After Crashing The Stock Market Trump Claims He Was Kidding About Being The Chosen One

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Last updated on August 28th, 2019 at 09:45 am

After crashing the stock market, Trump is claiming that he was just kidding when he claimed to be the chosen one in his trade war with China.

Trump tweeted:

When I looked up to the sky and jokingly said “I am the chosen one,” at a press conference two days ago, referring to taking on Trade with China, little did I realize that the media would claim that I had a “Messiah complex.” They knew I was kidding, being sarcastic, and just….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2019

….having fun. I was smiling as I looked up and around. The MANY reporters with me were smiling also. They knew the TRUTH…And yet when I saw the reporting, CNN, MSNBC and other Fake News outlets covered it as serious news & me thinking of myself as the Messiah. No more trust!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2019

Judge for yourself. Here is the video:

Watch as Trump proclaims himself "The Chosen One" In front of reporters at the White House. pic.twitter.com/4VxB8ik627

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) August 21, 2019

As you can see from the video above, there is no laughing. Trump was not smiling. Trump was serious. The president views his trade war as a holy war and himself as the chosen one. It was only after taking a ton of criticism that he pulled back, and went with that old right-wing song and dance of claiming it was all a joke then criticizing those who reported his behavior seriously.

Trump wasn’t kidding, and with his trade war bombing, he can’t claim that it was all a joke.

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