# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2794 "2024-10-19T00:50:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This is his suit? Yes. It is his suit. > ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2795 "2024-10-19T00:54:47Z")
[![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/mg/dc2b4af8-f5a2-4bfc-a4d8-760a4701da7a._SL300__.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/mg/dc2b4af8-f5a2-4bfc-a4d8-760a4701da7a._SL300__.jpg) My only question is how much does Trump’s tailor charge to sew them into his suits? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2796 "2024-10-19T01:00:32Z")
Well, be that as it may, I can’t help but note the host is talking to him like he’s a confused child. “Look at you! Did you put that suit on all by yourself? Let’s just get your mic on there. You’re SUCH a good boy!” Meanwhile, Trump spent sixteen minutes pacing back and forth onstage tonight not doing anything. > [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6Gi-iEke4UI/maxresdefault.jpg "16minutes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gi-iEke4UI) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2797 "2024-10-19T01:02:28Z")
And he got to sit in the middle! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2798 "2024-10-19T01:24:45Z")
As bugs bunny would say…“What A Maroon!” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2799 "2024-10-19T01:26:10Z")
And none of this matters because millions of Americans are waiting in long lines to vote for > Not woke (R) over > Woke (D) That is really all they see. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2800 "2024-10-19T01:52:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Meanwhile, Trump spent sixteen minutes pacing back and forth onstage tonight not doing anything. I do wonder what would have been the right thing to do? In the old days, a politician would have plunged into the crowd and started talking with individuals/shaking hands, absolutely thrilling the supporters who got to interact with him personally. But I don’t think that could happen here, because (a) security concerns may mean he’s not supposed to mingle; and/or (b) supposedly the guy is a germaphobe who hates shaking hands. The alternative might have been to orchestrate some chants (which the crowd did on their own). He could have shown some enthusiasm at least - throwing his arms out, mouthing “I love you!” to the crowd, thrusting his little fist into the air and shaking it. I also wonder how something like that even happens. 16 minutes with not a single working microphone? You’d think some flunkies would have a redundant system set up so that repairs could happen faster than that. (Maybe it wasn’t the best and the brightest working on the set-up?) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2801 "2024-10-19T01:52:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Q: Who was your favorite president when you were little? > Trump: I liked Ronald Reagan Trump was 34 when Reagan was elected. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2802 "2024-10-19T02:15:06Z")
My wife and I once saw Neil Diamond in concert (Syracuse, NY). When the mic/PA system failed … Diamond strutted around the stage for a minute, eventually dropping his trousers and dancing a bit for us all … pants around his ankles … until the mic was restored. THAT’s how you do it. [Not serious, Donald!!!] ETA: > [@CairoCarol](#): > > I also wonder how something like that even happens. Trump’s check bounced? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2803 "2024-10-19T02:35:22Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I also wonder how something like that even happens. 16 minutes with not a single working microphone? You’d think some flunkies would have a redundant system set up so that repairs could happen faster than that. (Maybe it wasn’t the best and the brightest working on the set-up?) Trump, being the skinflint that he is, opted for the lowest bid. Or, more likely, he was offered a choice of sound crews by the venue, and he went for the lowest priced one. Well, you get what you pay for. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2804 "2024-10-19T02:46:17Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Or, more likely, he was offered a choice of sound crews by the venue, and he went for the lowest priced one. “Can you believe these guys? They wanted to charge me for _two_ microphones, when I only need _one!_ I told them, 'No, I’m not paying tha _\>microphone cuts out\<_” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2805 "2024-10-19T12:45:29Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Q: Who was your favorite president when you were little? > > Trump: I liked Ronald Reagan > > Trump was 34 when Reagan was elected. To be fair, trump probably was more little by 60 or 70 lbs. when he was 34. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2806 "2024-10-19T13:22:08Z")
He’s a 4yo now, he was a 4yo then. He’s always been little. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2807 "2024-10-19T17:35:18Z")
I’m not going to hold this one against Trump. Asking someone who their favorite president was when they were little is a stupid question. I have two to pick from, George Bush, Sr. and Ronald Reagan because I’m simply too young to remember anything about Carter’s presidency. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2808 "2024-10-19T17:37:52Z")
I usually say Nixon, but only because he was president when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2809 "2024-10-19T17:38:07Z")
Note that you were able to name people who were President when you were a child… Assuming you were born in 1976, this would be the equivalent of you answering “Obama” to this question. I agree with you that it’s probably nothing, at least compared to standing like a stoned fool for 39 minutes while YMCA blared out of the speakers. ETA: Reply to @Odesio. ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2810 "2024-10-19T19:01:26Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I’m not going to hold this one against Trump. Asking someone who their favorite president was when they were little is a stupid question. I have two to pick from, George Bush, Sr. and Ronald Reagan because I’m simply too young to remember anything about Carter’s presidency. I also think you could name any previous president. Many would say Lincoln was their favorite president when they were a kid but they weren’t alive in the 1860s. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2811 "2024-10-19T19:21:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I won’t pay the bill for this stupid company that rents us this crap, He never does anyway. > [@Spoons](#): > > Well, you get what you pay for. No, you get what you DON’T pay for. > [@Odesio](#): > > Asking someone who their favorite president was when they were little is a stupid question. JFK. next question? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2812 "2024-10-19T19:23:55Z")
Yeah, that was the point of that question: historically, as a kid, which president did you admire the most? I seem to recall being asked that question when I was a kid myself. (Lincoln, for me.) It’s a stupid question otherwise. I’d pretty much only have Reagan to choose from if you meant someone in office while I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2813 "2024-10-19T19:33:15Z")
He should have tried to crowd surf when the mic went out. The crowd would have parted like the Red Sea and let him fall rather than get crushed, but still that would have been fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=140)