President Donald Trump urged Democrats on Friday to return to Washington to vote to fund his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
And in the process, he came up with a strange new nickname for the barrier.
“This is where I ask the Democrats to come back to Washington and to vote for money for the wall, the barrier, whatever you wanna call it, it’s OK with me,” Trump said during a White House roundtable on immigration. “They can name it whatever they, they can name it ‘peaches’ — I don’t care what they name it but we need money for that barrier.”
Trump’s strange statement inevitably captured the imagination of Twitter users, who may have only just been recovering from his incorrect assertion that wheels are older than walls the previous day.
“Millions of peaches, peaches for me…Millions of peaches, peaches for free.” – The Presidents of the United States of America, 1996. https://t.co/dvm4botU4U
— Karen Travers (@karentravers) January 11, 2019
Is “Peaches” the name of Trump’s current favorite stripper down at the Bada Bing?
— Nicholas Weaver (@ncweaver) January 11, 2019
“Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat me a lot of peaches.
Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches.” https://t.co/lqQamhYwcG— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) January 11, 2019
Ugh, that’s ridiculous. Just ridiculous. I cannot believe he said that. Everyone knows “Peaches” is what insiders call SPACE FORCE! https://t.co/MrZgnjW8uh
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 11, 2019
Yesterday Trump coined this “peachy-dory” term and today he suggests calling the border wall “peaches”… … But why?
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) January 12, 2019
I totally did not think of season 4 of the OC when I first saw the thing about Trump and “peaches”
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) January 11, 2019
Even if it’s just a joke, Trump’s “peaches” proposal shows why he’s such a terrible negotiator: He doesn’t actually care about the desires of those he’s art of the dealing with, and hence rarely offers the right things.
— Jacob Brogan (@Jacob_Brogan) January 11, 2019
great now that raunchy ass song Peaches & Cream is stuck in my head thanks Trump
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) January 11, 2019
Maybe it’s not fiscally responsible to spend over 5 billion on peaches
— julianzelizer (@julianzelizer) January 11, 2019