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'Maybe I should have been a doctor': Trump brags about his 'natural ability' for science because of his 'super genius uncle' who was an MIT professor and claims CDC officials ask him how he knows so much about the coronavirusTrump was in Atlanta to visit headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control
President was asked about efforts to curb spread of coronavirus
During rambling comments, Trump mentioned his late uncle, John G. Trump
The president said his uncle was a 'super genius' who taught at MIT
Trump mused about becoming a doctor, saying: 'I like this stuff, I really get it'
On social media, Twitter users mocked 'malignant narcissist' president
President Trump on Friday baffled observers while touring the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, where he bragged that he had a predisposition toward science because of his super genius uncle.
You know my Uncle was a great he was at MIT, the president said while standing next to health officials who are working to contain the outbreak of coronavirus.
He taught at MIT for a record number of years. He was a great super genius, Dr. John Trump.
John G. Trump was an accomplished electrical engineer who went on to become a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Trump says his 'natural talent' for science is thanks to his late 'super genius' uncle, John G. Trump (seen in the above undated file photo), who was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
His nephew, the president, spoke of his purported grasp of science on Friday, saying: I like this stuff. I really get it.
People are surprised that I understand it.
'Every one of these doctors said: "How do you know so much about this?"
Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.'
On social media, the reaction to Trumps comments was harsh.
One Twitter user wrote: The guy who looked into the sun during a solar eclipse thinks he could have been a research scientist?
That was a reference to the president looking up at the total eclipse of the sun - the first time in more than 40 years that Americans could see one - in August 2017.
Another Twitter user posted a meme showing Abraham Lincoln, the nations 16th president, putting his head in his hand.
Another Twitter user commented: Each clip is worse than the previous one. I cant take it anymore.
One Twitter user urged the president to follow his passion for science and pursue a new career, writing: It's not too late Donnie. Resign right now and apply to MIT!
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)Ohiogal
(32,113 posts)....Now I perform brain surgery!
handmade34
(22,758 posts)there is no longer satire here
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,851 posts)That I am the biggest asshole in the entire universe. Another thing I'm the bestest at doing......
Trump is the reason that OB/GYN's pay so much insurance, his mother's Dr., who delivered baby Trump, dropped him on his head.....
Not just once, but twice...........
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)Botany
(70,610 posts)At a White House meeting on Monday, the president asked if the flu vaccine could be used to prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
"No," a biotech CEO told the president.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-asked-if-flu-vaccine-could-stop-coronavirus-2020-3
Ohiogal
(32,113 posts)To be an asshole and brag about his fantasy world.
brewens
(13,629 posts)Not sure how you'd be able to teach him anything though.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)He wouldnt last a minute
To be a medical professional you actually have to care about people
Trump only cares about himself. He would violate the Hippocratic oath his first day
This is beyond ridiculous
Its not even funny anymore
Botany
(70,610 posts)... him qualified to be a Dr., Nurse, Social Worker, Microbiologist, Dietitian, Pharmacist, or ...
We are all on a bus driving for a cliff and Trump is the driver and he holds up the steering
wheel that he has detached and yells out, "Look I got this under control."
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Shit
ornotna
(10,807 posts)Dr. Grabem B Thapusie
mnmoderatedem
(3,732 posts)except for the fact he would never make it into any medical school.
Unless his daddy pulled strings.
yardwork
(61,715 posts)Admission to medical school requires actual proof of academic accomplishment, and staying in medical school does too.
Kid Berwyn
(14,990 posts)9:50 mark Dr Dim Donny TenFlusher explains how he heard one person at CDC may have the virus, so he cancelled his visit. Then he found out, not, and got the all-clear.
Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)Docreed2003
(16,880 posts)It's horrifying that this asshole is "leading" our country
dweller
(23,682 posts)and by doctor i mean a psychiatrist for the criminally insane
✌🏼
Kid Berwyn
(14,990 posts)✌🏼
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,897 posts)I have a delivery for Mr. Trump....one Acme Jet Pack, one box of Acme TNT, one Acme Skateboard......
jmowreader
(50,567 posts)This was from a law school that teaches its students how to file civil suits by having them sue Acme for selling defective products to the Coyote.
madaboutharry
(40,231 posts)Climate change is a hoax.
Wind turbines cause cancer.
Raking the forest prevents forests fires.
Vaccines cause autism.
Coal can be clean.
The earth is actually getting cooler.
Energy efficient light bulbs contain hazardous gases and make people look orange.
