"Because his brain is like a constantly running toilet, flushing unadulterated effluent through the Twitter pipes, like when he said "I built a lot of wall. I have a lot of money and I built a lot of wall," when not one inch, not one millimeter, of his new wall has been constructed; or his tweet: "Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!" when not a tariff penny is paid by China, but every cent of it is paid by U.S. consumers buying Chinese goods."
— Burke, Tom
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Date
February 25, 2019
Metaphor
"Because his brain is like a constantly running toilet, flushing unadulterated effluent through the Twitter pipes, like when he said "I built a lot of wall. I have a lot of money and I built a lot of wall," when not one inch, not one millimeter, of his new wall has been constructed; or his tweet: "Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!" when not a tariff penny is paid by China, but every cent of it is paid by U.S. consumers buying Chinese goods."
Metaphor in Context
Because his brain is like a constantly running toilet, flushing unadulterated effluent through the Twitter pipes, like when he said "I built a lot of wall. I have a lot of money and I built a lot of wall," when not one inch, not one millimeter, of his new wall has been constructed; or his tweet: "Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!" when not a tariff penny is paid by China, but every cent of it is paid by U.S. consumers buying Chinese goods.
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Tom Burke, "Give Trump Credit for Skill in Keeping Us Off-Balance," Herald (February 25, 2019). <Link to the www.heraldnet.com>
Date of Entry
02/25/2019
