Donald Trump isn’t much of a wordsmith. We know that.
In fact, he’s the opposite. When it comes to butchering the English language, he’s a regular Leatherface.
But talking about your children is something different than talking about the media and you’d like to think that in a time of crisis, you can count on your parents to come up with something profound to say in your defense.
No such luck for Donald Trump Jr.
Here’s what the President came up with (as conveyed in a statement read by Sarah Huckabee Sanders) on Tuesday in defense of his son amid a whirlwind of controversy:
My son is a high quality person.
BREAKING: President Trump calls son Donald Trump Jr. `a high-quality person,' applauds `his transparency'
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 11, 2017
Yes, “high quality.”
Like a piece of equipment or say, some nice laminate:
https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/884847180543963136
Needless to say, Twitter is amused:
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/884843722193723392
Trump could have picked any combination of adjectives to describe his son, and he went with "high-quality"
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 11, 2017
This is a high-quality person, and I applaud his transparency. pic.twitter.com/WXTmfvpI0Q
— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) July 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/884851199471738880
https://twitter.com/PalmettoScoop/status/884851833298202627
when you're high quality and transparent pic.twitter.com/fk9SOR4Ib0
— Julia Pugachevsky ?? (@jaypugz) July 11, 2017
"Luke, you are a high quality person." pic.twitter.com/tgsTktXwJ6
— Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) July 11, 2017
