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29. He tweeted about it last year...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu May 11, 2017, 10:36 AM

May 2017

...just after he invented the Internet.

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Trump tells The Economist he invented the phrase 'priming the pump' [View all] highplainsdem May 2017 OP

Delusional... llmart May 2017 #1

His usual astonishing ignorance, another effect of the Hortensis May 2017 #7

republicans lap the Draft Dodger's lies up like kittens at a saucer of milk Achilleaze May 2017 #2

We owned a house with a well system in 1973 Marthe48 May 2017 #3

If you had a hand pump, you primed it. sarge43 May 2017 #22

He's talking about the phrase's use as a metaphor marybourg May 2017 #33

I am aware of its use as a metaphor, an analogy, a trope sarge43 May 2017 #36

I think you're misunderstanding, but so be it. nt marybourg May 2017 #39

Whatever n/t sarge43 May 2017 #41

Trump didn't invent that metaphor. Many people use the phrase that way. yardwork May 2017 #47

We primed hand pumps too Marthe48 May 2017 #38

He's talking to Andrew Jackson again GeorgeGist May 2017 #4

that voice, that voice CountAllVotes May 2017 #21

I have a well pump and a pool pump and a sump pump.... mtngirl47 May 2017 #5

Like a 5-year-old child. Nitram May 2017 #6

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Botany Botany May 2017 #8

Does he know what a pump is? wryter2000 May 2017 #9

wow. just wow. n/t RussBLib May 2017 #10

FYI: The Hill's sentence about the Reagan tax plan is lazy and unclear. Skinner May 2017 #11

He's a sociopath and a pathological Liar.. Cha May 2017 #12

And now it's the truth pokerfan May 2017 #44

IOW a sick fuck Cha May 2017 #46

And that's not all.. Permanut May 2017 #13

Trolled by Merriam-Webster. TRump's trollings would make a great coffee table book. JudyM May 2017 #14

He also invented the question mark. ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #15

That's the ticket jayschool2013 May 2017 #16

Oh, FFS....I know he doesn't read, but didn't he ever hear Desert Pete on the radio in his youth? Tanuki May 2017 #17

Shoveling the bullshit Zambero May 2017 #18

I hate to say this . . . leanforward May 2017 #19

When he is being prosecuted for treason, I predict that his lawyers will pursue a defense NCjack May 2017 #20

Maybe Trump meant he invented the phrase "priming the penis pump"? Mrs. Overall May 2017 #23

ha! They_Live May 2017 #43

Trump's vile mouth is primped all the time. riversedge May 2017 #24

Priming the pump began to be used when hand pumps were invented. Greensix1 May 2017 #25

crazier and crazier. nt Javaman May 2017 #26

What happened to America? Moostache May 2017 #27

oh, holy **** Afromania May 2017 #28

He tweeted about it last year... regnaD kciN May 2017 #29

Trump himself has used the phrase before marylandblue May 2017 #31

Does he believe what he says or does he know he's telling a lie and just thinks that smirkymonkey May 2017 #32

He didn't know what Keynesian meant, so tried to distract himself from that. nt greyl May 2017 #34

when I was 4 and getting ready to go to our cabin defacto7 May 2017 #35

Every day, multiple lies jeanmarc May 2017 #37

Also, did you hear that Lincoln was a Republican? 6000eliot May 2017 #40

I am pretty sure that Gene Simmons owns the phrase, They_Live May 2017 #42

Heck, he owns all the best words in the dictionary dalton99a May 2017 #45