President Trump invents a new catch-phrase...

[brooklynite]

The Economist:

TRUMP: We have to prime the pump.

ECONOMIST: It’s very Keynesian.

TRUMP: We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world. Have you heard that expression before, for this particular type of an event?

ECONOMIST: Priming the pump?

TRUMP: Yeah, have you heard it?

ECONOMIST: Yes.

TRUMP: Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven’t heard it. I mean, I just… I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. It’s what you have to do.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. He also coined

"Bigly" (and no, not "big league&quot .

[boston bean]

2. oh man he is delusional.

[Historic NY]

3. He is sick....

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/prime--the--pump

[NightWatcher]

4. You learn something new everyday.

Unfortunately when you have your finger on the button, learning shit that most 20 somethings already know is pretty scary.

[mcar]

5. Must have been right after he invented the phrase

"Bring home the bacon."

[forgotmylogin]

27. George W. Bush read this and facepalmed.

[CincyDem]

6. Great - so now we have to wait for him to invent the phrase "...for liberty and justice for all".

chit - we'll have talking cows and flying pigs before then.

Such an asshat.

[superpatriotman]

7. Priming a pump involves physical exertion

So of course he's never heard of it before.

The guys never gotten his hands dirty except for picking up a golf ball (and I'm sure his caddy does even that).

[tanyev]

8. See? He has the best words. He's a bona-fide geeeeeenyus.

[crazycatlady]

9. Been on Urban Dictionary since 2009

(This site is helpful for discovering the hidden meaning behind GOP terms-- ie 'teabagger')

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prime+the+pump

[TexasProgresive]

10. In his bigly mind, a very small mind, he coined the phrase.

Pump-Priming
Dictionary of American History
COPYRIGHT 2003 The Gale Group Inc.
PUMP-PRIMING

PUMP-PRIMING is government spending during a recessionary period in an attempt to stimulate private spending and the expansion of business and industry. The phrase derives from the operation of an old-fashioned pump, in which a small leather suction valve must be moistened, or primed, with water so that it will function properly.

President Herbert Hoover began using the policy of economic pump-priming in 1932, when he passed a bill creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to banks, railroads, and other industries. During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became convinced by the fall of 1933 that pump-priming was necessary to achieve economic recovery. Thereafter, through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the work-relief agencies, the Public Works Administration, and other organizations, the government spent billions of dollars to prime the pump. These expenditures averaged $250 million per month in 1934 and 1935 and about $330 million per month in 1936, but only about $50 million per month at the end of 1937. The recession of 1937 caused the Roosevelt administration to again resort to extensive pump-priming in 1938.

In the post–World War II period, the term "pumppriming" is rare in discussions of government economic policy, though the federal government intervenes in the economy in various ways. Some government programs, such as unemployment insurance, automatically act as pump-primers, since government expenditures must increase as people lose jobs during a recession. In the 1960s President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty increased such social programs. Since the 1960s administrations have leaned toward putting more disposable income into the economy by cutting taxes (as an alternative or supplement to raising government expenditures). In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan cut taxes to corporations and wealthy Americans, arguing that benefits would "trickle down" to the middle class and working class; nevertheless, the income gap between the richest and poorest Americans widened significantly.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/pump-priming

[underpants]

11. He's really proud of his upcoming speech. It starts "Four score and 7 years ago..."

Maybe he should've run this new expression of his past Melania's speechwriter

[True Dough]

12. Okay, now that he's figured out "priming the pump"

we need him to grasp "dumping the Chump."

[tblue37]

13. He learned so much while studying for his business degree, didn't he. nt

[Dem2]

14. completely delusional ignoramus

Thanks angry white bigots

[Adrahil]

15. Leave Trump alone!!!!

He deserves respect for his accomplishments! No one celebrates the fact that he invented sliced bread!!!!

FAKE NEWS!!!

[crazycatlady]

16. 3rd definition of 'prime the pump" per UD

Jacking off prior to sex in order to last longer.

[niyad]

17. and here I thought the phrase came in with the internal combustion engine. . . .

[gratuitous]

18. Edging over into territory occupied by Mao and Stalin

At the height of their personality cults, Mao and Stalin both began either taking direct credit for advances and innovations, or allowing credit to be ascribed to them by their rabid follows.

Will anyone ask whoever's conducting the presser today (Spicer or Huckabee's daughter) why President Trump thinks he came up with the expression "prime the pump" a couple of days ago? Is he delusional or just that out of touch?

Maybe nobody in the White House press gaggle really wants an answer to that question.

[Solly Mack]

19. Trump suffers from Egocentric Spongiform encephalo-folliculitis

Trump's hair has eaten away at his brain leaving only a self-centered mass behind.

To coin a phrase.

[Le Gaucher]

20. He meant ..."Pimping the hump"

His bad

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. He actually just invented the term "catch phrase" itself.

Just a few days ago.

Out of the blue.

No one had ever said it before. Now everyone's saying it.

[Grins]

31. "Now everyone's saying it." They better not.

They might get a letter from the tiny-fingered demagogue's lawyers threatening to sue unless they pay royalty fees.

[DFW]

22. Don't blow this all out of proportion. What he MEANT to say was that he invented THIS phrase:

"Bribe the Trump."

And I'm sure he did. Everybody clear now?

[BillyBobBrilliant]

23. Don't forget

"Grab 'em by the Pussy?"

[LudwigPastorius]

24. "I just came up with it a couple of days ago."

That begs the question, is Trump really that stupid or is he just a liar who thinks everyone else in the world is stupid?

The answer, of course, is that he's both.


I expect him to announce soon that he scored 12 holes in one during his weekend round of golf - one-upping Kim Jong-Il.

