“What do you think they [protesters] want?” Harris Faulkner of Fox News asked the president. “What do you think they need, right now, from you?”

 

Here was Trump’s answer, verbatim:

"Protesters for different reasons. You’re protesting also because, you know, they just didn’t know. I’ve watch - I watched very closely. Why are you here? They really weren’t able to say, but they were there for a reason, perhaps.

“But a lot of them really were there because they’re following the crowd. A lot of them were there because what we witnessed was a terrible thing. What we saw was a terrible thing. And we’ve seen it over the years. We haven’t, you know, this was one horrible example, but you’ve seen other terrible examples. You know that better than anybody who would know it. And I know it. I’ve seen it, too. I’ve seen it before I was president. I’ve seen it. I think it’s a shame. I think it’s a disgrace. And it’s got to stop.”

Edit: This quote was from 2020

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    The people who just lost 20% of their retirement accounts in 2 week.

    the people who are afraid they will be drafted to a war against Canada or Europe.

    The people who are worried they are losing their government benefits they survive on.

    The people who have to cut back on groceries 30%

    The people who lost their jobs, and the many more who will.

    The people affected by shutting down medical research, and rural hospitals.

    The people who are at risk of being deported for no reason other than a whim.

    The people who are getting mass starved across with world with no US AID

    The victims of Ebola, AIDS, birdflu, measles, and all the other infectious diseases

    I mean i could go on but you think about those people for a second. Then think about if you live far enough from a large population center to surrvive civil unrest as supply chains break down and people starve?

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      Idk why those people would be mad at someone for noticing and pointing out why Biden lost the debate.

      Would it help them if I lied and said he wasn’t clearly sunsetting on live tv? How?

      “Biden was about as lucid as a piece of driftwood” is an accurate statement. It’s why he dropped out. It’s why trump won. Pointing it out 5 months after the election isn’t going to change that.

      I don’t really understand where you’re coming from

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        Because we’re going to enter into the great depression 2 on monday and your still talking about biden. So good luck in your local hunger games and see you at the top. May the odds forever be in your favor.

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          So you’re suggesting we forget the former president existed? I still don’t understand. How many years back do historical events need to be before you approve of discussing them on the internet?

          We have a president currently who probably suffers from some form of dementia. And your solution is “we should pretend we didn’t just watch the federal government attempt to hide that the previous president was clearly suffering from dementia”

          So, I reiterate, I don’t understand where you’re coming from. But I’m starting to suspect you’re just blue maga.

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            I’m happy to go through 30 speeches of Joe Biden with you and give him a full psychiatric evaluation with you. We can drink whiskey and discuss. My friend I would love nothing more than to do that with you.

            Everything I love is fucking dying I cannot do this with you right now.

            COMMUNIST REVOLUTION WEN?