Jake Tapper Roasts Donald Trump’s War On Numbers With Taunting New Tagline
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The CNN anchor slammed "the disconnection" of the president "from facts and reality."
Move over Girl, Boy and all the other “Math” to go viral in recent years.
CNN’s Jake Tapper says there’s a new kind of arithmetic in town: “Trump Math.”
On Tuesday’s edition of “The Lead,” Tapper took aim at what he called “the disconnection of President Trump from facts and reality,” highlighting the president’s repeated issues with basic numbers and his habit of bending data to suit his political needs.
“Call it Trump Math,” Tapper said. “President Trump has been creating his own equations when it comes to jobs numbers, poll numbers — citing fake numbers to justify actions, and ignoring real ones that go against his narrative.”
Tapper pointed to Trump’s controversial firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer as a prime example.
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