At a town hall event in Michigan on Friday.
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2024
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English Translation:
"Let me explain a situation that occurred about 20 years ago in this area. I was honored as Man of the Year by a local group. When the media heard about this, they claimed it never happened. At first, I couldn't recall which organization had given me the award, but I was certain it had occurred.
During the award ceremony, I gave a speech addressing the decline of the local car industry. I questioned why the community was allowing their automotive business to be taken away. At the time, I didn't know all the details, but I was aware that the local car industry was suffering.
The media continued to deny that this event ever took place. However, someone eventually came forward, saying they remembered it. We then found evidence, including the award itself, proving that the event did indeed happen. The ceremony was real, and I did give that speech about the car industry, which was considered quite controversial at the time."
Video & Original - Credit: NYT:
Here is part of Mr. Trump’s answer, verbatim:
“So pretty much, as we’ve been saying — and what I want to do is, I want to be able to — look your business. Years ago in this area, I was honored as the Man of the Year. Was maybe 20 years ago, and the fake news heard about it. They said, ‘It never happened. It never happened.’ And I didn’t know who it was. It was a group that honored me as Man of the Year. The fakers back there — see the fake news — but they said, they said, Oh. And they looked at it, you know, they said it never happened. But I said, ‘I swear to you, it happened. It did happen.’
“I was Man of the Year, and I came and I made a speech and said, ‘Why do you allow them to take your car business away? Why do you allow it to happen? They’re taking your business away.’ And I didn’t know too much about — all I know is they were taking your car industry away from you. They said it never happened, and lo and behold, somebody said, ‘I remember the event,’ and then we found out, and we had everything. We got the awards. We had everything. It did happen, but I gave a speech, which at the time was pretty controversial …”
I'm not sure what the difference between Trumpsplaining and sanewashing may be, but we don't need it.
Looks like I Trumpslained ya!
Trumpslaining (mixed opinion here*):
Sanewashing (naughty naughty):
* rationalize, that’d silly. But why spend the mental energy trying to interpret this particular word salad once a quick glance confirms it’s gibberish?
Faster to read the English version to conclude more quickly it’s the usual lies. When the lies get bigger there’s some cause for alarm b/c people get hurt (see Haitian communities). Big Orange’s gibberish is newsworthy but no need to pain ourselves staying abreast.
(Also wanted to link a source, JIC)
Edit: didn’t mention the not-so-subtle diss of pretending no English speaker would understand the candidate
Was maybe 20 years ago. People said it wasn't true. But I swear to you.
I was also named person of the year. Maybe 20 years. Maybe 19. Possibly 18. But maybe 20. Who knows. That's the thing. Nobody knows. They say "you" weren't person of the year. But that's a lie.
Years ago I saw a TV drama where a student is having a hard time reading. The teacher figures out that the kid can read single words, but is too intimidated by entire pages to finish. The teacher gets an index card and cuts out a rectangle in the middle; the rectangle is the size of ten letters in a row. The kid uses the tool until they figure out that they can actually read pages.
The point of the story is that I need a similar index card to read Trump quotes; the whole thing all at once is too much for me.
This is dementia right here. I know he's always been incoherent and rambling, but it's getting worse.
And the whole thing with the Time Man Of The Year award...
First, why does it matter? It's a stupid award they give out to celebrities and politicians, often over silly things. If your whole identity hinges on a Time award or how big your rally sizes are or how much money you can steal from people, and not on trying to treat others with respect and kindness, then you are utterly lost.
Second, I looked it up on Wikipedia and it wasn't 20 years ago. It was 8 years ago, in 2016. It was when he became president, because they always seem to award the new president with MOTY. He didn't win it before that. He's probably thinking of the fake Time magazine cover someone made him and which he has on his wall in Mar-a-Largo.
Third, what the flying fuck is he taking about regarding the car business? I swear reading it hearing him talk comes close to giving me an aneurysm.
Remember when Greta won Time POTY and Trump (I think?) retweeted a photoshop of his head on her body?
I mean, I of all people won Time Magazine’s Person of the Year award in 2006, and I just forgot about it until this post reminded me. It’s that insignificant, it literally does not matter.
Noting that was long enough someone could call it 20 years ago, could it be the origin story?
Congratulations on your award! No doubt there was a big speech and the usual media denials?
Because he needs other people to know that he is important.
It matters because he basis his personality on persecution. And if he can prove one instance he’ll say it proves everything and anything else he comes up with. And it’s a lot easier for him to spread and pull this bullshit than it is for people to shut it down. Most hear the lies few hear the corrections. This is why he even still has a chance. There was an article a month or so ago about a news persons doing an in person town hall and like no one on the audience had even heard of his felony convictions or any of the trials or bullshit he’s currently fighting. That is the problem.
The car business?
In 2016, Tesla price was under $16 at the time. I think he is talking to Musk in his mind...
Third, what the flying fuck is he taking about regarding the car business? I swear reading it hearing him talk comes close to giving me an aneurysm.
this is why I've decided to just label all Maga Republicans as stupid. He speaks incoherently, but they walk around acting like it makes perfect sense. it's gibberish. it's total rubbish, and even the bits we can suss out... is freaking insane. but to them, it makes perfect sense and seems totally logical.
Republicans for decades have been targeting people with 5th grade level vocabulary and logic. I used to think that Trump's big innovation was targeting people at a 3rd grade level, but now I think he's just targeting people in the late stages of syphilis.
Yes. If you say you’re a conservative, a republican, “religious,” or any combination thereof, I just assume you’re amongst the dumbest humans currently alive.
I don't understand why people follow him; he can't even make a string of coherent sentences.
politics - americas original reality game show. they tune in for the lolz.
trump seems to have figured this out a while ago and managed to zombify 20% of the population, idiot savant style.
edit to say: a badly broken system allows a trump to threaten the rest of us.