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Takket

(23,804 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:59 PM Sep 2025

How much of what is really going on do you think drumpf is even aware of?

I've felt for a while now that his handlers are carefully dolling out what information he is allowed to have to ensure that he does what they want.

Combine that with his obvious advanced senility, and I question if he really has any idea what is actually going on.

I offer three examples from recent events:



bro we are so cooked

April Glick Pulito (@aprilglick.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T20:54:04.779Z


So basically all domestic policy decisions coming out of the White House are decided by whatever AI propaganda videos of American cities on fire that Stephen Miller chooses to show Donald Trump on any given day?

kereD (@iamkered.bsky.social) 2025-09-28T22:02:32.943Z


I'd also like to know, with so many examples of this happening, why the M$M isn't reporting on it... (Looking at you Jake Tapper.......)
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How much of what is really going on do you think drumpf is even aware of? (Original Post) Takket Sep 2025 OP
I believe president steve has been running things SheltieLover Sep 2025 #1
Single digits percent. RockRaven Sep 2025 #2
It's also possible Trump doesn't remember anything said to him. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #3
You know the movie Fifty First Dates? Chemical Bill Sep 2025 #8
yes this could indeed be the case. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #9
It sure seems like he doesn't know what's really going on. Diamond_Dog Sep 2025 #4
Trump is being told that he is very popular. He is being told studies show Tylenol causes autism. Doodley Sep 2025 #5
Yup, three noteworthy RECENT events that caught my attention too. There are older ones. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #6
Clueless old bastard. Swede Sep 2025 #7

Chemical Bill

(3,194 posts)
8. You know the movie Fifty First Dates?
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 09:00 PM
Sep 2025

This is like Fifty First Times Trump Is Told About Health Insurance.

Diamond_Dog

(41,057 posts)
4. It sure seems like he doesn't know what's really going on.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:27 PM
Sep 2025

Being fed only what his overseers want him to hear. This does not inspire confidence ….

Doodley

(12,079 posts)
5. Trump is being told that he is very popular. He is being told studies show Tylenol causes autism.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:30 PM
Sep 2025

He is being told tariffs are working very well. He is being told that America has earned the respect of the world. He is being told he is the greatest peacekeeper of our time. He believes it all. He hasn't got a clue what the truth is. He has no desire to read or research anything that might help him learn. He has no idea what is in the spending bill. He has made it clear before that he doesn't know healthcare is affected.

He is surrounded by sociopaths who tell him what they think he wants to hear, instead of telling him the truth, and that includes a lot of flattery. They know they will get fired if they even hint that anything is going badly. Everything he is told is to please him and reaffirm his beliefs. Some lie to manipulate him. Putin lied to him about his admiration (for Trump) and about Ukraine. Trump believed it. I expect Stephen Miller told him the immigrants were eating the cats and dogs. He told him America is hot now and was dead last year. Trump believes it, and he repeats it.

We have an imbecile for a president.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
6. Yup, three noteworthy RECENT events that caught my attention too. There are older ones. . . nt
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:38 PM
Sep 2025

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