# 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:** 114
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2294 "2024-09-23T21:36:54Z")
I’m glad they’re _finally_ calling them out on this. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2295 "2024-09-23T21:45:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That is hilariously hypocritical. Every goddamn accusation from the right is a confession. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2296 "2024-09-23T21:54:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Every goddamn accusation from the right is a confession. Yes, somewhere there is a Republican owned pizza parlor with a very bad basement. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2297 "2024-09-23T22:53:27Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > As for whether Trump’s ridiculous answer on the “Full Measure” interview indicates that he is confused: I suspect not. I don’t think he EVER had any kind of grasp of—or remote interest in—specific details on how he’d carry out one of his promises. I’m pretty sure his strategy is to say whatever is needed to get elected, and figure out how (or very often if) he’ll try to fulfill those promises once he’s in office. First things first, doncha know. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2298 "2024-09-23T22:53:28Z")
I watched that entire interview. He’s a nut bag. He rambles and repeats himself constantly, He seems to have a new timeline for all of his ridiculous goals. Instead of 2 weeks it’s 12 months. I truly do not know how anyone can listen to him and think he’s going to do a good job. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2299 "2024-09-23T23:15:49Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Does Trump seem _more_ unhinged (ie, off his F’n rocker) when: I asked my MAGA mother how should could listen to Trump and think he was anything but unstable. She doesn’t listen to him, she reads transcripts. I should have asked where she sourced those transcripts from. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2300 "2024-09-23T23:28:14Z")
Turmp wants to put a 200% tariff on John Deer. Rambles about it. > **[Trump threatens to triple cost of John Deere tractors during event with farmers](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-john-deere/)** > > Former President Donald Trump told farmers Monday that the cost of tractors could significantly rise if he wins the 2024 election.During a roundtable with farmers in Smithton, Pennsylvania, Trump concluded by noticing that his campaign team used John... ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2301 "2024-09-24T00:00:44Z")
> Trump said he would enact the tariff on the tractor company even though he described himself as “one of their big customers.” I’m envisioning the intro to Green Acres with Don and Melania. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2302 "2024-09-24T00:18:56Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I’m envisioning the intro to Green Acres with Don and Melani Which one is the rube and which one wants to go shopping on 5th Avenue? ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2303 "2024-09-24T00:32:48Z")
“The Tonight Show is dying. Bring back Johnny Carson” (Who wants to tell him?) > “This is the first time in decades just got endorsed by the rank and file members of the Teamsters.” (False) > “I will restore the Salt deduction. Do you know what that is?” (Do you? Cause you’re the one who got rid of it in the first place.) > “A lot of people say the only reason the stock market is high is everyone thinks I’m going to win the election… Look it’s Uncle Sam! Uncle Sam is here!” (Yeah, he’s right next to Hannibal Lecter) > “She had the other interview with the other guy who was a nice guy, I think, from Philadelphia, from Pennsylvania, and he was a nice guy. He was asking her all these. They only take— they don’t take like I do. Anybody wants to go, go. What the hell difference does it make—” (lol wut) > “This person who can’t even speak. She can’t even ask a question. She can’t— she can’t answer a question”(nice self-own) > “You know, today, our big companies are like Google and this and that. They’re not the same. U.S. Steel is the strength. Google is all, give me a break, not the same, not the same.” (US Steel is now owned by a Japanese company) > ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2304 "2024-09-24T00:58:00Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I asked my MAGA mother how should could listen to Trump and think he was anything but unstable. She doesn’t listen to him, she reads transcripts. I should have asked where she sourced those transcripts from. On the subject of making “sense” out of Word Salad a la Trump: I listened on NPR to an interesting interview with a Republican strategist who is a never-trumper. She had some interesting observations about why Trump’s core supporters don’t recognize his incoherence and instead think they know what he means. According to her, the core Trump supporters feel like they are part of an in-group, with a sense of community that is very valuable to them. They have memorized enough of Trump’s talking points that they can figure out what he means even when he’s unbelievably garbled. And it doesn’t matter to them that no one else understands what he is saying - in fact, it makes them feel special because they “get” something that outsiders don’t. You’ll be heartened to know that this strategist thinks that speaking in a way that only your in-group of core supporters can understand is NOT a good strategy for winning. ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2305 "2024-09-24T01:04:13Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > …in fact, it makes them feel special because they “get” something that outsiders don’t. They can clearly see that the doublet is a lovely shade of green. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2306 "2024-09-24T01:05:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I will restore the Salt deduction. Do you know what that is?” Sexual Assualt Liability Tax? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2307 "2024-09-24T01:12:20Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > According to her, the core Trump supporters feel like they are part of an in-group, with a sense of community that is very valuable to them. They have memorized enough of Trump’s talking points that they can figure out what he means even when he’s unbelievably garbled. And it doesn’t matter to them that no one else understands what he is saying - in fact, it makes them feel special because they “get” something that outsiders don’t. It’s like how a parent an understand their three year old but the rest of us are in the dark. That makes a lot of sense. ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2308 "2024-09-24T01:14:42Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Sexual Assualt Liability Tax? Sales And Local Tax deduction. Trump got rid of it in the 2017 tax cut and is now offering to bring it back because he’s shamelessly pandering to every demographic he can think of to try and win votes. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2309 "2024-09-24T01:24:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Turmp wants to put a 200% tariff on John Deer. Rambles about it. America really needs to send Trump a Deere John letter. Also, I love the chyron on this one. > [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1838372787825840507) [https://x.com/Acyn/status/1838372787825840507](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1838372787825840507)[x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1838372787825840507) The chyron says Trump: Kamala Has Destroyed Everything She’s Ever Touched Talk about projection. ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2310 "2024-09-24T01:35:32Z")
“So now your schools can teach because the majority they can’t teach because the majority of students don’t speak the language” (you don’t even speak the language, apparently) > “I’m going to go to a McDonald’s next week. I’m going to go to a McDonald’s and I’m going to work the french fry job for about a half an hour. I want to see how it is” (BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you wouldn’t past five minutes you pathetic loser) > “They take another drug and it’s laced with fentanyl. Not even a what you would call a bad drug. They take a medication prescribed by a doctor. It’s got fentanyl.” (Nope) > “But the real military, you could put them in a room for two years and scream woke at them, and when they walk out, they’ll be shouting, I’m not woke” (what would you know about the military?) > ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2311 "2024-09-24T01:44:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > So now your schools can teach because I’m guessing that “can” should be “can’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2312 "2024-09-24T01:52:20Z")
Please, no sane-washing the lunatic. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2313 "2024-09-24T01:59:38Z")
Point taken, but in this case it looks like a simple transcription error of what is in general just more argle-bargle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=115)