# 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:** 17
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/321 "2024-03-03T16:48:01Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > On a RWNJ website I lurk, they’re saying it’s all AI-doctored video. Ah…so _that_ explains it. 💡 Where do the Jewish space lasers figure in? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/322 "2024-03-03T17:14:07Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > It should be war-mung-er. > > He says **war** **mong** -er, with a gap between the first and second syllable I think you may be running into a trans-Atlantic distinction. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/323 "2024-03-03T17:34:55Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. I say it with a gap between the first and second syllable. Me too. Al also say **fish mong** -er and **whore mong** -er and **veg** -e-tab-uhl **mong** -er. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I think you may be running into a trans-Atlantic distinction. Probably. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/324 "2024-03-04T02:26:27Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > I’m just wondering when we’ll see Mercedes on the campaign trail with him again I posted in either this thread or one of the many others that Snopes has debunked that one. If you Google it you can see it. That’s one of the few times he _didn’t_ fuck up. Eta:I’m on my phone or I’d link. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/325 "2024-03-04T03:11:52Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That’s one of the few times he _didn’t_ fuck up. Okay, he didn’t get his wife’s name wrong. But he is a poor communicator. It wasn’t at all clear what he was talking about. Still a gaffe, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/326 "2024-03-04T03:29:54Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I posted in either this thread or one of the many others that Snopes has debunked that one. If you Google it you can see it. That’s one of the few times he _didn’t_ fuck up. So Trump didn’t even acknowledge his wife Melania in that speech. What an asshole! What a maroon! What a shitgibbon, dare I say! 😉 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/327 "2024-03-04T14:49:31Z")
‘TRUMP’S COGNITIVE DECLINE’ seems to be the Theme of the Day over at RawStory today. They have 5 articles about it prominently featured on their home page: > **[Psychologist breaks down 'neurological smoking gun' of Trump's 'cognitive...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-smoking-gun-dementia/)** > > Donald Trump is slipping into dementia and experts in the field are unable to sound their alarm for fear of their jobs, according to one psychologist. > > Trump on Saturday headlined multiple rallies, where he made numerous verbal slip-ups. In one... > **['It's gotten worse': Former Trump advisor admits his decline is accelerating](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mental-decline-2667423447/)** > > Reacting to speeches Donald Trump gave over the weekend where he repeatedly slurred his words, mistook President Joe Biden for former President Barack Obama and started sentences that trailed off into silence, Trump's former communications director... > **['Does he not see that?' MSNBC guest alarmed by signs of Trump's physical...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deterioration/)** > > Following a discussion over the media's obsession with President Joe Biden's age while ignoring Donald Trump's increasing failure to speak coherently, one of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" regulars noted the former president's alarming physical deterioration... > **['His team knows': White House reporter reveals how staffers try to hide...](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-mental-decline/)** > > MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire revealed that Donald Trump's campaign team is aware of his mental decline and takes steps to prevent voters from noticing."Morning Joe" panelists reacted throughout Monday's episode to the former president slurring and... > **['What fresh hell?' Supercut of Trump 'blanking out' at rally stuns Morning...](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-age/)** > > Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" reacted to a disturbing supercut video showing Donald Trump stumbling and fumbling through prepared remarks at weekend campaign events.The former president spoke in North Carolina and Virginia, where he mixed up the... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/328 "2024-03-04T16:39:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > ‘TRUMP’S COGNITIVE DECLINE’ seems to be the Theme of the Day over at RawStory today. They have 5 articles about it prominently featured on their home page: Raw Story is useful as a news aggregate (and to summarize tweets and videos) but the site is very heavy of propaganda tactics. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/329 "2024-03-04T16:54:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Raw Story is useful as a news aggregate (and to summarize tweets and videos) but the site is very heavy of propaganda tactics. Yeah, I know-- RS aggregates news from more reputable sources and slaps sensational headlines on their stories. But I like to visit whenever I need some trump schadenfreude. I was just struck by the sheer volume of stories they featured this morning breathlessly proclaiming trump’s mental decline. Hopefully more of this starts to show up in more mainstream news sources, similar to the way constant right wing reporting of Biden’s so-called mental decline seems to have permeated mainstream news coverage. I mean, RS is not _ **wrong** _ on this-- there’s a much stronger case to be made for trump’s mental decline than Biden’s. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/330 "2024-03-04T19:53:52Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Yeah, I know-- RS aggregates news from more reputable sources and slaps sensational headlines on their stories. It’s like a left wing Drudge Report. Even though I align with them politically (or maybe especially **because** I do and am tempted toward credulity), I take their stories with a grain of salt. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/331 "2024-03-04T20:41:00Z")
