Today President Donald Trump was asked about Wilbur Ross’s advice to federal workers — take out loans to pay their bills.
Trump said Ross “should have said it differently,” then went on to say that grocery stores and banks will simply “work along” with furloughed workers.
“They know the people, they’ve been dealing with them for years,” said Donald Trump.
Yes, it really happened, there’s video below. And some of the responses.
Donald Trump, defending Wilbur Ross, says government workers not receiving a paycheck because of the #TrumpShutdown can simply convince their local grocery stores to “work along” with them. pic.twitter.com/bIvu2CJxHb
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 24, 2019
Someone Who Knows What A Grocery Store Is 2020
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) January 25, 2019
Trump on banks and grocery stores "working along" with furloughed federal employees. https://t.co/lv8Ys9qvgB
— Jeffrey Vagle (@jvagle) January 24, 2019
every govt official trying to explain groceries and foodstamps on TV right now is like lucille bluth with the banana but real life
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) January 24, 2019
Trump was asked about Ross's remarks this morning. Trump says that banks and grocery stores will "work along" with federal employees because they "know the people."
I honestly have no idea what he means. pic.twitter.com/5kVBklxyzC
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) January 24, 2019
Direct quote from the President: "I know banks are working along if you have mortgages, the mortgagees, the mortgage, the folks collecting the interest and all of those things they work along and that’s what happens in times like this." pic.twitter.com/CHeXsDN26a
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) January 24, 2019
This 47 second clip explains how the president bankrupted 3 casinos. pic.twitter.com/UsElY3fJ0Q
— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) January 25, 2019
WATCH THIS AND KNOW THE DANGER TRUMP PUTS US ALL IN. Dumb as dog shit, heartless and corrupt. https://t.co/HVYMLEQPyY
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) January 25, 2019
What a strange way of saying “I’ve actually never grocery shopped before in my life.” https://t.co/bUfdYvtTGx
— Gabe #DreamActNow Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 24, 2019
Trump's fantasy of regular person life is so corny and so baffling. He thinks we all live in small towns and shop at mom and pop grocery stores that are also somehow surrounded by MS-13 "invaders" and there's carnage in the streets. Pick a lane/collapse on a toilet. pic.twitter.com/RmmL00Qesg
— Wendy Molyneux (@WendyMolyneux) January 25, 2019