Trump mocks MAGA seniors to their faces

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

12h


President Donald Trump bragged that he is "young" and "vibrant" compared to the residents of The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday. "I don't happen to be a senior," said the 79-year-old president. "I'm much younger than you. I'm a much younger man than you. Look at you old guys. Wouldn't you like to be my age? Young, vital, vibrant."

Trump then went on to brag about his performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, which is a screening test for dementia in the elderly — suggesting many of his supporters in attendance probably couldn't have done as well as he did, and taking a jab at former President Barack Obama.

"I took three of them," said Trump. "I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I don’t think Obama could pass it. Didn't he get into Harvard with a C average? The first question is a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. A lot of you wouldn’t have been able to answer those questions."

Trump's conspiracy theories about Obama's academic records date back over a decade. In reality, Obama's biographer David Maraniss has said he had a respectably high 3.7 grade point average before getting into Harvard Law School.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/trump-mocks-maga-seniors-to-their-faces/ar-AA22cowh

[johnnyfins]

1. He has to know how much of an idiot he looks

like when he brags about the whole cognitive test thing, right? Seriously. I think he does know. He just knows that the press will report it and he can use it to deflect from real issues. It HAS to be that.

He CANT be that dumb.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Narcissists actually believe their delusions of great beauty, charm, intelligence.

It is a mental illness.

[rampartd]

6. do you think he might have pretensions of comediality?

is he doing a stand up routine to a 24/7 cyberspace laugh track?

he seems to regard colbert and kimmel as competitors, but even in the "insult comic" category, triumph the dog has a leg up on him.

[thesquanderer]

8. Yes, he was obviously joking here, and one of the things about Trump is...

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..,that his sense of humor is always at others' expense. This is just another example of humor that is belittling of others and self aggrandizing.

Here's the clip:

Link to tweet

He does have a natural charisma (you don't become a TV host without it), and knows how to work a room (when he's not trying to stick to a teleprompter with text he can neither properly read nor understand).

The headline was clickbait (as raw story can do), he's not even "seriously" mocking them... he's joking with them and they're eating it up. (Honestly, I wouldn't even call this "news," late breaking or otherwise!)

[niyad]

10. The orange creature does not have a sense of humour. cruelty is not

humour, it is cruelty. He does not make jokes. He meant every word he said to those people, because he really believes what he says about himself.

[thesquanderer]

13. Did you watch the clip? It's only 30 seconds and really provides context. n/t

[niyad]

14. I cannot stand his voice for two seconds. And my statement stands.

[thesquanderer]

38. Fine, you don't want to watch, but without seeing that context...

... it doesn't really make sense to judge it, IMO. (i.e. where you said "He meant every word he said to those people" ) He knows he's the same age as they are. He even jokes about that at the end, saying that now there will be reports that he actually thinks he's younger than they are.

About the only thing I think he may have any self-awareness about is that he's getting old.

[PatSeg]

20. Often Trump says things

as if he's joking, but he usually is saying what he really means. Then when he is criticized about it later, he says, "I was just kidding. Can't you take a joke?" It is a common Trump tactic.

[niyad]

25. A common abuser tactic, which he certainly is.

[PatSeg]

26. And as obvious as he is,

he keeps getting away with these lame tactics over and over again.

[llmart]

17. Agreed.

Narcissists are notorious for not having a real sense of humor, but they are very adept at using their version of humor to belittle others. People may think that narcissists are very self-secure, but in reality they have really low self-esteem which is why they have to put others down to make themselves feel superior.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. Here is the definition of "mock" (in its various grammatical forms)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mock

mock 1 of 4 verb
ˈmäk ˈmȯk
mocked; mocking; mocks
Synonyms of mock

transitive verb
1: to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
Men mock the gods until they need them …— Leigh Bardugo
2: to disappoint the hopes of
… for any government to mock men's hopes with mere words and promises and gestures.— Dwight D. Eisenhower
3: defy, challenge
… the unstable, strange new world of subatomic particles that mock all attempts at understanding.— Philip Howard
4 a: to imitate (someone or something) closely : mimic
… a mockingbird was mocking a cardinal.— Nelson Hayes
b: to mimic in sport or derision
followed the old man along the street mocking his gait

