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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe 225 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When dementia strikes a tiny mind.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I really hope he is this disoriented at the debate.

[–] norimee 38 points 2 months ago

"This is a debate? Why Doesn’t Someone Tell Me This Stuff?"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

“Ms. Harris your time is up, Mr. Trump, how do you respond?” “I’ll get a large chocolate shake, a 20 box of nuggets, uh… a fish delight, and a large fries”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“After the debate, Trump gained 5 percentage points in the polls.”

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[–] Zess 136 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure his people told him and he just didn't listen, like how he didn't even read his daily briefs when he was in office. Or maybe they've all realized he never listens anyway so no one bothers anymore.

[–] themeatbridge 56 points 2 months ago

Right, the headline should be "Trump forgot where he was and what he was doing during a Town Hall"

[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Some people call him a stable genious. He passed a cognitive test don't you know. Man, Woman, TV, Camera, Lights.

At this rate, in 2 months his campaign slogan will be 'meep'

[–] FlyingSquid 96 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Some people call him a stable genious.

Some call him the gangster of dumb

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some people call him Mo Lester

[–] athairmor 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

‘Cause he reeks of pompousness of Trump

[–] AngryCommieKender 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A word-twister,

A campaign fund lifter

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

He takes his pictures on some graves

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[–] SkunkWorkz 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok, but this is a direct quote. Oh holy ... what a time to be alive.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had to verify myself. It’s even more batshit with more context. After that the bing bongs and weird gesticulations he says “you know what that is, right?” wtf no we have no idea wtf that is lmao

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[–] arockinyourshoe 17 points 2 months ago
[–] bisby 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Person woman man camera TV

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[–] DaddleDew 102 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Oh man, that video was a painful watch. He then immediately switched to directly calling Kamala a communist and a Marxist. It is absolutely insane that there aren't more people walking out on him when he insults his audience's intelligence like that.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's hilarious how out of touch Republican rhetoric is becoming considering there are a sizeable number of Democrats who think the party leadership and people like Harris, Biden, and Clinton are essentially right-wing politicians at this point.

Calling them communists or socialists is quite the joke when they'd be more than happy to bail out corporations, protect predatory businesses, or pass draconian laws at the expense of the populace.

It's also fun to take the wind of out of the sails of far-right individuals online by pointing this out when they rant about the "socialist, communist, Marxists" running for office.

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[–] rayyy 37 points 2 months ago

when he insults his audience’s intelligence like that.

Firstly, they must have some intelligence to insult.

[–] Diplomjodler3 21 points 2 months ago

You can't insult something that doesn't exist.

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[–] gedaliyah 82 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You just can't find good help these days after surrounding yourself with yes-men, repeatedly firing your staff, implicating them in your crimes, insulting and harassing them, and spending all week golfing and eating cheeseburgers instead of preparing for campaign events.

[–] bamfic 36 points 2 months ago

And then not paying them

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bro wtf my bf on fentanyl is more lucid than this guy.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What do you want to bet he was told and ignored it?

[–] formergijoe 27 points 2 months ago

My bet is he was told and forgot. Ol Dementia Don at it again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Literally all money I have access to.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He’s so old, why do they keep making him run?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You surrounded yourself with sycophants and imbeciles Donnie… what did you expect?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

this sort of breathless headline does not the former guy. people who like him are like, 'oh he's just off the cuff brash', but no he's like a toddler with a big box of toy guns

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Except the toy guns are loaded with real bullets.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago

Old Donny doesn’t know what he’s doing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

So weird that he does not know what he is doing.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

He's like a ventriloquist dummy, they just pack him up and put him on a stage, then he shoves his own hand up his ass and makes mouth noises.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean… clown hall anyone?

[–] MeatPilot 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not being from the USA, I can't find what a "Town Hall" means in this context, does anyone care to explain?

[–] FuglyDuck 22 points 2 months ago

Basically, it’s a smaller, informal rally. Usually there’s a stump speech followed by question and answer periods.

The tone and flavor tend to be wildly different depending on who’s running it.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man, Woman, TV, Camera, Lights.

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