And the latest brilliance: Coronavirus will magically disappear in the Spring.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)
democratisphere This message was self-deleted by its author.
gordianot
(15,247 posts)I am really tired of waiting for this one to take his final overdue reckoning.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)People, grown adult people, actually sit there and eat this bullshit up?
This is fucking ridiculous!
Our country is fucked
Delphinus
(11,842 posts)And they stand next to him or behind him as if to support him in his insane rantings. I wouldn't want to be seen in any shot of him for fear that the smart people would think I agreed with his utter nonsense. If they think it's going to promote them it their careers, whatever they may be, they are sorely wrong. Every thing he touches is tainted.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He needs to start getting roundly humiliated by the press on a regular basis and maybe that will shut him up for a while. Someone needs to shout "The Emperor has no clothes!"
D23MIURG23
(2,850 posts)pulling stuff out of his ass.
MissMillie
(38,587 posts)He said, "Somewhere in the world is the world's worst doctor, and someone has an appointment with him tomorrow."
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Dr: Im sorry to tell you that its cancer
Pt: Cancer is a fake news hoax! Can I get a second opinion with a Dr who shares that view?
Dr: Er um yeah theres one Dr in the whole world who believes cancer is a hoax, Dr Trump
Pt: Can I get an appointment with him?
Dr: Im certain of that
duforsure
(11,885 posts)On any issue , and especially this one by claiming all the doctors ask him how he knows so much is typical lying and self promotion of propaganda from a serial liar, and deranged and delusional egomaniac trump. That's his typical pattern to lie claiming he's superior period, and is smarter than everyone else, when the truth is he can barely read, has little ability to deal with reality instead making up his own delusional lies as he goes along, but has no credibility on anything he says or claims because he is one sick sorry fill in the blank con artist, and career criminal.when he claims the dr's ask him that it really means they think he 's an idiot. Or he wouldn't have lied about it claiming they asked him that.
malaise
(269,212 posts)They should fucking be
CatMor
(6,212 posts)Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)boy's cheese done slid off his cracker.
polmaven
(9,463 posts)I shake it so much I don't know why it has not fallen off!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,388 posts)He's so dumb, he doesn't understand how dumb he is.
Roy Rolling
(6,941 posts)My wife and I have a daughter with a Masters of Electrical Engineering at MIT.
Think how smart we are. You dont get the genius gene from your fathers brother, you get it from your parents like us!
Having an MIT daughter, Im thinking if running for President. Or at least head doctor at the CDC.
tanyev
(42,634 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Captain Zero
(6,836 posts)The looks on their faces.
DFW
(54,447 posts)Just in case he thinks he really is qualified to perform any medical procedure more sophisticated than opening a box of band-aids.
Tanuki
(14,924 posts)world wide wally
(21,757 posts)Mendocino
(7,514 posts)is anti-viral. Hooker piss prevents piles. KFC is the "good" cholesterol.
Firestorm49
(4,037 posts)The word science alone sends something chilling down his spineless conscience.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)why the flu shot wouldn't work for the coronavirus.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I couldn't tell you the first thing about it. What makes him think that because his uncle studied, worked hard and had a particular aptitude for electrical engineering somehow conferred scientific MEDICAL genius on to him?
God, he is SUCH a self-aggrandizing asshole!
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)He claims to have a "natural instinct for science not through formal education but because his uncle was a professor at MIT for many years. That natural instinct taught him to stare at the sun during an eclipse.
Captain Zero
(6,836 posts)nt
PatSeg
(47,648 posts)"How do you know so much about this?"
That was bizarre even for Trump. Imagine how hard it was for those standing around him to keep a straight face.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)That Trump believes this nonsense or that his Trumpkins do.
ooky
(8,930 posts)after he's finished pretending to be a president. Just don't let him near a real lab.
BusyBeingBest
(8,059 posts)LakeArenal
(28,858 posts)SunSeeker
(51,744 posts)edbermac
(15,947 posts)Hawkeye describing Frank Burns: Hed prescribe a laxative for a brain tumor.
Thats Trump.
Rogerpatterson
(17 posts)This kind of bravado may be okay if you're a wrestler, but when life and death decisions are made, this is completely uncalled for. With all the deceit, promiscuousness, cheating and complete disregard for checks and balances, how can anybody not believe, or don't believe it matters, that he is a habitual liar. They seem to regard their hypocrisy as a cloak of honor and don't relate it to honesty or morality at all. WTH is wrong with these folks?
PatrickforO
(14,593 posts)I saw the video clip.
ihaveaquestion
(2,564 posts)SpankMe
(2,970 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,191 posts)We're doomed.
sandensea
(21,682 posts)For catching STDs.