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riversedge

(79,578 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:49 AM Aug 2025

Trump claims he knows 'more about grass than any human being' in another bizarre rant

Source: indy100.com


Brydie Monaghan 49m

Donald Trump's talking about grass... AGAIN.

This time during a photo op with National Guard troops, the president boasted he knows “more about grass than any human being” while talking about beautifying the nation.

“ I have a lot of golf courses all over the place. I know more about grass than any human being, I think, anywhere in the world. And we're gonna be re-grassing all of your parks, all brand new sprinkler systems, the best that you can buy,” Trump said.

Last week, Trump announced he was placing D.C. police under direct federal control and deployed 800 National Guard troops to the city despite crime rates declining in recent years....................



Read more: https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/donald-trump-rambling-grass-rant





🚨WTF: In a bizarre moment, Trump rants about grass at DC parks: “I know more about grass than any human being… Grass has a life. We have a life, and grass has a life. The grass here died about 40 years ago.”

Has Trump’s completely lost his mind?







TRUMP HAS TALKED ABOUT GRASS PRIOR TO THIS TIME:

Really American 🇺🇸
@ReallyAmerican1
·
Aug 13
His grass is grass: In the clearest example that his cognitive is gone, Trump says the word "grass" eight times in a 26-second span, and this deluded old man will be seated across from Putin in Alaska.

Where's the coverage on his cognitive decline?



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Trump claims he knows 'more about grass than any human being' in another bizarre rant (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2025 OP
Face it. TSF believes that he knows more about EVERYTHING than no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #1
Which is pretty weird because he doesn't know anything about anything Walleye Aug 2025 #24
Pretty common phenomenon among the mortally stupid. Aristus Aug 2025 #28
Aristus, I'd call him "Morbidly" stupid. n/t ReRe Aug 2025 #34
Narcissists think they deserve the best. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #54
The press should keep on asking him questions about this and toilet flushing Walleye Aug 2025 #2
Since he always wants fame and his name attached to things. wcollar Aug 2025 #20
Perfect. I think it's a whole new syndrome. Walleye Aug 2025 #23
Kleomania ananda Aug 2025 #43
Even his golf courses lose money MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #46
He is just a poor ass manager Walleye Aug 2025 #48
Trump said that his administration is set to re-do the parks in Washington, D.C. riversedge Aug 2025 #3
Yes, the crime rate is so bad we have to redo the lawns Walleye Aug 2025 #25
There's money to re-sod all the parks in DC Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #35
Yes, I get really tired of people saying well if we didn't send money to Ukraine, etc. we have more money for social Walleye Aug 2025 #39
He is wasting money at such a rate that no amount of cuts MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #52
Yep, it's pretty obvious. He doesn't like people, especially brown and female people, but no people. Walleye Aug 2025 #58
I wish he would baffle enough police officers to get them to come over to our side MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #49
Some reporter should ask him for details on Chewings Fescue bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #4
I doubt he even knows about the least obscure variety. If he is asked that question he will doc03 Aug 2025 #12
I'm betting he couldn't even name the grasses planted on his golf courses. KS Toronado Aug 2025 #37
given dear leaders boundless knowledge on all things... Javaman Aug 2025 #5
Meanwhile, he rips out the Rose Garden lawn and replaces it with brutalist concrete. sop Aug 2025 #6
He knows grass, and THAT grass was k55f5r Aug 2025 #32
On a positive note, most people in nursing homes are women. The men generally die sooner. Think positive. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #7
The best lawn sprinklers money can buy. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #8
Yes, screw water conservation. We have lawns to take care of. Walleye Aug 2025 #51
From somebody who has been in the business for years nobody talks about sprinklers the proper term .. Botany Aug 2025 #63
Lighting some up in his younger days many, many decades ago? cstanleytech Aug 2025 #9
Wut?!?! GB_RN Aug 2025 #10
His ass is grass. Send him to the home. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #11
Someone needs to start asking him questions about grass. Ray Bruns Aug 2025 #13
The hell with providing adequate housing for the poor in DC. sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #14
Frustrated interior and landscape designer takes out his resentment on entire world. tanyev Aug 2025 #15
What about epstein? Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #16
May he find himself under some soon rurallib Aug 2025 #17
Best comment ✅✅✅ Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #36
Of course he does! He's been grazing on the American people for so many years, he has become an expert. Wonder Why Aug 2025 #18
Lawns are very bad for the environment jfz9580m Aug 2025 #19
They'll have to wait until the return on those tax cuts kick in. JohnnyRingo Aug 2025 #21
Another example radical noodle Aug 2025 #22
He's such a sheep IronLionZion Aug 2025 #26
He thinks he knows more than anyone about everything... 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #27
Because he has to graze every morning. marmar Aug 2025 #29
Donnie, you don't know shit about anything. paleotn Aug 2025 #30
Grass? I thought he said Ass. C_U_L8R Aug 2025 #31
He's always been an uneducated ass, but he's really losing it. NNadir Aug 2025 #33
He is a "Fire Breathing Idiot." Re-grassing is not a word. Botany Aug 2025 #38
I was waiting to hear from you on this topic, Botany Bayard Aug 2025 #50
Not only did he cement in the fact that he knows little if anything about turf grass and its management Botany Aug 2025 #61
Get under the grass Donny Blue Owl Aug 2025 #40
Just have someone with some guts chelsea0011 Aug 2025 #41
His obsession with the word "grass" is really weird. patphil Aug 2025 #42
Why doesn't he just fucking die already? Orrex Aug 2025 #44
Proof ? PhilG Aug 2025 #45
He is stuck at Step #1. Marcuse Aug 2025 #47
DU needs a forum called Ravings of a gd lunatic Marthe48 Aug 2025 #53
Wuh-oh! He's going to build golf resorts in our park lands. pandr32 Aug 2025 #55
As demonstrated by Ivana's grave jmbar2 Aug 2025 #56
Bull shit Traildogbob Aug 2025 #57
One explanation: He's started smoking it. surfered Aug 2025 #59
Well, he is after all a stable genius. Turbineguy Aug 2025 #60
Is that grass growing from his head? Crab grass no doubt. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #62

