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Trump made at least 15 "unintelligible" comments in his Associated Press interview, (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 OP
Trump likely thought he could get by with typical BS tactics. Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 #1
Yeah. Don't know why this interview is thought to be an aberration. Orsino Apr 2017 #47
Only 15? duncang Apr 2017 #2
But I want the press to make clear DURING an interview that tRump is not making sense. LuckyLib Apr 2017 #9
Exactly. ClusterFreak Apr 2017 #13
I wonder about that myself. I've wondered all along. nolabear Apr 2017 #25
The only thing that was remotely coherent was the bit about himself. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #3
I think there's something deeper bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #6
Soon he will not even be able to draw the face of a clock. classykaren Apr 2017 #4
Or spell kat.... Heartstrings Apr 2017 #11
typical tRump interview nt elmac Apr 2017 #5
His vocab: QED Apr 2017 #7
And YUGE !! n/t Pluvious Apr 2017 #14
Bigly! dchill Apr 2017 #17
Believe They_Live Apr 2017 #26
I can tell you that! nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #37
QED, with greatest respect, may I add incessant use of one word that makes me scream...in a bad way: Leghorn21 Apr 2017 #27
Very... QED Apr 2017 #29
Sad! nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #36
Sad. 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #41
He's unintelligent. No wonder he's unintelligible. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #8
He lies as easily as he breathes. One of the Crowdstrike founders with Ilsa Apr 2017 #10
So he's improving, then? n/t Different Drummer Apr 2017 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #15
Trump's brain cells are not burning. dchill Apr 2017 #16
From Dale's Tweet storm. rogue emissary Apr 2017 #18
Oh my God! Dream Girl Apr 2017 #28
Yeap giving him a shot made sense to some people. rogue emissary Apr 2017 #31
our pResiDunce lastlib Apr 2017 #38
He continues to devolve right in front of us. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #19
The demands of the job and lack of sleep colorado_ufo Apr 2017 #39
That's true. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #40
He's an idiot! mountain grammy Apr 2017 #20
I think my brain is bleeding. That's the damnedest thing I've ever tried to read. nolabear Apr 2017 #21
tRump enid602 Apr 2017 #22
And people would still vote for this idiot?? triron Apr 2017 #23
The stress of the presidency is getting to him not fooled Apr 2017 #24
I almost feel sorry for him. ALMOST. if you read run_mac_run Apr 2017 #30
He does not grope for words as he uses the same limited ones over and over BSdetect Apr 2017 #32
Putin sent him a large batch of special Russian Candies. delisen Apr 2017 #33
As Michael Bluth would say, "Holy mother of God!!" Leghorn21 Apr 2017 #34
I couldn't get through it. rickford66 Apr 2017 #35
they called that an "interview"? onethatcares Apr 2017 #42
trump's a big blubbering wimp.. he needed his diaper Cha Apr 2017 #43
200 word vocabulary jimjc Apr 2017 #44
In the 1970's I worked at a psychiatric hospital and there was a lady about Trump's age Vinca Apr 2017 #45
This is the best the republicans can offer America? Achilleaze Apr 2017 #46
I can't wait to hear his gloppy oatmeal speech on Saturday! randome Apr 2017 #48

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
1. Trump likely thought he could get by with typical BS tactics.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:48 PM
Apr 2017

Lot's of words, little content.
Problem is most reporters have critical thinking skills, as well as the ability to know if their questions are being answered/deflected.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
47. Yeah. Don't know why this interview is thought to be an aberration.
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 10:32 AM
Apr 2017

If there's evidence of a progressive deterioration, I would atrribute it to the stress of three months during which he hasn't been able to completely bullshit his way through every conversation. He feels a need to be more cautious, but still has to fill time to stave off follow-ups.

duncang

(1,907 posts)
2. Only 15?
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:57 PM
Apr 2017

I guess if you only count the single words you can't understand. But if you try reading the whole interview you want to curl up in a ball on the floor. So much of it is so disjointed, convoluted, repetitive, idiot talk you can't really understand what point he is making. Julie pace from AP had to just say "right" several times. I'm pretty sure it was that or what the hell are you talking about.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
9. But I want the press to make clear DURING an interview that tRump is not making sense.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:03 PM
Apr 2017

"Excuse me? I didn't get that."
"Pardon? That wasn't clear."
Then repeating back to him what they think they heard. Make him be clear by refusing to let him toss his word salad. He is given a pass each and every time.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
25. I wonder about that myself. I've wondered all along.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 09:02 PM
Apr 2017

Forget the script. Talk to the man. Let him unfold those garbled phrases. I suspect he'd get more and more nervous and do even worse, become angry and disorganized. MORE disorganized.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. The only thing that was remotely coherent was the bit about himself.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:58 PM
Apr 2017

Of COURSE! It is the only thing he can talk about with any kind of clarity at all. He knows nothing about anything. The man is a complete imbecile. He can barely speak English.

