"This is an Island" "surrounded by water" "Big Water"

[HipChick]

This is a fucking moron...not a President...we have not seen a situation like this? Hello Remember Katrina?

[malaise]

1. We posted this piece of shit at the same time

[HipChick]

4. I could not find the remote..

good thing...way I feel, I wanted to throw it at the TV .....folks in PR cant even see any of this

[malaise]

8. I almost missed it - was watching cricket

[logosoco]

6. I saw both posts and still can't believe it is actually happening.

But it is! In 2017!!!!!

[uponit7771]

2. Red Don is an idiot ... surrounded by crooks ... big crooks

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. He often sounds like a fourth grader

giving a report on something that he only read the World Book Encyclopedia article on that morning before he got on the school bus. He's absorbed two or three facts, but nothing important about the topic, or relevant to the situation at hand.

[nikatnyte]

12. You're underestimating fourth graders

Trump would have been sent to remedial fourth grade.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. You are right and I should have made myself more clear.

A fourth grader who is quite lazy and does only what is needed to get by, and doesn't give a flying fuck if he actually learns anything or not.

He really has that attitude. It's not acceptable in a fourth grader, and should never have been thought acceptable by millions of voters. It's not as though this behavior and this laziness wasn't fully on display the entire time he was running for President.

[treestar]

5. LOL

Everyone is putting threads up, it's so unbelievable what a dumbass it is possible for him to be.

[HipChick]

7. typically I turn the TV when he comes on..

but had a late night out and can't find the remote..

[treestar]

9. Find it before he says

another stupid thing!

[Gothmog]

10. Trump is a joke

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. He probably says these resoundingly stupid things because

that's how his staff has to brief him; then he just repeats what they said.

STAFFER: Mr. President, we need a lot of money and military people to help Puerto Rico get food and water.

DJT: Are they part of NATO? NATO should help them.

STAFFER: They are part of the United States. Puerto Rico is a territory and its people are Americans.

DJT: Seriously? It sounds foreign, like Mexico. Maybe there should be a wall there, too.

STAFFER: Mr. President, Puerto Rico is an island.

DJT: An island?

STAFFER: Yes. You know, an island. Surrounded by water. In the ocean.

DJT: If it's surrounded by water why can't they get water?

STAFFER: The ocean is made of salt water. You can't drink it.

DJT: Oh. OK, it's an island surrounded by water you can't drink. That's stupid.

STAFFER: That's the way it is. Puerto Rico is an island and it's surrounded by water. It's in the ocean. The people need food, water, electricity and medical supplies.

DJT: Why would anybody want to live on an island where you can't drink the water?

STAFFER: *sigh* They had fresh water but now they don't because the hurricane wrecked everything. There's no electricity, they can't get gas for their cars, and they're running out of food. People are getting upset and it will look bad for you if we don't do something soon.

DJT: Who did they vote for?

STAFFER: Nobody. They can't vote because Puerto Rico isn't a state.

DJT: Is that because it's an island?

STAFFER: *sigh* I have to leave now. Your press conference is about to start. Don't forget: The reason for the delays in getting help to Puerto Rico is that it's an ISLAND surrounded by WATER in the OCEAN. Can you say that for me?

DJT: Island. Water. Ocean. I'm good to go.

[nikatnyte]

13. This is probably closer to the truth than any of us would suspect

In fact, the truth might be even worse.

[skip fox]

15. Here's why Trump speaks like a child when explaining such matters:

This might seem like a minor observation but I think it affords a valuable insight into Trump's process of thought and decision.

"You can't drive there. Puerto Rico is in the ocean. A big ocean. It's called the Atlantic."

That's a paraphrase, but it corresponds to the text of many of Trump's explanations to the camera whether the issue is health care or tax overhaul or even many smaller issues of even moderate complexity.

The reason Trump talks like a child when explaining policy is because that's how his advisors have to explain it to him.

That tells us something very important about his relationship to aides and advisors as well as about their assessment of him.

[Gothmog]

16. From Betty Bowers

Link to tweet