Being an actual moron isn't a "gaffe" lol.
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Yea, the guy is ignorant and is used to BSing his way through it. His wealth has long sheltered him from being called out on it.
"look having nuclear...." Moron
is used to BSing his way through it
When you are famous they let you do it.
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."
Donald "Tiny hands" Trump
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Being a moron is not enough. You also have to suffer from rapidly advancing dementia to be regarded as the literal second coming of Christ by "conservatives".
Honestly, that makes perfect sense. Their other darling president was a talentless hack, brainless politician with dementia, so it 100% tracks that they can't get on their knees fast enough.
Their other darling president was a talentless hack, brainless ~~politician~~ entertainer with dementia
Yeah, I'm not sure the right elected St. Ronnie or Trump because of their political acumen.
To be fair, and I say this as no fan of Ronnie Raygun, he seemed relatively normal until the later years. A jerkass right-wing nut in practice, who screwed up a LOT of things and set the stage for later disasters, but otherwise human. Possibly even personally likable. I didn’t cheer when he got shot, like.
Trump is seven layers of freak criminal mental disease. If Jodie Foster’s Army was active and working today, I’d be dancing on the rooftops.
I'm ~~not~~ sure the right elected St. Ronnie or Trump because of their lack of political acumen.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that's exactly why they elected both. Idiots are notoriously easy to manipulate and control.
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What exactly do people see in Trump? He's got no idea what happened at Gettysburg, why even bring it up?
He lets people who "believe in him" let go of all guilt, shame, and self-doubt. It doesn't matter if you're racist, sexist, or homophobic, it doesn't matter if you commit crimes, perpetrate injustice, blaspheme, or maliciously harm others, as long as you believe in Trump, he forgives you. It's intoxicating to some people. He's like the opposite of Jesus. Some kind of "anti-Jesus."
As far as why Trump even brought it up, he's a narcissist who has never had boundaries or been held accountable for anything. He just says and does whatever he wants in the moment.
He’s like the opposite of Jesus. Some kind of “anti-Jesus.”
I wonder if the bible has anything to say about that...
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What di they see in him? He is a schoolyard bully with opposition defiant disorder, a fraud, a racist, and a rapist. They are looking in a mirror and they approve.
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These are his actual words... or word salad:
Union was saved by the immortal heroes at Gettysburg. Gettysburg. What an unbelievable battle that was, the battle of Gettysburg. What an unbelievable… I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow. I go to Gettysburg, PA to look and to watch. And the statement of Robert E Lee, who’s no longer in favor. Did you ever notice that? No longer in favor. “Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.” They were fighting uphill, he said. Wow, that was a big mistake. He lost his great general, and they were fighting. “Never fight uphill, me boys,” but it was too late.
Everything he says sounds like it’s being said by someone taking an oral test on a topic they know nothing about and have never studied but their gigantic and undeserved ego won’t allow them to admit their total and complete ignorance on the subject at hand.
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He's like the presidential version of the Nigerian prince scam email. That email contains a bunch of intentional misspellings and grammatical errors because the phishers want to weed out people who can think and reason correctly.
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That's it? This is more coherent than usual. We aren't discussing the Air Force bases during the American Revolution so it was one of the better days for demented Donald.
The fact an audience will sit there enraptured is the scariest part.
What a dunderhead.
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That wasn't a gaffe. It's his normal way of not knowing a damned thing about any subject and just spewing random adjectives.
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Ok but seriously, he’s demented. Not kidding. His brain is ill.
And a majority of conservatives still agree that he is the most accurate representative of their thoughts.
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I thought I was going crazy thinking he must have held a second rally, because Gettysburg isn't anywhere near where he was speaking. The place he was at is as close to NYC or almost any part of the Jersey Shore as it was to Gettysburg.
To just randomly go into a speech about how General Lee isn't as beloved as he used to be is really out of nowhere and how it could be directed to anyone other than some racist types is beyond me.
I really hope my state can start to heal itself if we can whomp the Rs again this election. There's still a rabid base of these supporters though, but they've been laying a bit low. I've been seeing signs up all over for Mark Houck instead of Trump, so I looked up who this guy was and he twice assaulted a 72-year-old abortion clinic escort.
Houck was accused of physically assaulting Bruce Love, a 72-year-old clinic escort, in October 2021. Love was attempting to escort two patients exiting the Philadelphia clinic when Houck “forcefully shoved” him to the ground, according to the Justice Department. On a separate occasion, Houck allegedly verbally confronted the escort and shoved him to the ground outside the clinic. Love sustained injuries that required medical attention.
However, Houck said he spoke outside of abortion clinics each week and sometimes brought his 12-year-old son along. He said he shoved Love after the clinic escort invaded his son’s personal space and yelled at him.
This is who the Rs are trying to get to push out their long term somewhat moderate current Republican rep.
Vote 'em out, me boys!
DON'T FIGHT UPHILL ME BOYS!
such a famous quote, delivered with all the gravitas that it warrants
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The quote he made up reeks of lost cause mentality. The idea that Lee lost because his generals didn't follow his grand wisdom has been around since right after the war. There was a southern journalist who lost a defamation case to a general he claimed didn't adhere to orders. I think some lost cause circles still bring it up. Despite winning the case the guy was military not pr, and didn't know how to use the money to repair his reputation from a guy who professionally spreads information (disinformation in this case).
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Not joking, I saw a couple of excerpts from the speech shortly on here, and thought it was just a meme. Didn't even realize it was real until the next day when I saw the clip of him saying it. Just originally thought it was just too dumb to say, even for Trump.
"[Robert E. Lee] said, 'Never fight uphill, me boys! Never fight uphill!' They were fighting uphill. He said, 'Wow...'"
Compare "potatoe" to Trump's speech. This speech needs to be played again and again as a campaign ad gift from Trump.
I am old enough to remember that. My, how times have changed.
Also, remember the time that Howard Dean tried to stir up some excitement among his campaign supporters and was knocked as "not being presidential"?
This is truly the Darkest Timeline™.
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Its already a meme. Interestingly its not the first time he got this quote wrong!
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