‘Put Him In A Rubber Room’: Critics Say This Clip Shows Trump’s Brain Turning To ‘Mush’

The president seems to think a common word is “fake.”

President Donald Trump on Wednesday managed to combine two of his most confusing grievances in one strange aside.

First, he complained that “affordability” is a “fake word.” Then, in almost the same breath, he declared that “most people” don’t know that the word “dumb” has a “b” in it.

Speaking at an event in Pennsylvania, Trump said he was confronted with the word “affordability” on his second day in office:

“That’s a fake word that they use. They caused the affordability problem. It’s called high prices. They came up with this word. They’re good at coming up with words, but we came up with a good word, too. They’re Dumocrats. Dumb. You take the ‘b’ out ― most people don’t know that dumb has a ‘b,’ OK? But the ‘u’ replaces the ‘e’ and you have a Dumocrat.”

“That’s a fake word that they use. They caused the affordability problem. It’s called high prices. They came up with this word. They’re good at coming up with words, but we came up with a good word, too. They’re Dumocrats. Dumb. You take the ‘b’ out ― most people don’t know that dumb has a ‘b,’ OK? But the ‘u’ replaces the ‘e’ and you have a Dumocrat.”

Far from being new, the word “affordability” goes back to 1910, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which notes that use of the word has increased sharply since the 1950s-60s.

And if the word has come up often, it’s because........

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