointing out his own failure.