Donald Trump's Story About A General And His 'Grab 'Em' Tape Has People Saying, Hmm OK
The general didn’t have tears in his eyes. But he did offer Donald Trump a fawning appraisal of the way he handled the fallout after his disgusting “Access Hollywood” comments were first made public.
At least, that’s according to Trump’s telling of the tale at a New York Young Republican Club gala on Saturday.
Trump, who told tens of thousands of lies during his time in office, related the story of a conveniently unnamed general who ― per Trump, anyway ― couldn’t get enough of Trump’s bravery after his “grab ’em by the pussy” comments, which he made in a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape, were unearthed ahead of the 2016 election.
Trump at the gala recalled being urged to drop out of the race over the scandal, but said he pulled it back at a presidential debate with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
“I went onto that [debate] stage just a few days later, and a general, who’s a fantastic general, actually said to me, ‘Sir, I’ve been on the battlefield, men have gone down on my left and on my right, I stood on hills where soldiers were killed, but I believe the bravest thing I’ve ever seen was the night you went onto that stage with Hillary Clinton after what happened, and then that woman asked you the first question about it, and [you] said ‘locker room talk.’”
“It’s locker room talk. What the hell? What are you talking about? Locker room talk,” Trump remembered saying.
Watch the video here:
Trump claims a General who had seen soldiers die on the battlefield told him the bravest thing he ever saw was Trump’s “locker room talk” answer during the debate pic.twitter.com/j6cqtCjq3T
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 10, 2023
Trump’s claim inspired quite the number of mocking posts on X, formerly Twitter.
Big, manly man, with tears in his eyes. Strong man that never even cried as a baby
— Cheesy Gordita Brett (@CreampieOrDie) December 10, 2023
I'm sure he had a teardrop running down his face when he said ithttps://t.co/slKV8T6Pyy
— Double_Anarchy (@Double_Anarchy3) December 10, 2023
Politifact: This story and a general actually happened but it was when Trump was under General Anesthesia.
Rating: Half-true. pic.twitter.com/lPQWU4h5qF— KevinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather) December 10, 2023
It was actually a Colonel with a bucket of extra crispy.
— Justice (@ac2020) December 10, 2023
If he’s such a fantastic general, with easy access to Trump, surely Trump can name him.
Just so we can validate this story.— Lucy Downes (@LucyDownes22) December 10, 2023
That conversation never happened
— Radu Marinescu (@radum27) December 10, 2023
Trump doesn’t give speeches. He tells long fake stories that provide an alternate reality in which he’s the hero and allow his audience to conflate themselves with him as he pretends to vanquish imaginary enemies like “Sleepy Joe” “Crooked Hillary” “the Deep State” & “Fake News”
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) December 10, 2023
