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Donald Trump: “Mom, I did great in school. I've worked so hard. Mom, I'm so pleased to tell you I just got a fantastic job with IBM. I…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2018
Mom, I did great in school. I've worked so hard. Mom, I'm so pleased to tell you I just got a fantastic job with IBM. I just got a fantastic job with General Motors. I just got -- I'm so proud. Mom, a terrible thing just happened. A person who I've never met said that I did things that were horrible and they're firing me from my job, mom. I don't know what to do. Mom, what do I do?
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Donald Trump recounted an imaginary scenario to illustrate his perspective on false allegations against men, suggesting it leads to unjust consequences.

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