intransitive verb
: jeer, scoff
She … mocked at his piety as affectation …— Ferdinand Schevill
mocker noun
mockingly ˈmä-kiŋ-lē ˈmȯ-
adverb

mock 2 of 4 noun
1: an act of ridicule or derision : jeer
2: one that is an object of derision or scorn
3: mockery
4
a: an act of imitation
b: something made as an imitation

mock 3 of 4 adjective

1: not based on real or honest feelings : feigned
We opened our mouths in mock surprise.
2: done, performed, or created to look genuine : simulated
a mock trial
a group of history buffs engaging in mock battles

mock 4 of 4 adverb
: in an insincere or counterfeit manner
—usually used in combination
mock-serious

Instead of manufacturing outrage at the source, why not just get a dictionary and look up the definitions of the word?

[thesquanderer]

45. You highlighted the wrong definitions...

You highlighted the adjective and adverb usage (usages 3 and 4), whereas the usage in the headline is a verb (usage 1).

[BumRushDaShow]

49. The intent of the word doesn't change

because what I highlighted is exactly how YOU were describing as his so-called "humor". But keep trying.

[thesquanderer]

53. Since you do not know the difference between a noun, adjective, and adverb,

further conversation of what the headline writer meant is pointless.

The meaning/intent of a word definitely CAN change depending on that usage. Feel free to keep digging. I'm moving on.

[BumRushDaShow]

54. Adjectives describe nouns

but since you insisted that he was somehow trying to be (fake/insincere) "comedic" (adjective), then I gave you a whole plethora of definitions of "mock" including one that mentions that "fake", which is what "comedians" often are - they "role play" and every damn day, that ilk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue does just that, because he is locked in on always "being on teevee".

But WHOOSH!

[William Seger]

48. Yes, a TYPICAL #rump joke: mean-spirited

[pat_k]

67. He is a troll that only crows and jeers.

As I posted elsewhere, the audience reaction is incredibly depressing.

I just don't f-ing get it. Nate White, speaking on behalf of his fellow brits, also speaks for me.

https://thehobbledehoy.com/tag/nate-white/

...while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever.

And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

[travelingthrulife]

72. He has no charisma whatsoever. We are told he has charisma.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Of course Trump thinks he is the most brilliant comedian in the world!

He is the best at everything. This is what he thinks.

[niyad]

19. The other day, he saw himself as an astronaut.

[Hey Joe]

29. His every appearance is is a standup routine

for morons.
It’s really all he has.

[Harker]

60. I'm for any dog that has a leg up on him.

[ShazzieB]

23. Oh yes, he CAN be that dumb.

Or rather, THAT narcissistic. Combine delusions about his importance and his superiority to all other humans with a complete and utter lack of self awareness, and you get a narcissisticmess. Throw in dementia and you have a narcissistic mess with no filter and no impulse control. Good times!

[Escurumbele]

46. I don't think he does, he has no sense of consequences, and thus he doesn't understand that the consequence of his

actions reveal that he is a total buffoon. I do believe he thinks he is funny, witty, smart, and all those good things that most people take for granted because they don't have to pretend, or force themselves to be liked, this buffoon spends all day trying to be liked without noticing what a fool he is, and that is his anger towards people.

Something his donors and brown-nosers do not seem to understand is that he hates them too. The best part is that he has to live knowing Melina despises him, that she is there only for the money and because Putin ordered her to seduce him, and to merry him, being who she is she gladly had sex with him, then told a tabloid "it was the best sex I have ever had", just to merry him, but then again, not that trump got a bargain with Melania either.

[barbtries]

61. i beg to differ.

though it may not be total stupidity, he is deranged, depraved, and demented, and he cannot face it, acknowledge it, or even believe it. It's more pathology than idiocy imo.

[Lokee11]

62. I have to respectfully disagree

He is absolutely that dumb -

That Orange MotherFucker is the DUMBEST ASSHOLE to ever walk this planet!!!!


✊FDT!

