'This is what he does': Ex-Republican drags Trump for credit-hogging others fixing his mess
Source: Alternet.org · Bias: Left
Summary
Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, of Illinois, destroyed President Donald Trump for trying to take credit after other people repair his chaos.“We all knew people like this,” said Walsh on his Friday podcast. “We all knew parents like this. We all knew kids like this. … Parents who would never say ‘no’ to their kid, would never discipline their kid, would never teach their kid. And these kids were just out of f—— control, breaking s——, making messes, can stay up all night. That's what Trump is. That's what he's been his whole f—— life. He breaks s——. He f—— up, he makes a mess and then somebody has to fix what he broke.”Worse, Walsh complained that not only must smarter people clean Trump’s messes, but Trump keeps trying to seize credit for the cleanup.“Somebody cleans up his mess, right? Whenever that happens, Donald Trump says, ‘look at me, I'm the greatest. Victory!’ I'm so f—— tired of this! He breaks something. Somebody fixes it. And Trump tries to take the credit. All you got to do is look at the headline this morning,” Ranted Walsh, pointing to Trump’s announcement that The Strait of Hormuz is open again. But it was Iran's foreign minister announcing the opening to commercial traffic again.“And that idiot ... that, that child — that bratty child who made the mess — when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz you bet your bottom dollar he was out there in a nanosecond taking all credit, said Walsh, reporting “Iran has just announced that the Strait of Iran is fully open and ready for full passage. Thank you,” Trump proclaimed on Truth Social. He then followed up that post with a gripe at CNN News, saying “Why don’t they just say, at the right time, JOB WELL DONE, MR. PRESIDENT, and start to gain back their credibility???”“Trump is such a dumba——. It's not the ‘Strait of Iran.’ It's the Strait of Homuz,” Walsh barked, before railing Trump for daring to claim-jump Iran leaders clearly giving him slack.“That strait was fully open six weeks ago before Trump launched his illegal war. And Trump celebrating? This is what he does,” said Walsh.
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