Quote of the Day: Donald Trump

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 19: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the briefing room at the White House August 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump called for a boycott of Goodyear tire brands Wednesday, saying the company's policy limiting political speech in the workplace bans employees from wearing his campaign hats. Earlier in the day, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that the Trump campaign's slogan Make America Great Again is “pretty much synonymous with Blue Lives Matter these days.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

From the man who four years ago brought you, “I alone can fix it,” we have this 2020 doozy from Donald Trump,who was speaking to a conservative group’s annual meeting:

I am the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.” -President Donald Trump

As the Washington Post noted of his speech today: “Much of his presentation focused on the purported threat posed by socialists, anarchists and criminals, just as his speech did in 2016. It poses an odd contrast, given that he’s the president. As when Trump said on Thursday that life under Biden was exemplified by “the smoldering ruins of Minneapolis, the violent anarchy of Portland, the bloodstained sidewalks of Chicago” — all things that have already happened during an American presidency: his.