Trump reads a religious holiday message, clumsily

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

1. LOL! He reads it "like he's reading the terms & conditions of software"

Link to tweet

Donald Trump wanly wheezes his way through a speech about religion like he’s reading the terms & conditions of software.

[BoneyardDem]

3. Banner spokesperson and defender of the Evangelical vote

it's all on them and their corrupt, worthless and hypocritical values.

[John Fante]

2. Teleprompter Donald:

Same horrible delivery but without the (unintentional) laughs.

No thanks. I'd rather listen to paint dry.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. WHAT A FRAUD!!!!!

Remember when he criticized our "last, real President" because he used a teleprompter?

This guy has no clue - he is delusional!

[madaboutharry]

5. WTF is going on with the cameras?

That was awful.

[world wide wally]

6. I was waiting for the lightning strike

[Ilsa]

16. I was expecting spontaneous combustion, or perhaps

Melania dousing him and lighting a match.

[spanone]

7. this is what it sounds like when someone is full of shit.

he doesn't have a religious bone in his body

[vishnura]

8. Imagine, a president who can't read

[onethatcares]

10. he was trying to figure out

where the Easter Bunny fit into all of this. he's definitely challenged.

[NurseJackie]

11. What's the deal with the frequently changing camera angles?

Was it done it one-take, or are the shifting camera angles inserted to help disguise the jumps when the different takes are re-assembled into a single video?

[Retrograde]

15. My guess is the latter

He can't keep focused enough to deliver a simple message, so they have to do several takes and edit the best parts of each into something slightly resembling coherence.

[rurallib]

12. probably the first he's ever even heard any of these religious statements

had no idea what they mean - probably thinking 'what BS' -

Hey, Donnie, have a Happy Impeachment from your friends at DU.

[forgotmylogin]

13. Transcript for those who can't bear to watch...

Last edited Fri Mar 30, 2018, 06:24 PM - Edit history (3)

"MyfelloWamericans."
"atthisholytimeofthuhyearfamiliesacrossarnation..."
"gatherinhomes CHURCHESandsinagogs talightcandles andtapraysgod...during the sacred "Holidayofpasohvr." JEWISHfamilies saroundthworld giveTHANKSTAgod frliberating THEJEWISHpeople frombondijjinEgypt. Anddeliveringthem tothpromisedlandaVisrael. For CHRISTIANS...WEREMEMBERtheSUFFERINGanDEATHofgodsONLYson andiz dlorious(?) ressurection...onthethirdday."

WEIRD SIDE CUT

"onNeastersundeewe proclaimwithjoyee--"

CUT BACK

"christizrizzen. BOTHOFTHESESACREDCELEBRATIONSREMINDUSTHATgodzlovereeDEEMzTHworld.

WEIRD SIDE CUT

"Almost threethousandyearsogotheprofitizaahwrote...

CUT BACK (??)

"DARKNESSCOVERSEEEARTH. buttheLORDrisesAPANyou."
"Annizdloryuhpee-rz(?)overyou."
"FORTHELORDwillbeeyoureverlastinglight. InAMERICA! Welooktothelightofgodtguideoursteps. Wetrustinthpowervahalmightyforwisdahmanstrenth."
"andwePRAISEourHEAVENLYFATHERfortheBLESSINGSaFREEDOM. Andthegiftofeternallife"
"HAPpyPASsover"
"HAPpEEster."
"thankyougodBLESSyou andgodblessmerica."

[LuckyCharms]

14. LOL

[highplainsdem]

17. LOL!

[misanthrope]

18. I've seen children give better cold readings

As they would say incredulously on The Sopranos: "This f#@kin' guy!"

[Igel]

19. Seriously?

Most of my kids wouldn't be able to do nearly as well. And they're sophomores.

Then again, even many seniors are still children.

[misanthrope]

20. Yeah, seriously

I could go to a performing arts school right now and find kids who could top Trump's performance. I've seen kids in forensics/debate competitions who could also do better.

Trump could do a passable job if he would just bother to review and practice the speech beforehand. If this is what he does with practice, then that's even more pitiful.