[Cha]

70. He can be that self absorbed.

That makes him Dumber than Shit. :nuike:

[Chasstev365]

3. Did they sit there with shit eating grins applauding the Orange Man?

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Anyone who stills shows up for Trump rallies is a special kind of stupid.

[llmart]

15. I like your usage of the word "appalling" instead of where you probably meant to use "applauding".

He most certainly is "appalling".

[Chasstev365]

22. Ha! Will fix!

[nuxvomica]

4. A 3.7 GPA is an A-minus letter grade

I wish the article had mentioned that, instead of just comparing 3.7 to C.

[yardwork]

5. The media never misses a chance to undermine Democrats.

In their reporting, the Black man had a "respectable 3.7."

[travelingthrulife]

73. Why did it even come up?

[3Hotdogs]

7. Me? I'm 83. I would'a done ok on the test but I probably would'a fucked up on giraffe.

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Giraffe. That's a hard one. Giraffe word’s got two parts to it - jur and aff - aff rimes with ass so I might have gotten that.

Me: “Yer ass, I got it wron… Oh ass, rimes with giraffe. You were giving me a clue.”

[Goonch]

9. ;-{) THE KING'S SPEACH

[Deep State Witch]

57. They Laughed and Cheered

Sucking up his BS like it was candy. People who don't care about anything except themselves.

[Grim Chieftain]

11. They should have beaten him with their canes

But seriously, every day he demonstrates his mental defect. I don't know what it would take to get this idiot out of office.

[IronLionZion]

12. The ones who repeatedly voted for him deserve to be mocked

He does so well on the dementia test that his doctors keep making him take more tests.

[3Hotdogs]

18. and notice how the doctors tried to fuck im up by changing the words.

Last time, it was man, teevee, woman and some other words.

This time it was bear, giraffe and some other words. But he fooled ‘em and got ‘em right.

[orleans]

42. no no no

it was person, man, woman, camera, tv
five words he was supposed to remember

the animal crap was pictures of animals he was supposed to identify

but we're just splitting hairs because we both know he's fucking nuts!

[3Hotdogs]

64. Da fuck. So in order to embarrass him, they put pictures of animals and stuff that are in some shithole country

instead of American pictures like dogs, cats and horses and he still got 'em right. I bet those old farts in Florida couldn't get a one of 'em right.

[AZ8theist]

63. Someone speculated...

That he made up the "man, woman,TV" etc., words since those things were right in front of him at the time of that interview.

In other words, he couldn't remember what the actual test contained, so he just bullshitted.

[Texin]

21. This sounds like something from The Onion

[Rebl2]

28. I actually looked

to see if it was. Of course we will never hear about what he said on national news.

[Texin]

34. I did too! I thought it had to be parody.

[Talitha]

24. "I'm the only president to take a cognitive test."

Umm.... there's a reason, fatass.

[Rebl2]

27. Wonder how

those in attendance felt about those insults? Would be interesting to interview some of those in attendance to hear their thoughts on his so called speech.

[ratchiweenie]

30. Apparently they were laughing their asses off. After all it is FloriDUH and they are MAGA. Not too bright.

[Rebl2]

33. I didn't

watch the video until after I posted this. Yep, they were hee hawing it up🙄

[GreenWave]

31. Did he brag about Musk running apeshit and hindering Social Security and Medicare?

[Omaha Steve]

32. I met Ted Sorensen in 2008 (JFK's speech writer)

It was at the State Party convention. He bragged about how smart Obama was.

OS

[Polybius]

35. And they loved it

The room erupted with laughter. Bizzarro world indeed.

[orleans]

39. i clicked on that link to see if the magats booed. there was no mention of their reaction but

that photo leads me to believe
1. they would've loved anything he said to them
2. maybe trump was right -- maybe they wouldn't have been able to pass those cog. tests.

[niyad]

36. He entered to "Live And Let Die" ??? WTAF???

[orleans]

40. omg! that's hysterical! nt

[patphil]

37. The guy will be 80 yrs old in 6 weeks. Young, vital, and vibrant is a tiny, fading image in his rear view mirror.

Stay tuned, there'll be MORON this later.

