Here are some great examples of trump not understanding what he was told

[LetMyPeopleVote]

[efhmc]

1. Almost funny but closer to scary.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. I am scared about trump's continued mental decline

[Dave Id]

14. Worried about Trump's mental decline

Shame congress isn't.

[odins folly]

3. Don't forget the most recent

I’ve never heard of a Corner Store, I know what a Quarter Store is……

No one has ever heard of a Quarter Store…

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist

The president can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns. “Corner store,” however, left him badly confused.

Baffled by his own ‘corner store’ reference, Trump’s problems with groceries persist - MS NOW apple.news/AA6gvd1eLRIe...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:18:20.401Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-corner-store-las-vegas-ballroom

As The New York Times noted, the president ran into fresh trouble during an event in Las Vegas on the economy.

Trump was touting tax cuts for small businesses when he came across the term ‘corner store’ as he read off prepared remarks. ‘What is a corner store? I’ve never heard that term. I know what a corner store is, but I’ve never heard it described a corner store,’ said Trump. He looked up sharply and said, ‘Who the hell wrote that?’

Evidently, he didn’t familiarize himself with the text that someone else had written for him ahead of the event.

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-17T01:17:55.652Z

After years of struggling with this issue, it’s amazing he hasn’t yet familiarized himself with the basics. Early in his first term, for example, Trump insisted that consumers need to show identification while buying groceries, including cereal and bread. (None of this was true.),,,

In his second term, his approach to the issue has grown weirder, to the point that he even began characterizing “groceries” as an exotic word last year.

“It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term: ‘groceries,’” Trump said last April, as if he were introducing the public to foreign terminology. “It says ‘a bag with different things in it.’”....

But his remarks in Las Vegas managed to break new ground. Trump, who used to live in a gold tower in Manhattan, and who now splits his time between a presidential mansion and a glorified country club in Florida, can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns, but confronted with the words “corner store,” he was utterly baffled.

[sop]

13. I've heard of "dime stores" (the old Five and Dime stores) and "dollar stores" (now dollar and a quarter stores),

but I've never seen any "quarter stores."

[Wednesdays]

16. "That's a good quarter cigar. I smoked the other three quarters myself."

-- Groucho Marx in "Duck Soup"

[IronLionZion]

19. It's where we go to buy corners. Otherwise everything would be round

[dugog55]

4. I think perhaps, we are a bit too late with the catastrophically stupid thing Trump might do.

I do believe the Iran war will qualify for that. Europe is set to run out of jet fuel in six weeks. This is right before their huge tourist season kicks into gear. Trump destroyed refineries that may take years to get back on line. There are countless business and entire countries that depend on a strong tourist season. This jet fuel shortage could wreak havoc with global wide economies. Face it, the man is an absolute disaster wrapped in a despicable personality.

It is way past time for politicians and the ultra wealthy to start paying for their mistakes or corruption. They have been getting away with everything for decades, that is why we now have Trump. No accountability, with Nixon, Reagan, North, the Supreme Court handing Bush the election in 2000, Bush and his entire Cabinet for lying about Hussein, Iraq and Afghanistan, Cheney, the backers of the so called Tea Party, Citizens United, and letting Trump off the hook in his first term. Then there was the complete fiasco with January 6th, why were those protesters not arrested on the spot leaving the Capital Building? Then Garland slow walking the trials and never getting to Trump who orchestrated the whole thing. How did Aileen Cannon manage to hold off the US DOJ from prosecuting Trump for all the top secret files in his bathroom? This whole system stinks to high heaven when it involves the wealthy or politically connected.

[leftstreet]

5. Narcissists only half-listen

Their ears are highly tuned for the slightest personal criticism or praise. That's it.

Everything else is just vague, unimportant chatter to them

DURec

[wnylib]

6. "before he does something catastrophically ignorant"???

That ship has already sailed, but currently blocked at Hormuz.

[dalton99a]

7. "He was born that way, LOW IQ"

[swong19104]

9. So he's

Gilda Radner’s Emily Litella. SNL is supposed to parody the White House, not the other way around.

[bmichaelh]

10. Malapropisms

Trump also engages in malapropisms but unintentional.

Writers use this rhetorical device intentionally for comic effect, like Shakespeare and The Sopranos.

In his first term, he used "oranges" instead of "origin"

He said it twice in a row; had to define the word, before saying it correctly a third time.

[FakeNoose]

11. He's hard of hearing, he needs eyeglasses and a hearing aid

.... but he's too vain to admit anything, or to wear glasses in public.
So he blames his mistakes on everyone else. What an asshole.

[Martin68]

12. I think that's why happened. It explains a lot, and conforms perfectly with Trump's mental deterioration.

[BannonsLiver]

15. I feel like this also might be the case with the "nuclear dust. We're getting the dust back" comments.

[czarjak]

17. SCARED-AS-HELL

Going down with The Goobers!
Hell-Brent-Christianity

[Skittles]

18. he is a fucking moron

and he proves it every fucking day

[calimary]

20. Here to help! AND to help make the case for his R-E-M-O-V-A-L !!!!!!!

I figure, by now, we've seen enough. Hell, MORE than enough!!!

At this point, it's him or us. America can't afford both.