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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,384 posts)
Wed Nov 1, 2023, 02:22 PM Nov 2023

'Who Wants To Tell Him?': Trump Mocked Over Baffling 'Great Country' Announcement

In a new post on his Truth Social website, Donald Trump attacked President Joe Biden, complained about his growing legal problems and made a strange claim about the name of the country if he wins next year’s election.

“We’re gonna have a great country. It’s gonna be called the United States of America,” he said, neglecting the obvious fact that the country is already called the United States of America.

It’s unclear what the former president meant by that, but it comes on the heels of another odd moment on the campaign trail involving the name of the country he hopes to lead.

Last week, Trump said he noticed for the first time that the abbreviation for the United States also spells the word “us.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wants-tell-him-trump-mocked-085922499.html

And people say they're worried about Biden's faculties.

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'Who Wants To Tell Him?': Trump Mocked Over Baffling 'Great Country' Announcement (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 OP
Yeah, and the first word is united Walleye Nov 2023 #1
and the third word is of, whatever that means. :-). bullimiami Nov 2023 #3
Or in Trump & the Trumpistas' case, "untied," because they want to break us apart... Hekate Nov 2023 #19
Well, you know, he is the great uniter haha n/t hibbing Nov 2023 #2
Yeah Mad_Machine76 Nov 2023 #8
Oh, I get it Farmer-Rick Nov 2023 #4
He has a limited vocabulary. Kid Berwyn Nov 2023 #5
His vocabulary is limited because he doesn't read. Probably never did. Attilatheblond Nov 2023 #7
When the Cabinet had to pledge allegiance to the unhinged moron. Kid Berwyn Nov 2023 #12
Ivana did say that his favourite bedside reading was "Mein Kampf". Emrys Nov 2023 #13
Sigh ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #14
Dumb republican draft dodger. USA does not spell "us" Windicator Nov 2023 #6
Senile, old, nasty gangster. lindysalsagal Nov 2023 #9
Shit, I don't know, guys...he comes up with some great ideas... Wingus Dingus Nov 2023 #10
This guy is right on top of things. lpbk2713 Nov 2023 #11
drumpf can't read JoseBalow Nov 2023 #15
Maybe he's thinking of Russia or USSR IronLionZion Nov 2023 #16
I thought he suggested last week that he was the first person on the planet to malaise Nov 2023 #17
More like: DENVERPOPS Nov 2023 #18

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
19. Or in Trump & the Trumpistas' case, "untied," because they want to break us apart...
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 07:14 PM
Nov 2023

…and they can’t spell.

Farmer-Rick

(12,786 posts)
4. Oh, I get it
Wed Nov 1, 2023, 02:35 PM
Nov 2023

He thinks our country was called Trump America, like Saudi Arabia. Seems the words United States are new to him.That's why he just realized abbreviated it could mean the word us, like a baby discovering his first words.....

He's changing the name of the country...when he becomes president, in the far and distant imaginations of Christian Nationalists. It will go from Trump America, like Saudi Arabia, to United States of America.

Attilatheblond

(9,223 posts)
7. His vocabulary is limited because he doesn't read. Probably never did.
Wed Nov 1, 2023, 04:19 PM
Nov 2023

He is willfully ignorant and it has made him unhappy because he KNOWS he's not very bright. So sensitive to criticism. Always in a rush to try and convince others he's the smart one. So insecure.

Nobody that insecure and ignorant should be in government.

Emrys

(9,205 posts)
13. Ivana did say that his favourite bedside reading was "Mein Kampf".
Wed Nov 1, 2023, 06:58 PM
Nov 2023

Maybe he just looked at the pictures.

Agreed. Not only does he know deep down that he's not very bright, he knows that nothing he can ever do will stop him being not bright for the rest of his life. Maybe the genetic stakes were loaded against him from birth. Maybe his childhood didn't stimulate him in essential ways at key developmental stages. Maybe he's always been a lazy, insufferable bully who knows best about everything, therefore nobody could ever teach him anything.

Much has been made of the fact that he uses low-reading age language, and according to some that makes him a great communicator to his fans. I don't think that's even a selfconscious tactic. That's simply what his thought processes are like.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
14. Sigh
Wed Nov 1, 2023, 07:51 PM
Nov 2023

It wasn't Mein Kampf. It was a book on Hitler's speeches called, My New Order:



The claim about it being Mein Kampf has only bee debunked about a billion times.

Windicator

(157 posts)
6. Dumb republican draft dodger. USA does not spell "us"
Wed Nov 1, 2023, 03:08 PM
Nov 2023

It spells usa.

Jeez. The stupidity. Or is he just lying again?

So stupid.

malaise

(297,921 posts)
17. I thought he suggested last week that he was the first person on the planet to
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 04:28 PM
Nov 2023

note the us and US. He is stark raving mad.

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