# 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:** 61
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1201 "2024-07-26T01:00:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes; Donald Trump suffers from an advanced case of Being Donald Trump Syndrome. > > There is no known cure. Actually, there is a cure. But he missed. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1202 "2024-07-26T01:04:43Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > It’s almost a haiku. 😲 _Liberals want wind_ _The wind is blowing today_ _The wind kills our birds_ ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1203 "2024-07-26T01:09:55Z")
This is why I love the Straight Dope. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1204 "2024-07-26T01:14:14Z")
Maybe we could attach small generators to the bird and cut out the middleman of silly ass windmills. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1205 "2024-07-26T01:14:55Z")
Trump also claimed that windmills cause cancer. [https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/they-say-it-causes-cancer-donald-trumps-windmill-wisdom-won-t-be-missed/2-1-947622](https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/they-say-it-causes-cancer-donald-trumps-windmill-wisdom-won-t-be-missed/2-1-947622) I don’t know what his deal is with them. I wonder if he saw a performance of Don Quixote as a child and it scarred him for life. Also, his name is Don as well, so maybe he felt personally attacked. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1206 "2024-07-26T01:17:18Z")
Windmills do kill birds- a tiny % of the amount killed by burning coal. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1207 "2024-07-26T01:17:25Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I don’t know what his deal is with them. He’s afraid windmills will be built within sight of his property, and lower the property value. (That’s my serious answer.) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1208 "2024-07-26T01:21:42Z")
An even older article on Trump and his windmill nemeses: > **[‘I never understood wind’: Trump goes on bizarre tirade against wind turbines](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/23/trump-bizarre-tirade-windmills)** > > President’s nonsensical rambling remarks about ‘windmills’ in segment from weekend speech raised eyebrows I have to admit this part was pretty funny though. > “You see all those [windmills]. They’re all different shades of color,” he said. “They’re like sort of white, but one is like an orange-white. It’s my favorite color, orange.” He also claimed that windmills cause pollution because they’re mostly made in China and Germany, and those countries emit a lot of “fumes”. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > He’s afraid windmills will be built within sight of his property, and lower the property value. (That’s my serious answer.) Specifically in Scotland, yes. > He is accused of [having begun his tirades against wind](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/22/trump-british-allies-against-windfarms-golf-courses-scotland)turbines after wind farm developments were proposed near the golf course he owns in Scotland. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1209 "2024-07-26T01:41:33Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > This is why I love the Straight Dope. TBH: Inspired by **Jihi** , I only changed one word and deleted a sentence. Trump actually ‘wrote’ it. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1210 "2024-07-26T01:51:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I don’t know what his deal is with them. I wonder if he saw a performance of Don Quixote as a child and it scarred him for life. Also, his name is Don as well, so maybe he felt personally attacked. It’s all explained in the Wapo link above. [https://wapo.st/4fhoq2S](https://wapo.st/4fhoq2S) Wind turbines were being built near his Scottish golf resort and it infuriated him. He fought it and made lots of enemies over there. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1211 "2024-07-26T01:52:27Z")
**Moderating:** That’s pretty close to wishing death on someone (as a “cure” is something to be wished for, generally.) Knock it the hell off. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1212 "2024-07-26T01:52:38Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Wind turbines were being built near his Scottish golf resort and it infuriated him. I know, I provided another link with the same info. But I still like my theory that it goes further back than that. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1213 "2024-07-26T09:08:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Maybe we could attach small generators to the bird and cut out the middleman of silly ass windmills. But what if the bird is on a treadmill? ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1214 "2024-07-26T12:17:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Maybe we could attach small generators to the bird and cut out the middleman of silly ass windmills. How about water wheels on sharks? They’d generate electricity _and_ electrocute themselves. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1215 "2024-07-26T12:31:15Z")
Is his hatred of windmills connected to an association with ‘big oil’? I know about the Scotland golf course thing. That he also hates the because of aesthetics is a bit ironic coming from a man with that weirdo apartment in NY. The film crew for the devils advocate laughed at the apartment. They didn’t have to do a thing. It’s just the decor they imagined the devil would have. They where right. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1216 "2024-07-26T16:33:10Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > That he also hates the because of aesthetics is a bit ironic coming from a man with that weirdo apartment in NY. The film crew for the devils advocate laughed at the apartment. They didn’t have to do a thing. It’s just the decor they imagined the devil would have. Someone needs to build a gold-plated wind turbine and see what he thinks. I did quote him as saying he does like the ones that are sort-of orange-colored (clearly that was his attempt at humor). ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1217 "2024-07-26T20:30:30Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Someone needs to build a gold-plated wind turbine and see what he thinks. I did quote him as saying he does like the ones that are sort-of orange-colored (clearly that was his attempt at humor). Gold-plated? No, no no. Krylon or Rustolium. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1218 "2024-07-26T20:43:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Gold-plated? No, no no. Krylon or Rustolium. [![](https://img.cdn4dd.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1200,height=672,format=auto/https://doordash-static.s3.amazonaws.com/media/photosV2/eedc6299-be13-4159-a8ed-4a12ddb5b888-retina-large.jpg) ](https://img.cdn4dd.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1200,height=672,format=auto/https://doordash-static.s3.amazonaws.com/media/photosV2/eedc6299-be13-4159-a8ed-4a12ddb5b888-retina-large.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1219 "2024-07-27T01:40:14Z")
“In four years you won’t have to vote anymore” > “As a senator, Harrah, uhhh, think of this one…” > “We’re going to defeat Kamala Harris in a land slade” > “And by the way, there are numerous ways of saying her name, they were explaining to me, you can say Kamala, you can say Kamala, I said, don’t worry about it. It doesn’t matter what I say. I couldn’t care less if I mispronounce it” > ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1220 "2024-07-27T02:16:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > appears to have some sort of issue while saying “Harris” > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1817002777505337786) So that’s another example where he seems to catch that he’s having a brain failure while saying “Harris” and stops himself and changes the subject. Its not only clear he’s have cognitive issues, it’s clear he knows it too. The others are just Trump being Trump not cognitive decline. Note that first one is him saying Christians won’t have to vote for him again. As in he’ll have given them (he is referring to them in the third person making clear he is not one of them) everything they want by then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=62)