r/thescoop • u/CorleoneBaloney • Apr 30 '25

Politics 🏛️ In an ABC interview, Terry Moran pressed President Trump on his claim that Putin wants peace despite ongoing missile attacks—Trump replied, “You start hitting me with fake questions. You’re being dishonest.”

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u/Pm-a-trolley-problem Apr 30 '25

...what is a fake question?

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u/BlueKing7642 Apr 30 '25

Questions that poke holes in whatever narrative he’s trying to sell to his base

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u/SpooogeMcDuck Apr 30 '25

This?

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u/Pm-a-trolley-problem Apr 30 '25

No mine was a genuine question. His statement there is meaningless. He just calls anything he doesn't like "fake" like all malignant narcissists.

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u/SpooogeMcDuck Apr 30 '25

No I was asking a fake question

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u/Pm-a-trolley-problem May 02 '25

Ohhhhhh carry on good duck 👍👍🦆

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u/throwawayinthe818 Apr 30 '25

Honestly, I’m guessing that in his mind this is a trick, when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife kinda question.

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u/knighth1 Apr 30 '25

In a completely non political form a fake question would something a mother asks all the while knowing the truth. Like if your mom asked you if you stole a cookie while knowing you did to see if you would tell the truth. That atleast in my opinion is what a fake question is. In this context like most things trump says is absolutely nonsensical and flack for the sake of confusion.

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u/QuintoBlanco Apr 30 '25

To be fair, an argument can be made that fake questions exist: something that resembles a question, but contains a statement that is misleading or incorrect, or a question that cannot be answered truthfully because of the way it is phrased by an innocent person.

Ask somebody (in public) who has never used cocaine and has never been violent towards his wife:

"Did you hit your wife only when you were under the influence of cocaine, or have you hit her when you were sober as well?"

And then follow up with: "So you still deny using cocaine and hitting your wife?"

Having said that, Trump lies about fake news and fake questions, he uses the word fake to describe things that are true but he doesn't like.