“How did this guy make it through elementary school?” That’s what people are wondering after Donald Trump’s latest statement.
On Thursday, Trump tried to defend his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by arguing that America’s infection and death totals weren’t as bad as some other countries when looked at on a per-capita basis.
But Trump lost everyone when he began to ramble about there being “many per capitas.”
“And you know when you say ‘per capita,’ there’s many per capitas,” the president said. “It’s like, per capita relative to what? But you can look at just about any category and we’re really at the top, meaning positive, on a per capita basis too.”
Trump: "When you say per capita, there's many per capitas. Is this like per capita relative to what?"
How did this guy made it through elementary school? pic.twitter.com/Y6F7NhXD8w— Nico COVID Haircut XW (@Nicoxw1) May 20, 2020
Obviously, there are not “many per capitas” and who knows what Trump meant by that. But people on Twitter decided to troll him for looking like a fool in front of the world yet again.
😂😂😂😂 What got me the most is "per capita relative to what?"
— Nico COVID Haircut XW (@Nicoxw1) May 20, 2020
For the cheap seats, “per capita” means “for each person,” literally “by heads.”
It means “per person.” There aren’t “many per capitas,” that’s a nonsensical thing to say. pic.twitter.com/CTuY19ebXA— ⚜️Rob Anderson for Louisiana (@RobAnderson2018) May 20, 2020
Remember that time Trump claimed he knows all the "best words"? 🙄
— ERICA JOCELYN CHEW (@chewstruth) May 20, 2020
Oh yeah there’s 50
He thinks they’re taking about state capitals— Pjoyfarrar🌊🌊 (@farrarpjoy) May 21, 2020
Ok, I would like any Trump supporter to listen to this statement and then explain to me how this individual has any business being in the WH.
What is that I hear? A stomping hoard of crickets?— Tia Will (@medwoman1) May 20, 2020
Literally, "per capita" means "per person." (Latin for "by head.") There are not many "per persons." It is always just that, per person. It is not relative to anything. He's simply trying to dodge a question by garbling out a nonsense answer. Mobster behavior.
— Ohm (Unit of Resistance)🆘️ (@HereToResist) May 21, 2020
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throws in the word
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it has the
EXACT OPPOSITE EFFECT…#WeDeserveBetter#Vote#VoteBlue#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica#VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare#JoeBiden2020 pic.twitter.com/5aAyvzBMDG— Valerie Martin (@WILLDYE4U) May 21, 2020
OMG, he's thinking about capitals.. right? I have trouble with his gibberish.
— AJ Resists (Text JOE to 30330) (@ResistsAj) May 21, 2020
Except that it’s just not funny in this context.
— Rob (@taikolaw) May 21, 2020
Remember him trying to figure out quid pro quo? QED. 😉
— Lil Pepper 🕊🐾🌲♻️🥁🧷 (@LilPepper5) May 21, 2020
Me too
— Alexandra (@Sugarrbunny) May 20, 2020
And Washington DC is the capita of ‘mericah
— Janet Allegrezza (@JanetMamajo4) May 20, 2020
— @drleospaceman (@drleospaceman2) May 20, 2020
He’s talking to his base. He knows they don’t know the difference. He also knows that we do, but again, he is not talking to us.
— Kim C (@cow_belle65) May 21, 2020
My 7th graders know what per capita means. They also know not to touch people in certain areas and not to drink bleach & a bunch of other super obvious stuff that humans over 3 years old know.
— Scott Noet (@Fermentedferret) May 20, 2020
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