From his mouth to our ears - my, how they burn!

[thewayne]

"Ninety-nine percent of [the Covid cases revealed by testing] are totally harmless."
-- Trump

"We'll be happy to debate the efficacy of masks with you when this is all over and you come in to sell your dead grandmother's clothes. Masks required."
-- sign in vintage clothing shop in Phoenix

I never cease to be amazed at his ability to make shit up.

Comments

[elf]

If 99% are harmless, why have 5% resulted in death in the US?

(99% is not a real number to him. It means "lots, almost all, so much that what's left is negligible." He doesn't believe numbers actually mean anything; he uses the words that have the emotional impact he wants.)

[thewayne]

He has stated publicly that he makes numbers up.  He's said that if he thinks his properties are worth more on one day, he gives bigger numbers.  And this has him in trouble with the City and State of New York for tax purposes as he's given one set of numbers, lower, to tax assessors and higher numbers to bankers for borrowing purposes.  I think these are among the many suits that are filed and pending him getting out of office. 

His followers seem to have a firmer grasp on what those percentages represent than he does.