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Zorro

(18,691 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:28 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump, 79, Struggles to Read From Huge Notes

The president could barely read his own notes, which he said he had written himself.

President Donald Trump, 79, stumbled over his words as he read from his own comically large notes during an executive order signing on Tuesday.

After he signed an executive order to restrict mail-in voting rules nationwide in his latest attempt to tighten his grip on American elections, the geriatric president launched into a lengthy tangent about his beloved vanity project, the $400 million White House ballroom.

Reading from his own notes, which appeared to be written with his favorite black Sharpie—in a size not dissimilar to that of Founding Father John Hancock—Trump experienced some difficulty as he read a few words in particular.

“Basically, he’s saying I need congressional approval,” Trump said, referring to the federal judge who ordered the administration to halt his White House ballroom project. “I see right here, I just wrote it down, he said we need congressional approval.”

“He also said—but this is positive for us—I’m allowed that, meaning we are allowed, to continue building as necessary to, let’s see..." the president continued, appearing to be stumped by the next word for a few moments.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-struggles-to-read-from-huge-notes/
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Trump, 79, Struggles to Read From Huge Notes (Original Post) Zorro 3 hrs ago OP
He's too vain to wear reading glasses. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #1
I don't think he can read. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #2
He speaks at a 4th grade level.... AZ8theist 2 hrs ago #4
Once again I will remind everyone that out of nearly the... Hugin 3 hrs ago #3
That might be our saving grace. Imagine if he was smart and cunning and listened to smart advisors. drray23 2 hrs ago #6
Sounds more like cue cards, maybe? Drum 2 hrs ago #5

AZ8theist

(7,370 posts)
4. He speaks at a 4th grade level....
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:03 PM
2 hrs ago

....so no surprise he reads at that level as well.
But it seems to me if you write some notes down, you would have a very good command of the subject. Unless, of course, you're Trump who is not only a moron but demented as well.

Hugin

(37,847 posts)
3. Once again I will remind everyone that out of nearly the...
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:34 PM
3 hrs ago

Entire population of the United States to choose from to become the first American despot... This pathetic example was selected.

Thanks MAGAts!

drray23

(8,747 posts)
6. That might be our saving grace. Imagine if he was smart and cunning and listened to smart advisors.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:29 PM
2 hrs ago
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