# 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:** 175
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3514 "2024-12-12T22:35:53Z")
The picture where Barron’s toy cars were limos? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3515 "2024-12-12T22:46:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Someone here on the SDMB linked a family picture of Melania, Barron and the asshole. Said “Everything is covered in gold, even the digger” Melania was in a gold colored dress. Probably this one: [![](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/103174256/photo/new-york-donald-trump-melania-trump-and-their-son-barron-trump-pose-for-a-portrait-on-april-14.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=QO5oKUOLC4q3gqN0Ul6DqHmtUETOk9ydmd9LnClYDXk=) ](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/103174256/photo/new-york-donald-trump-melania-trump-and-their-son-barron-trump-pose-for-a-portrait-on-april-14.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=QO5oKUOLC4q3gqN0Ul6DqHmtUETOk9ydmd9LnClYDXk=) > [@carrps](#): > > The picture where Barron’s toy cars were limos? I’d not ever noticed that before in that picture. One is some sort of old race car, but the other two are, indeed, limos. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3516 "2024-12-12T22:54:06Z")
The best part is the “wind” blowing Melania’s dress inside an apartment with closed windows. Wow, she really looked different back then. She doesn’t even look like the same person now. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3517 "2024-12-12T22:55:10Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Wow, she really looked different back then. She doesn’t even look like the same person now. One could say the same thing about her husband. His hairstyle hadn’t yet entirely evolved into the current elaborate comb-over, and he still had a skin tone that occurs in nature. ---
**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 12, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3518 "2024-12-12T23:03:36Z")
And neither were old. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3519 "2024-12-12T23:14:57Z")
The details on the [Getty Images link to that photo](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/donald-trump-melania-trump-and-their-son-barron-trump-pose-news-photo/103174256) says it was taken in April, 2010 – so, 14 1/2 years ago. Donald would have been going on 64, Melania would have been just turning 40. Plus, I have no doubt that the stress and legal issues of the last 8 years have aged Donald quite a bit. ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3520 "2024-12-13T02:31:26Z")
“I tell the story about a woman who went to a grocery store, had three apples and she put them down on the counter and she looked and saw the price and she said will you excuse me? And she walked one of the apples back to the refrigerator” (You know, the store where they keep apples in the refrigerator and where people can’t afford $1.50 for three of them and you don’t find out the price until you ring them up and you have to restock your own go-backs) > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3ld56y5eewu2z)** > > Trump: I tell the story about a woman who… went to a grocery store, had three apples and she put them down on the counter and she looked and saw the price and she said will you excuse me? And she walked one of the apples back to the refrigerator ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3521 "2024-12-13T04:17:18Z")
Since I doubt Trump has ever been in a grocery store, maybe he thinks they are big buildings full of refrigerators. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3522 "2024-12-13T04:53:54Z")
In before: ‘_Trump announces an apple tariff. But will Appalachia pay it?_’ ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3523 "2024-12-13T12:25:04Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > _Trump announces an apple tariff._ Lord Summerisle starts stockpiling wicker ahead of Trumps visit to Scotland. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3524 "2024-12-16T20:08:26Z")
"“I’ve spoken to way over 100 people, where they called to congratulate not only the election but also the size of the election and the extent of the victory. They were great. I spoke to over 100 countries. You wouldn’t believe how many countries there are.” “People are saying [Xi] won’t come [to the inauguration] and people think he will come, but won’t come. It’s something we barely discussed. Just about didn’t discuss. But I have had, especially through letters, very good conversations.” > **['The idiot you elected': Trump leaves onlookers aghast with geography question](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lot-of-countries/)** > > During a press conference Monday, President-elect Donald Trump made a number of assertions that left viewers in giggles. While discussing the world leaders he'd spoken to after his election, Trump confessed to being shocked at the number of countries... ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3525 "2024-12-16T20:13:42Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > some sort of old race car [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kSwAAOSwJM9m3yFm/s-l1600.webp) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kSwAAOSwJM9m3yFm/s-l1600.webp) ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3526 "2024-12-16T23:49:41Z")
Trump says Democrats want to get rid of popular vote in presidential elections and have the Electoral College decide the winner. > **[Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113621278691359489)** > > The Democrats are fighting hard to get rid of the Popular Vote in future Elections. They want all future Presidential Elections to be based exclusively on the Electoral College! [![](https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nevermind_nathan_fillion.gif) ](https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nevermind_nathan_fillion.gif) ---
**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 17, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3527 "2024-12-17T00:21:31Z")
‘Every accusation by a Republican is a confession.’ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LMvIwqVqE-8/hq720.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LMvIwqVqE-8/hq720.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3528 "2024-12-17T00:24:03Z")
Remember folks, it’s Biden that isn’t mentally healthy enough to be President. ---
**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 17, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3529 "2024-12-17T00:25:08Z")
I’m with him on this one. Let’s get rid of the Electoral College. In fact, let’s make it retroactive. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3530 "2024-12-17T00:30:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m with him on this one. Cluelessly criticizing something that gives his party a structural advantage in presidential elections, and is why he was elected in 2016 (when he lost the popular vote by 2.9 million), is so very on-brand for His Orangeness. ---
**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 17, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3531 "2024-12-17T00:43:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m with him on this one. Let’s get rid of the Electoral College. Trump is saying _He_ wants to get rid of the Electoral College. [Edit and emphasis mine] > **The Democrats** … want all future Presidential Elections to be based exclusively on the Electoral College! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3532 "2024-12-17T00:49:11Z")
Most of Trump’s positions are Democratic. Fortunately for him, most people in both parties don’t know which positions are left and which are right so that hasn’t factored into anything. ---
**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 17, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/3533 "2024-12-17T01:16:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Trump is saying _He_ wants to get rid of the Electoral College. ERRATA: I meant to say He _doesn’t_ want to get rid of the Electoral College, but He says the Democrats are the ones who want to keep it. Sorry, dinner was just done when I posted. **Trump:** The Democrats want to get rid of the popular vote and keep the Electoral College! **Democrats:** Um, no. _We_ would like to get rid of the EC and elect the President by popular vote. Because, you know, the only reason you won the first time was because you had the EC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=176)