# 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:** 9
**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:** [February 16, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/161 "2024-02-16T15:56:54Z")
Trump is like the Jon Lovitz of political liars. “I didn’t mix them up! Naaa. I … transposified them! Ya, that’s the ticket!” Or perhaps Peewee Herman: “I meant to do that” ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/162 "2024-02-18T01:55:54Z")
Trump tells the audience that until recently he had never heard of “the N-word”. By which, of course, he means N-dictment. He then adds that he tells his friends to call him Lucy and to make sure to vote in the primary on November 27th. > > > ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/163 "2024-02-18T01:57:05Z")
Maybe hes being droll. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/164 "2024-02-18T02:03:43Z")
To be fair, “He doesn’t know that Spiden [sic]” is unfair. A better transcript would read, “He doesn’t know that’s Biden.” ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/165 "2024-02-23T14:52:29Z")
[Diminished and Confused: Trump Delivers Low Energy Incoherent Speech in Nashville](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/diminished-and-confused-trump-delivers-low-energy-incoherent-speech-in-nashville/ar-BB1iKyp0) > Trump seemed disoriented when repeating a story he tells often about recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Instead of the usual story, Trump said he made Israel the capital of Israel. … > > While Trump had difficulty pronouncing certain words throughout his speech, he had significant trouble with the word ‘evangelical.’ … > > At one point, Trump appeared to confuse the Mueller special counsel investigation with a laptop reported to belong to Hunter Biden suggesting that the Special Counsel should have known that there was no collusion with Russia because ‘they had the laptop from hell.’ … > > He and his supporters like to portray President Joe Biden as old and tired, but speeches like this make that argument seem like projection. The article concludes that boasting about his role in overturning Roe v Wade ‘not likely to help him this November.’ ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/166 "2024-02-23T15:13:07Z")
Unfortunately, the only headline 50% of the country will see is: “Trump Destroys Evil Demoncrats With Powerful Speech In Nashville” \* Followed by an article full of bullshit. \*Simulated headline ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/167 "2024-02-23T15:14:59Z")
No, Trump is a vibrant, extremely mentally sharp 77-year-old with perfect brain evaluation scores, who just happens to repeatedly confuse Biden with Obama. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/168 "2024-02-23T15:58:36Z")
And Haley with Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/169 "2024-02-23T16:10:19Z")
I really enjoy these reports of Trump’s incoherence. I assume we will see endless ads making use of these once the general gets nearer. I look forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/170 "2024-02-23T17:09:17Z")
> Trump: I have that with a lot of friends. They used to call me, Donny. They used to call me Don. DJ. Now they all call me President. I say call me Luci— I say loosen up. Loosen up. Man, I’m getting The Ting Tings vibe from this. > They call me hell > They call me Stacey > They call me Her > They call me Jane > > That’s not my name > That’s not my name > That’s not my name > That’s not my name ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/171 "2024-02-23T17:14:37Z")
I’d vote for Trump if he changed his name to Mary-Jo-Lisa. Meh, probably I still wouldn’t. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/172 "2024-02-23T17:15:51Z")
Some 30 years further back: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZCqh5ROtQRg/hqdefault.jpg "You can call me Ray -- Raymond J Johnson Jr") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCqh5ROtQRg) ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/173 "2024-02-25T06:11:16Z")
Trump apparently thinks his wife’s name is “Mercedes”. > I eagerly await his explanation of how he was being “sarcastic” by “interposing” her name. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/174 "2024-02-25T06:47:15Z")
I hope the media just straight up starts calling her Mercedes now, particularly if/when they interview Trump. Ask him how Mercedes is doing and if he acts confused, show him that clip. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/175 "2024-02-25T07:34:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump apparently thinks his wife’s name is “Mercedes”. “Mercedes? Sure, why not? It a fine car, the finest of all cars. Her name may be ‘Melania,’ but people, including the media, have come up to me with tears in their eyes, asking, ‘Sir, can we call your wife Mercedes, after the car, because she’s so fine?’ Of course, I say yes, because Rolls-Royce or Bentley doesn’t fit her.” @Smapti , you can undoubtedly do better than my attempt. Care to try it? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/176 "2024-02-25T08:43:36Z")
“Mercedes, Mercedes. They call her Melania. Because the power, the intensity, the beauty, it’s all there in a tremendous package. Quality German engineering - very good engineers, the Germans, better than anyone even knows about, and sometimes they engineer not so good things. And the fake news will tell you, look, he’s praising the Germans, he must be a Nay-zee. No Nay-zee! I am probably the least racist person God has ever created. Not like Nay-zee Joe Bies…” ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/177 "2024-02-25T08:45:30Z")
Well done, @Smapti ! 👏 👏 👏 ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/178 "2024-02-25T09:21:06Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I hope the media just straight up starts calling her Mercedes now, particularly if/when they interview Trump. Ask him how Mercedes is doing and if he acts confused, show him that clip. I just wish someone would ask him where Melania _is_. In the before times, no one would get to be a presidential nominee without their supportive spouse by their side. Trump even tried to needle Haley about it. But it’s just another thing Trump can get away with that no one else can. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/179 "2024-02-25T09:21:06Z")
Not well done, because there’s no way in hell he could string that many words together in a row to make coherent sentences. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/180 "2024-02-25T11:31:04Z")
And he left out, "Mercedes is a girls’ name, did you know that? I’m the first person to notice that car is named like a girl. I should have named my daughter Mercedes, like my wife, because she’s also all there in a tremendous package… I’d like to drive my daughter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=10)