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To misquote the French president, "Who could have predicted?".

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qui_aurait_pu_pr%C3%A9dire





He didn't coin that expression did he? I'm 99% sure I've heard people say that before 2022, but now you made me unsure.

"Who could've predicted?" as a sarcastic response to someone's stupid actions leading to entirely predictable consequences is probably as old as sarcasm itself.

People said it before, but he said it without sarcasm about things that many people could in fact predict.



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