The Father Ted defence

Catchphrase from the TV series Father Ted. When someone is caught stealing and they insist that the money was just resting in their account.

"Dave, can you give us an update on that guy who was abusing his power of attorney to steal from his grandmother?"
"Yeah, he was arrested and tried to use the Father Ted defence"

"really? how stupid does he think we are?"

Gaslighting

Doing something to upset someone, waiting for them to react, then standing back in pretend ignorance saying "what? what did I do?"

Trump is gaslighting the middle east by moving the American embassy to Jerusalem

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