Trump’s African American Museum Visit | Talking Points Memo

The Smithsonian’s newly appointed secretary recalled a bizarre moment during President Donald Trump’s private tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2017.


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Dick acts like a dick, no shock here…

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“You know, they love me in the Netherlands.”

“In fact, I won Pennsylvania in 2016 in large part because of the Pennsylvania Dutch.”

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“We’ll have to wait and see about Holland, though.”

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It’s all about him.

JFC, what an a$$hole.

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In his tortured mind, he stuck one of his fat fingers into a dyke when there.
“Als je een beroemdheid bent, kun je alles doen.”

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Narcissus walked by a pool of water and decided to drink some. He saw his reflection, became entranced by it, and killed himself because he could not have his object of desire.

Is there a National Museum of Reflecting Pools that Trump might want to visit?

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Chiselin’ Trump: “I thought that this was the Museum of African American History?!? So, where’s my African American?”

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Yeah I posted a link to this story this morning because the other day there were people saying they wanted him to visit Auschwitz when (or if) he goes to Poland.

What a fucking waste of time that would be and a terrible disrespect to the memories of the people who suffered there.

It’s just always all about HIM and nothing and nobody else ever.

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I like the wanting a private tour on MLK day thing. Fuckwad.

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We must assume that when he sees the Holocaust museum, he’ll pipe up and cheerily say, did you know that my grandfather was German? Great people, those Germans!

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“I like people who weren’t genocided.”

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I’m fairly sure he pointed out the unemployment rate of slaves was close to zero. See what happens when there’s no minimum wage? Good times!

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That’s probably the best guess I’ve seen. I would not be surprised.

@squirreltown - but of course he did.

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Chiselin’ Trump: “They were freed by working!”

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“As he turned from the display he said to me, ‘You know, they love me in the Netherlands.’ All I could say was let’s continue walking.”

I know what I would have LIKED to say at that point:

“You are under arrest.”

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A narcissist goes to Auschwitz, and…well, there’s no joke there. I’m so glad he didn’t go. Nothing good could possibly come of it.

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When has he ever been appropriate?

He told the boy scouts dirty stories. He’s preceded every foreign visit with a fight with the person he was going to see on the way over on the phone. Every time

And then there are the disasters and the paper towels and the ‘when will it end’ and on and on I can’t remember or list all of it because his every breath is inappropriate and an affront to nature.

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“The notion that we could shut out visitors on the first King holiday since the opening of the museum was not something …"

…that even crossed his tiny little mind.

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Fun fact for today: They do not love him in The Netherlands.

According to a 2017 survey, U.S. President Donald Trump was not particularly well-liked among the Dutch. Nine out of ten respondents to a 2017 survey stated to consider Trump arrogant. Moreover, nearly 80 percent of respondents thought him intolerant, and just under 70 percent said Trump was dangerous. Trust in his capacities was low accordingly: another survey the same year found that just four percent of respondents had some sort of trust in the president.

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