The importance of grammar - why Donald Trump didn't call all Mexicans rapists I was listening to the now infamous quote and something struck me as odd. I've only just realised why everyone is upset about it, because I didn't hear the same thing that most people did. Try reading the below, and even listen to the speech yourself. I typed out what I heard; "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, their rapists, and some, I assume, are good people," They're: contraction of they are Their: a form of the possessive case of they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun: Trump was saying that Mexico are sending their rapists. He literally prefaced that by saying that they aren't sending their best people. Try it with another word and you'll see how stupid the statement becomes. Let's change 'rapists' with 'farmers'. "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're farmers, and some, I assume, are good people," See how badly the word 'they're' looks now? If you change it to 'their' the sentence makes grammatical sense again. Just another way the media has twisted things to fit a narrative where they can alienate a voting bloc. Stay vigilant people and KAG!