# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/841 "2024-06-06T23:58:20Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > He is “spectacularly vain and obsessed with physical appearance”. The problem is, he also has spectacularly bad taste, and none of the yes men he’s surrounded himself with will ever tell him that. And if someone ever does tell him that, he disregards their opinion, because he knows he knows more about everything than everyone else in the world. > > He walks out his front door every day, convinced that he’s the most handsome, fashionable man on the planet. Perhap Melanoma _wants_ him to look as bad as possible, so she doesn’t have to go through the nightmare of being first lady again. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/842 "2024-06-07T00:14:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I will use Title 42 to end the traaaaaa, and we have to do this” Yeah that’s what I mean right there. No amount of adding the odd missing word will make that make sense. It’s gibberish. He was about to say something immigrant related, God knows what something horrible I’m sure, and his brain just malfunctioned. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/843 "2024-06-07T00:28:35Z")
My guess is that he doesn’t know how to read the word “tyranny” and started out pronouncing it try-annie but then just gave up, and skipped to the next line. Chances are after the speech Trump chewed out the new teleprompter guy for not spelling it teerany. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/844 "2024-06-07T00:44:53Z")
A trah is equal to roughly 2.54 covfefes, it’s perfectly logical. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/845 "2024-06-07T02:25:22Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > My guess is that he doesn’t know how to read the word “tyranny” That would still make no sense as Title 42 is public health measure introduced in the last Trump administration during COVID (and now expired), and spuriously used to control immigration. And AFAIK Trump doesn’t condemn tyranny really, as he’s a huge blatant fan of tyranny in all its forms ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/846 "2024-06-07T22:32:22Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > “If you encounter Trump in the wild, avoid sudden movements and back away slowly.” Heh. Though we knew that before his public foaming-at-the-mouth. Gad. Just _imagine_ being forced into having eye contact with that particular human-shaped object. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/847 "2024-06-09T21:08:56Z")
“It must be because of my relationship with M.I.T., very smart, I say, what would happen if the boat sank, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater…. Do I get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark?” > “it’s 110, but it doesn’t feel it to me, right. If anybody goes down. Everybody was so worried yesterday about you and they never mentioned me. I’m up here sweating like a dog. They don’t think about me. This is hard work.” > “I don’t care about you. I just want your vote. I don’t care.” > I want to thank all the celebrities from being here. We have great celebrities" > “Who’s a Democrat that likes Trump in this room?” (This is an outdoor event) > “And no thurburwu, I tell you what” > ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/848 "2024-06-09T21:10:42Z")
Was just going to post those. I don’t know if Trump is confused but I certainly am now. Wtf was that bit about shark attacks and batteries about? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/849 "2024-06-09T21:14:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wtf was that bit about shark attacks and batteries about? The woke want electric powered sharks because they hate gasoline and FREEDOMMMMmmmm. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/850 "2024-06-09T21:15:27Z")
_Buy e-sharks, doo doo doodoo doodoo…_ ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/851 "2024-06-09T21:17:31Z")
‘Xharks.’ ~ Elon ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/852 "2024-06-09T21:25:47Z")
What shark-infested lake was he in, exactly? With a battery-powered boat? I’m so confused. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/853 "2024-06-09T21:26:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wtf was that bit about shark attacks Woke Democrats won’t even condemn these alien sharks who aren’t even US citizens coming onto your shores and eating pretty young women. Attacking pretty young women is a job for American Patriots like Trump, Damnit! ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/854 "2024-06-09T21:30:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I don’t care about you. I just want your vote. I don’t care.” And he knew right away that he’d created a Biden ad. (“The press will take that.” Damn straight.) I’m actually rather surprised that he had the ability to recognize that he’d torpedoed himself. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/855 "2024-06-09T21:35:16Z")
Or to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/856 "2024-06-09T21:39:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wtf was that bit about shark attacks and batteries about? Probably some kind of bit about Democrats jumping the shark on electric vehicles and he flubbed it massively (along with most of that rambling incoherent inchoate mess). I can’t imagine that was an ad-lib. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/857 "2024-06-09T21:41:47Z")
Probably has something to do with using electro magnets to launch planes off of carriers instead of steam. Trump - You don’t “jump over by the shark” You jump the shark. You are very well versed in this. Possibly an Olympian. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/858 "2024-06-09T21:43:26Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Or to be honest. It’s reasonable to suppose that the extreme heat did a number on his usual protective armor of ‘DON’T ADMIT THAT YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT THEM!!!1!!!’ restraint. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/859 "2024-06-09T21:46:22Z")
Trump’s gone on about this before: Yahoo!news (Updated October 2, 2023): [Trump Chooses His Own Shocking Cause Of Death In Bonkers New Rant](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-chooses-own-shocking-cause-050905497.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF--ob-OziTIdilSnz2rWgV_A6seFgNJL4TyhpEoJi-1cRr1HGr97_rHpfPD3JBITcziRnnsyRr-wrGp03lY1I3vuUvSpCWmKZmJ3hm6RqCa7QriEek8xCDBk97EjG2pilzpQ1glmWanau2t03_9qVZTnyYBbP5qk597aJ79hywK) > The former president turned a rant against renewable energy into a wild explanation of how he’d rather die if he were on a sinking electric boat. > > “But if I’m sitting down, and that boat’s going down, and I’m on top of a battery, and the water starts flooding in, I’m getting concerned,” Trump said at an event in Iowa in Sunday. “But then I look 10 yards to my left and there’s a shark over there. So I have a choice of electrocution or shark, you know what I’m gonna take? Electrocution. I will take electrocution every single time.” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/860 "2024-06-09T22:42:16Z")
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