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It Looks Like Donald Trump Made Up A Friend
The president likes to reference his friend Jim, “a very, very substantial guy” who used to love visiting Paris.
WASHINGTON ― Did President Donald Trump make up a friend?
Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump mentioned a friend named Jim while criticizing immigration policies in Europe and linking them to increased terrorist attacks, particularly those in France.
He brought up Jim again while speaking at a conservative conference in February. Jim used to love visiting the City of Lights, Trump said, but stopped going because he felt like “Paris is no longer Paris.”
Trump made sure to note that Jim is “a very, very substantial guy.” But Jim may be the opposite of “very, very substantial.”
Trump headed to Paris on Thursday, which prompted an Associated Press report on whether Jim is real. The outlet concluded that “whether Jim exists is unclear.”
Earlier this year, The New Yorker also tried to find Jim, to no avail. Lauren Collins, the magazine’s Paris correspondent, ran through some people named Jim who were affiliated with Trump and might be the friend in question.
The result: Zéro.
Perhaps it is not surprising that Trump ― who once claimed that “an extremely credible source” said then-President Barack Obama’s birth certificate was “a fraud” and prefaces many questionable assertions with “many people are saying” ― would cite a fake friend.
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Interesting. I wonder why Trump never mentions Jim's last name? Maybe psychiatrists can sort this out.
The president likes to reference his friend Jim, “a very, very substantial guy” who used to love visiting Paris.
WASHINGTON ― Did President Donald Trump make up a friend?
Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump mentioned a friend named Jim while criticizing immigration policies in Europe and linking them to increased terrorist attacks, particularly those in France.
He brought up Jim again while speaking at a conservative conference in February. Jim used to love visiting the City of Lights, Trump said, but stopped going because he felt like “Paris is no longer Paris.”
Trump made sure to note that Jim is “a very, very substantial guy.” But Jim may be the opposite of “very, very substantial.”
Trump headed to Paris on Thursday, which prompted an Associated Press report on whether Jim is real. The outlet concluded that “whether Jim exists is unclear.”
Earlier this year, The New Yorker also tried to find Jim, to no avail. Lauren Collins, the magazine’s Paris correspondent, ran through some people named Jim who were affiliated with Trump and might be the friend in question.
Trump doesn’t follow any Jims on Twitter. But it’s easy to find Jims with whom he’s crossed paths. Jim Kelly, formerly of the Buffalo Bills? “No, that would not be Jim Kelly,” a representative said. Jim Dolan, the C.E.O. of Cablevision and the chairman of Madison Square Garden, who lent Trump the Rockettes for his inaugural concert? “That’s not him,” his spokesperson responded. Jim Furyk, the golfer? “Not him,” according to his agent. Jim Davis, the footwear mogul, whose support for Trump prompted a hate Web site to declare New Balance “the Official Shoes of White People”? “No, it is not Jim Davis,” a company P.R. manager replied. Jim Inhofe, the senator and climate-change denier, did not respond; neither did Jim McNerney, the former Boeing executive, who is part of the President’s Kitchen Cabinet. Jim Mattis, the “Warrior Monk” general, doesn’t have a wife. James Comey—does anybody know if he goes by Jim?
The result: Zéro.
Perhaps it is not surprising that Trump ― who once claimed that “an extremely credible source” said then-President Barack Obama’s birth certificate was “a fraud” and prefaces many questionable assertions with “many people are saying” ― would cite a fake friend.
More: It Looks Like Donald Trump Made Up A Friend
Interesting. I wonder why Trump never mentions Jim's last name? Maybe psychiatrists can sort this out.
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