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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cut off former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a gaggle with reporters on Friday, musing that he hoped Trump had a better relationship with himself than Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

The awkward moment came after Trump was asked about his expectations for his private meeting with Zelensky.

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[-] LixWindoz@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago

Reading his quotes is so baffling to me, he speaks like a teenager.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

“So I said, ‘Let me ask you a question, and [the guy who makes boats in South Carolina] said, ‘Nobody ever asked this question,’ and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT —very smart. He goes, I say, ‘What would happen if the boat sank from its weight? And you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery is now underwater and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?’”

At this point, Trump apparently decided to pursue this tangent in earnest. “By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately, do you notice that, a lot of sharks?" he asked. "I watched some guys justifying it today. ‘Well, they weren’t really that angry. They bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were, they were not hungry, but they misunderstood what who she was.’ These people are crazy. He said there’s no problem with sharks. ‘They just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming now.’ It really got decimated and other people do a lot of shark attacks.”

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 29 points 10 hours ago

His reading and speaking level is that of a fourth grader. That’s not hyperbole.

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

If you listen to him talk about any subject, not just politics, it's very clear his idea of the world hasn't changed a single nanometer since he was prepubescent.

[-] LixWindoz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I’m not from the states so I’m not sure how old fourth graders typically are, but I’m assuming then that’s not even a teenager level 😅

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

Fourth graders are generally around 9-10 years old.

[-] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 hours ago

I have this theory that people who become obscenely rich stop growing up the moment they get that money. Donnie never stood a chance

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