# 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:** 83
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1674 "2024-08-18T08:15:37Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Here’s the video response from The Lincoln Project where they spend ten minutes kicking Trump square in the nuts From the video… “Kamala Harris is in the race now. She’s younger than you Donald… by a lot.” I lol’d. 😋 ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1675 "2024-08-18T09:12:56Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > In the video, he practically shouts “including Republicans”…see, he forgot which party he’s in, and which party he’s not in. Jesus, he really does hit that. But as an aside, _who else_ does he think is “stealing” this phrase? Has any Democrat called the US a nation in decline lately? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1676 "2024-08-18T12:30:24Z")
> [@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” This one actually surprises me. It’s so fundamentally wrong. Either this Wharton grad really has dementia, or he knows that at least 50% of Americans are so stupid, they’ll still think someone can say this and still be perceived as “better at handling the nation’s economy” than their opponent. (Astoundingly, even quite a few Democratic-leaning voters think Trump – and/or Republicans in general – is better at economic issues!). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1677 "2024-08-18T16:18:02Z")
Elliott Kalan\* made a spot-on observation regarding Donald’s rants. He said Trump was a terrific comic monologist in the grand tradition of Professor Irwin Corey. \*The Flop House podcast ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1678 "2024-08-18T17:25:03Z")
Damn. That video was fun! _“I wouldn’t trust him to run a Waffle House.”_ Sick Burn! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1679 "2024-08-18T17:57:07Z")
Personally, I would not trust him to clean the toilets in a Waffle House. ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1680 "2024-08-18T20:42:50Z")
Dementia Donny appears to have fallen for an AI-generated “Swifties for Trump” astroturf thing almost certainly being created by Russia. > **[Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112984762512136574)** > > I accept! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1681 "2024-08-18T20:45:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Dementia Donny appears to have fallen for an AI-generated “Swifties for Trump” astroturf thing almost certainly being created by Russia. One of the photos literally said “satire” on it in red. ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1682 "2024-08-18T20:58:12Z")
Not a word he’s familiar with, I would surmise. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1683 "2024-08-18T21:21:43Z")
Yeah I’m not clicking on Truth Social. ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1684 "2024-08-18T21:25:53Z")
Well, when I post screenshots people complain that it could be manipulated. I can’t win, apparently. Here; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GVSmqUkXMAAnZus?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GVSmqUkXMAAnZus?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**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 18, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1685 "2024-08-18T21:36:23Z")
To be fair to Donald Trump – obviously, the highest and best use of my time – the eerie, unnatural glow off of his _face_, reflecting back on the screen he was using, _could_ tend to render the red color extremely difficult to see, leaving essentially white text on a white background. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1686 "2024-08-18T22:50:07Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Either this Wharton grad really has dementia, or he knows that at least 50% of Americans are so stupid I don’t think it’s either of these. He’s been pounding this drum for years now, so it’s not a product of his recent decline. I think he just really is that ignorant. Whatever he may have “learned” in college never stuck. If he didn’t really believe this, why would he be so hell-bent on slapping tarrifs on everything? If he knew what tarrifs actually were, he wouldn’t have used them, to the detriment of his precious economy. ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1687 "2024-08-19T00:40:59Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > If he didn’t really believe this, why would he be so hell-bent on slapping tarrifs on everything? While I do think his weird backwards fixation on tariffs is simply a result of his progressing dementia, if he’s been at this for a long time it makes me think something else could be at play here. Maybe Trump has found some way to pocket some percentage of tariffs for himself. I am not sure how he would accomplish this or if tariffs are even vulnerable to such shenanigans but knowing how Trump treats other people’s money in general, I think it would certainly be worth looking. After all, it doesn’t have to be that he is either insane or he is a thief. It could be both at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1688 "2024-08-19T00:48:53Z")
Or tariff rhymes with Sheriff and poor Trump just wants secretly to be a cowboy. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1689 "2024-08-19T00:49:18Z")
But that would require US tax authorities to be in his pocket. I’m sure he would love that, but I can’t see that actually happening. ‘Don’t fuck with the money’ is a pretty fundamental rule for tax collectors. And who else would kick back to him? Now, maybe he used this to get kick backs from other people. “Nice international trade you’ve got there, it’d be a shame if a tarrif got slapped on it…” ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1690 "2024-08-19T01:35:15Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > 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. They are not at his rallies to listen to what he has to say. He has pounded his words into their heads every single day on Truth Social. They are there to wallow in the shit with their fellow assholes and cheer when they hear the trigger words. They try to get a photo of their hero to brag about and then leave early to beat traffic. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1691 "2024-08-19T01:42:42Z")
I’d compare it to going to a live football match. You’re not there to watch the game, find out the result or learn more about football, you’re there to enjoy the atmosphere, to cheer, hoot and holler. You’re there to enjoy the atmosphere and the rush of of being part of a crowd - It many ways it’s not dissimilar to the two minute hate or “kill the pig”, and is about as rational ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1692 "2024-08-19T02:15:18Z")
The more I watch Trump, the more I have to wonder if he is preparing to use a diminished capacity defense at his multiple trials after he loses the election. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1693 "2024-08-19T02:19:21Z")
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