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Trump Says He Is 'GOAT' Of Debates

'I walked off that stage and I thought I had the best debate'

Published: September 19, 2024
  |   By Chris Bertman
Trump Says He Is 'GOAT' Of Debates

Former President Donald Trump said he was the greatest of all time (GOAT) in debates.


On Wednesday, Trump made his first appearance on Fox News' late-night talk show Gutfeld!, hosted by comedian Greg Gutfeld. During his appearance, Trump touted his performance in debates throughout his nearly 10-year political career.

"You know they said I'm the GOAT in debates? Cause I had a lot of debates and I became president," Trump said.

The former president then pointed at fellow panelist George Murdoch, a former professional wrestler who goes by the stage name Tyrus, and dubbed him a GOAT.

"I walked off that stage and I thought I had the best debate," he continued, adding he was "unfairly treated" by ABC News' David Muir and Linsey Davis, who moderated the debate.


"I'm not fans of those guys anymore," Trump said of the moderators. "They came at me on everything, like crime. I said, 'The crime is rampant.' He said, 'Crime is down.'"

"I said, 'Crime is down? Who would think it's [down] without even knowing — and I was right," Trump said, noting the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report the day after the debate showing crime had in fact risen.

"Anybody would know that without even seeing charts," Trump added.

Trump then recounted a series of misleading statements repeated by Vice President Kamala Harris during the debate, including his "bloodbath" quote and the infamous "very fine people" quote, both of which were not fact checked by Muir and Davis.

Gutfeld noted fact-checking site Snopes, which critics claim has a liberal bias, had rated his "very fine people" quote false.

"They didn't correct her once and they corrected me, everything I said, practically," Trump said.

While speaking during a March campaign event, Trump warned there would be a "bloodbath" for the country in regards to the automobile industry if he is not reelected this November.

"We’re going to put a 100 percent tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected,” Trump said. “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country; that’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars. They’re building massive factories.”


During a press conference following the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one woman dead, Trump said there were “very fine” people on both sides of the demonstration, though specifically noted he was not referring to neo-Nazis or white nationalists who attended the event.

“You had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides,” Trump said. “You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.”


“It’s fine, you’re changing history, you’re changing culture, and you had people – and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally – but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay?” Trump added.

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