# 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:** 156
**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:** [October 30, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3134 "2024-10-30T20:23:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I saw a piece on CNN this morning. They analyzed one of Trump’s ads that quoted newspapers predicting doom and gloom if Harris were to be elected. The reporter looked up the actual articles that were selectively quoted, and the full quotes were nothing like what was implied in the ad. One was even from 6 years ago. I saw that too; it’s an excellent expose of GOP tactics: > [@](#): > > …Tactic: Cutting out key words > One Trump ad deletes critical words from two separate quotes on Harris’ tax policies. > The ad twice shows a video clip of Harris saying this: “Taxes are gonna have to go up.” But the ad removes key words from the beginning and end of her sentence. > What Harris actually said — at an event in 2019, during her previous presidential campaign — was that “estate taxes are gonna have to go up for the richest Americans.” > The same ad also features the following on-screen text the ad attributed to an article in The New York Times: “Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes.” But as the Times itself has noted, this, too, is a misleading snip. What the Times article actually said was this: “Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.” > … I don’t think that Donald is at ALL confused about the fact that his campaign lies big and lies often. > **[Fact check: How Trump’s TV ads deceive viewers with misleadingly edited quotes...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/politics/fact-check-trump-tv-ads-misleadingly-edited-quotes/index.html)** > > Fact check: How Trump’s TV ads deceive viewers with misleadingly edited quotes ---
**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 30, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3135 "2024-10-30T20:30:45Z")
“If God came down from on high and God said I will be the voting tabulator for the day, I believe I would win California because I do great with the Hispanics” > “I had an uncle who was at MIT for 41 years… I had something in my blood about that. Elon knows more about computers than anybody there is” > “She doesn’t have the intellect, stamina, or that special quality that real leaders must have. We know what that is. It’s a special quality” > “It was water. It was water hurricane.” > ---
**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:** [October 30, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3136 "2024-10-30T20:34:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/atrupar/status/1851689544577355862) Trump: “It was water. It was water hurricane.” > (Is there another type?) > **[Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park...](https://www.nps.gov/pagr/learn/historyculture/hurricane-carter.htm)** > > Explore the life of Rubin ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3137 "2024-10-30T20:38:14Z")
I see your Hurricane Carter and raise you Hurricane Higgins… > **[Alex Higgins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Higgins)** > > Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" for his rapid play, and known as the "People's Champion" for his popularity and charisma, he is often credited as a key factor in snooker's success as a mainstream televised sport in the 1980s. > Higgins turned professional in 1971 and won the World Snooker ... ---
**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:** [October 30, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3138 "2024-10-30T20:45:57Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Hurricane Higgins… Though as far as Trump is concerned, Higgins would be the “right” kind of non-water Hurricane (skin-tone-wise, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3139 "2024-10-30T21:46:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “She doesn’t have the intellect, stamina, or that special quality that real leaders must have. We know what that is. It’s a special quality” Code for “she doesn’t have boy parts”? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3140 "2024-10-30T21:50:35Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Code for “she doesn’t have boy parts”? Or, not white. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3141 "2024-10-30T21:53:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “She doesn’t have the intellect, stamina, or that special quality that real leaders must have. We know what that is. It’s a special quality” He means a Y chromosome. You don’t have to be a dog to hear that whistle. ETA: Note to self: Read to the bottom of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3142 "2024-10-30T22:20:52Z")
I predict that win or lose, Trump is going to be admitted to hospital before the end of 2024. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3143 "2024-10-30T22:34:13Z")
Curiously, there’s an accusation going around the loony parts of the Interwebs that Harris is a transwoman. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3144 "2024-10-30T22:34:59Z")
My brother and his friends have been posting this since 2020. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3145 "2024-10-30T22:38:27Z")
That was my immediate thought when I heard that. CNN carried a bit of it live. I had to mute, it was just too much, a few minutes later cnn cut away. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3146 "2024-10-30T22:46:47Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Curiously, there’s an accusation going around the loony parts of the Interwebs that Harris is a transwoman. So… not like Michelle Obama who was always a man, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3147 "2024-10-30T23:00:14Z")
Does Trump really not realize Biden ain’t running for president. How can a gaffe a poor old guy, who has a history of gaffes, say something ignorant make a difference? He NOT the candidate anymore. Yeah he’s confused. I’m gonna be real disappointed if this loses the race for Kamala. Has no one counted all the people he’s dinigrated, made fun of and called names out of his stupid tiny mouth? ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3148 "2024-10-30T23:00:55Z")
Look, I go out of my way to learn what these idiots are ‘’‘thinking’‘’. I don’t go out of my way to understand what these idiots are ‘’‘thinking’‘’. That way madness lies! Also, 😉 ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3149 "2024-10-30T23:52:31Z")
“Beyonce ohhh… she didn’t sing. Kamala came on and they booed the hell out of both them” (this never happened)" > “Kamala Harris, a very low IQ individual, is running a campaign of hate, anger and retribution. She spent all of her time complaining” (and she wears orange makeup, and has crazy hair, and she cheated on her wife Melania with a porn star) > Struggling to work his stroke-afflicted leg > “RFK Jr’s going to make sure our women are safe” (his wife killed herself when she found his diary of the 37 women he cheated on her with) > “250 million Americans are not garbage” (and the other hundred mil?) > "“I don’t know anything about the comedian. I don’t know who he is. I’ve never seen him. I heard he made a statement but it was just a statement that he made. He’s a comedian, what can I tell you? I know nothing about him.” (Then WHY WAS HE OPENING FOR YOU, DIPSHIT?) > ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3150 "2024-10-31T00:11:35Z")
Why is he in a truck? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3151 "2024-10-31T00:13:03Z")
And wearing a safety vest. Oh, right - it’s orange and goes well with his face. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3152 "2024-10-31T00:14:19Z")
Moving Truck? ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3153 "2024-10-31T00:15:32Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Why is he in a truck? Showing us what he wants to do to 100 million of us, apparently. > > > Kate Sullivan @KateSullivanDC [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=157)