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104. I wonder what he thinks Dollar Tree or Dollar General is?

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'Who the Hell Wrote That?' Trump Stops Mid-Speech To Say He Doesn't Know What a 'Corner Store' Is [View all] BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP

He says he knows what a quarter store is. What is that? Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #1

Maybe an inflated "Five and Dime"?? bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #5

This is what I think. He was thinking Five and Dime. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #21

Maybe he was trying to picture an office with wnylib 17 hrs ago #51

He would probably think a store in one corner of the room is a gift shop? Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #53

But he's a man of the people... COL Mustard 8 hrs ago #97

He is a man of the crime syndicate people. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #98

I'm a few years younger than Chump, and I remember "dime stores" from the 1950s FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #75

Two things: Dementia and his entire life with servants. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #77

We called it the 10 cent store in the mid-50s, in the Pac. NW. Dixiegrrrl 11 hrs ago #91

Mr. ShitsInHisPants is part of the privileged elite. magicarpet 13 hrs ago #80

Yes steals, not shops. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #81

Indeed.. Stealing is the source of all his acquisitions. He has little need to go shopping like regular folk.. magicarpet 13 hrs ago #82

He basically takes what he wants. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #83

And THAT'S the part I seriously don't understand. calimary 28 min ago #115

That must be it. LisaM 17 hrs ago #49

Yeah, but in the 1950's when he grew up, corner stores were ubiquitous. Wednesdays 15 hrs ago #68

He probably... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #25

Good point, he thought people were saying "quarter" and never realized anything different. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #28

Sadly... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #30

Outstanding! displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #40

A high end five and dime? displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #38

Maybe it is a kinky sex shop? Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #45

Peep Show! BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #60

Exactly what he means. Peep shown for a quarter. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #63

It's where you buy bitcoins and other types of rare coins. ECL213 17 hrs ago #43

A coiner store, that's the ticket! yorkster 17 hrs ago #47

Anybody who still believes he is cognitively okay BlueKota 14 hrs ago #71

Most people don't seem to care. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #73

There are Dollar Stores. TomSlick 7 hrs ago #105

Yes, but his associations are so loose and tangential. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #106

Only heaven knows what what is rattling around in what might have once been his brain. TomSlick 7 hrs ago #107

Whatever is rattling around is not good. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #108

Next time, try Bodega C_U_L8R 20 hrs ago #2

Too ethic. Squaredeal 18 hrs ago #17

There isn't one damn ounce of ethics in anything he says... sarchasm 17 hrs ago #46

And we know he's ethically challenged. yorkster 17 hrs ago #48

"Corner store" is a term that's likely 150 years old bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #3

He is so completely out of touch with the folks that pay for all the fun he is having. Trueblue Texan 18 hrs ago #24

The Orange Anus... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #29

Haha we still say green grocer r�is�n_dubh 1 hr ago #114

And he's from NYC, probably the place with more corner stores than anywhere else. AKA grocery stores. (n/t) thesquanderer 18 hrs ago #33

f you''ve driven through his neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens... there are no corners stores. 3Hotdogs 17 hrs ago #42

There are Corner Stores in Douglaston, Queens were it was dumped. dave99 16 hrs ago #58

A corner store is, obviously, a store that sells corners. D'uh! Intractable 19 hrs ago #4

Really frustrating to get trapped into a corner store. Onthefly 19 hrs ago #9

Oh no, I have painted myself into a corner store. ECL213 17 hrs ago #44

You really got yourself in a pickle barrel. Onthefly 12 hrs ago #86

Wrong. It is a store that Bluetus 18 hrs ago #32

He is demented Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #6

This phrase is so ingrained EYESORE 9001 19 hrs ago #7

He's a man of the people. Harker 19 hrs ago #8

Perfect twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #14

"These are simple folk. The salt of the earth.., Squaredeal 18 hrs ago #18

Welll. It's true as he's been bribed by many people and blackmailed many people. cstanleytech 15 hrs ago #65

Yes, he's also man of the people who give him what he wants. Harker 15 hrs ago #67

Just proudly showing off his ignorance. mwmisses4289 19 hrs ago #10

Its like a corner B2 bomber, except its a store Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #11

