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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Sun May 21, 2017, 11:07 AM May 2017

Breaking News: Grown ass man able to calmly read words he didn't write, how presidential!

Film at noon, 5pm, 6pm, 9pm, midnight...


Now when Obama did this it was called by the rw an "apology tour". Prepare to be overwhelmed by "How presidential!". Don't worry however, more scandal shoes to drop shortly...

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Breaking News: Grown ass man able to calmly read words he didn't write, how presidential! (Original Post) NightWatcher May 2017 OP
yes, the joy of media normalization and the impossibly lowered bar! NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #1
Give him another gold medal dalton99a May 2017 #2
Shouldn't he just get a participation trophy? n/t Different Drummer May 2017 #16
Yep, as predicted... Docreed2003 May 2017 #3
I agree Beautiful NM May 2017 #10
Clearly he did not speak in the same tone he uses everyday, he could have sent a Thinkingabout May 2017 #4
Turms my stomach to hear the msm trot out that crap about being presidential. BSdetect May 2017 #5
And Trump gave the Saudi despot a nice curtsy for the shiny gold bauble he got. SunSeeker May 2017 #6
I wonder if this wasn't done on porpoise - force the recipient to bow or curtsey erronis May 2017 #15
No one forced him to curtsy. The medal was already ON HIS NECK. SunSeeker May 2017 #18
I couldn't stand to watch all the fakes faking it. Thanks for correcting my limited observation. erronis May 2017 #19
He better be careful. I'm sure Putin doesn't like sloppy seconds. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #21
He doesn't even understand what he did pangaia May 2017 #22
Oh really? Then why did he bash Obama for bowing? SunSeeker May 2017 #23
I know all about him bashing obama pangaia May 2017 #24
Then why do you want to write this off to ignorant absentmindedness? SunSeeker May 2017 #25
Think abt what i said..i can't explain w/1 fingr typng pangaia May 2017 #30
It is obvious you can't explain it. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #31
The primary author of Trumps speech in Saudi Arabia kskiska May 2017 #7
Grown ass man BARELY able to calmly read words he didn't write, sounds oh so slow-witted. L. Coyote May 2017 #8
+100 for well deserved snarkiness. Maybe donnie can be in the next "challenged" series. erronis May 2017 #29
No worries. Won't last. New news are waiting to pop. Madam45for2923 May 2017 #9
He sounded heavily sedated (nt) William Seger May 2017 #11
Yeah, he read a speech written by an idiot and at a 4th grade level. DK504 May 2017 #12
Are we going to hear more twaddle now from talking heads who strapped on the knee pads benfranklin1776 May 2017 #13
Yep. Every time he reads another person's speech, he's suddenly presidential. progressoid May 2017 #14
I still can't watch him very long.. LakeArenal May 2017 #17
I was impressed footinmouth May 2017 #20
mouth shut, cant say anything Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #26
The normalization of Trump's idiocy continues by the MSM workinclasszero May 2017 #27
Didn't write the speech, doesn't understand it. madamesilverspurs May 2017 #28

Docreed2003

(16,817 posts)
3. Yep, as predicted...
Sun May 21, 2017, 11:37 AM
May 2017

The bar was so low for this moron that as long as he kept to script, he would be lauded as "presidential". It's sickening. The right has succeeded in convincing a large swath of this country that intelligence, empathy, insightfulness, and a curious mind are things to be not only distrusted but loathed. We're not too far from Idiocracy.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Clearly he did not speak in the same tone he uses everyday, he could have sent a
Sun May 21, 2017, 11:46 AM
May 2017

letter and it would have been more inpressive.

erronis

(14,955 posts)
15. I wonder if this wasn't done on porpoise - force the recipient to bow or curtsey
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:34 PM
May 2017

Sorta like that fat slab of a president grabbing people's hands with his diminutive paws and pulling the victim forward. "I'll show you who's really in charge."

Of course the Saudi's have a few more years of practicing humiliation. Not a whole lot more since they were recently just another group of bedouins.

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
18. No one forced him to curtsy. The medal was already ON HIS NECK.
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:50 PM
May 2017

Sure, the initial bow at the waist was to receive the medal, but why the little curtsy to the King afterward?

erronis

(14,955 posts)
19. I couldn't stand to watch all the fakes faking it. Thanks for correcting my limited observation.
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:56 PM
May 2017

Maybe dRump wanted to one-up W who was prone to hand-holding the fakirs.

Next up, the next 'uglican president down on his knees kissing up.....

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
22. He doesn't even understand what he did
Sun May 21, 2017, 02:09 PM
May 2017

Doesn't know the difference between a bow, a curtsie, a bow with eyes down, a bow with eyes up.

Just an ignorant moron

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
25. Then why do you want to write this off to ignorant absentmindedness?
Sun May 21, 2017, 02:20 PM
May 2017

He knows what a fucking curtsy is.

kskiska

(27,041 posts)
7. The primary author of Trumps speech in Saudi Arabia
Sun May 21, 2017, 12:56 PM
May 2017

was Stephen Miller, a White House aide who was also the main person behind the travel ban.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
8. Grown ass man BARELY able to calmly read words he didn't write, sounds oh so slow-witted.
Sun May 21, 2017, 12:57 PM
May 2017

Trump struggling to read a teleprompter is like Tom Hanks playing the part of slow-witted Forrest Gump, except Trump isn't acting.

erronis

(14,955 posts)
29. +100 for well deserved snarkiness. Maybe donnie can be in the next "challenged" series.
Sun May 21, 2017, 02:41 PM
May 2017

Hopefully in his government-issued cloth.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
9. No worries. Won't last. New news are waiting to pop.
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:01 PM
May 2017

He himself is not really a grown up so he will FU.

Plus as I said, new news... baby!

DK504

(3,847 posts)
12. Yeah, he read a speech written by an idiot and at a 4th grade level.
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:06 PM
May 2017

SOOOooooo presidential....soooo embarrassing.

benfranklin1776

(6,427 posts)
13. Are we going to hear more twaddle now from talking heads who strapped on the knee pads
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:11 PM
May 2017

About how "he officially became President" with this speech. Any one of them that regurgitates such bs for what the fourth time, needs to find another line of work. The fact is it was a despot praising another despot and outlining his vision of despotism. By his wretched deeds you know him. That's ok though it didn't save Nixon who at least comprehended what he was saying and it won't save his treasonous ass from being held accountable for his highest crimes he has committed against America.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
17. I still can't watch him very long..
Sun May 21, 2017, 01:43 PM
May 2017

But the clip I saw reminded me of a prisoner of war video. He said he was happy to be there but he looked like he wanted us to pay the ransom and get him out of there.

madamesilverspurs

(15,784 posts)
28. Didn't write the speech, doesn't understand it.
Sun May 21, 2017, 02:30 PM
May 2017

Was just thinking that some reporter should ask him to explain what he meant by "Abrahamic" religions, no doubt his response would be, shall we say, interesting.


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