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"I like to make the final decisions one second before it’s due"
Lawrence O'Donnell drew my attention to Donald Trump's confusion about when the Declaration of Independence was written (i.e. in the colonial era or round about the time of the Civil War). I knew he was ignorant, but this was mind boggling.
"Asked in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon if he’s made a decision about what, if anything, he will do regarding Iran, the President told reporters, 'I have ideas as to what to do, but I haven’t made a final.
I like to make the final decisions one second before it’s due, you know, ’cause things change. I mean, especially with war, things change with war, it can go from one extreme to the other.
War’s very bad. There was no reason for this to be a war,” he said, apparently about Israel and Iran.
“There was no reason for Russia, Ukraine. A lot of wars, there was no reason for.”
“You look right up there,” Trump said, pointing to the wall, “I don’t know, you see the Declaration of Independence, and I say, I wonder if you, you know, the Civil War always seemed to me maybe that could have been solved without losing 600,000 plus people.”
Trump appears to confuse America’s Revolutionary War with the Civil War
President Donald Trump, speaking about war as he attempts to decide whether or not to actively support Israel by bombing Iran, appeared to confuse America’s war for independence —the Revolutionary War—with America’s Civil War.Asked in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon if he’s made a...www.rawstory.com
There's no other country in the world, in the developed world anyway, that the proud, determined ignorance Trump represents could be elected to President. It's mind-boggling.Donald Trump is a moron.
The worst kind in that he's convinced himself hes very bright.
But pretty much every time he opens his mouth he reveals deep, deep ignorance.
"War's very bad." Is the phraseology of a 4 year old.
I am convinced he's functionally illiterate and likely the stupidest president in history.
There's no other country in the world, in the developed world anyway, that the proud, determined ignorance Trump represents could be elected to President. It's mind-boggling.
Is it the triumph of American populism? Ignorant Americans seeing one of their own and gathering the clan? It's incomprehensible to me that Trump could get the support of so many people in a supposedly literate society.
MAGA can likely read, but it has turned its back on common sense, decency, fair play, critical thinking skills, and the instinct of self-preservation.There's no other country in the world, in the developed world anyway, that the proud, determined ignorance Trump represents could be elected to President. It's mind-boggling.
Is it the triumph of American populism? Ignorant Americans seeing one of their own and gathering the clan? It's incomprehensible to me that Trump could get the support of so many people in a supposedly literate society.
I have a lifelong friend from college who lives in Winnipeg and I have visited him and his family several times.What is astonishing is that his stupidity is so blatant and no one gives a shit.
So Americans are stupid. Got it.
Now please find another nation to run to when shit goes down.
Canada has enough Yanks
D'accord.What is astonishing is that his stupidity is so blatant and no one gives a shit.
So Americans are stupid. Got it.
Now please find another nation to run to when shit goes down.
Canada has enough Yanks
D'accord.
This century is ours. They can watch from a distance.
I agree. I copied the headline used by the posting website, as is customary, when I started the thread. I had not interpreted his statement as evidence that he had confused the wars, either, however. It sounded as if he didn't know when The Declaration of Independence was written or its significance and probably didn't have much of an idea what caused The Civil War. He certainly he no idea of the different eras in which each took place.“You look right up there,” Trump said, pointing to the wall, “I don’t know, you see the Declaration of Independence, and I say, I wonder if you, you know, the Civil War always seemed to me maybe that could have been solved without losing 600,000 plus people.”
He didn't confuse the wars. It's the way his brain misfires.
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