The man is an imbecile. Ray Bruns 19 hrs ago #12

"Twelve million small "FLIERS" paid ...... AZ8theist 19 hrs ago #13

Not long ago Trump said the same about groceries!! riversedge 19 hrs ago #15

FYI, he also doesn't know what a "days work" means or feels like. Ferrets are Cool 19 hrs ago #16

He's never heard of frogmarch 18 hrs ago #19

"Says a lot about the ignorance of this country that there are millions of people who look at this decrepit lying sack o riversedge 18 hrs ago #20

That is the dementia advancing Easterncedar 18 hrs ago #22

Jesus, what an idiot. mwb970 18 hrs ago #23

Out of touch. Who could have guessed. AllyCat 18 hrs ago #26

I think that was before everyone had a car Racygrandma 18 hrs ago #27

He lacks inhibition, which often proves his ignorance. Martin Eden 18 hrs ago #31

The only reason EuterpeThelo 18 hrs ago #36

The cruelest punishment for Diaper Donald Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #52

But EuterpeThelo 15 hrs ago #62

It seems he's getting worse. He has no inhibition anymore. BradBo 17 hrs ago #41

He grew up mgardener 18 hrs ago #34

I doubt he has ever set foot in any kind of store that sells groceries. Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #35

The hero of the common MAGAt..... SergeStorms 17 hrs ago #37

Holy crap he's an idiot. He proved it everyday. He has no filter anymore. BradBo 17 hrs ago #39

He grew up in NYC...and Dems are out of touch JT45242 17 hrs ago #50

Out Of Touch Clouds Passing 17 hrs ago #54

Someone please work the word "bodega" into his next speech. eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #55

He'll flub that worse than the time he grunted "yo-smite... yo-sah-mite" (for Yosemite) QueerDuck 16 hrs ago #56

I'm thinking "BAH-duh-gah." 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #92

I like yours better than mine! That sounds about right. QueerDuck 10 hrs ago #93

I want to hear how he pronounces it IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #95

Tell the paranoid jerk the corner store is where people buy the National Enquirer Attilatheblond 16 hrs ago #57

new yorkers call them "bodegas" rampartd 16 hrs ago #59

I can't stand Trump, yall know that, but I've never heard the term "corner store" before. Must be a regional term. raccoon 16 hrs ago #61

It's an "urban" term and he was born and raised in the most populated city in the U.S. BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #64

Outside of campaign photo ops, Wednesdays 15 hrs ago #66

How he became the man of working people is beyond me. nt City Lights 14 hrs ago #69

It's a store where they sell corners! Duh, everybody knows that. Rob H. 14 hrs ago #70

... eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #90

Ha! Love it nt Rob H. 5 hrs ago #111

Ficking moron. Martin68 14 hrs ago #72

MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #74

It's like the Poppy Bush revelation BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #87

In a writing workshop, I reviewed works by college seniors nuxvomica 13 hrs ago #76

Plus, I don't think the idea of franchises had been invented by 1920 FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #79

This message was self-deleted by its author 3825-87867 13 hrs ago #78

Any thing he thinks, goes out the mouth tonekat 12 hrs ago #84

Just don't ask him what a quarter horse is. LudwigPastorius 12 hrs ago #85

Why is a person with such low menality young_at_heart 11 hrs ago #88

What a maroon! Danascot 11 hrs ago #89

It's where we purchase corners for buildings, of course. Unless it's a round building with no corners. IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #94

They're so freaking insanely rich they don't know the basics of shopping. SidneyR 9 hrs ago #96

JFC Lemon Lyman 8 hrs ago #99

Trump has probably never 'shopped' in a store for himself or anyone Dave Id 8 hrs ago #100

Does he know what a cornerback is? milestogo 7 hrs ago #101

Dumbass doesn't know thats where you get corners. nt doc03 7 hrs ago #102

I'll bet Jilly_in_VA 7 hrs ago #103

I wonder what he thinks Dollar Tree or Dollar General is? doc03 7 hrs ago #104

While I know what a corner store, I never heard of a quarter store Polybius 6 hrs ago #109

What I posted upthread - the "Peep Shows" BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #110

My Congressperson Jodey Arrington wrote TOBBBA! czarjak 3 hrs ago #112

a store that sells corners? AncientOfDays 1 hr ago #113