Trump's Dumbest Comments Thread

[_Jersey Girl]

My favorite howler from today:

"It's a thing called Article 2. Nobody ever mentions Article 2. It gives me all of these rights at a level that nobody has ever seen before."

"What. An. Idiot." ~ Hermione Granger

[Guest]

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."
-- Barack Obama

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."

"Hold on one second, sweetie, we're going to do -- we'll do a press avail." --to a female reporter for ABC's Detroit affiliate who asked about his plan to help American autoworkers.

"There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian -- wheeling and dealing ... " Obama 2009 (Austrian ain't a language by the way)

"“On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today.."

“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” (Obama, Regarding a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people)

"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s.." - Obama

Obama Caught telling Russian leader, “Don’t worry, after I’m elected..."
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Obama toasts the Queen of England while the Orchestra plays the UK’s national Anthem, “God Save The Queen
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Obama Signs wrong year the London’s Westminster Abbey quest book. Off by 3 years.

Wow, those are shocking! Seriously though, this is the best you could come up with? Do you actually believe any of these gaffe's, or any gaffe from our previous presidents, is as bad as this sentence? (yes, it's a single sentence):

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

Are you able to discern when a person clearly knows what he's talking about despite any gaffes in their statements vs. someone who is clearly out of their depth on the topic. Because if you believe Obama's major gaffes are at the same level as Trump's, then clearly you lack this gift of discernment.

Obama's gaffes are equivalent to when Trump says:

the sun. It's very small. America's bigger, folks. I love it

If Obama said that, it would make your list. When Trump says it, it doesn't even crack his top 100.

But despite being the king of gaffes, it's the stuff Trump intentionally says that is more disturbing.

Imagine Obama saying this about Hillary during the 2008 primary:

"Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next next president? I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?"

Sure, it's funny when you're in grade school, and the bully is making fun of the ugly girl. But at some point we grow up, and those types of insults generally reflect poorly on the person making them.

Imagine Obama saying this about McCain during the 2008 presidential campagin:

“He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

This insult of a man who suffered in a POW camp is especially disgusting coming from a person who never served. It's impossible to imagine Obama (or really anyone else) saying something like this. It's just not in his character. But it wasn't particularly shocking when Trump said it. It is in his character.

Imagine anyone saying this about the Central Park 5 in 2016:

“The police doing the original investigation say they were guilty. The fact that that case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous. And the woman, so badly injured, will never be the same.”

or in 2019

"They admitted their guilt"

Of course DNA evidence exonerated them in 2002, so anyone who still believes they are guilty of the crime they were convicted of is ignorant of DNA science. You should give him a Book of Mormon. He might be the last non-mormon in the USA who you could convince it is true.

[_DarkHelmet]

My favorite howler from today:

"It's a thing called Article 2. Nobody ever mentions Article 2. It gives me all of these rights at a level that nobody has ever seen before."

This means he just learned about Article 2, probably from his lawyers. Anytime Trump starts a statement claiming nobody knows, or nobody talks about, etc. it means he just learned something new and is sharing it with the class. For example:

Most people don’t even know [Lincoln] was a Republican. Does anyone know? Lot of people don’t know that. Let’s take an ad, let’s use one of those PACs.

Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.

We know when he's learned something knew because he trumpsplains it to the rest of us. He's like Lloyd on Dumb and Dumber:

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

So, if anyone wants to scare up a quote here is the Trump Twitter archive, which is searchable:

http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive

Or you can basically start from the top and basically be horrified by his illiterate marblemouthery. Oh, and take note what he re-tweets.

- Doc

[_canpakes]

“Don’t believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number’s probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent.”

[_Kevin Graham]

Trump tells three minority, US born Congresswomen to go back to the countries they came from.

[_Some Schmo]

I have to question the basic premise of this thread. It implies that Trump sometimes makes comments that aren't coming from a place of ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance and stupidity (and a healthy helping of BS, of course) are his origin story (or oranges story, if you like).

[_canpakes]

Maybe not so much a dumb comment by Trump, but by his campaign. This raises a few questions:

* Why do Trumpers think that creating more trash is ‘owning the libs’?

* Why are Trumpers unable to figure out how to use a paper straw?

: D

The Trump campaign is known for one particular piece of merch: the MAGA hat. But for the astronomically high price of $15, you, too, can be the proud owner of 10 plastic straws “laser engraved” with Donald Trump’s name.

In an apparent bid to trigger as many libs as possible, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is selling ten-packs of red straws, made from sturdy — but supposedly recyclable — plastic. Because “liberal paper straws don’t work,” according to the campaign’s website.

[_Kevin Graham]

Donald Trump says that he cares about combating sex trafficking, but he couldn't even manage to have a coherent three-minute conversation with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad, a trafficking survivor and global leader on ending sexual violence.

https://Twitter.com/simonhedlin/status/ ... 84321?s=20

Nadia : "They killed my Mom, my six brothers."

Trump: "Where are they now?"

Nadia: "They killed them. They are in the mass grave in Sinjar. And I'm still fighting just to live in safety. Please do something. It isn't about one family.."

Trump: "I know the area very well."

Trump says he'll look into it and then changes the subject asking her why she won the Nobel Prize. The look on her face when he asks her about the NP is just...

[_moksha]

https://Twitter.com/simonhedlin/status/ ... 84321?s=20

Nadia : "They killed my Mom, my six brothers."

Trump: "Where are they now?"

Nadia: "They killed them. They are in the mass grave in Sinjar. And I'm still fighting just to live in safety. Please do something. It isn't about one family.."

Trump: "I know the area very well."

Trump says he'll look into it and then changes the subject asking her why she won the Nobel Prize. The look on her face when he asks her about the NP is just...

I think in Trump's defense when you have a narcissistic personality disorder it greatly impairs your empathetic listening skills and because the conversation was not about him, Trump did not feel compelled to listen attentively. Trump may have asked why she won the Nobel Prize in order to tell his staff what to do so he could also get one.