[TeamPooka]

25. There's nothing quite like a president telling the entire world how ignorant he is

entire world how ignorant he is

[Grins]

26. Kingston Trio, 1963, when the orange demagogue was getting bone spurs...

From the Kingston Trio's, "Desert Pete", 1963:

You've got to prime the pump, you must have faith and believe
You've got to give of yourself ‘fore you're worthy to receive
Drink all the water you can hold, wash your face, cool your feet
Leave the bottle full for others, thank you kindly, desert Pete

[Elwood P Dowd]

29. Thanks for that. I was racking my brain trying to remember how that song went.

They were big back in my teenage years.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. You know, it is entirely possible he really does think he invented it.

A more unaware billionaire has yet to be invented.

[dalton99a]

30. He didn't know what 'Keynesian' meant

[Wounded Bear]

37. Bingo...

In real Keynesian economics priming the pump would entail gov't spending to put people to work on infrastructure projects, plus some social safety net programs. Anything to get money into the bottom layer of the economy, where it does the most good.

Trump probably thinks that giving tax cuts to billionaires is priming the pump. I guess it kind of is, but it's the wrong pump to prime, if you know what I mean. I'm sure he's a supply sider, and believes in the incredibly accurately named Laffer curve.

[redwitch]

41. Ignorance is bliss. I just made that up.

Damn I'm good!

[dembotoz]

32. i have been camping for like over 60 years

in early days at campgrounds you had to pump water to get drinking water and water for cooking etc.
the pumps where mechanical ....you would push a long lever up and down and eventually water would come out.
on occasion if the pump had not been used for a while, the mechanism would dry out...you would literally pour some water down the mechanism to restore the moisture needed to make the pump function...as in literally prime the pump.

saw my dad do it only a couple of times because the campgrounds became more busy and the pump would not dry out. Eventually the pumps were replaced with water pipes and faucets. Especially once trailer came on the scene...you can not hook a trailer water system up to a manual pump.

prime the pump is a real thing

[Wounded Bear]

38. And in the winter you use hot water to melt the ice blocking the mechanism...

[trof]

33. Desert Pete

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I was travelin' west of Buckskin on my way to a cattle run
'Cross a little cactus desert under a hot blisterin' sun
I was thirsty down to my toenails, stopped to rest me on a stump
But I tell ya I just couldn't believe it when I saw that water pump

I took it to be a mirage at first, it'll fool a thirsty man
Then I saw a note stuck in a bakin' powder can
This pump is old, the note began, but she works so give'er a try
I put a new sucker washer in 'er, you may find the leather dry

You've got to prime the pump, you must have faith and believe
You've got to give of yourself 'fore you're worthy to receive
Drink all the water you can hold, wash your face, cool your feet
Leave the bottle full for others, thank you kindly, desert Pete

Yeah, you'll have to prime the pump, work that handle like there's a fire
Under that rock you'll find some water I left in a bitters jar
Now there's just enough to prime it with so dont'cha go drinkin' first
You just pour it in and pump like mad, buddy, you'll quench your thirst

You've got to prime the pump, you must have faith and believe
You've got to give of yourself 'fore you're worthy to receive
Drink all the water you can hold, wash your face, cool your feet
Leave the bottle full for others, thank you kindly, desert Pete

Well I found that jar and I tell ya nothin' was ever prettier to my eye
And I was tempted strong to drink it, 'cause that pump looked mighty dry
But the note went on have faith my friend, there's water down below
You've got to give until you get—I'm the one who ought to know

So I poured in the jar and I started pumpin' and I heard a beautiful sound
Of water bubblin' and splashin' up outta that hole in the ground
I took off my shoes and I drunk my fill of that cool refreshing treat
I thanked the Lord and thanked the pump and I thanked old desert Pete

You've got to prime the pump, you must have faith and believe
You've got to give of yourself 'fore you're worthy to receive
Drink all the water you can hold, wash your face, cool your feet
Leave the bottle full for others, thank you kindly, desert Pete

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. He also invented the letter "T" -- before that, all his properties

had big bronze letters that read "RUMP" and he thought it disrespectful to his glorious gluteals.

[luvMIdog]

35. Good grief. I just came up with that. No one has ever said good grief before :P

[Sunriser13]

36. I also have a problem with "highest taxed nation in the world"...

... Quite a few countries pay higher taxes, most gladly, since they have guaranteed HEALTH CARE!

Many other benefits, such as aid for seniors and disabled, and even (horrors) poor folk and unemployed are common as well.

[rhiannon55]

39. I grew up rural poor in the '50s

and I know all about "priming the pump".

We didn't have running water, and had to prime the pump to get the water to flow.

He really doesn't know what "Keynesian" economics is, but really, does he know ANYTHING?

[whistler162]

40. If Trump invented the term wouldn't

that make him several thousand years old and not a Natural born American citizen!

[murielm99]

42. I remember that, too.

I remember my dad and our landlord priming the pump.

Not having running water inside was common. It varied from family to family in small villages and out in the country.

We moved to a new house when I was six, and it was such a luxury to have running water. I had cousins in Montana who did not have running water until quite a bit later. They had an outbuilding with running water where we did laundry, and a shower building that had a water receptacle on the roof. The water was solar heated, but could be heated with a burner device in colder weather.

We did not think anything about not having running water. We were as clean as anyone else.

Wow. I have not thought about any of that in ages!

[TeamPooka]

43. The first time he got laid Donald Trump must have thought he invented sex. nt

[Beartracks]

44. Aside from pump delusion... we're the highest-taxed nation in the world?

Is that accurate, or just more Republican alterna-fact?

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