Walleye

(43,878 posts)
24. Which is pretty weird because he doesn't know anything about anything
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:28 AM
Aug 2025

He keeps talking about crime in the cities and so far someone should ask him what was the last time he walked by himself down at city Street. I know Joe Biden, does it I know Barack Obama does. he is upset because he hast to see homeless people on his way to the golf course, geez, that’s a shame. Who knows, maybe Melanie told him that the national mall should be paved over

Aristus

(71,710 posts)
28. Pretty common phenomenon among the mortally stupid.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:37 AM
Aug 2025

Either they think they know everything, or they acknowledge that they know nothing and proclaim that something to be proud of.

Then, of course, there are those witless shit-muffins who claim they have "common sense", the last refuge of the paralyzingly idiotic.

Irish_Dem

(80,004 posts)
54. Narcissists think they deserve the best.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:15 AM
Aug 2025

Because they are so special.

The rest of us are suckers and losers who deserve nothing but misery and death.

Walleye

(43,878 posts)
2. The press should keep on asking him questions about this and toilet flushing
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:53 AM
Aug 2025

And all of his crazy pet peeves. And let him go off on these things. We will maybe reach the moment where he gets the large ball bearings clicking in his hand and starts talking about strawberries being stolen The president of the United States should not be talking about grass. I remember before he was elected. The first time he said running a country was like running a golf course only was bigger. That’s how stupid and simplistic he is.

wcollar

(213 posts)
20. Since he always wants fame and his name attached to things.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:19 AM
Aug 2025

I think it would be appropriate to rename the Duning-Kruger Effect the DJT syndrome.

riversedge

(79,578 posts)
3. Trump said that his administration is set to re-do the parks in Washington, D.C.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:54 AM
Aug 2025



Trump's ludicrous grass rant in front of baffled DC law enforcement officers
Before he was set to attend a ride along with the police of Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Trump went on a lengthy rant about grass

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trumps-ludicrous-grass-rant-front-35773790

Lauren Peacock News Reporter
18:14 ET, 21 Aug 2025Updated 18:17 ET, 21 Aug 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks while visiting federal troops
Trump went on a long rant about grass on Thursday(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump went on a lengthy rant about grass on Thursday before he was set to join the police in Washington, D.C. for a ride along.


Trump said that his administration is set to re-do the parks in Washington, D.C. and would specifically focus on the grass, adding he hopes it will look like Trump National Golf Club. Trump said that grass "has a life" and stated that the grass in Washington, D.C. died "40 years ago".

Walleye

(43,878 posts)
25. Yes, the crime rate is so bad we have to redo the lawns
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:31 AM
Aug 2025

Don’t know where he’s gonna get a landscape crew since he has deported everybody. And it’s too bad he’s more concerned about the life of a lawn than a person. But then he drives his golf carts on the greens. He has no respect for any living things

Diamond_Dog

(39,827 posts)
35. There's money to re-sod all the parks in DC
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:03 AM
Aug 2025

But no money for weather reports, scientific research, Medicaid, food assistance, public education….

