Whatever your politics; Trump talking is a nightmare

[Larniavc]

"Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible."

 

[friend of]

At least he doesn't need a teleprompter

 

[Yttrium]

Donald is never one of the smartest people in the room, let alone the world.

 

[ranunculus]

At least he doesn't need a teleprompter

clearly the quote in the OP demonstrates that never in the history of mankind was there ever a person more in need of a teleprompter

 

[Larniavc]

At least he doesn't need a teleprompter

He does, though. Otherwise you get the above.

As the late 20th century poet philosopher and Emmy Award nominee David Huddleston in his seminal role of Olson Jonhnston once so aptly stated:

"Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.".

Now who can argue with that?

 

[friend of]

He does, though. Otherwise you get the above.

As the late 20th century poet philosopher and Emmy Award nominee David Huddleston in his seminal role of Olson Jonhnston once so aptly stated:

"Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.".

Now who can argue with that?

Just because he was incoherent in this instance doesn't mean he's usually incoherent. He took hard questions from the press point blank all the time when he was in office. Biden doesn't do that with the press unless they are softball or preapproved questions because Biden lacks the ability to be lucid.

 

[Yttrium]

Just because he was incoherent in this instance doesn't mean he's usually incoherent. He took hard questions from the press point blank all the time when he was in office. Biden doesn't do that with the press unless they are softball or preapproved questions because Biden lacks the ability to be lucid.

Let's just face reality. Biden and Trump both shouldn't be allowed to talk publicly without a script and teleprompter.

 

[Green Sun]

Do people think that presidents using teleprompters is new or something? It's effectively no different than having the speech written down on paper before you, and we all know presidents were doing that for just about the whole history of the country.

A Brief History of the Teleprompter

Trump was no stranger to them, either.

 

[Bradskii]

At least he doesn't need a teleprompter

And I thought that was sarcasm. So hard to tell these days...

 

[friend of]

And I thought that was sarcasm. So hard to tell these days...

"Need" being the operative word.

 

[Bradskii]

"Need" being the operative word.

Which is why it could have been sarcastic. String a few ellipses after it and you don't even need a suitable emoticon to show it was meant sarcastically.

'At least he doesn't need a teleprompter...'

Ooh, look. Bradskii's having a little dig at the guy.

Here's a heads up from the peanut gallery. I have been listening to and taking an interest in all the presidents from JFK onwards. Some I thought weren't worthy of the position. Some didn't deserve it. But they could all string a few words together off the cuff and sound like they had an IQ a little over ambient room temperature (yeah, even Bush Jnr).

But Trump? Words fail me.

 

[friend of]

You doth protest too much

 

[Bradskii]

You doth protest too much

Actually, I'll be honest with with you you. The protests aren't enough. The whole political scene in the US needs to reset. It's like a computer that has its hard drive gradually clogged with junk. It needs to be cleaned up, because what is considered perfectly OK these days was in no way acceptable even a few years ago. We have got so used to the excesses of this one man that what would have been unthinkable in times past is now par for the course. The political frog has been on simmer for quite a while and unless you are on the outside looking in, it all feels entirely normal.

It isn't. Not by any stretch of anyone's fevered imagination.

 

[perplexed]

You doth protest too much

???So you think it is very clear Trump does not have any sort of mental limitations so anyone that claims he has must have an agenda

 

[friend of]

Actually, I'll be honest with with you you. The protests aren't enough. The whole political scene in the US needs to reset. It's like a computer that has its hard drive gradually clogged with junk. It needs to be cleaned up, because what is considered perfectly OK these days was in no way acceptable even a few years ago. We have got so used to the excesses of this one man that what would have been unthinkable in times past is now par for the course. The political frog has been on simmer for quite a while and unless you are on the outside looking in, it all feels entirely normal.

It isn't. Not by any stretch of anyone's fevered imagination.

Trump was capable of answering questions. Tough ones. He wasn't always eloquent. So what? He's not Shakespeare.

 

[Bradskii]

Trump was capable of answering questions. Tough ones. He wasn't always eloquent.

My grandson can answer questions as well. And I'd put him up against the stream of conciousness word salad that is Trumps standard fare any day of the week. This is meant to be someone who was running the most powerful country the planet has ever seen. And he continually came out with abject nonsense. The examples are legion.

 

[returntosender]

He doesn't need a teleprompter to brag on himself.

 

[rambot]

At least he doesn't need a teleprompter

But if he did he could just hire a chimp to bang on the keys.

 

[rambot]

Trump was capable of answering questions. Tough ones. He wasn't always eloquent. So what? He's not Shakespeare.

Trump was capable of RESPONDING to a question. So like, when someone finished talking, he knew he could then start talking.

Which is too bad. With his expertise we could have learned a lot...

 

[Larniavc]

He doesn't need a teleprompter to brag on himself.

That’s my take on things. He seems most often to turn the conversation around to himself or his grievance de jour (wind farms, sharks, whales going ‘batty’).

One tell he has is when he says someone ‘once came up to him and said “Sir……”’