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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump made at least 15 "unintelligible" comments in his Associated Press interview,
the AP transcript says.
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Transcript of AP interview with Trump
https://apnews.com/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)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)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)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)"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.
ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)Thank you for saying that. Now if only the press would do what you suggest.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)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)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)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
classykaren
(769 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)QED
(2,747 posts)incredible
fantastic
me
wall
chocolate cake
me
beautiful
polls
me
inauguration
great
me
Pluvious
(4,313 posts)ME !
tblue37
(65,408 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)very, very incredible
very, very fantastic
very, very beautiful
very, very great
Merci!
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.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,010 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)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.
Different Drummer
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dchill
(38,505 posts)They're jumping ship.
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)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.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)This is our president???
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)lastlib
(23,248 posts)We haven't even thrown the water on him, and he's meltiiiiinng!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)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.
colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)will accelerate his decline. Poor eating habits, as well.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)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.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Is anybody listening to this? Can anybody help us?
Jesus Christ. I don't even know what to say.
enid602
(8,620 posts)He's just doing his darnedest to say real important stuff, as he's afraid he might get kicked off the island.
triron
(22,007 posts)where are their brains??
not fooled
(5,801 posts)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)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.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)He's not a word groper....
delisen
(6,044 posts)Trump still thinks that Putin is his BFF.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)TRUMP: Our military is so proud. They were not proud at all. They had their heads down. Now they have their heads up.
rickford66
(5,524 posts)I tried very very hard.
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)for krikey sake, that was a ramblin' meander down the presidunce lane.
Cha
(297,323 posts)changed and his pacifier to suck on.
jimjc
(69 posts)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)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)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)[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]