Trump: I Don‘t Have a ‘Messiah Complex’
In a tweet Saturday, Trump clarified his comment earlier this week that he was “the chosen one,” saying he was “kidding, being sarcastic and just having fun.”
Ludovic Marin/Reuters
President Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to address his recent comment where he declared himself “the chosen one” to continue the trade war with China. “When I looked up to the sky and jokingly said ‘I am the chosen one,’ at a press conference two days ago, referring to taking on Trade with China, little did I realize that the media would claim that I had a ‘Messiah complex,’” he tweeted. “They knew I was kidding, being sarcastic, and just having fun... They knew the TRUTH... And yet when I saw the reporting, CNN, MSNBC and other Fake News outlets covered it as serious news & me thinking of myself as the Messiah. No more trust!” Yesterday, Trump announced in a series of tweets that he would raise the current tariffs on China by 5 percent after China placed retaliatory tariffs of 5 to 10 percent on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods starting in September.
When I looked up to the sky and jokingly said “I am the chosen one,” at a press conference two days ago, referring to taking on Trade with China, little did I realize that the media would claim that I had a “Messiah complex.” They knew I was kidding, being sarcastic, and just....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2019
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