Remember that whenever tRump says *A lot of people are saying*...

[stopbush]

what he means is “no one is saying, including me.”

Or, when he says, “a lot of people believe/think” something, what he really means is “nobody believes/thinks” it.

[democratisphere]

1. drumpf speaks in opposites. If there is no collusion, there is definitely collusion.

If a bunch of hookers never peed on him, there was a bunch of hookers that definitely peed on him! And so it goes!

[thbobby]

2. trump projection

My favorite is "Lock her up! Lock her up!". trump saying about Hillary that which he will achieve for himself and should have achieved years ago. I hope he rots in prison.

[kedrys]

3. I always assume hes referring to the voices in his head. n/t

[duforsure]

4. Trump's speaking pattern

He repeats his lies he wants people to remember by repeating it 2-3 times over and over again, and he uses projection by accusing others of what he's doing or has done. He tells a lie then expands then morphs the lie into something bigger or worse claiming its the truth. He uses false accusations to raise fear or dishonesty while claiming they are the liar. He often also says the opposite of the truth,and claims always he's good they're bad and evil. He's had years and years of conning people and promoting propaganda for his own personal gains, but more people have started seeing and hearing him prove he's nothing but a con man and a liar and can never be trusted, for anything. He's a political Bernie Maddoff, and should be in prison too. He also likes to talk both sides of issues, claiming at different times his stands , then changes it within minutes sometimes. He's a crook, and the GOP have joined him now too.

[Achilleaze]

5. True. The republicans have slithered deep nto the KGOP cesspool with Dirty Donny*

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief.

[oberliner]

12. It's like The Big Lebowski

This aggression cannot stand, man.

[akbacchus_BC]

6. trump cannot put together 10 words in a sentence that makes sense and

he got elected as president. Says a lot about people in America who wanted a racist and a bigot in the white house! All the KK and the haters came out of the wood work to vote for a hater. Cannot imagine how so much cockroaches came out of the wood work to vote for a bigot. trump is vile!

[rgbecker]

7. He is channeling Fox News.

They say "people are saying", Trump says "people are saying'.

Between the two, no one can pin anything on them but they can spread their Republican talking points.

[smirkymonkey]

8. "A lot of people are saying" "The idiots on Fox News are saying"

Or even "The voices in my head are saying". He can't even state something affirmatively without having to add that "a lot of people are saying/thinking, etc." Which pretty much means he's full of shit, as usual. He's such a pathetic, insecure loser.

[vlyons]

9. What he means are

"The crowd of millions that I imagine to be true" or "The vast majority of people, whom I want you to believe is true"

It is a rhetorical device to persuade an argument.

[jimlup]

10. To be fair he means the Right wing crazies

who should all be immediately dismissed as useless.

[barbtries]

11. we could do this all day long

when he says "believe me" what you should be hearing is "run for the hills i'm about to spew several tons of shit" and when he says "xxx is lying" that means HE'S lying and when he says "we must protect the border" what he means is "I have 18 billion dollars riding on this wall I'm going to build" and when he says "very fine people on both sides. On both sides" he means "I am a white supremacist nazi" ... and ... and ...

he's very sick. our nation is very sick. republicans are in power and they don't care. danger time.

[Roland99]

13. He is referring to Internet comment sections.

[dalton99a]

14. +1. Assholes, crazies, and bots.

[Dennis Donovan]

15. Read Lying Liars by Al Franken...

There's a chapter dedicated to the "people are saying..." thing.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. Really? Which chapter?

That's one of my favorite books!

[Dennis Donovan]

17. I'd have to dig it out

I moved recently so it kinda buried.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. Understood. Thanks

[EffieBlack]

18. Or

“two people I talked to today”

[rock]

19. Trumps "sources"

"I hear"
"They say"
"Everyone says"
"I read"
"The News says"
"Everyone knows"
"I was told"
"It's well-known"

Imagine testifying in court and using any one of these as your source.

[MurrayDelph]

21. Trump's "Lot of People":

John Baron
John Miller
John Barron
David Dennison