… … and that’s the raw story! ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/332 "2024-03-11T19:39:18Z")
[Trump flip flops on House TikTok ban, pulling rug from under Republican allies](https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/11/trump-flip-flops-on-tiktok-ban-pulling-rug-from-under-republican-allies/) Thing is, I don’t think he is confused. I think he is acting in his self-interest. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/333 "2024-03-11T19:42:53Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Thing is, I don’t think he is confused. I think he is acting in his self-interest I don’t think anyone is suggesting that is a product of his senility. I wouldn’t rule out the possibility its the product of him just receiving almost 100M bucks from persons unknown so he can hold off E Jean Carroll from seizing his stuff for a while. Though to be honest of all the possible actors the potential future POTUS is in hoc to, a tech company with close ties to the autocratic Chinese Regime is possibly the best case IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/334 "2024-03-11T19:50:34Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > I don’t think anyone is suggesting that is a product of his senility. I wouldn’t rule out the possibility its the product of him just receiving almost 100M bucks from persons unknown so he can hold off the E Jean Carroll from seizing his stuff for a while. I wouldn’t even go that far. It’s got to be this: > **[Donald Trump suspended from Facebook indefinitely, says Mark Zuckerberg](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/donald-trump-twitter-ban-comes-to-end-amid-calls-for-tougher-action)** > > Facebook CEO accuses president of intending to undermine peaceful transition of power Trump does not let grudges go easily, if ever. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/335 "2024-03-12T00:56:04Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > [Trump flip flops on House TikTok ban, pulling rug from under Republican allies](https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/11/trump-flip-flops-on-tiktok-ban-pulling-rug-from-under-republican-allies/) > > Thing is, I don’t think he is confused. I think he is acting in his self-interest. Of course he is. > **[Trump met with billionaire TikTok investor before trying to save app](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tiktok-comments-meeting-with-billionaire-investor-jeff-yass-2024-3?amp)** > > During his time in the White House, Trump tried to ban the app but lost in the courts. Now, he's changed his mind on the matter. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/336 "2024-03-14T05:33:57Z")
Remember back in 2016 when Loser Donald heard that Hillary Clinton had used a software app called “BleachBit” and he thought she literally poured bleach on her hard drive? He apparently now thinks it’s “an acid that will destroy everything within ten miles”. > **[Trump mocked for saying Hillary Clinton's acid 'will destroy everything...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-clinton-socks-acid-mocked/)** > > Trump's having a tough time passing an acid test. In an interview with Newsmax host Greg Kelly, former President Donald Trump seemed to accuse Bill and Hillary Clinton of getting away with questionable conduct. "They released Hillary Clinton," he... ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/337 "2024-03-14T13:30:59Z")
I’m sorry, but you should have posted this in the “what we have learned about Covid” thread. Or not. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/338 "2024-03-14T17:55:37Z")
…this doesn’t have anything to do with covid. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/339 "2024-03-14T19:16:25Z")
Along with a bit of this (quote from PhillyGuy’s [link](https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/11/trump-flip-flops-on-tiktok-ban-pulling-rug-from-under-republican-allies/)) > …[which has won widespread bipartisan support.](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-00146229) And President [Biden last week came out in support](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4519788-biden-says-hell-sign-bill-that-could-ban-tiktok-if-congress-passes-it/) of the measure. If the Dems are in favor of it he’s against it. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/340 "2024-03-14T19:20:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He apparently now thinks it’s “an acid that will destroy everything within ten miles”. And then there’s this quote > “They released Hillary Clinton,” he said, suggesting the former Secretary of State wasn’t criminally charged Saying “released” means he thought she was in custody at some point. Sorry, Trump, but not even _you_ ever “Locked her up”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=18)