It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "different".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump can't get any of his sycophants to say what he wants! So he just pretends to be different people and gives a fake name when talking/writing to the press!
Can you figure out which of the following quotes were originally attributed to Donald Trump vs one of his alter-egos, John Barron? Some would say it's impossible to see, but you can get a feel for it: he tries to take it down a notch as "John". Bonus difficulty: There's also a quote from "Carolin Gallego" when Trump wanted to pretend to be a woman. Attribute the quotes. For Trump quotes, fill in the left bubble; for Barron quotes, the right; leave the Gallego quote unmarked. When you're done, you should have a four-letter imperative.
| | ||
| D T | J B | _ |
|---|---|---|
| ◯ ◯ | They're killing the beauty of our scenery | |
| ◯ ◯ | I don't want to say it. Disregard that statement | |
| ◯ ◯ | Plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars | |
| Totals: Trump quotes: 3 Barron quotes: 0 Gallego quotes: 0 | ||
| | ||
| D T | J B | _ |
| ◯ ◯ | You look up and you see windmills all over the place | |
| ◯ ◯ | You have Hakeem Jeffries who is, he's a dope | |
| ◯ ◯ | They're made in China, all of them | |
| Totals: Trump quotes: 2 Barron quotes: 1 Gallego quotes: 0 | ||
| | ||
| D T | J B | _ |
| ◯ ◯ | Every day, the guy's falling down stairs. | |
| ◯ ◯ | Of course, these people are happy, but true Americans will not be happy | |
| ◯ ◯ | Died and are right now walking around with no legs | |
| Totals: Trump quotes: 2 Barron quotes: 1 Gallego quotes: 0 | ||
| | ||
| D T | J B | _ |
| ◯ ◯ | You know, the polls are rigged. Of course lately they haven't been rigged | |
| ◯ ◯ | The most beautiful women, the most successful women—all women love Donald Trump | |
| ◯ ◯ | Wokeness is bad. It's gone. It's gone | |
| Totals: Trump quotes: 2 Barron quotes: 0 Gallego quotes: 1 (unmarked) | ||
Hints:
- Use the totals. E.g., since the first set of three quotes contain a total of three Trump quotes, you can fill in the DT bubbles for all of them.
- Read as Braille.
- Since you will never mark both bubbles for a quote, you can rule out many Braille letters.
Solution (after some buffer space so that people don't see it accidentally.)
(Why
not
use
rot-
13?
The
Braille
dots
were
just
as
read-
able
so
I
gave
up
on
that.)
L x / They're killing the beauty of our scenery x / I don't want to say it. Disregard that statement x / Plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars O x / You look up and you see windmills all over the place x / You have Hakeem Jeffries who is, he's a dope x / They're made in China, all of them O x / Every day, the guy's falling down stairs. x / Of course, these people are happy, but true Americans will not be happy x / Died and are right now walking around with no legs K x / You know, the polls are rigged. Of course lately they haven't been rigged / The most beautiful women, the most successful women—all women love Donald Trump x / Wokeness is bad. It's gone. It's gone
