# Will Trump start explaining his ramblings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 20, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321 "2017-02-20T15:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/1 "2017-02-20T15:20:41Z")
So in response to the ridicule over Trump’s Florida rally statement on “what happened in Sweden last night” he offered [this embarrassing clarification on Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/833435244451753984): > [@](#): > > My statement as to what’s happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden. Followed the next day by [this attempt at deflection](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/833681539997253636): > [@](#): > > Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT! Now the second tweet is classic Trump administration, flat out lying and pandering to the already loyal, but the first one seems to me to be a new tack. Are we going to see more attempts at explanations of what he really meant? Seems to me the official guideline so far has been to claim everything he says is obvious and that the media should stop trying to spin it. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/2 "2017-02-20T15:31:12Z")
[God, I hope so.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97zJxKEqAk) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/3 "2017-02-20T15:40:30Z")
If the OP means will he start truthfully explaining his ramblings, the answer is hell no. That would entail saying something like “My statement as to what’s happening in Sweden was the result of me totally misconstruing a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden and somehow remembering it as a story on an actual terrorist event that happened on Friday night. Oh, yeah, and I failed to discuss this with any well-informed person before blabbing about it in public.” Ain’t gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/4 "2017-02-20T15:55:44Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [God, I hope so.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97zJxKEqAk) [Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt](https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/833696821058928641): > [@](#): > > Just a piece of friendly advice: when you are in a hole, stop digging. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/5 "2017-02-20T15:59:19Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > If the OP means will he start truthfully explaining his ramblings, Of course not. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/6 "2017-02-20T16:00:28Z")
> [@naita](#): > > [Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt](https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/833696821058928641): > [@](#): > > Just a piece of friendly advice: when you are in a hole, stop digging. Trump: “You can have my shovel when you pry it from my cold, dead hand.” ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/7 "2017-02-20T17:14:48Z")
Would explaining help? It would all sound like his [treatise on uranuim](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C40vxbzW8AQuMbH.jpg), which made me nostalgic for W’s relative eloquence. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/8 "2017-02-20T17:29:46Z")
I doubt it. He doesn’t need to. A large percentage of his base is satisfied with unsupported, unexplained emotional appeals, with a soupcon of conspiracy theory, served with a side of vilification of the press or some minority. It is sufficient that they “know” that “something bad” is happening “over there”, and that the brilliant, brave Donald is protecting is from having it happen here. Think about it. There are apparently many many folk who do not consider Tweety an embarrassment. Folk who were not aghast by his press conference performance. What need do they have for rational explanation? They have been satisfied with Spicer’s/Conway’s “explanations” so far. In a world of headlines and soundbites, explanations and analysis are overrated. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/9 "2017-02-20T17:31:35Z")
Similar to Nostradamus’s quatrains, trump’s utterances will only be fully appreciated hundreds of years from now, as society continues rebuilding. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321/10 "2017-02-20T17:47:11Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Would explaining help? It would all sound like his [treatise on uranuim](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C40vxbzW8AQuMbH.jpg), which made me nostalgic for W’s relative eloquence. We may eventually get to this: (Its Trudeau's explanation of quantum computing - with isn't 100% accurate, but is a hella more accurate and eloquent than Trump on uranium).