Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 24

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The Great Zaganza said:
The question isn't whether Trump is dumb or not - he obviously is.

What is interesting are the coping mechanisms he has developed to semi-function.
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Semi-function is right. During the Axios interview when Swan called Trump out on his COVID death figures, you could see Trump struggling to remember what his handlers told him to say about the handful of graphs he fumbled with. Press Secretary Barbie probably gave him talking points right before he walked in and he still bumbled about.

Person, woman, man, camera, TV my left testicle; there's no way he aced that cognitive test.
 
Apathia said:
I'm afraid Martin The Martian saw me sunbathing, and it's one of the reasons he wanted to blow up the Earth.
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The Greater Fool said:
Marvin the Martian.
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Martin the Martian was played by Ray Walston, a fine actor who unfortunately got typecast. If he saw Apathia he'd probably sing "There is nothing like a dame".

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Mojo said:
As someone who has lived their entire life in “the one that invented the language”, I can confidently say that that is “utter bollocks”.
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It's like he looked at the spelling of Thai and made this whole thing up.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

This is the biggest political crime and scandal in American history. Hopefully, for the good of our Country, it is coming soon!
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Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
BREAKING: After 16 months of investigating, special #Spygate prosecutor John Durham STILL has not interviewed James Comey, Andrew McCabe, John Brennan or James Clapper, and Clapper's attorney reportedly said Durham's office has assured him that he will not be interviewed at all
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From Wiki:
On November 1, 2017, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.[12] On February 16, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote of the Senate. He was sworn in on February 22, 2018.[9]
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So like Sessions, he has disappointed Trump.
 
Trebuchet said:
Martin the Martian was played by Ray Walston, a fine actor who unfortunately got typecast. If he saw Apathia he'd probably sing "There is nothing like a dame".


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Martin the Martian (My Favorite Martian) was not trying to blow up the earth as Apathia's post mentioned.
Marvin the Martian was the entity focused on blowing up the earth with "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator."

 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Retweeted

Dan Vargas
@danvargas77
Yes! Please add to the things to do. Drain the swamp and prevent it from coming back. Set "Term limits" to our politicians.
Also, establish a National standard election process that will protect and preserve the integrity of our elections.
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A Republican is asking for this. He's going to have a visit from the states' rights people.
 
Trebuchet said:
"Thighland".
I take back everything I ever said about him not being necessarily stupid, just ignorant.
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Apropos, that's one those linguistic things - I gather that the distinction is very simple for native English speakers, but for a Finn it's really hard to distinguish at all between the two versions...
 
The worst thing Trump has ever done is make me briefly think Thighland was a real place...
 
Dan Vargas
@danvargas77
Yes! Please add to the things to do. Drain the swamp and prevent it from coming back. Set "Term limits" to our politicians.
Also, establish a National standard election process that will protect and preserve the integrity of our elections.
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Ooh, what a great idea, maybe they could call it something like "The Voting Rights Act"?

I bet no one's ever thought of that before.
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Dinesh D'Souza jumps in to defend Trump's pronunciation via twitter.

Dinesh D'Souza
@DineshDSouza
This is actually the correct pronunciation. Most Americans say it wrong. Thailand is pronounced phonetically. It’s “Thighland,” not “Tai-land.

I’m highly amused to see supposedly sophisticated media types snickering at @realdonaldtrump for saying “Thighland.” These faux-sophisticates don’t realize Trump’s way of saying it is right. “Tai-land” is the crude lingo of people who have never been to “Thighland”

I’m really enjoying the “Thighland” controversy I seem to have kicked off. Outside of America, every English speaking country, starting with the one that invented the language, pronounces it the way Trump did. “Tai-land” is for frontier people who like to simplify pronunciations

Let me clarify. I’m not saying “Thighland” is how it is said in the Thai language. The French say “Paree” but that’s not how it is pronounced in English. “Thighland,” not “Tai-land,” is how English speakers around the world say it

I have gone, NOT I have went. He got up and went, NOT he up and went. I have eaten, NOT I have ate. Regardless, NOT irregardless. Thighland (soft th-sound), NOT Tai-land. These five little corrections would do wonders for the English language as spoken in America
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I am very surprised that a recipient of a Trump pardon with a history of peddling right-wing lies would make up a bunch of nonsense to defend Donald Trump.
 
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