# 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:** 173
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3474 "2024-11-07T09:06:02Z")
Good news - you’ll get both. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3475 "2024-11-07T22:58:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > All things considered, I’d rather listen to him bitch about the election being stolen for the next four years than the reality. Yeah. Except I’m not optimistic about the “next four years” part. If his health hold up, it’s going to be a lot longer than that. Topic for another thread. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3476 "2024-11-08T00:45:14Z")
I was going to post this exact sentiment the other day “Might as well enjoy the show, if nothing else”. Farron Cousins. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkd7aSAi4NY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkd7aSAi4NY) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3477 "2024-11-08T04:08:51Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Among the twisted blessings of this day of horror: at least we won’t have to hear the Fraud and Stolen and Rigged litany again. You’re joking. He’ll carry it on until the day that he dies. He’ll spend his presidency seeking out and punishing all those involved in the election. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3478 "2024-12-02T03:28:34Z")
Trump is demanding that Biden pardon the insurrectionists as if he’s forgotten that he’s going to be president in six weeks. > **['Such an abuse!': Trump responds to Biden's pardon move by turning the tables](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-pardon-response/)** > > Donald Trump on Sunday evening gave his first reaction to President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter. > > Biden earned applause from political insiders and onlookers alike after he made the announcement, in which he said that “raw... ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3479 "2024-12-02T03:44:40Z")
Although I do think Hunter is guilty on some counts, there is little doubt as to what Trump would have done in Biden’s stead. Indeed, Trump pardoned Kuschner Sr. if memory serves. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3480 "2024-12-02T03:46:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump is demanding that Biden pardon the insurrectionists as if he’s forgotten that he’s going to be president in six weeks. [![](https://dmsblogdotcom.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cantsomeone.jpg) ](https://dmsblogdotcom.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cantsomeone.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3481 "2024-12-02T10:03:19Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Indeed, Trump pardoned Kuschner Sr. if memory serves. And now wants to make him Ambassador to France. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3482 "2024-12-02T13:06:03Z")
It’s a simple pot calling kettle black play. It’s entirely about proactively painting the Ds as politically motivated oardoners ahead of him doing the same thing on a far more ghastly scale. Bog standard “Every accusation is a confession”. Also standard playground “No; _you’re_ a [whatever]!!” So absolutely not confused. Just standard demagoguery ---
**Author:** ![jlh3rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@jlh3rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlh3rd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3483 "2024-12-08T12:12:02Z")
lol…trump won, get over it. Massive win, all 7 swing states, the house, the senate. Trudeau couldn’t get to mar a largo fast enough. Ya’ll are funny ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3484 "2024-12-08T13:16:12Z")
> [@jlh3rd](#): > > Ya’ll are funny And you’re a nope. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3485 "2024-12-08T16:05:29Z")
> [@jlh3rd](#): > > Massive win, 49.9% = massive? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3486 "2024-12-08T16:13:30Z")
> [@jlh3rd](#): > > lol…trump won, get over it. Massive win, all 7 swing states, the house, the senate. None of which negates Trump’s visible mental decline. (And as **jsc1953** notes, 49.9% is not ‘massive’.) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3487 "2024-12-08T16:16:01Z")
Distraction post, people, don’t fall for it. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3488 "2024-12-08T16:17:28Z")
Noted. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3489 "2024-12-08T17:34:09Z")
FTR, in 2020 Biden got 51.3% of the vote to Trump’s puny 46.8%. That means that Biden’s victory was super, duper massive. A landslide. An overwhelming mandate. Right? The only thing I learned from this election is that Trump beats women. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3490 "2024-12-08T17:39:27Z")
Yes, but they secretly enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3491 "2024-12-08T17:41:08Z")
Moderating: > [@jlh3rd](#): > > lol…trump won, get over it. Massive win, all 7 swing states, the house, the senate. Trudeau couldn’t get to mar a largo fast enough. > Ya’ll are funny This is an official Warning for – yet again – trolling in a thread. There was no purpose to making this post other than to inflame anger in other posters. You are also ignoring prior mod instructions. In addition to this Warning, you are suspended until we can discuss and determine the future of your posting privileges on this Board. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3492 "2024-12-08T20:25:45Z")
Meanwhile, Trump did an interview today where he revealed that he still doesn’t know how anything works. “I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. The groceries. When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs.” > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lcssg4x3fj23)** > > Trump: I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. The groceries. When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs.. Welker: Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care? Trump: Yes. We have concepts of a plan that will be better. > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lcsjmrqtgg2c)** > > Welker: Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care? > > Trump: Yes. We have concepts of a plan that will be better. > > Welker: Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan? Welker: Economists of all stripes say that ultimately, consumers pay the price of tariffs. Trump: I don’t believe that. Welker: Can you guarantee American families won’t pay more? Trump: I can’t guarantee anything. > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lcsjhv4tn52c)** > > Welker: Economists of all stripes say that ultimately, consumers pay the price of tariffs. > > Trump: I don't believe that. > > Welker: Can you guarantee American families won't pay more? > > Trump: I can't guarantee anything.. You’ve promised to end birthright citizenship on day one," Welker noted. “Is that still your plan?” “Yeah, absolutely,” Trump insisted. “The 14th Amendment, though, says that, quote, all persons born in the United States are citizens,” Welker pointed out. “Can you get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action?” “Well, we’re going to have to get a change,” Trump remarked. “We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.” > **[Trump vows end to birthright citizenship on 'day one' — including changing...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-birthright-citizenship/)** > > President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his promise to end birthright citizenship on his first day in office despite constitutional protections. > > In an interview that aired Sunday on NBC, host Kristen Welker pressed Trump on his campaign promise to... ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3493 "2024-12-08T20:29:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. I think it is hilarious that Trump is just discovering this now. Like, has his life been so privileged that he never had to go shopping for food? He would just open the cupboards and there would always be food there? And he never once asked how it got there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=174)