# Is Trump confused? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 24, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589 "2024-01-24T13:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 111
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2234 "2024-09-19T04:55:12Z")
“They didn’t correct her once and they corrected me, everything I said practically… and the audience went absolutely crazy” (there was no audience) > ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2235 "2024-09-19T13:33:36Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > “Get up to $15,000 in free gold and silver” is pretty classy. I’m not watching the clips. Can you provide context? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2236 "2024-09-19T15:41:02Z")
It was just an ad to the side of one of the videos. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2237 "2024-09-19T16:47:41Z")
Remember the “Dean scream?” A viable, IMO good, candidate had to drop out of the race because of one weird noise, yet this doofus makes stupid, idiotic, and racist statements all the time and is not called on it. Anyone else would have drummed out by now. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2238 "2024-09-19T16:59:50Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > …yet this doofus makes stupid, idiotic, and racist statements all the time and is not called on it. Trump gets called on these things all the time, but he ignores it and powers on, regardless. He is the Commander Taggart of politics; never give up, never surrender. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2239 "2024-09-19T20:37:46Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Remember the “Dean scream?” A viable, IMO good, candidate had to drop out of the race because of one weird noise, yet this doofus makes stupid, idiotic, and racist statements all the time and is not called on it If only Howard Dean had been a white supremacist who offered a plausible excuse to vote for him (‘he’s a great businessman’), then he’d have won in 2004, becoming our 44th President. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2240 "2024-09-19T20:41:19Z")
Moderating: We’re getting far afield from discussing the actual debate. Time to get back on track. Whoops! I guess Trump isn’t the only one who’s confused. I moderated the wrong thread! Mod note retracted. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2241 "2024-09-19T22:49:39Z")
Surely he meant the audience watching at home? Like all the folks were yelling at the TV in their living rooms at how unfairly Trump was being treated? …Right? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2242 "2024-09-19T23:44:03Z")
Stop sane-splaining. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2243 "2024-09-19T23:44:34Z")
“Israel has to defeat Kamala Harris” [https://x.com/Acyn/status/1836910058875064393](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1836910058875064393) “Golan Heights… I got it done for you in about 15 minutes Even Sheldon couldn’t believe that one. He didn’t even ask for it. I actually gave you that one and you didn’t even ask for it” [https://x.com/Acyn/status/1836913138983141387](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1836913138983141387) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2244 "2024-09-19T23:50:02Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Stop sane-splaining. Yeah, who do you think you are- The New York Times? 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2245 "2024-09-20T02:54:05Z")
nm googled it and answered my own question ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2246 "2024-09-20T03:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m going to go there in two weeks. You may never see me again. Promises, promises. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2247 "2024-09-20T03:26:51Z")
Sorry to be dense, but who is Sheldon? I couldn’t make heads or tails out of the second clip. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2248 "2024-09-20T03:29:22Z")
Without watching the clip, I’d guess he’s referring to Sheldon Adelson, and moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2249 "2024-09-20T03:30:06Z")
Almost certainly [Sheldon Adelson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson). ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2250 "2024-09-20T03:30:43Z")
Sheldon Adelson, a wealthy Jewish man that as of late has been less inclined to respond to the notion that he owes something to Trump. Trump is trying to remind him of the obligation that all sane Jews have to Trump for doing that one nice thing for them when he was President. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2251 "2024-09-20T03:31:34Z")
Adelson died in 2021. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2252 "2024-09-20T03:33:36Z")
Well in that case he’s really behind on those tribute payments to Trump’s campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2253 "2024-09-20T03:33:45Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Adelson died in 2021 Which explains why he hasn’t been as complimentary to Trump as he had been previously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=112)