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OMFG he has no idea what per capita means. (Original Post) nolabear May 2020 OP
trump is an idiot Gothmog May 2020 #1
Is he really that stupid, or does he just hope that we are? lagomorph777 May 2020 #47
Yes, he most certainly is Ollie! (old joke) machoneman May 2020 #56
Every MAGAt is watching TV and saying, "Yeah, you tell them Mr. President! 👍" TheBlackAdder May 2020 #64
100,000 dead and he's "done a great job" gratuitous May 2020 #2
Heck of a job Trumpie! whistler162 May 2020 #36
Right, ignorant, elleng May 2020 #3
The guy is a fucking imbecile Glamrock May 2020 #4
Well, there's plenty of evidence that he's an imbecile, at least. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #19
MAGA! progressoid May 2020 #5
Birx sounds like an idiot here too Skittles May 2020 #6
Yeah. Then he screwed up her cover by Captain Zero May 2020 #9
You'd think they'd get tired of getting kicked wouldn't you? nolabear May 2020 #16
Yeah, Birx is a loser's loser for sure. She started out o.k. I thought but as the weeks.... machoneman May 2020 #59
I saw that. Grasswire2 May 2020 #7
"For example, Miami is the percapita of Florida!" Grokenstein May 2020 #8
... nolabear May 2020 #15
We're at the top of being the WORST per capita numbers. Something else he "beat" fierywoman May 2020 #10
It's like taking freshman chemistry exams ... just try to get all the words in there, and hope ... eppur_se_muova May 2020 #11
Oh, you tried that too? MyOwnPeace May 2020 #46
No, I graded it. It didn't work on me. Apparently, it works on "The Base". nt eppur_se_muova May 2020 #60
Bet it would have been an "A+" MyOwnPeace May 2020 #61
Yeah, we need to elect a businessman Retrograde May 2020 #12
Testing, testing, testing! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #13
It was blatantly obvious that he didn't know shit and the Repugs didn't care AdamGG May 2020 #22
Kickin', just because..... yonder May 2020 #14
Rachel tonight... jcgoldie May 2020 #17
Lol the idiot is kookoo cocopuffs onetexan May 2020 #20
Just thought of this, Corgigal May 2020 #68
My god, he is just so fucking dense. smirkymonkey May 2020 #18
He talks crazy. Tactical Peek May 2020 #21
I WISH someone would just ask him to define per capita. He couldn't do it. Hamlette May 2020 #23
Three years into his presidency and being CiC... JHB May 2020 #50
Doesn't this guy boast about going to Wharton? NYC Liberal May 2020 #24
Can you go to business school w/o knowing that? nolabear May 2020 #39
You can if your parents are rich and 'donate' to the school. nt Nay May 2020 #62
He took a class or two at Wharton, but he attended University of Pennsylvania. And graduated. SharonAnn May 2020 #72
Trump and the people of Trumpland are genuinely some of the shallowest and most ignorant RockRaven May 2020 #25
And he graduated with a B.S. in economics from Wharton? Iterate May 2020 #26
Wasn't it more like a certificate of participation? (NT) HuskyOffset May 2020 #28
Getting Gentlemen's Cs ProfessorGAC May 2020 #44
I think like Jethro Clampett whistler162 May 2020 #37
No, he didn't. See post #72. nt csziggy May 2020 #73
three and a half years of spoken presidential ignorance and still counting TeamPooka May 2020 #27
What a grotesque fool this monster is. mwb970 May 2020 #29
per Capita was a book written by Karl Marx rpannier May 2020 #30
"We are really at the top, meaning positive on a per capita basis" Hav May 2020 #31
Its like how many Corinthians ? Historic NY May 2020 #32
The two Corinthians walked into a bar................ MyOwnPeace May 2020 #48
"There's many pers! Many many! Per scent! And per ox-hide! And per jury! Many many many!" struggle4progress May 2020 #33
😂😂😂😂😂 nolabear May 2020 #40
+1 dalton99a May 2020 #49
Ignorant and proud malaise May 2020 #34
Well in his world per capita for blacks whistler162 May 2020 #35
thick berk Celerity May 2020 #38
Well, he called leading the world in cases a badge of honor. Hortensis May 2020 #41
If anyone wondered how he could mercuryblues May 2020 #42
We'd be so much better off if he just disappeared to his golf club for the last four months captain queeg May 2020 #43
A stable genius at that. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #54
You can almost piece together the briefing they've given him out of Maru Kitteh May 2020 #45
He's proudly ignorant. spanone May 2020 #51
So are his followers. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #57
I have the best per capitas! Many people are saying... Johnny2X2X May 2020 #52
"Show us the Mensa card!!" lastlib May 2020 #53
Wait for the "That's not what he meant" and "The Media's twisting his words" posts greenjar_01 May 2020 #55
Wow colsohlibgal May 2020 #58
Yes, but when your brain has turned into a rotting, moldy, bacteria laden Grammy23 May 2020 #65
He is as dumb as a box of rocks Goodheart May 2020 #63
Because "per capita" is something never used in economics dalton99a May 2020 #66
That was certainly my first thought. Well, after "The man is just stupid." nolabear May 2020 #70
You can say the stupidest shit in the world, but if you say it with authority, Poiuyt May 2020 #67
Remember the endless amounts of shit they gave Obama for talking with a teleprompter? Initech May 2020 #69
Your last couple sentences - "He just says shit. " - Ding! MH1 May 2020 #71
COVID-45 understanding Latin? roamer65 May 2020 #74

