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Miles Archer

(23,842 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:33 PM Thursday

Trump: "I had the same exact crowd as Martin Luther King,, maybe a little bit more, I had more people, but that's OK."

Trump has unveiled a MAGA makeover of the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a wild rant claiming he drew crowd sizes as big as Martin Luther King’s.

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But after hearing his guests sing his praises, Trump pivoted to one of his favorite topics: the beautification of Washington, D.C.

“That’s where Martin Luther King gave his great speech, and he had a million people,” Trump said, a reference to the civil rights leader’s iconic “I Have a Dream Speech,” which drew an estimated 250,000 people as part of the March on Washington in 1963.

“I had the same exact crowd, maybe a little bit more, but they said I had 45,000 people. I have pictures of Martin Luther King’s crowd and my crowd. The exact same everything, but it was 70 years the difference. The exact same crowd, but I actually had more people. But that’s ok.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-brags-about-tacky-makeover-of-another-national-treasure/

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Trump: "I had the same exact crowd as Martin Luther King,, maybe a little bit more, I had more people, but that's OK." (Original Post) Miles Archer Thursday OP
If Trump wants the exact same everything, his next speech should be on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. sop Thursday #1
Yes! I have a dream! 2MuchNoise Thursday #6
The lump of bile UpInArms Thursday #2
The question is... GiqueCee Thursday #8
I hate this man with every fiber of my being stumpysbear Thursday #3
Me too! GiqueCee Thursday #5
What staggering narcissism... GiqueCee Thursday #4
The man is just plain gross. 2MuchNoise Thursday #7
He's totally bungled on Iran and he's boasting about crowd size?. A narcissistic sociopath. surfered Thursday #9
Even if he had the same size crowd, which he didn't, it would not be karynnj Thursday #10
Parody Is, If Not Dead, Seriously Ailing. This Is Something I'd Compose. ColoringFool Thursday #11
He's going to have the granite surface of the reflecting pool covered with... LudwigPastorius Thursday #12
Lookin' at the poll numbers, ae ya, Ya Sick Fuck. Cha Thursday #13

sop

(18,971 posts)
1. If Trump wants the exact same everything, his next speech should be on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:41 PM
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GiqueCee

(4,513 posts)
8. The question is...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:58 PM
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... but where? A toxic waste dump has to have some standards. Perhaps a sand trap at one of his scuzzy golf courses.

GiqueCee

(4,513 posts)
4. What staggering narcissism...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:54 PM
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... and to think that this pitiful child has access to the nuclear codes should terrify every sentient creature in this rapidly disintegrating nation. That Republicans condone and support this obscene incompetence is unforgivable. A one-way ticket to political Siberia awaits every fuckin' one of 'em. What utterly horrible, irredeemable people. They care nothing for America, only their diseased vision of a 1950's dreamscape that never actually existed.

karynnj

(61,040 posts)
10. Even if he had the same size crowd, which he didn't, it would not be
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:34 PM
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as significant. It was the message, eloquently given, that made the King speech historic. No Trump speech is even coherent!

LudwigPastorius

(14,882 posts)
12. He's going to have the granite surface of the reflecting pool covered with...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:44 PM
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blue swimming pool liner.

He's going to spend a bunch of our money to fuck it up, just like all the other "projects" he's done.

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