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
6. I think there's something deeper
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:01 PM
Apr 2017

If I were to guess I'd say it's dementia, Alzheimers, or a brain tumor.

Trump always has been an imbecile- that's nothing new. lol

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
27. QED, with greatest respect, may I add incessant use of one word that makes me scream...in a bad way:
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 09:19 PM
Apr 2017

very, very incredible
very, very fantastic
very, very beautiful
very, very great


Merci!

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
41. Sad.
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:14 AM
Apr 2017

Another of his favorites.

Speech therapists like 18 month olds to have a vocabulary of 12 words or sounds that they use with consistent meaning. Trump is barely above that.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
10. He lies as easily as he breathes. One of the Crowdstrike founders with
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:13 PM
Apr 2017

an ethnic name, Dmitri Alperovitch (or similar), graduated from Georgia Tech. The other founder is George Kurtz, and I'm not sure where he's from, but the company is based in CA.

Response to bathroommonkey76 (Original post)

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
18. From Dale's Tweet storm.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:40 PM
Apr 2017


I know he did this on the subject of Guns in school. Where he started a sentence saying they shouldn't and ended the sentence saying Teacher should have them.

How do they let him get away with this double talk? Either he does or doesn't talk to them about the deal. Confidentiality has nothing to do with that fact.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
19. He continues to devolve right in front of us.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:48 PM
Apr 2017

I realize it's only speculation but I agree with those who suspect he keeps Ivanka around to cover for him. If he does have dementia he won't be able to hide it for long.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
40. That's true.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 11:38 PM
Apr 2017

And very concerning since he's already making poor decisions - just imagine how much worse it's going to get.

As bad as Bush was at least he could be handled.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
21. I think my brain is bleeding. That's the damnedest thing I've ever tried to read.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:53 PM
Apr 2017

Is anybody listening to this? Can anybody help us?

Jesus Christ. I don't even know what to say.

enid602

(8,620 posts)
22. tRump
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 09:00 PM
Apr 2017

He's just doing his darnedest to say real important stuff, as he's afraid he might get kicked off the island.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
24. The stress of the presidency is getting to him
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 09:01 PM
Apr 2017

For the first time in his miserable life, he's trapped, with all of his deficiencies exposed and critiqued.

He realizes that he is out of his league, but can't do anything about it.

His previous "coping skills"--lying, BSing, threatening people, and escaping unpleasant situations--don't work now, and in fact only make him look more ridiculous.

All that he has left is bullying and blustering.

He knows that as time passes he's only gonna look worse and worse.

It's probably beginning to dawn on him that he is the object of ridicule and that he will be widely reviled now and forevermore in American history.

The stress is probably overwhelming his already addled brain.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving jerk.



run_mac_run

(14 posts)
30. I almost feel sorry for him. ALMOST. if you read
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 09:38 PM
Apr 2017

that piece about not watching CNN, you can see he's not lying. He has forgotten that TWO minutes earlier he admitted that he watches CNN. The man has serious mental issues - dementia, alzheimer's etc.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
34. As Michael Bluth would say, "Holy mother of God!!"
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:00 PM
Apr 2017

TRUMP: Our military is so proud. They were not proud at all. They had their heads down. Now they have their heads up.




 

jimjc

(69 posts)
44. 200 word vocabulary
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 08:02 AM
Apr 2017

There's a well known psychologist ( can't think of his name at the moment ) that says he has a 200 word vocabulary and that he's pathological liar.. and has a number of other mental issues that can't be hidden and have already come out...He believes he will regress further and go into hiding away from the press because he does not have the ability to express himself and he's finding out everyones knows he's not a intelligent person and know nothing more than real estate..

Whenever he has a situation where he has rehearsed statements for years in his cons he sounds alright but as soon as you start asking him things that any person of average intelligence knows he gets lost into 4/5 word blurbs and changes the subject many times to hide he doesn't know what he's talking about....

Lastly any person that stands in the public repeating 100's of times that he's smart, and he knows better than anyone, he's really rich, he's a fabulous business man etc. etc. over and over has big problems..

Vinca

(50,279 posts)
45. In the 1970's I worked at a psychiatric hospital and there was a lady about Trump's age
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 08:06 AM
Apr 2017

who roamed the grounds muttering about Wankel engines and the Commies. That's who Trump reminds me of. He's a constant stream of word salad that makes absolutely no sense.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
46. This is the best the republicans can offer America?
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 08:18 AM
Apr 2017

sad.

the republican 'family values' role model is dull beyond imagining. He is, frankly, shallow and stupid.

And this is the very best the republicans can offer to the world as their "leader."

sad.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
48. I can't wait to hear his gloppy oatmeal speech on Saturday!
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 10:36 AM
Apr 2017

[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.
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