Trump: Why Did We Wait 100 Years to Mark a Centennial?

[douglas9]

Does Donald Trump know what defines a centennial?

The question arose on Monday during a White House event commemorating the passage of a bill honoring the women’s suffrage movement. The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, which directs the Treasury Department to mint up to 400,000 $1 silver coins celebrating the 19th Amendment, passed with unanimous consent in Congress and is one of the least controversial bills to land on the president’s desk.

But as Trump opened his mouth in an attempt to lavish praise on himself for the bill—on its own, an absurd moment—trouble quickly arrived. “I’m curious,” he asked from the Oval Office, “why wasn’t it done a long time ago? I guess the answer to that is because now I’m president, we get things done.”

Trump’s curiosity immediately called into question whether he understands how centennials work, as the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 and the coins will debut in January 2020. The bill’s lead sponsor and newly minted vocal supporter of the president, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), apparently was not available to help the president untangle the tricky, four-syllable word.

"I'm curious why wasn't it done a long time ago? And also, I guess the answer to that is because now I'm president, we get things done."

President Trump signs the Woman's Suffrage Centennial Coin Act. pic.twitter.com/jkcOCzQyNa

— The Hill (@thehill) November 26, 2019

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/trump-why-did-we-wait-100-years-to-mark-a-centennial/

[Loge23]

1. Because it ALWAYS has to be about him.

Yes, he's an idiot - that we well know.
But aside from the centennial issue, he just can't pass up an opportunity to make this about him.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

18. Trump thinks the Civil War ended because everyone knew he would be president one day.

He's also responsible for man landing on the moon, the end of WWII, the invention of the 8 track, and Ronald Reagan becoming president, and therefore Trump is the one who is really responsible for bringing down the Berlin Wall. The pyramids exist because, "I know how to build things!" When man finally sets foot on Mars, he will claim credit for being the first to say we should do it, even though science fiction writers have been saying the same thing for decades.

In other words, he's the reason the world turns, the sun shines, and you can find a constellation that spells out "TRUMP" in the night sky. (You can find a constellation for everything -- look at Canis Minor.)

No wonder he can't understand that "centennial" means 100 years. To his way of thinking, if they had only asked him, he would have redefined the word to correspond with his first year as president.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. The new definition of clueless: Donald J. Trump

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I just wish every time he makes such a stupid

comment someone in the room would tell him whatever.

"Well, Mr. President, since a centennial celebrates 100 years, we couldn't have done this observation before now."

His ignorance is breath-taking.

[Ohiogal]

4. The bar is never too low

with this inept idiot.

[Stuart G]

15. As said before, "When you think you have seen it all, there is always more"

[TommyCelt]

5. I am getting a headache...

...from all the SMH's I gotta do with this yahoo.

[Historic NY]

6. Well...

oh never mind.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. The great majority of Deplorables are wondering the exact same thing.

[Wawannabe]

8. Sick

That this demented asshole is signing this bill. Sick.

[donkeypoofed]

9. Gawd, he really is "too stupid to live!"

[world wide wally]

10. Hammer meet nail head

[lagomorph777]

16. Nail, meet hammer head

[SCantiGOP]

11. Come to think of it

My birthday is in a few months. Why haven't I gotten any presents yet? Maybe Donnie will send me a red hat if I ask him.

[Gothmog]

12. trump is an idiot

[BHDem53]

13. Stable genius?

[Stuart G]

14. It really is so stupid, Trump doesn't know or care that he made such a "stupid statement"

.....I wonder if someone will tell him? What do you think? He obviously doesn't know the meaning of a word: centennial...Well ........stupid is what stupid is.....

[lagomorph777]

17. Like the time he said George Washington should've had stuff named after him.

Aside from, you know, an entire major city (the nation's capital) and dozens of small ones, and a state, and roads, and bridges, and thousands of people...