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Has Trump ever admitted to being wrong? (1 Viewer)

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Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit he is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
 
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Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
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I know some of you are very eager to declare Trump wrong but it's too soon to make that judgement. It will take 6 months to a year to see if his strategy is effective or not.
 
Two times. He sort of said it when he was nearly forced from the race over the 'grab her' tape; and he said his one mistake his first term was leaving the White House instead of staying in for a second term. He's also suggested some appointments were mistakes like his first attorney general.
 
Parker_Chess said:
Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit he is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
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Only in the context of "hey that thing I said, turns out it was actually this other thing, I'm a genius for realizing it."

Maybe?

Oh, and of course, the new thing is total bullshit.
 
I thought he admitted to making a mistake during his recent Joe Rogan interview, and I believe it was about some of the appointments he made during his first administration.
 
Parker_Chess said:
Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit he is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
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I believe he has.

Without doing some research, I seem to recall him talking about how he wasn't all that politically aware during his first term and that it opened him up to a lot of opposition, attacks, disruption of his agenda and the like.

Okay. I asked Copilot about it.

has trump ever admitted he was wrong

Donald Trump has occasionally admitted he was wrong, though it's rare. For example, during his 2016 campaign, he acknowledged that he had mistakenly claimed to have seen a video of cash being transferred to Iran. He later clarified that the footage he saw was of a hostage plane in Geneva, not a cash transfer. Moments like these stand out because he typically avoids admitting errors. What made you curious about this?
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are there any other examples

Another example is from 2016, when Trump admitted he was wrong about seeing a video of cash being transferred to Iran. He clarified that the footage he saw was of a hostage plane in Geneva, not a cash transfer. Instances like these are rare, as he often avoids acknowledging mistakes. What do you think about leaders admitting they're wrong?
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that's the same as your first example. do you have any other examples

You're absolutely right—my bad for repeating myself. Here's another example: In 2016, Donald Trump apologized for his comments on the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, where he made inappropriate remarks about women. He said, "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize." This was a rare moment of contrition for him.
Does this example align with what you're looking for?

Thank you for that example. Are there any others?

You're welcome! Another instance was in 2017 when Trump admitted he was wrong about retweeting an anti-Muslim video from a far-right British group. He later said in an interview that he didn’t know who the group was and expressed regret for sharing it. Moments like these are rare but do happen.​

So...there you have it. Trump WILL occasionally admit that he was wrong about things. Of course, that doesn't mean he is FREQUENTLY wrong about things. In my opinion, he really ISN'T wrong very much.

Of course, your bias will probably induce you to disagree with me. So it goes.
 
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Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit he is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
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According to @trouble13 Trump is never wrong about anything.

Any other questions?
 
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I know some of you are very eager to declare Trump wrong but it's too soon to make that judgement. It will take 6 months to a year to see if his strategy is effective or not.
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Lol.

No it won't. We'll be in a full blown recession soon if Trump doesn't change course. Not that he and his oligarchs care, this is what they want. Things they want become cheaper in a downturn.
 
Airyaman said:
We'll be in a full blown recession soon if Trump doesn't change course.
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That's your "prediction". But YOU could be wrong.

People made similar predictions during Trump's first term and THEY were wrong.
 
Mycroft said:
That's your "prediction". But YOU could be wrong.

People made similar predictions during Trump's first term and THEY were wrong.
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Trump's first term wasn't full blown chaos.
 
Airyaman said:
Trump's first term wasn't full blown chaos.
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Oh. Moving your goal posts from "full blown recession" to "full blown chaos".

Let me know when you'll start being honest, eh?

Bye.
 
Mycroft said:
Oh. Moving your goal posts from "full blown recession" to "full blown chaos".

Let me know when you'll start being honest, eh?

Bye.
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???

Do you not understand that his chaos is what will lead us to a recession? It's not a difficult concept.
 
Parker_Chess said:
Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit he is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
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He was contrite after the p word tape came out. I don’t remember if he actually apologized.
 
trouble13 said:
I know some of you are very eager to declare Trump wrong but it's too soon to make that judgement.
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THAT wasn't the question asked, now was it? So let me ask you a similar question and see if you can answer WITHOUT the deflection: Has Trump ever been wrong about anything?
 
People evidently don't understand narcissism.
 
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Not sure if 'sorry for being caught red-handed' is quite the same as contrite.
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He did dance around an actual apology for a few days trying to deflect to Bill Clinton and saying non apologies. But then released a more sincere (sounding) one.

I've always wondered who persuaded him

“I never said I’m a perfect person,” Trump said in a Facebook video released after midnight Saturday. “Nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret and the words released today on this more than a decade old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it. I was wrong and I apologize.”

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"I never said I'm a perfect person," Trump says about lewd comments

“Grab them by the p****,” Trump said on a hot mike, referring to beautiful women. “You can do anything”
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trouble13 said:
I know some of you are very eager to declare Trump wrong but it's too soon to make that judgement. It will take 6 months to a year to see if his strategy is effective or not.
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Really? How come you guys could predict a disaster if Harris had been elected? Two months in and we are seeing the trump effect everywhere and only the folks on the right see things differently than everyone else. Give it time you folks keep saying and so far, the more time, the more chaos and confusion.

Trump is wrong for America.
 
Parker_Chess said:
Serious question, is Trump on the record admitting to be wrong about anything? He very frequently flaunts his high IQ. And instead of admitting his announced tariffs were too high he backtracks and acts as if this was a win. Why can't he just admit he is wrong? His billionaire friends don't like it and normal Americans don't either.
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Smart mature people admit it when they make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes.

Donald is not mature. He wants to pretend he is perfect and never makes mistakes. That is stupid.
 
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