[niyad]

50. Snicker

[City Lights]

41. Anyone foolish enough to still be supporting him at this point

gets no sympathy from me.

[sakabatou]

43. And the leopard will keep on eating their faces

[Zambero]

47. After this episode, any resident of The Villages still fawning over him

would shake out as a Village Idiot!!

[Blue Owl]

51. I would love it if immediately after he said that

He keeled over and dropped like the fat sack of shit he is

[Beartracks]

52. Trump keeps getting cognitive tests because his people are tracking his decline.

But he doesn't know that... because of his cognitive decline.

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[twodogsbarking]

55. The squirrel on the wheel that powered his brain has died.

[YoshidaYui]

56. what a fucking asshole he is

he can shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

[oldsoldierfadingfast]

58. Donnie, Donnie, Donnie ...

I, for one, am older than you; as are many of others and we don't have to wear Depends.
Have you ever thought about wearing a pair over your mouth as the shi, uh, 'stuff' coming from there seems to be the same 'stuff' as that coming from your other end?

[kimbutgar]

59. And despite his insults they are so brainwashed they will continue to worship him!

His magaloons are such idiots!

[Xipe Totec]

65. When the Grim Reaper drags him to the netherworld he'll say that it isn't hell and it is not hot. nt

[pat_k]

66. He really doesn't know the MoCA is a screening for dementia.

It's pretty clear he is talking about the MoCA. And he doesn't even report the animals right.

More:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21213681

[LudwigPastorius]

68. "I'm the only president to take a cognitive test."

He's too stupid to know that isn't exactly something to brag about.

[Cha]

69. Nazi Asshole Projecting!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

71. trump's cognitive tests are not IQ test but tests for dementia

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[TBF]

74. This from the guy who flunked out of Fordham? lol. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

75. MaddowBlog-Trump's incessant talk about cognitive tests isn't reassuring people about his mental fitness

The percentage of Americans who believe that Trump is “mentally sharp” has dropped below 50%. He’s apparently feeling rather defensive on the issue.

The percentage of Americans who believe that Trump is “mentally sharp” has dropped well below 50%.

He’s apparently responding with manic rhetoric about cognitive tests.

I have a hunch that won’t turn things around for him.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-05-04T20:02:33.737Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-incessant-talk-about-cognitive-tests-isnt-reassuring-people-about-his-mental-fitness

If his public remarks are any indication, few topics are of greater interest to Donald Trump than cognitive tests. The president has long struggled to understand the point of these tests, but that hasn’t stopped him from his obsessive boasts about being able to pass exams used to identify dementia, mental deterioration and neurodegenerative diseases.

On Friday, for example, Trump spoke to a supportive crowd in Florida, where he went on an extended riff, claiming that he’s the only president to have taken a cognitive test, pretending it’s impressive that he’s taken three and insisting that Barack Obama would fail such a test......

I am going to resist the temptation to comment on that quote and will instead note that around the same time, the president suggested some of his own supporters on hand for the event would struggle to answer the questions on the exams he’s taken repeatedly for reasons the White House hasn’t explained.

Trump suggests his own supporters couldn’t pass a cognitive test.

I took three of them. I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I don’t think Obama could pass it. The first question is a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. A lot of you wouldn’t have been able to answer those questions.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-05-01T20:50:37.879Z

If it seemed that Trump was feeling a bit defensive on the issue, it’s easy to understand why. It was just a few weeks ago when The New York Times published a striking report with an unsubtle headline: “Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate.” The same article highlighted a lawyer who used to work with Trump who described the president as “a man who is clearly insane.”

It also noted a recent comment from Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary who worked for Trump in his first term. Grisham wrote online a week earlier that her former boss is “clearly not well.”....

But just as important is the degree to which Trump’s fixation on the subject doesn’t seem to be persuading anyone. As recently as November 2024, when he won a second term, a Pew Research Center poll found that 55% of Americans considered the Republican to be “mentally sharp.” That number has now dropped to 44%, with slides among Democrats, independents and even GOP voters.

If the president wants to reassure the public he’s mentally fit to serve, he’ll have to try something other than obsessing over his alleged successes on dementia tests.