# 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:** 99
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1994 "2024-09-07T01:19:02Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > wait until THIS GUY slaps a trillion dollar tax on half the stuff Walmart sells, Walmart thanks you for thinking of them first when you think of inexpensive consumer goods. We don’t want you to consider Amazon at all. Or cheap stuff from stores on eBay. Always think of Walmart. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1995 "2024-09-07T19:40:50Z")
“Venezuela gangs with weapons, the likes of which even the military doesn’t see. They’re just mena— menacing the whole state” > “If I don’t win Colorado, it will be taken over by migrants, and the governor will be sent fleeing” > “I will support modifying the 25th amendment to make clear that if a VP lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president, it’s grounds for impeachment immediately” > “Leon Musk” > “You have a governor in a certain place that has a lot of oil. You know who I’m talking about” > ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1996 "2024-09-07T19:51:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I will support modifying the 25th amendment to make clear that if a VP lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president, it’s grounds for impeachment immediately” I’ll take “Things Likely To Immediately Bite You On The Ass” for $500, please. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1997 "2024-09-07T21:59:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’ll take “Things Likely To Immediately Bite You On The Ass” for $500, please. . Seriously. Talk about giving J.D. an excellent excuse to do what he’d be dying to do anyway… > [@Smapti](#): > > “You have a governor in a certain place that has a lot of oil. You know who I’m talking about” Poor Doug Burgum. Still, this is his time for proving how deeply devoted he really is to Trump: _will_ he legally change his name to Doug North-Dakota-Governor? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1998 "2024-09-07T22:17:05Z")
“Can you imagine you’re a parent and your son leaves the house and you say, Jimmy, I love you so much. Go have a good day in school and your son comes back with a brutal operation” > > **[Fact check: Trump falsely claims schools are secretly sending children for...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/donald-trump-fact-check-children-gender-affirming-surgery)** > > Former President Donald Trump has been making false claims about transgender people – including an inflammatory and baseless claim on Friday that schools are secretly providing or obtaining gender-affirming surgeries for children. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1999 "2024-09-07T22:36:00Z")
“False claims,” why can’t the just say he’s lying? This garbage he spews is so ridiculously and unambiguously lies. This shit doesn’t happen, including killing babies after they’re born. He knows none of it is true. He’s. _Lying._ Just have the balls to _say_it. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2000 "2024-09-07T23:08:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > “I will support modifying the 25th amendment to make clear that if a VP lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president, it’s grounds for impeachment immediately” > > I’ll take “Things Likely To Immediately Bite You On The Ass” for $500, please. Not to mention that you don’t just modify an ammendment to the Constitution. Notice, however, that Trump’s proposed modification puts extra responsibilities and risks on the vice president, but not on the president. Trump would never make his own job more difficult. He’ll grab power, but never responsibility. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2001 "2024-09-07T23:23:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Not to mention that you don’t just modify an ammendment to the Constitution. And “grounds for impeachment” is “whatever the House of Representatives says it is” anyway. It’s an utterly incoherent proposal of a solution to a problem that didn’t happen. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2002 "2024-09-07T23:56:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I will support modifying the 25th amendment to make clear that if a VP lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president, it’s grounds for impeachment immediately” Wouldn’t that already be grounds for impeachment? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2003 "2024-09-08T00:44:49Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GW6dcbHWUAARlB4?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GW6dcbHWUAARlB4?format=jpg&name=large) Whatever you say, grandpa. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2004 "2024-09-08T01:17:58Z")
There’s no way that walking shart knows the word “skulduggery” without some help. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2005 "2024-09-08T01:23:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Venezuela gangs with weapons, the likes of which even the military doesn’t see. They’re just mena— menacing the whole state” You dropped the best part. He isn’t talking about Venezuelan gangs in Venezuela…he’s talking about them in Colorado. I really want to know what weapons the military doesn’t see? Have the Venezuelan gang members mastered the “skadoosh”? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2006 "2024-09-08T01:30:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > He’ll grab power, but never responsibility. Trump grabs more than power and then doesn’t take responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2007 "2024-09-08T02:36:55Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > There’s no way that walking shart knows the word “skulduggery” without some help. My first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2008 "2024-09-08T02:53:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Whatever you say, grandpa. “At levels never seen before in our country.” There he is trotting out that tired old line. Is that on the Trump blather bingo card? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2009 "2024-09-08T03:24:39Z")
And here comes CNN to sane-itize Trump’s blather; > **[Trump calls for modifying the 25th Amendment and says a VP “engages in a...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/07/politics/trump-modify-25th-amendment-harris-biden/index.html)** > > Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for modifying the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution and said if a vice president “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president” they should be removed from office. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2010 "2024-09-08T06:10:13Z")
My tweet in response was to point out that, of course he knows about cheating and skulduggery. He tried to implement them both after he lost the 2020 election. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2011 "2024-09-08T12:06:21Z")
Re Tariffs : “For every complex problem, there’s a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong” - H.L. Mencken. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2012 "2024-09-08T14:50:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Leon Musk” I am seriously tempted to steal this. I hope a million people on Twitter start referring to him as “Leon.” No lamp shading, or joke-making, or explaining. Just start calling him Leon. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/2013 "2024-09-08T14:58:28Z")
He apparently thinks that what you watch on TV determines your level of honesty or believability. In his recent diatribe about Jean Carroll, he acts like it’s breaking news that she watches Law & Order, and that it explains everything that’s happened to date. Confused? Batshit crazy, is more like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589.md?page=100)