# 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:** 45
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/881 "2024-06-11T01:02:52Z")
Candygram! ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/882 "2024-06-11T01:42:12Z")
This made me laugh on the subject: > ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/883 "2024-06-11T02:17:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Being a Trump supporter is like watching an action film. Shut off your brain, don’t ask questions, and just enjoy it. “He’s not that kind of President, kid.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/884 "2024-06-11T03:15:08Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wtf was that bit about shark attacks and batteries about? I suppose it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he was talking about deep sea mining, which some people think has potential to supply minerals for EV batteries. [Here’s](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/10/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-deep-sea-mining) a _Guardian_ article talking about John Oliver’s most recent _Last Week Tonight,_ which addressed this particular topic. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/885 "2024-06-11T03:25:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Land sharks. I snorted. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/886 "2024-06-11T04:03:00Z")
If you’re on an electric boat that’s sinking, and there’s a shark nearby, you throw the battery at the shark to electrocute it, then put on a life jacket and you’ll be fine. If you’re on a gasoline or diesel boat that _doesn’t_ have a battery, and it starts sinking, you’re shark chow. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/887 "2024-06-11T04:28:14Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If you’re on a gasoline or diesel boat that _doesn’t_ have a battery … you are perfectly safe tied up at the dock, as it could not start. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/888 "2024-06-11T04:48:33Z")
I hadn’t thought about that. Thank God gas powered vehicles don’t have batteries… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/889 "2024-06-11T04:50:02Z")
I’m not talking about those wimply little starter batteries. You couldn’t daze a goldfish with one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/890 "2024-06-11T05:31:18Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I hadn’t thought about that. Thank God gas powered vehicles don’t have batteries… There was a great sketch on SCTV when SCTV’s satellite feed had been taken over by “3CP1, television Moscow” [meaning “CCCP1”]. The show was “Hey, Yorgi,” starring John Candy as Yorgi, who helped people while being mostly silent. One of “Hey Yorgi’s” sketches involved a man whose car wouldn’t start. “Yorgi, help me. My car won’t start.” Yorgi opens the hood and points to the drinking straws poking out of the battery cells. “Uzbeks drink my battery fluid!” said the man. “Thank you, Yorgi! Now I know!” A silly sketch, but it illustrates the point: unless you’ve got a simple two-stroke, such as a lawnmower or an outboard motor that can be started with a pull cord, you will need a battery to kick the engine over on a four-stroke. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/891 "2024-06-11T06:46:01Z")
Yeah, as I read that I kept thinking “As long as you’re not in the path to ground (the water), you’ll just electrocute the shark and anything else nearby, if that.” So, we can add electricity to the list of things the dumbass fundamentally doesn’t understand. And hey, @Spoons, I’ve pull started many teeny lawnmower 4-strokes. More than I really wish to remember, since my dad ran a lawn mowing business on the side when I was young and we usually operated a fleet of mowers he’d salvaged and repaired from other people’s trash. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/892 "2024-06-11T07:59:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If you’re on an electric boat that’s sinking, and there’s a shark nearby, you throw the battery at the shark to electrocute it, then put on a life jacket and you’ll be fine. Then use the boat to take the chicken to the other shore while leaving the fox and the bag of corn at the dock. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/893 "2024-06-11T10:18:31Z")
[Why do you have a fox?](https://xkcd.com/1134/) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/894 "2024-06-11T14:59:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Dark Brandon strikes again. Trump telling his constituents he doesn’t care about them, only their vote, is one of the few instances where he’s told the truth. I’m sure they’ll respect his refreshing honesty and vote for him anyway. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/895 "2024-06-11T15:06:46Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > unless you’ve got a simple two-stroke, such as a lawnmower or an outboard motor that can be started with a pull cord, you will need a battery to kick the engine over on a four-stroke. > [@scabpicker](#): > > And hey, @Spoons, I’ve pull started many teeny lawnmower 4-strokes. My boat had a 25 hp Mercury four-stroke. It was a pull-start. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > you’re shark chow. As Nancy Kwan said in _Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N._, ‘You’re gonna be kao-kao for the sharks!’ ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/896 "2024-06-11T15:31:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > My boat had a 25 hp Mercury four-stroke. It was a pull-start. Maybe not a pull-start, but there are plenty of “larger” 4-stroke engines that were manually started via kick or other means. I’ve kicked a lot of dirtbikes to life (true, most of those have been 2-stroke). Never kick started a Harley though which you could guess since I can still walk. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/897 "2024-06-11T16:31:22Z")
Hehe, and I didn’t think of it till later, but my mom used to talk about hand starting her family’s Model T. There were/are also hand crank diesels, which would be something I don’t even want to consider manually cranking. ETA: Upon reading a bit, the hand crank diesels usually had an exhaust release. So, not as difficult to crank as I thought. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/898 "2024-06-11T20:30:24Z")
Moderating: I know this thread is pretty loosie goosie, but let’s drop the side discussions regarding pull starts and crank starts and the rest. You’re all far off topic, and this should be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/899 "2024-06-11T22:29:28Z")
Ooof, I apologize. I didn’t realize we were in P+E. ---
**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 11, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/900 "2024-06-11T23:14:24Z")
I dunno. A thread about Trump’s confused rambling seems like a good place for a discussion about cranks. The shark thing still boggles the mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=46)