Walleye

(43,878 posts)
39. Yes, I get really tired of people saying well if we didn't send money to Ukraine, etc. we have more money for social
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:13 AM
Aug 2025

Safety net. It’s not the lack of money. It’s the lack of will. They don’t wanna put their money into poor people, that’s it. They’d rather do lawns.

MadameButterfly

(3,772 posts)
52. He is wasting money at such a rate that no amount of cuts
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:08 AM
Aug 2025

would balance the budget even without the billionaire tax cuts. This is a guy who never had to balance his personal budget his whole life. He just doesn't know how to think that way. What he wants, he gets.

He likes golf courses, he likes upscale places, he likes gold, he doesn't like people.

Walleye

(43,878 posts)
58. Yep, it's pretty obvious. He doesn't like people, especially brown and female people, but no people.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:34 AM
Aug 2025

And he hates the United States and what we stand for

MadameButterfly

(3,772 posts)
49. I wish he would baffle enough police officers to get them to come over to our side
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:04 AM
Aug 2025

how many of them can listen to this stuff and then mindlessly follow his orders?

bucolic_frolic

(54,123 posts)
4. Some reporter should ask him for details on Chewings Fescue
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:10 AM
Aug 2025

A rather obscure fescue variety. I bet he knows zippo.

doc03

(38,853 posts)
12. I doubt he even knows about the least obscure variety. If he is asked that question he will
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:34 AM
Aug 2025

call the question stupid and call their employer low rated fake news.

Javaman

(65,166 posts)
5. given dear leaders boundless knowledge on all things...
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:22 AM
Aug 2025

I'm surprised some right wing moron hasn't created a trumpedia yet.

why get facts, they are so inconvenient, just get the "truth" from the mouth of the anus

sop

(17,560 posts)
6. Meanwhile, he rips out the Rose Garden lawn and replaces it with brutalist concrete.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:26 AM
Aug 2025

Someone, please, throw a net over this imbecile and have him taken away.

k55f5r

(508 posts)
32. He knows grass, and THAT grass was
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:47 AM
Aug 2025

Democrat. He stopped it from sneaking into his bedroom at night and strangling him.

twodogsbarking

(17,618 posts)
7. On a positive note, most people in nursing homes are women. The men generally die sooner. Think positive.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:40 AM
Aug 2025

Irish_Dem

(80,004 posts)
8. The best lawn sprinklers money can buy.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:43 AM
Aug 2025

But no money for vaccines, cancer research, education, etc.

Botany

(76,458 posts)
63. From somebody who has been in the business for years nobody talks about sprinklers the proper term ..
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:54 PM
Aug 2025

Last edited Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:13 AM - Edit history (1)

for lawn care … is irrigation. Krasnov is just out to lunch. Besides public parks and landscape/ecological restoration projects have worked for years not to use irrigation. It is expensive, wasteful, and not good for the environment. But as far as public areas in and around D.C. turf does serve a purpose but its management does not need Trump’s input.

GB_RN

(3,514 posts)
10. Wut?!?!
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:21 AM
Aug 2025

Jesus H Christ on a stick! I know that Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent has taken bizzare, off-the-wall and unhinged-ness to “levels never seen before,” but this is well beyond his usual. Where are the guys in the white outfits from Bellevue Hospital, who are supposed to come armed with sedatives and a straight jacket?!?!

Ray Bruns

(6,002 posts)
13. Someone needs to start asking him questions about grass.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:57 AM
Aug 2025

Then we’ll know how much he knows about grass.

sinkingfeeling

(57,299 posts)
14. The hell with providing adequate housing for the poor in DC.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:03 AM
Aug 2025

Just spend millions on putting in new sod and sprinklers.

Wonder Why

(6,563 posts)
18. Of course he does! He's been grazing on the American people for so many years, he has become an expert.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:12 AM
Aug 2025

But mostly, he knows the weeds - they are all in his administration and party.

jfz9580m

(16,620 posts)
19. Lawns are very bad for the environment
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:13 AM
Aug 2025

Which they have in common with Trump.

Excess water usage, chemicals, bad for insect life etc etc. Also imo fugly.

Just one article on that. If you DuckDuckGo “why lawns are bad for the environment” you will find a tonne of stuff.

https://www.peanc.org/devastating-environmental-cost-traditional-lawns



The Devastating Environmental Cost of Traditional Lawns

Aeliyra Kendall
January 30, 2023

Your lawn may seem like a small part of your home, but did you know that they have a significant environmental cost? Traditional lawns are composed of non-native grasses and plants that are not adapted to the region. They often require more water, fertilizers, and pesticides than lawns that use native grass and plants.

