Donald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as “fake numbers” and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine.

When confronted with questions about the length of the Iran war, the US president blamed the media for reporting his remarks in which he said the conflict was projected to last “four to five weeks”, in March.

“ … I think the press fed it to them,” Trump told Time when asked whether Americans misunderstood him.

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    1 day ago

    Ironically, the guys who have tried so far have all been right-wing nutballs as well.

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        15 hours ago

        The one actual attempt was real enough for the two guys in the stands behind Trump that took bullets. One died, the other did survive. The second “attempt” was some nut that managed to sneak onto the Mar-a-Lago golf course before getting caught. Trump was certainly happy to play up the part of the victim, big wad of gauze over the nick on his ear, “Oh, look at how bad people treat me!”

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            7 hours ago

            Could have been from that easily enough. Their job is to drag the president down and cover him, and not worry about taking time to do it gently.

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        19 hours ago

        pretty much. he had a fake ass bandaid on his ear, then less than a week later, he was fully healed. An old oaf like him would NOT heal that fast. It was fake as fuck.

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          17 hours ago

          What hebis in peak physical health his doctor has never seen anyone so healthy.