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12. Link to context.

Thu May 11, 2017, 12:51 PM

May 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/11/trump-says-he-invented-an-84-year-old-phrase-but-why/

I wouldn't read that statement less as Trump claiming to have invented the phrase, but more as a confession that he doesn't remember it ever being used before, even by himself.

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Trump says he invented an 84-year-old phrase. But, why? [View all] riversedge May 2017 OP

What crap. Pumps are older than 84 years even. brush May 2017 #3

I Think This Meant To Suggest. . . ProfessorGAC May 2017 #4

I Guess I Was More Amplifying That Sentiment ProfessorGAC May 2017 #10

Long before the invention of centrifugal pumps unc70 May 2017 #7

Your Second Paragraph ProfessorGAC May 2017 #9

Used in 1916 as a business term; 1819 talking about personal relations muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #11

Link to context. Orsino May 2017 #12

He became very familiar with the phrase on one of his trips to Russia. NCTraveler May 2017 #13