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. 100,000 dead and he's "done a great job"
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:46 AM
May 2020

He needs a swift smack across his face every time he says that.

Captain Zero

(6,805 posts)
9. Yeah. Then he screwed up her cover by
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:16 AM
May 2020

Having to have the last word. And his last word was garbled shut reflecting no knowledge.

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
59. Yeah, Birx is a loser's loser for sure. She started out o.k. I thought but as the weeks....
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:20 AM
May 2020

...went on and she drank more and more of the Trumpian Kool-Aid it became obvious she was kneeling to his Lordship under the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office....and wiping her chin after the servicing!

eppur_se_muova

(36,261 posts)
11. It's like taking freshman chemistry exams ... just try to get all the words in there, and hope ...
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:19 AM
May 2020

the grader realizes they *could*, in principle, be put together in a meaningful way, and takes mercy.

Retrograde

(10,136 posts)
12. Yeah, we need to elect a businessman
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:21 AM
May 2020

because - why was that again? They understand economics? They know how to manage?
We're losing 2 for 2 so far this century.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
13. Testing, testing, testing!
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:38 AM
May 2020

I'm not referring to the virus, although that's important too, but testing candidates for BASIC knowledge before they're even allowed to run for President!

We test doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc.

But not the person with the power to launch a nuclear missile attack?!

yonder

(9,664 posts)
14. Kickin', just because.....
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:40 AM
May 2020

.....I'm running a deficit of fucks to give.

Once again, more words from tRumps mangle pit most folks call a mouth.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
17. Rachel tonight...
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:48 AM
May 2020

"Throws word salad at any question and hopes you will round him up to assume he might know what he's talking about."

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
68. Just thought of this,
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:33 AM
May 2020

as I read what Trump just said. It means nothing, because his brain has nothing.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. My god, he is just so fucking dense.
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:55 AM
May 2020

How did he make it this far in life? It's unbelievable. He is, without a doubt, the stupidest world leader on the planet.

JHB

(37,159 posts)
50. Three years into his presidency and being CiC...
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:00 AM
May 2020

...he still couldn't tell you what "nuclear triad" means.

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)
25. Trump and the people of Trumpland are genuinely some of the shallowest and most ignorant
Thu May 21, 2020, 02:28 AM
May 2020

people that one could possibly find even if one tried.

Iterate

(3,020 posts)
26. And he graduated with a B.S. in economics from Wharton?
Thu May 21, 2020, 02:42 AM
May 2020

I always assumed you couldn't get a GED without knowing that.

