US Video: Trump’s 2014 Solution — “Riots to Go Back To When We Were Great”

Posted by Scott Lucas | Nov 19, 2016 | 10

In February 2014, Donald Trump joined Fox News to rail against the Obama Administration, including the Affordable Care Act and its economic approach. There was little of substance to support his sweeping remarks. However, given that a President Trump will be taking office in January, his suggested remedy (at the 2:02 mark) stands out:

You know what solves [this]? When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you’ll have a, you know, you’ll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great.

Watch Video on Fox website

There are also telling remarks later in the discussion about Trump’s view of Russia and President Vladimir Putin — “When I went to Russia with the Miss Universe pageant, he contacted me and was so nice.”

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Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

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Sarah on March 11, 2020 at 16:20

Where is the video ? Why did you remove it ?
I managed to find it on Snopes for anyone interested .

Did Trump Say the Economy’s Crashing Would Cause People to Riot for ‘When We Were Great’? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-economy-crashing-quote/ via @snopes
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- Scott Lucas on March 11, 2020 at 22:58
  
  Sarah,
  
  Apology — I have repaired the link to the video.
  
  S.
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  - Anonymous on March 19, 2020 at 09:50
    
    I still can’t find it but it’s Okay. Thanks for trying. I’m just always embarrassed to post anything that says it’s from snopes
  - Scott Lucas on March 20, 2020 at 10:35
    
    Anonymous,
    
    I know the folks at Snopes. They’re solid in their work.
    
    S.
  - Anonymous on March 23, 2020 at 06:58
    
    You think Snopes is solid? ‍♀️
  - Scott Lucas on March 23, 2020 at 07:30
    
    Anonymous,
    
    I’ve always found the entries useful. Let me know if there are any specific ones that you want to discuss.
    
    S.
  - Beth on March 29, 2020 at 10:09
    
    Scott, this appears to be a very different link than what was here in 2018 — and the Snopes version editorializes in a way that is making many assumptions.
    
    The original video was longer and it was on Fox’s website — but has long been taken down.
    
    Do you have that version?
  - Scott Lucas on March 29, 2020 at 10:32
    
    Beth,
    
    Thanks — I’ve fixed this post so it links to the original video, which is on the Fox site.
    
    S.
- Anonymous on March 23, 2020 at 06:59
  
  Trump Brags That He Knows Crashing The Economy Would “Solve It” https://youtu.be/CgqaMtFjKC8 via @YouTube
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  - Beth on March 29, 2020 at 14:46
    
    That was quick! Thanks so much.

US Video: Trump’s 2014 Solution — “Riots to Go Back To When We Were Great”

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