Trump insists ‘there was no sniffles’ during presidential debate

[GMDino]

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/trump-insists-there-was-no-sniffles-during-presidential-debate/

Quote:Republican White House candidate Donald Trump stole the social media spotlight during Monday night’s U.S. presidential debate on at least one count – what Twitter users branded his #Trumpsniffle.


The wealthy businessman sniffed repeatedly as he faced off against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in their first debate, giving rise to the hashtag and a surge of interest on social media what might be causing his nose to run. Parody accounts, Donald’s Sinuses (@TrumpsSinuses) and Trump sniff (@TrumpSniff), gained a large following.

Trump, 70, told Fox News on Tuesday morning he did not have a cold. “No, no sniffles, no,” he said. “No cold.” He complained he had a faulty microphone and joked that maybe it was picking up breathing.

Several tweeters seized on the sniffling to hit back at Trump over his repeated digs at the health and stamina of Clinton, 68, who had pneumonia earlier this month.

Overall, Twitter said the debate, the first in a series ahead of the Nov. 8 election, was the most tweeted-about political event in the social media company’s history. Trump was the focus of 62 percent of the conversation on the social media platform, Twitter said.

On Facebook, conversations about Trump made up 79 percent of debate chat, while Clinton’s share of the conversation was 21 percent.


However, sentiment appeared to go Clinton’s way. Social media analytics firm Zoomph said tweets mentioning Clinton ended at a ratio of about 1.5 to 1, which meant that for every negative mention, there were 1.5 positive mentions, Zoomph said.

Sentiment toward Trump fluctuated, but ended nearly flat at a ratio of one positive mention to every negative one.

The most tweeted-about topics were the economy, foreign affairs, energy and the environment, terrorism and guns.

[BmorePat87]

http://dc101.iheart.com/onair/josh-57775/someone-made-a-video-of-all-15144916/

a compilation of all of his sniffles

[*PhilHos*]

I watched the entire debate. Never noticed his sniffles. Never noticed if Hillary ever coughed. This is much ado about nothing.

[GMDino]

(09-28-2016, 12:29 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I watched the entire debate. Never noticed his sniffles. Never noticed if Hillary ever coughed. This is much ado about nothing.

After all that was made about her being near death?  Really?  

[Belsnickel]

After the debate I am legitimately concerned about Trump. Not the sniffles, but his brain. There has to be an explanation as to why he denies things that he did or said. I mean, the Chinese climate change thing was a while ago, but he denied saying paying no taxes made him smart right after the debate when asked about it, saying he didn't say that.

Either there is a mental malady at work here, or he is a pathological liar (which could be considered a mental malady I suppose). I mean, we all know politicians lie through their teeth, but generally they know they are lying. I don't think Trump does.

[*PhilHos*]

(09-28-2016, 12:35 PM)GMDino Wrote: After all that was made about her being near death?  Really?  

Hey, I said I never believed that about her. But, I don't think she coughed once and that was kinda noticeable to me. 

[*PhilHos*]

(09-28-2016, 12:41 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: After the debate I am legitimately concerned about Trump. Not the sniffles, but his brain. There has to be an explanation as to why he denies things that he did or said. I mean, the Chinese climate change thing was a while ago, but he denied saying paying no taxes made him smart right after the debate when asked about it, saying he didn't say that.

Either there is a mental malady at work here, or he is a pathological liar (which could be considered a mental malady I suppose). I mean, we all know politicians lie through their teeth, but generally they know they are lying. I don't think Trump does.

To be fair, I think he takes the comments literally. Like the Chinese climate thing, he never did call it a hoax. He literally never called it a hoax. He said it was a concept manufactured by the Chinese which to you and I sounds like he said that China made up climate change for financial reasons which could fit the definition of a hoax, but to Trump, he never said it was a hoax. Same thing with the taxes thing during the debate. Hillary said he paid no taxes and he said that made him smart. To him, he never said that paying no taxes made him smart.

I'm not saying this absolves him of his stupidity and it certainly goes towards a mental issue (possibly a mental malady), but it could be a way to explain why it seems he lies all the time.

Just a thought.

[GMDino]

(09-28-2016, 01:04 PM)PhilHos Wrote: To be fair, I think he takes the comments literally. Like the Chinese climate thing, he never did call it a hoax. He literally never called it a hoax. He said it was a concept manufactured by the Chinese which to you and I sounds like he said that China made up climate change for financial reasons which could fit the definition of a hoax, but to Trump, he never said it was a hoax. Same thing with the taxes thing during the debate. Hillary said he paid no taxes and he said that made him smart. To him, he never said that paying no taxes made him smart.

I'm not saying this absolves him of his stupidity and it certainly goes towards a mental issue (possibly a mental malady), but it could be a way to explain why it seems he lies all the time.

Just a thought.

That's a LOT of spin when you could just say he either lied or forgot because he changes his positions so often.



Two years later he said it was a hoax....

[Rotobeast]

(09-28-2016, 01:04 PM)PhilHos Wrote: He said it was a concept manufactured by the Chinese which to you and I sounds like he said that China made up climate change for financial reasons

China happens to hold massive amounts of the materials needed to produce solar panels.
I'd wager that played into the speculation.

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[GMDino]

(09-29-2016, 01:59 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: China happens to hold massive amounts of the materials needed to produce solar panels.
I'd wager that played into the speculation.

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Right....had nothing to do with the ravings of a madman who lies constantly.

They also, however, have the best tie making materials too.