Many years ago a prospector needing water came across an old rundown shack. Near it was a well with an old-fashioned pump. Attached to the pump was a tin can with a note inside that said, “This pump ...

President Trump has somewhat inexplicably claimed to have invented the phrase “priming the pump.” In an interview with the Economist published Thursday, Trump took credit for the common saying while ...

In a new interview with The Economist, President Trump claimed that he came up with the phrase “prime the pump” during a talk about his plan to overhaul the tax code. The common idiom is most-often ...

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What better time to "prime the pump" than the beginning of a new year. It's a time of refreshed ambitions, renewed resolutions and the reassurance of a better tomorrow. Before the advent of the public ...

While speaking with The Economist, President Trump made some interesting statements about the phrase "priming the pump." The primary: The part where he says, "I came up with it a couple of days ago." ...