# 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:** 151
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3034 "2024-10-24T14:45:32Z")
Should go back to being called freedom-fryer, as this is what it actually does. > [@APB](#): > > he doesn’t seem to know the difference between a trade war and an actual war. He believes he does: an actual war is the one he chickens out of, a trade war is something he thinks he can win. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3035 "2024-10-24T14:55:33Z")
The _important_ thing is that he had an onion on his belt, which was the style at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3036 "2024-10-24T15:11:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > As many as you, you have no idea what I did in the White House. I stopped wars with France. You know, the France story. They were going to charge us, think of this, 25% to all, I have to protect American companies whether I like 'em or not. Some of them I didn’t even like. I imagine he’s talking about [this.](https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/us-suspends-french-tariffs-over-digital-services-tax-idUSKBN29D08F/) To sum up, France charges 3% Digital Services Tax on companies doing internet business in France. Trump thought they were unfairly targeting US companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. So, HE STARTED A TRADE WAR by threatening a 25% tariff on French goods in direct retaliation. Once he lost the election, his administration dropped tariff threat in January 2021, and the companies he “protected” are still paying the tax (unless Biden negotiated something about it). I guess his fans aren’t the only ones who have no idea what he did in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3037 "2024-10-24T15:29:37Z")
[FDA eyes McDonald’s supplier’s onions as source of E. Coli outbreak](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/fda-eyes-mcdonald-s-supplier-s-onions-as-source-of-e-coli-outbreak/ar-AA1sR94z?ocid=BingNewsSerp) that onion??! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3038 "2024-10-24T16:32:01Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > He doesn’t “weave.” Not even his hair? ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3039 "2024-10-24T16:49:59Z")
If only he’d worn it in his belt instead, we wouldn’t be in this mess. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3040 "2024-10-24T16:53:16Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I wish they wouldn’t have cut it off before we finally learned how Arnie Palmer’s schlong tied it all together. I’m sure it was a thing of beauty. I’d imagine that it was pretty average in appearance, like most schlongs. No one’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3041 "2024-10-24T18:04:59Z")
New Ad apparently from Swalwell. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wiyGScJ7iWQ/maxresdefault.jpg "A Place For Trump") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiyGScJ7iWQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3042 "2024-10-24T18:17:26Z")
Awesome. I literally lol’d. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3043 "2024-10-24T19:41:35Z")
that is sensational. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3044 "2024-10-24T19:47:33Z")
Trump has to be corrected by Fox News when he says Obama is still president. > **['You mean President Biden': Fox News host reminds Trump that Obama isn't...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-thinks-obama-is-president/)** > > Fox News host Brian Kilmeade corrected former President Donald Trump after he suggested Barack Obama was still president.The correction came during a discussion about Iran's aggression towards Israel on Wednesday."Brian, it's all coming through Iran,... ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3045 "2024-10-24T22:38:48Z")
“15 years ago Venezuela was a thriving incredible country” (15 years ago, Hugo Chavez was still president) > “[Biden] He said lock him up last night. He’s not allowed to say that” (OH REALLY?!) > “We’re like a garbage can for the world” (Sundown, you better take care…) > “With your vote this November we are going to fire… Kamala Harsssss. We’re gonna fire. Get the hell. We’re gonna fire Kamala. We’re gonna get her out of here.” (ERROR: ABORT/RETRY/FAIL?) > “Putin went into Afghanistan” (I don’t care much for this new Harry Turtledove novel) > “He doesn’t even know what he’s watched. Tell him, Jimmy. Get up. You’re getting up, Jimmy. Let’s go. Let’s go, Jimmy. I’m not gonna use foul language. Get your fat ass out of the couch” (???) > “San Francisco was one of the greatest cities in the world 16 years ago” (Kamala Harris was DA of San Francisco 16 years ago) > ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3046 "2024-10-24T22:44:00Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Awesome. I literally lol’d. 😄 So did I. Thanks for posting that, @psychobunny ! ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3047 "2024-10-24T22:59:50Z")
I mentioned it before, but it seems to become even more obvious: Not quite sure whether he does it on purpose, but listening to his delivery, his voice, the repetition of words and the unspecified nouns, verbs and universal quantifiers (“people are saying…”), is actually quite trance-inducing. I wonder if that is why people attending his rallies don’t realise what incoherent rubbish comes out of his mouth, as they are literally zonked out. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3048 "2024-10-24T23:07:00Z")
Old news but… > **[How Donald Trump hypnotized America](https://theweek.com/articles/623396/how-donald-trump-hypnotized-america)** > > It's easy, actually: Be funny. Be confident. Be a bully. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Close with the emotion. Win. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3049 "2024-10-24T23:17:25Z")
IMO, there are (notwithstanding the media) three types of people who go to Trump’s rallies; the superfans who follow him from town to town in their RVs like the world’s saddest Grateful Dead tour, the ordinary Republicans who don’t pay much attention to politics and want to hear what he has to say, and low-information/undecided voters who are curious. The first crowd is just there to hear the greatest hits and would cheer for him if he read from the phone book for two hours. The second and third are the ones we see leaving 20 minutes into his speech when they realize he has nothing to offer but word salad and rehashed grievances. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3050 "2024-10-24T23:19:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “[Biden] He said lock him up last night. He’s not allowed to say that” (OH REALLY?!) Note that these are Trump’s words, with @Smapti 's annotation in parentheses. I had CNN on in the background today, and they were showing part of this Trump rally. (I heard, for example, Trump say the above remarks.) The funniest part was when he went on about the media. He listed a few sources, then mentioned CNN—and he stopped cold, looking straight into CNN’s camera. “Oh, look. All I have to do is say ‘CNN,’ and their camera goes off.” The crowd loved it. Except CNN’s camera did not turn off. They continued to cover his remarks for about the next ten minutes. Of course, his in-person audience didn’t know that; but when they went back to the studio, CNN’s talking heards were remarking on it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3051 "2024-10-24T23:29:01Z")
Good Lord, and that’s from 2016. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3052 "2024-10-24T23:40:17Z")
It’s taking longer than we thought. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3053 "2024-10-24T23:54:18Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Note that these are Trump’s words, with @Smapti 's annotation in parentheses. This is, of course, correct. My apologies to anyone who thought I was suggesting that Trump started singing Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot’s 1973 number-one single “Sundown”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=152)