# 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:** 82
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1654 "2024-08-17T22:57:14Z")
I don’t play the videos either, but the still shots of the guys in the background? Well, based on looks and expression, I wouldn’t leave my daughter or wife alone with a single one of them for more than a minute. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1655 "2024-08-17T23:50:35Z")
Nor the livestock. It needed to be said. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1656 "2024-08-17T23:53:44Z")
Or the couches. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1657 "2024-08-17T23:55:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [quoting trump] they talk about an ocean that’s rising which will give you slightly more beachfront property if it happens. I don’t get his regular refrain that global warming will give us more beachfront property. He usually precedes that with a mocking stat along the lines of “they say the oceans are going to rise 2 inches in 50 years!” But even if his premise was true, and there was just going to be a negligible rise in the oceans, how does less beach (because more water) result in _more_ beachfront property? > [@Smapti](#): > > Elizabeth Taylor and TiVo. I think one of the questions he should get at the debate is “What year is this?” I’ve read before that he fell in love with TiVo when he got it, since he learned the skill of watching a [quote=“Aspenglow, post:1650, topic:996589”] I don’tlay the clips [/quote] show in an abbreviated amount of time. But that technology debuted in 1999; like a lot of feeble elderly people, he’s stuck on innovations that came a quarter century ago. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > I don’t play the clips You should, because there’s some additional muttering that isn’t quoted. > [@](#): > > All of a sudden, all of these candidates, **including Republicans** , are saying ‘we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation.’ And I say, you know, _what the hell_ do they have to copy me for, right? But they have _a lot_ of words that they copy. Many of our words (we’re?)… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1658 "2024-08-17T23:58:28Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I don’t get his regular refrain that global warming will give us more beachfront property. _Really_? You expect rational thought from him? I’m surprised he doesn’t say global warming will give us more oil. You know - more oceans to drill in… ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1659 "2024-08-18T01:53:36Z")
> [@from Moriarty's link](#): > > Trump: I use the term, often time in closing, ‘We are a nation in decline. We are a failed nation.’ And I think it’s a beautiful phrase. All of a sudden, all of these candidates, including Republicans, are saying ‘we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation.’ And I say, you know, _what the hell_ do they have to copy me for, right? If he actually believed it, he would want _every_ Republican to say it to keep hitting that message home. But he doesn’t really believe it. They are just words that get a cheering response for _him_ and it’s not fair for anyone else to do that. “It’s a beautiful phrase and it’s mine, all mine.” He is _so_ transparent. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1660 "2024-08-18T02:01:58Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > If he actually believed it, he would want _every_ Republican to say it to keep hitting that message home. In the video, he practically shouts “including Republicans”…see, he forgot which party he’s in, and which party he’s not in. > ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1661 "2024-08-18T02:24:18Z")
It would be blasphemous to Mr. Rhoads, Sir. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1662 "2024-08-18T02:35:29Z")
I mean, he did manage to avoid praising a fictional cannibal this time. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1663 "2024-08-18T02:38:26Z")
Haha… The late and the great. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1664 "2024-08-18T04:03:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “A tariff is a tax on a foreign country. A lot of people like to say it’s a tax on us. No… It’s is a tax that doesn’t affect our country” Tell me you dont understand economics without just saying that. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1665 "2024-08-18T04:09:07Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I don’t get his regular refrain that global warming will give us more beachfront property. He thinks that Slartibartfast designed the higher elevations with lovely fjords? I mean, a more complex coastline _could_ explain it. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1666 "2024-08-18T04:27:41Z")
Trump’s campaign sent a cease and desist letter to The Lincoln Project today, apparently in reference to one of their ads that Trump must have seen. This aligns with George Conway’s Anti-psychopath PAC and others who are trying to get in Trump’s head and obviously succeeding. Here’s the video response from The Lincoln Project where they spend ten minutes kicking Trump square in the nuts (note, much foul language used for emphasis): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NC1UWEEDV_o/maxresdefault.jpg "Go Ahead, Donald – Sue Us") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1UWEEDV_o) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1667 "2024-08-18T04:42:37Z")
Dayum. I just watched it and that was so hot it scorched my eyebrows off. Rick Wilson is pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1668 "2024-08-18T05:04:51Z")
How pissed will Trump be if he sees this? God I hope he does. Loved the way Wilson kept calling him “Donald.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1669 "2024-08-18T05:28:40Z")
On one hand, I can’t believe that no one sits there and listens to all that and _doesn’t_ come away thinking that Trump is missing a few marbles. But, on the other, I’m sure that gets rationalized away quickly with “But the OTHER guys are Marxist commie socialists so weird rambling delusional Trump is still better!” rather than making anyone think they should change their vote. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1670 "2024-08-18T05:37:05Z")
You have just summarized the entire election. That’s really all it comes down to - the voters (Independent and some Republicans) who will make that decision. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1671 "2024-08-18T05:45:32Z")
I worry that most GOP backers aren’t backing Trump, not even Vance, but backing the 2025 project, no matter what. The pubs could somehow switch to a Casey Anthony/De Santis campaign and still get a ton of votes just for that if it were possible. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1672 "2024-08-18T05:56:12Z")
I love the fact that many Republicans, both leaders of the Party and voters, are now starting to think about Trump the way Democrats were thinking about Biden, post debate\*. A small minority right now, but it will grow. But they have no bench! \*I believe the phrases “Pre-debate” and “post debate” will live in American history. ASSuming Harris wins. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1673 "2024-08-18T06:35:39Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I don’t play the clips, but what strikes me in all these posts are the faces of his audience. They all look bored and sort of at a loss to understand what’s expected of them in the face of his endless blather. If you did play the clips, you would hear how they are constantly laughing, cheering, occasionally whistling and waving their arms in the air. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=83)