Social media has fun with Trump quote on ‘redundancy and duplication’

Social media users mocked President Trump after he said he would get rid of “redundancy and duplication” in the government.

Trump, on Thursday, touted his accomplishments in deregulation. As he spoke, the White House released an official statement highlighting some of his points, including the quote, “We will get rid of the redundancy and duplication that wastes your time and money.”

{mosads}Twitter users were quick to jump on the irony of Trump using “redundancy” and “duplication” in the same sentence.

“The new Office of Bureaucratic Irony, however, will get all that it needs and more,” one user joked.

Even Dictionary.com weighed in, tweeting, “duplications are redundancies. Redundancies are duplications.”

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— David Freddoso (@freddoso) December 14, 2017

This is funny and also amusing (hat tip @AndrewBeatty) pic.twitter.com/myloBAfgnt

— Dave Clark (@DaveClark_AFP) December 14, 2017

The new Office of Bureaucratic Irony, however, will get all that it needs and more https://t.co/OZuSqdCUYC

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) December 14, 2017

This one gets a permanent place in the copy editor’s handbook https://t.co/QuUgtTilpm

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) December 14, 2017

Sam Seaborn and Toby Ziegler just had a stroke @sorkinese https://t.co/fcqyy01ZKv

— Colin Masterson (@masterson_12) December 14, 2017

Duplications are redundancies. Redundancies are duplications.#OneMoreTimeForthePeopleInTheBackhttps://t.co/qlTwf2oLkq https://t.co/pMqFh3uUXJ

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 14, 2017