# 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:** 157
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3154 "2024-10-31T00:21:12Z")
I thought it was a “reply” to the Biden quote that Trump followers were garbage? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3155 "2024-10-31T00:21:22Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Curiously, there’s an accusation going around the loony parts of the Interwebs that Harris is a transwoman. It’s true and it’s tragic. When she was a little boy, without her parents’ knowledge or approval, her school had bottom surgery performed on her. Nobody talked about these scandals until Trump broke it wide open. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3156 "2024-10-31T00:22:04Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Curiously, there’s an accusation going around the loony parts of the Interwebs that Harris is a transwoman > [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > My brother and his friends have been posting this since 2020 But… how do they explain all those baby, girlhood, teen, young adult, and adult pictures? I know, stupid question. ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3157 "2024-10-31T00:22:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > “Who would want transgender operations for everyone in the world? They want that.” > > I thought it was “Transgender operations for some, miniature American flags for everyone else!” Once again, I’m gobsmacked that anyone, even Trump, can say this or hear this with a straight face, let alone believe it. They want this for _everyone in the world?_ Not 50%, not 10%, which would still be stupid as heck, but everyone?!? Even themselves? I mean, aside from the obvious insanity of it, how would they even pay for it? It seems we do about [310 million major surgeries per year, in the entire world](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7388795/). So this would cost on the order of 25 times the entire annual budget for surgeries, in the entire world. And that’s assuming a transition surgery only costs what an average surgery costs. I suspect they’re actually quite a bit more expensive than average. ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3158 "2024-10-31T00:27:23Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I saw that too; it’s an excellent expose of GOP tactics This kind of quote mining used to be the hallmark of the conspiracy theory crowd. They’d do the same thing, find a bunch of quotes that could be manipulated to say one thing, but really meant something different. Every time I tired to track one down, it was either completely made up, or so manipulated as to fundamentally alter the meaning. So it’s not surprising that a GOP that has been entirely taken over by CTists is doing the same thing. It’s built into their world view. ---
**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, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3159 "2024-10-31T00:27:44Z")
> …is riding around in a garbage truck for the cameras? There’s video of him making fries… where’s the video of him dumping garbage bins into the back of the truck? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3160 "2024-10-31T00:27:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Who would want transgender operations for everyone in the world? They want that.” But the numbers should still come out reasonably close afterward… ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3161 "2024-10-31T00:29:35Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Curiously, there’s an accusation going around the loony parts of the Interwebs that Harris is a transwoman. She’s got that certain “swing in her step”, if you know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink. ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3162 "2024-10-31T00:33:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > But… how do they explain all those baby, girlhood, teen, young adult, and adult pictures? Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake, and let me check, Hey, look, also Fake. > [@](#): > > I know, stupid question. Come on! this is the most important question of the 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:** [October 31, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3163 "2024-10-31T00:36:14Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I thought it was a “reply” to the Biden quote that Trump followers were garbage? As I linked to above; > ---
**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, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3164 "2024-10-31T00:37:18Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Once again, I’m gobsmacked that anyone, even Trump, can say this or hear this with a straight face, let alone believe it. They want this for _everyone in the world?_ Not 50%, not 10%, which would still be stupid as heck, but everyone?!? Even themselves? And he just doubled down on it. > ---
**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, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3165 "2024-10-31T00:40:18Z")
“I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not” > “They call it groceries. Bacon, lettuce, tomat— ohhh, everything is so much higher than it ever was.” (“They call it” is one of Trump’s tells that he has no idea what the word means) > “I’ve been up here probably 4 or 5 times already. You got me working Wisconsin. I mean, what the hell do I need this for?” > ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3166 "2024-10-31T01:03:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not” Wow, would you look at that? Trump accidentally told the truth. ---
**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, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3167 "2024-10-31T01:20:16Z")
“One of my people came in and said sir, you know the word garbage is the hottest thing right now. The hottest thing out there. Sir, would you like to drive a garbage truck?” He legitimately has no idea what the problem is. > ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3168 "2024-10-31T01:21:49Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > “I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not” > > Wow, would you look at that? Trump accidentally told the truth. Well, when you’re President, they let you do it. The Supreme Court said so. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3169 "2024-10-31T01:24:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > One of my people came in and said sir, you know the word garbage is the hottest thing right now. The hottest thing out there. Sir, would you like to drive a garbage truck?” No, what they said to him was “You’re hot garbage.” ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3170 "2024-10-31T02:01:00Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It seems we do about [310 million major surgeries per year, in the entire world](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7388795/). So this would cost on the order of 25 times the entire annual budget for surgeries, in the entire world. They’ll have a two-for-the-price-of-one sale. ---
**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 31, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3171 "2024-10-31T02:09:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Struggling to work his stroke-afflicted leg > > > Trump seems to be really struggling physically. [pic.x.com/yRk7ZB2kDx](https://x.com/mattmfm/status/1851765350477754842/video/1) When Hillary wobbled like that **ONE TIME** , it was in the headlines for days. ---
**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 31, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3172 "2024-10-31T02:22:09Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Why is he in a truck? Everybody’s got to be somewhere. ---
**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 31, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3173 "2024-10-31T02:35:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > It seems we do about [310 million major surgeries per year, in the entire world](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7388795/). So this would cost on the order of 25 times the entire annual budget for surgeries, in the entire world. > > They’ll have a two-for-the-price-of-one sale. Is Groupon still a thing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=158)