Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Speech ·212 of 348
"Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated."
They never said that.
What people say
"Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated."
What was actually said
"Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated." Donald Trump — Remarks to reporters, 27 February 2017
Why it stuck
Correct as said. But the line is widely misremembered as Trump saying nobody ever told him, rather than a general claim about the field. The grammatical structure is the subject of most parodies.
The White House transcript confirms the exact wording.
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