How Donald Trump's statement that he misquoted triggered a troll-fest



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Would you like it or not? The US president's claims that he misrepresented in a commentary on Russian interference in the US elections have Twitter in a frenzy.

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

JOHANNESBURG – US President Donald Trump's attempt to reverse remarks made in Finland, saying that he saw no reason to believe that Russia had interfered in the 2016 US elections, was received with fun on Twitter. Trump said that when he came back Monday from the summit with Putin in Helsinki, he "realized that there was a need for clarification" about his remarks on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections. 19659004] "In a key phrase of my remarks, the word" would "was used instead of" would not "and the sentence should have been:" I see no reason why it would not be Russia ", he says, "kind of double negative."

I live in the damn Twilight Zone! "How much could a chuck have if a chuck could not?" just as much as a chuck could …. " #TrumpPutinSummit #WouldWouldNot #WouldWouldnt [19659009] #DoubleNegative #Trump #CNN #damagecontrol pic.twitter.com/68WQQfVxuT

– AC Junior (@OfficialMisterC) July 17, 2018

The hashtags #would and #wouldnt trending on Twitter as people have suggested others ways Trump's "double negative" defense could be used.

How much wood would not be a marmot if a groundhog did not crush the wood? #WouldWouldnt

– Wendy Wbaderman Schultz (@dvorakoelling) July 17, 2018

Trump: "I said that Mexicans are rapists, I misquoted myself, I meant that they are rakists, as they rake leaves and stuff, probably illegally, but no matter, I'll build a wall and I'll make them pay … whatever it is, that's it. I wanted to say – the rakistes, big. " #Wouldnt #Snark

– Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) July 17, 2018

There was a lot of confusion about presidents' statements lately, so we have to understand that. To clarify, what the President meant was "I did not have bad with this woman". A kind of double negative. #POTUSclarifieds pic.twitter.com/VdzYRJxCwV

– Robert Hussey (@Hussdogrob) July 18, 2018

Well done at Newtown Fire and Rescue. #would #wouldnt pic.twitter.com/SKFVK0Oqbl

– Samantha Thomas (@Doc_Samantha) July 18, 2018

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