# 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:** 159
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3194 "2024-10-31T20:20:45Z")
He still has no idea what Bitcoin is. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbO-98RX0AAJoZk?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbO-98RX0AAJoZk?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3195 "2024-10-31T20:22:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1852058678519894372) > > “Your votes are rigged. We can win New Mexico” You miss the telling part. watch it again. > Thank you very much, New Mexico, what a good place…Thank you very much…Look, I’m only here for one reason. They all said, don’t come. I said why? You can’t win New Mexico. I said, look, your votes are rigged, we can win New Mexico. We can win New Mexico. It sounds to me that he feel he has the votes rigged enough to win NM, since that is the only way that is going to happen. I have kin living in NM and Trump is not liked there, by hardly anyone. ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3196 "2024-10-31T20:27:11Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > It sounds to me that he feel he has the votes rigged enough to win NM, since that is the only way that is going to happen. He thinks he’s going to win California, too. He’s detached from reality. ---
**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 31, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3197 "2024-10-31T20:31:04Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > It sounds to me that he feel he has the votes rigged enough to win NM, since that is the only way that is going to happen. I have kin living in NM and Trump is not liked there, by hardly anyone. Between the fact that he lost New Mexico by over 10 percentage points in 2020 (and lost by 8 points in 2016), and that New Mexico only has 5 electoral college votes, one has to wonder why, with only a few days left before the election, he’s choosing to spend time _there_. ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3198 "2024-10-31T20:33:14Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Between the fact that he lost New Mexico by over 10 percentage points in 2020 (and lost by 8 points in 2016), and that New Mexico only has 5 electoral college votes, one has to wonder why, with only a few days left before the election, he’s choosing to spend time _there_. Because that’s where the main character lived in _Swing Vote_. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3199 "2024-10-31T21:23:28Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’m expecting “garbage” themed merchandise to be available by morning. There’s nothing very imaginative but this shirt is truth in advertising. I’m sure that some will wear it proudly. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/lGwG3Us.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/2WXedTk) ---
**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 31, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3200 "2024-10-31T22:44:19Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > It sounds to me that he feel he has the votes rigged enough to win NM, since that is the only way that is going to happen. I have kin living in NM and Trump is not liked there, by hardly anyone. That’s one possibility. We’re talking about a man who claims he would have carried California if the votes were rigged. It’s really hard to figure out whether Trump is aware of his lies or he’s delusional to think he can win California or New Mexico. ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3201 "2024-10-31T23:41:38Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > We’re talking about a man who claims he would have carried California if the votes were rigged. I believe you left out an n’t there. ---
**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 31, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3202 "2024-10-31T23:50:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I believe you left out an n’t there. It was a gaffe. Good thing I’m not running for office. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3203 "2024-11-01T00:06:48Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > . . . has anyone ever called him on his 100% bullshit story about kids getting gender reassignment surgeries at school without the parents knowledge? How can he continue to peddle this BS without ANYONE calling him on it. I understand Hannity eating Trump’s shit, but anyone else? The Atlantic: [Donald Trump’s Incredible ‘Transgender Thing:’The former president’s claim that public schools are providing sex-change operations is wrong—and dangerous](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/donald-trump-schools-sex-change/679690/) NBC: [Trump repeats false claims that children are undergoing transgender surgery during the school day](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-false-claims-schools-transgender-surgeries-rcna170217) CNN: [Trump revives his lie that schools are secretly sending children for gender-affirming surgeries](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-children-gender-affirming-surgeries/index.html) He’s been called on it many times in articles that do not headline with it: USA Today: [Trump knew Moms for Liberty was the perfect crowd for his hate speech.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/06/trump-moms-for-liberty-lies-trans-children-immigrants/75074854007/) > [@](#): > > [No one is performing gender-affirming surgery at school](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/donald-trump-fact-check-children-gender-affirming-surgery/index.html). To suggest that is ridiculous. However, I think you are correct that there aren’t a lot of articles specifically focused on debunking the claim about school surgeries. Maybe some editors think giving it too high a profile would dignify such an obvious lie. In any event, I do not see Trump lying as evidence of confusion. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3204 "2024-11-01T00:53:42Z")
“It’s a disgrace what happens. Think of it. They sent out millions and millions and millions of ballots. They go out, they come back” > “I went to California… And nobody could believe it. You couldn’t even get on the streets. It looked like Lindbergh just arrived on Broadway” > “They mail out like 38 million ballots. They get mailed back in. They shovel them with shovels in cans and bullshit.” > “They don’t want windows. They don’t want cows. They don’t want anything. They don’t know what they want.” > “I am the father of IVF. When I heard about it…” > "In terms of computer, I would say he’s probably about as good as you get” > “You look at your food because you look at the cost of food items. You know, more people tell me about groceries. The word grocery, I’ve heard it more in the last year than any other word, I think. I think I heard it more than any other word other than. Other than the word garbage, garbage. How stupid is a man to say that, right? How stupid is a man to say that, but she believes it too. I’d like to hear their conversation now.” > ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3205 "2024-11-01T01:28:22Z")
> [@](#): > > “I went to California… And nobody could believe it. You couldn’t even get on the streets. It looked like Lindbergh just arrived on Broadway” It’s good to see Trump coming with the super contemporary references. I get it though. Lindbergh was a Nazi to. He has no idea time kept moving forward after 1988, does he? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3206 "2024-11-01T01:39:45Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > He has no idea time kept moving forward after 1988, does he? People with dementia usually have much greater ease remembering things that happened decades ago than things that happened recently. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3207 "2024-11-01T02:53:24Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > He has no idea time kept moving forward after 1988, does he? Lindbergh’s parade was 1927. That’s old even for a geezer like him. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3208 "2024-11-01T03:09:20Z")
I can’t believe he actually said this out loud. Well, yeah, I can. > ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3209 "2024-11-01T03:11:39Z")
Nothing to do with him being “confused” but I notice he’s wearing the Black / Gold hat again that some have suggested (I can’t remember if it was here or elsewhere) is a secret sign to his Proud Boys. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3210 "2024-11-01T03:15:25Z")
I had noted in the Madison Square Garden thread that he first wore it at a rally in Michigan the night before. Seems like another “Stand back and stand by” moment. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3211 "2024-11-01T04:03:19Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Lindbergh’s parade was 1927. That’s old even for a geezer like him. I was feeling a bit stupid not getting his reference. Now learning that happened 50 years before I was born, I don’t feel as stupid. I mean, I know who Lindbergh was, I just didn’t know there was a huge shindig on Broadway. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3212 "2024-11-01T04:56:15Z")
“Let’s put [Liz Cheney] with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.” > “Why do they want to have, uh, transition – I call 'em transition operations, by the thousands. If you just say, ‘Well I’m thinking about it,’ they throw you on an operating table.” > “Their crime weight” > ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3213 "2024-11-01T05:07:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Their crime weight” Trump has a crime weight. “Crime? Wait, I wasn’t done yet!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=160)