numbers that nobody has ever seen before
Like eleventeen, thirty-twelve, and all those.
OP please post a link, I can’t believe they are this bad at math, unless they mean people are now “illegally” crossing out of the US
Edit: this is real, oh myyy! https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/02/remarks-by-president-trump-before-cabinet-meeting/
I’m guessing they mean an over 100% increase of the decrease of the period-over-period amount.
It’s not necessarily wrong, but it is, in fact, a really, really stupid way of communicating information, which is very on brand of them and their supporters.
Listen, if you have to jump through hoops to stretch the meaning of a phrase, just to raise the idea that the phrase might not be completely asinine, it might be a better use of your time to just let it be. You shouldn’t have to do mental gymnastics and word judo just to squeeze a non-obvious semi-literate meaning out of something the leader of the free world said. Don’t do their work for them (unless you are being paid to do their work for them, of course… but get paid up front, because they aren’t very good about honoring contracts).
I’m merely trying to explain what I interpret as their logic, not justify it or say that it’s acceptable - it’s not. You and I are in agreement here. The US has clowns leading the country. Absolute fucking clowns.
if you can do the linear algebra equations necessary to make all these nonsense statements have a glimmer of truth you should emigrate to the EU while you still can
It’s Elon’s DOGE math.
10/10 edit
I guess they might say if you include the deportations it’d be over 100%
Including “self deportations”. It is mathematically possible. Unlikely. But possibly.
Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/02/remarks-by-president-trump-before-cabinet-meeting/
It’s from one of Donald’s word vomit speeches
Good grief, I thought this post was just a joke, but he actually said it. It’s ok though, his term’s nearly over, right? Right??
Only because the meaning of “term” may change.
"Good news and bad news. Good news, Trump is not the president anymore… "
It’s gonna be an awful four years, but I genuinely think if he tries to stay in office past 2029, there will be violence. The media would have you believe that his supporters are more galvanized than ever, but here in three and a half years after every country other than Russia has cut all trade ties with us, conservatives are going to realize just how bad Republican politicians are.
Trump got elected because Biden failed to improve conditions for the vast majority of voters. The next Democrat will win because Trump is making shit so much worse.
Of course you’ll interact with some extremely prideful Trump supporters who think a tanking stock market and exponentially more expensive eggs are good, but the vast majority of his supporters aren’t out there with MAGA flags and hats and stuffed bears.
So… how do you reduce something like people crossing a border beyond one hundred percent ?
People trying to get out of the country, I guess
I thought of this one but a deportation or just leaving aren’t illegal crossings… So it wouldn’t work!
And trying to get out of the country crossing illegally is still an illegal crossing, so, it doesn’t make sense
They’re crossing on the opposite direction now
And bringing additional people with them!
I also considered this one, illegally crossing in the opposite direction is still illegally crossing, so, it doesn’t explain the math
For some reason, people will sometimes flip the fraction when calculating decreasing percentages, so this roughly means that the old number of crossings is beyond one hundred percent greater than the current number of border crossings. It’s really dumb
Ohhhhhh omg now this makes sense. Thank you!
Deportations
Hint: math
This is a transcript of a meeting. Those are words that trump did say, but this screenshot is cropped deliberately to hide that fact.
This is one of the typical lies that trump is known to make in speeches. This isn’t a whitehouse staff member publishing those words as a written statement the office stands behind.
Numbers nobody has seen before. Lol.
Every Trump action is appearently the best ones ever made in the history of civilization.
If Jesus would come back, he would be second to Trump in how amazing he is.
Second place? Believe it or not, it’s also Trump.
American refugees trying to enter Mexico and Canada.
So people are fleeing the US? That’s not the brag you think it is…
If it’s over 100%, does that mean he’s pushing out people in the US? 🤔
Yes actually, and he’s making some crossings super legal to compensate further.
AND we are actually sending our best!
Edit:
“we”/“our” from US perspective. I’m not from the US. Just felt like a lovely wordplay on the “they aren’t sending their best”
so now americans are crossing illegally to mexico, right? I can kinda believe it, too.
Friendly reminder: this community has a “No politics or political figures” rule. In the future, please put posts like this in a community like !politicalhumor@lemmy.world.
The joke isn’t political, the joke is math.
It references a hot button political issue, and most of the comments are about politics.
this is not political at all. beside the fact that the white house is making the joke! next time the white house is funny, I’ll post on political humor, sorry
What in the actual fuck.
Lowest numbers in a decade.
Which is not the flex they intend it to be.
This can’t be real, right
It is, unfortunately, real. https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/02/remarks-by-president-trump-before-cabinet-meeting/
Look at the front page, and also great articles such as “Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments” and “President Trump is Leading with Peace Through Strength.”
“Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments”
Wait, are they confusing “transgender” and “transgenic”?
Yes. Because they are just that dumb.
Yes he is, and his supporters might actually believe. transgenic animals have been used in research for decades , and he is just finding out now?
Yes, they also cut funding to a special education transition program because they think it means libs are transitioning school kids.
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies.”
peace through strength Hmmmmm. Where have I heard that before?
NOD’s motto,
A book that I haven’t read in a long time, and now would be the proper time to do it again.
~~Looks like it isn’t real.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/illegal-border-crossings-plummeted-in-january/ ~~
I’ve been corrected. Is is real. It makes sense that they were just documenting his word salad.
More permanent copy for posterity: https://archive.is/5YlSS
The quote in the picture is definitely from the whitehouse website, its linked below in the comments. Its just not from that article that no one referenced.
Aliens ? Oo someone to do me an ELI5 pls 😅😐
It’s the official government word for foreigners.
Thanks!
