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Donald Trump still doesn’t have a comeback to Kamala Harris calling him weird.

After stewing in Tim Walz’s “weird” label for several weeks, Donald Trump has finally cooked up a comeback: No, you.

“You know, he said we’re weird,” Trump told a small crowd in York, Pennsylvania, on Monday during an event that was supposed to focus on the economy. “That J.D. and I are weird. I think we’re extremely normal people.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not ~~crazy~~ weird! My mother had me tested!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Funny thing about trump is that he is even bad at right wing politics. He is always insisting on how important economy is whilst in the reality, US indices rose far more during Biden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What even qualifies as a "normal" speech from Trump at this point?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The abnormal is normal when it comes to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Did you ever see him go on the stage and go, like, crazy?

No, but I’ve seen Trump go, like, crazy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What an extremely weird headline. Modern politics suck so much.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any man who must say "I am normal" is not truly normal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Same shit stain said he was a "very stable genius".

That one still makes me laugh. He's a dumb motherfucker.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Trump: I'm rubber, and you're glue, and the things you say bounce off of me because ALL YOUR TEMPERAMENTS ARE TRASH AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CALM!!!
Lester: Mr. Trump, your head is now literally a giant red steam whistle.
Trump: ... My microphone isn't working.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Greetings fellow normal people! What a typical day we're having.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and my pseudopods are moist and twitching!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

What a weird thing to say.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m like the normalest person you’ve ever met. In fact I did a normalcy test and I passed it with flying colours.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah that's funny, I thought leaders were supposed to be extraordinary. Why would we want to elect a regular Joe to office?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Im so normal they say I’m so - and then the doctor, wonderful doctor he said “Sir, it’s a miracle! There are so many un-normal” - we call them un-normal now you know - it’s very terrible what they’re doing. He came up to me, tears in his eyes and says “you’re so normal we’ve never seen anyone more normal”. And could you believe it, Crooked Joe is not normal. He’s un-normal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don’t know, but it gave us W.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It was so strange, the most normal the guy ever saw. Outrageously normal he said. Almost unusually normal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

More like extremely anoying

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm noRmal and I goT a paPer proving it!!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When you have to tell people you are "normal", it's a big tell that you are, WEIRD, not normal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Truth with implications.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

And not the good kind of weird that wears the term as a badge of honor, but the bad kind of weird that verges on creepy with how much it insists that it isn't weird.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

We're bigly normal!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And I am extremely weird... and proud.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Weird" feels like it'd only an insult if you're obsessed with conformity or you believe there should be in (normal) and out (weird) groups that dictate how you're allowed to exist in society.

Makes the word a pretty good litmus test, too. If you tell someone they're kinda weird, and they're that upset about it... maybe a red flag?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well said. Everyone is at least a little weird, and it's pretty relatable feeling. But when your whole lifestyle is based around conformity and hatred of non conformers, it becomes a grave insult.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you for opening my eyes, guys.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The best normal. what a weird throwback.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Very criminal, very weird

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