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Watch Trump Claim That HE Invented the Term ‘Caravans’ to Describe Migrants Coming to the Border

Give it a rest, already.

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While speaking at a rally in Texas, Donald Trump made an outrageous claim — that he invented the term “caravans.”

Now, he could have said he invented the paper clip, or the Post-It note, or even that little twisty wire tie that you close up your bagels with. But that would have been too easy for his supporters to find out was wrong.

Instead, he took a word that’s literally used in the Bible and says he made it up. Sure, he was talking about using the term to describe the giant groups of immigrants traveling together to cross the border. Of course he didn’t mean he invented the word.

Or did he? Because even the TERM “caravans” in relation to the border was being widely used long before he ever said it. Maybe he actually believes he made up the word itself. He is mightily deluded, after all. And coming from a guy who also thinks he invented the phrase “prime the pump,” the term “fake news,” and the actual Fourth of July, it’s not that hard to believe that he thinks this is true too.

Just like the casserole you made and took to the family potluck so your mom could claim credit for it (since she gave you the recipe), Trump thinks he’s responsible for all sorts of things he had nothing to do with.

He thinks he came up with the idea for the border wall. He thinks he was the first person to call the Supreme Leader of North Korea “Rocket Man.”

Even his signature phrase “Make America Great Again” is literally a direct ripoff of Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. This one makes sense, because the 80’s is the last time Trump was culturally relevant outside a small group of racists and idiots.

In all honesty, it’s hard to tell anymore. It’s hard to tell what he’s actually lying on purpose about, and what he actually thinks is the truth. But even if he wants to laser-focus on a Spanish-speaking caravan, I’m pretty sure The Doors had a song about a Spanish Caravan all the way back when Donald Trump was 21 years old.

Maybe he’s just reliving his youth, man. Back off, okay?

And just for giggles, the word caravan was used in the Bible. Not like Trump would know that, since he’s never actually read the Bible:

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Andrew is a dark blue speck in deep red Central Washington, writing with the conviction of 18 years at the keyboard and too much politics to even stand. When not furiously stabbing the keys on breaking news stories, he writes poetry, prose, essays, haiku, lectures, stories for grief therapy, wedding ceremonies, detailed instructions on making doughnuts from canned biscuit dough (more sugar than cinnamon — duh), and equations to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. A girlfriend, a dog, two cats, and two birds round out the equation, and in his spare time, Drewbear likes to imagine what it must be like to have spare time.

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