# Not sure to ask here, what did Trump say now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445 "2017-09-27T18:05:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/1 "2017-09-27T18:05:25Z")
My mother is harping on something Trump said recently Quote (from my mother) what do you think about the remarks that our new president is spouting?? what a nut don’t ask me to repeat them if you didn’t hear them hope they impeach him send him out of the country!! see how he likes living in another country Thanks ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/2 "2017-09-27T18:21:04Z")
I get the impression he doesn’t know what he’s going to say until he’s opened his mouth and heard what comes out. And then he’ll have said something else tomorrow. Whether either actually leads to anything happening is quite another question. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/3 "2017-09-27T18:41:38Z")
You can take your pick. It’s either his speech at the UN, his declaring war on the NFL, his supreme indifference to Puerto Rico’s suffering or just random Wednesday Trumpery. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/4 "2017-09-27T18:43:05Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I get the impression he doesn’t know what he’s going to say until he’s opened his mouth and heard what comes out. And then he’ll have said something else tomorrow. Whether either actually leads to anything happening is quite another question. A lot of what Trump says is gibberish. Trump describes a meeting with Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings: _“Well he said, you’ll be the greatest president in the history of, but you know what, I’ll take that also, but that you could be. But he said, will be the greatest president but I would also accept the other. In other words, if you do your job, but I accept that. Then I watched him interviewed and it was like he never even was here. It’s incredible. I watched him interviewed a week later and it’s like he was never in my office. And you can even say that.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/5 "2017-09-27T18:45:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You can take your pick. It’s either his speech at the UN, his declaring war on the NFL, his supreme indifference to Puerto Rico’s suffering or just random Wednesday Trumpery. Today’s scheduled topic is more tax cuts for the rich. Although with Trump, who knows. He may take the opportunity to declare war on Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/6 "2017-09-27T19:08:44Z")
More of a random share than a debate. Moved from Great Debates to MPSIMS. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/7 "2017-09-27T19:17:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Today’s scheduled topic is more tax cuts for the rich. Although with Trump, who knows. He may take the opportunity to declare war on Mexico. He could just as easily declare war on The Great Lakes for claiming to be Greater than him. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/8 "2017-09-27T19:23:55Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > My mother is harping on something Trump said recently > > Quote (from my mother) > what do you think about the remarks that our new president is spouting?? > what a nut > don’t ask me to repeat them if you didn’t hear them > hope they impeach him > send him out of the country!! > see how he likes living in another country That could fit almost any day of the Trump presidency. I’m not sure how to narrow it down. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/9 "2017-09-27T19:28:59Z")
I might as well ask here - can someone explain the Nambia thing to me? Is it something he mispronounced or misstated during his UN speech? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/10 "2017-09-27T19:45:24Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I might as well ask here - can someone explain the Nambia thing to me? Is it something he mispronounced or misstated during his UN speech? He mispronounced Namibia. Probably the only sentence in his life that didn’t include “I”. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/11 "2017-09-27T19:50:48Z")
Good one. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/12 "2017-09-27T19:52:24Z")
Somebody needs to come up with a “Trump to English” translator. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/13 "2017-09-27T20:42:58Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You can take your pick. It’s either his speech at the UN, his declaring war on the NFL, his supreme indifference to Puerto Rico’s suffering or just random Wednesday Trumpery. Since she’s unwilling to repeat it, I’d guess it’s the “son of a bitch” line. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/14 "2017-09-27T21:41:18Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I get the impression he doesn’t know what he’s going to say until he’s opened his mouth and heard what comes out. And then he’ll have said something else tomorrow. Whether either actually leads to anything happening is quite another question. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/15 "2017-09-27T21:57:21Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > He mispronounced Namibia. Probably the only sentence in his life that didn’t include “I”. > > Regards, > Shodan Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/16 "2017-09-27T22:27:40Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Nicely done. Not to ruin the joke, but … but … “Nambia” does have an “I.” OK, so maybe “not to ruin the joke” was a lie. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/17 "2017-09-27T23:21:43Z")
First time he missed a chance to pronounce an “i”, then. I second the “son of a bitch” comment, as something one’s mother would dare not repeat. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/18 "2017-09-28T10:54:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Somebody needs to come up with a “Trump to English” translator. Babelfish was working on it but gave up; too random. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/19 "2017-09-28T13:15:55Z")
Just got her email of the day. :dubious: All she said was that she forgot I was on his side! :smack::eek: So, no, no declaration, nothing. :rolleyes: She would have probably forgotten by now what she was carrying on about…like JayJay said above, it could be anything and everything. I’ve told her before; if you dont hear it from the horse’s mouth, you cant be sure what was really said. 😛 ---
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445/20 "2017-09-28T18:52:34Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Somebody needs to come up with a “Trump to English” translator. Long since done. [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xnj1FKE8_9k/SmlRf5YaFdI/AAAAAAAABtk/2GiVtYU4Uyk/s1600-h/far-side-cartoon-blah-blah-ginger.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xnj1FKE8_9k/SmlRf5YaFdI/AAAAAAAABtk/2GiVtYU4Uyk/s1600-h/far-side-cartoon-blah-blah-ginger.jpg) Just substitute “Trump” or “I” for “Ginger” and have the red-haired dog doing all the talking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-to-ask-here-what-did-trump-say-now/797445.md?page=2)