I really want the villain who took his tests and wrote his papers to fess up.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
31. "We are really at the top, meaning positive on a per capita basis"
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:39 AM
May 2020

I'm pretty confident that even GWB wouldn't have been that dumb. He made many blunders and has alcohol abuse as an excuse but this is pure ignorance and Trump's ego prevents him from just keeping his mouth shut. It's kind of scary to think about what Repubs are going to unleash next.

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
35. Well in his world per capita for blacks
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:30 AM
May 2020

is 3/5ths of whites. Don't even ask him about the per capita for hispanics, native americans, or asians!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
41. Well, he called leading the world in cases a badge of honor.
Thu May 21, 2020, 07:30 AM
May 2020

Trump wants to hog all the credit for that "good thing," of course, but he can't have it. McConnell's probably a sociopath, but he's not a loon and has his own full share.

captain queeg

(10,184 posts)
43. We'd be so much better off if he just disappeared to his golf club for the last four months
Thu May 21, 2020, 07:52 AM
May 2020

If I was that stupid I would hide and avoid talking to the press at all. But the media keeps giving him a pass and he thinks himself a genius.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
45. You can almost piece together the briefing they've given him out of
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:20 AM
May 2020

the mangled garbage he sputters forth each day.


Trump: "How come every time I talk about testing these fuckin' reporters keep saying about this per capita thing? What the fuck is that?"

Staffer: "Well your Excellence, there are many ways of counting this, so there's, like, just counting, you know - one, two, three, four - and we're totally absolutely just number one in that sir . . . and then there's per capita. That's where, well, it's like odds you know? One out of a thousand or ten thousand or a hundred thousand or whatever. There's lots of ways to frame it and some of our states like New York, Rhode Island, New Mexico - they have relatively good per capita testing so we should just direct our focus there I think."

Trump: "So there's lots of ways to do the per capita?"

Staffer: "Well Majesty, we have many different rates of per capita, yes."

Trump: "I figured they were just out to get me. I knew that's what it was. 'Hate Trump.' 'Trump is dumb' when actually I know a lot about this stuff, more than most people I can tell you that."

Staffer: ". . . . . . yes Sir."

Johnny2X2X

(19,060 posts)
52. I have the best per capitas! Many people are saying...
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:09 AM
May 2020

How can anyone listen to this guy for 1 minute and not think he's a complete idiot and/or insane?

lastlib

(23,222 posts)
53. "Show us the Mensa card!!"
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:10 AM
May 2020

"If ya can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit."

That's the kind of answer you'd expect from a bewildered, weaseling, shit-for-brains con-man.
(my apologies to weasels and the rest of the Mustelidae family.)

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
55. Wait for the "That's not what he meant" and "The Media's twisting his words" posts
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:13 AM
May 2020

from the MAGA Cult.

Those are both practically prayer mantras for the MAGA Cult by now, together with "He was actually right," and "He was being sarcastic."

If you achieve high cult-status level, you can even apply all four mantras to the same statement!

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
65. Yes, but when your brain has turned into a rotting, moldy, bacteria laden
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:24 AM
May 2020

Kitchen sponge, it is kinda hard to retain anything you learn. So it is a wasted effort to try to bring tRump up to speed on anything. Anything.

Let that sink in. He knows nothing, doesn’t really care to try to learn but when staffers attempt to bring just a little knowledge into his thinking, he can’t remember a thing they told him.

dalton99a

(81,468 posts)
66. Because "per capita" is something never used in economics
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:26 AM
May 2020

for which he received a degree from Wharton



What a fucking fraud


Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)
67. You can say the stupidest shit in the world, but if you say it with authority,
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:28 AM
May 2020

people will believe you.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
69. Remember the endless amounts of shit they gave Obama for talking with a teleprompter?
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:56 AM
May 2020

This is so much better isn't it?

MH1

(17,600 posts)
71. Your last couple sentences - "He just says shit. " - Ding!
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:59 PM
May 2020

It isn't even lying. (okay sometimes it is)

It isn't even consciously making shit up. (okay sometimes it is)

A lot of the time, it is JUST saying whatever shit spews out.

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