Donald Trump roasted over 'nonsense' boast about Ivanka's 'millions of jobs'
Donald Trump boasted on Monday, without offering any evidence, that his daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump had created “millions of jobs.”
“My daughter has created millions of jobs. I don’t know if anyone knows that, but she’s created millions of jobs,” the president said in a speech to the National Governor’s Association at the White House.
Glenn Kessler, who runs The Washington Post’s Fact Checker column, explained, however, how Trump was referring to the White House’s Pledge to America’s Workers initiative, which provides training opportunities but “NOT new jobs.”
Trump is referring to a WH effort that has signed up companies to provide training opportunities to 6.5 million people over the next five years. NOT new jobs being created. Here's the WH website on the program: https://t.co/5veq6QpR29https://t.co/Gv9IX13ywv
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) February 25, 2019
And, just to be clear, a lot of companies appear to have simply pledged to do what they were already planning to do. But it does get their name on a WH list.
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) February 25, 2019
CNN’s Holmes Lybrand noted of Trump’s claim that “no matter how you spin it, that’s not true.” Twitter users also chimed in on the president’s latest falsehood:
Beyond parody: Trump claims Ivanka Trump "has created millions of jobs." pic.twitter.com/LqspRMBzhV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 25, 2019
Guys... c’mon.
That’s what he said yes... but that’s not what he meant.
Stop translating him so literally.
He said Ivanka “has created millions of jobs” but what he really meant was... https://t.co/kzfypBSNgP— Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) February 26, 2019
Narrator: Ivanka did not in fact create millions of jobs. https://t.co/evpDmUgi1b
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) February 25, 2019
SMH - why nobody can believe what this man says. The problem is that he is OUR PRESIDENT! https://t.co/u4YABqxsjB
— Ethan Bearman, Esq. (@EthanBearman) February 25, 2019
Trump is referring to a WH effort that has signed up companies to provide training opportunities to 6.5 million people over the next five years. NOT new jobs being created. Here's the WH website on the program: https://t.co/5veq6QpR29https://t.co/Gv9IX13ywv
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) February 25, 2019
When are we going to hold our president accountable for the words that come out of his LYING PIE HOLE?!
This Morning:
TRUMP: “My daughter Ivanka has created millions of jobs.”
WTF??? THAT IS A BIG FAT LIE!!!!! #WakeUpBase— Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) February 26, 2019
Nonsense, of course, but Ivanka has created thousands of jobs. Almost all of them are in China. https://t.co/Ww9UqoNhJy
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) February 26, 2019
Ivanka who??? https://t.co/pL15FV91LM
— Emily Brandwin (@CIAspygirl) February 25, 2019
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Ha! https://t.co/rXViexUDwi— Jonathan Cristol (@jonathancristol) February 25, 2019
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.