Traditional Landscaping Introduces Invasive Plants

Invasive plants are non-native plant species that have been introduced to an area and have the ability to outcompete native plants. They can often spread quickly and displace native plant populations. Traditional lawns are often composed of these non-native grasses that are invasive in nature. Which often requires the use of pesticides and fertilizers to maintain, which can lead to the spread of invasive plants.

Use of Harmful Pesticides And Fertilizer

The use of pesticides and fertilizers in lawn maintenance has a negative impact on the environment and human health. Pesticides harm local wildlife and contaminate local water resources. Fertilizers will lead to nutrient runoff, which harms aquatic life and contributes to the growth of harmful algae. Native landscaping will sustain itself and require less intervention to thrive.

It’s a Waste Of Water

While traditional lawns may appear lush and green, the maintenance required to keep them that way can put a strain on local water resources. In fact, traditional lawns consume more water than native landscapes, often requiring more frequent watering and leading to water waste. On the other hand, native landscapes are specially adapted to the unique climate and soil conditions of an area, making them much more water-efficient and less reliant on constant irrigation.

A Lack Important Biodiversity

Traditional lawns are often monocultures, meaning they consist of only one species of grass. This lack of diversity can have a detrimental impact on local biodiversity. A single species of grass does not provide food or shelter for a wide range of species, which in turn can lead to a decline in local wildlife populations. In contrast, native landscapes provide important habitats for local wildlife and support the overall biodiversity of a region.

Adding To Your Carbon Footprint

Traditional landscaping has a higher carbon footprint than native landscapes. The maintenance of traditional lawns requires the use of lawn equipment, such as lawn mowers, edgers, and trimmers, which can contribute to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The use of these machines not only produces emissions but also consumes fossil fuels, which are a limited and non-renewable resource.


Other sources:

https://www.populationmedia.org/the-latest/the-cost-of-green-grass-how-our-lawns-are-wasting-water-and-harming-biodiversity

https://blog.nwf.org/2024/04/why-we-shouldnt-have-lawns/

JohnnyRingo

(20,537 posts)
21. They'll have to wait until the return on those tax cuts kick in.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:21 AM
Aug 2025

....maybe in two weeks, tops.

3catwoman3

(28,653 posts)
27. He thinks he knows more than anyone about everything...
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:36 AM
Aug 2025

…when the reality is he knows jackshit about anything except self promotion.

Despicable charlatan.

NNadir

(37,335 posts)
33. He's always been an uneducated ass, but he's really losing it.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:50 AM
Aug 2025

Alzheimer's is a terrible disease but it couldn't happen to a more appropriate guy, the damage being done to the country and the world notwithstanding.

Botany

(76,458 posts)
38. He is a "Fire Breathing Idiot." Re-grassing is not a word.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:13 AM
Aug 2025

I am an expert in this stuff and there is no such thing as re-grassing it is called lawn
or turf care or reseeding or over seeding or installing sod. Parks, businesses, schools,
and homes all over America have been doing just that for years.

In parks where you have areas where the turf is thin which in most cases is from foot
traffic or lack of organic matter in the soil starting shortly the steps to repair the damaged
turf is:

Spread organic matter and top soil

Spread grass seed

Cover with straw or Penn Mulch

Use the appropriate grass seed mix.

Make sure the areas are watered

Bayard

(28,693 posts)
50. I was waiting to hear from you on this topic, Botany
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:06 AM
Aug 2025

The only thing he knows about grass is that there is some on his golf courses.

Just more of his narcissistic pontificating.

Botany

(76,458 posts)
61. Not only did he cement in the fact that he knows little if anything about turf grass and its management
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:01 PM
Aug 2025

but that he is deeply mentally ill too. I will guarantee you that national park service has at least 200
grounds keepers in the D.C. area that all forget more about grass then he would ever know. BTW
they are not called sprinklers in the trades but irrigation systems you also try to install types of grass
that do not need irrigation especially in public areas. It is a waste, open to damage, and not good for
the environment. If he knew a scintilla about turf grass he would know that you never drive your
golf cart on bent grass aka putting greens.

He really is insane.

chelsea0011

(10,205 posts)
41. Just have someone with some guts
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:55 AM
Aug 2025

to ask him what type of grass is planted at Turnbury of Mara Lago or what grass works best in DC and we can easily listen to him talk about how many times you have to flush a toilet. Guy is insane.

patphil

(8,736 posts)
42. His obsession with the word "grass" is really weird.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:13 AM
Aug 2025

Maybe because it ends in "ass", and he's having a "Beavis and Butthead" like reaction to saying "grass" over and over again.

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