Trump Tells Cheering Crowd: ‘I Could Say the Stupidest Things and You’d Clap’
President Donald Trump spoke before an adoring crowd in Tennessee Saturday, telling his fans, "I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap."
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He finally said what we were all saying this entire time. I hope those stupid people could understand what their stupidity has cost this nation.
He's said in multiple occasions that he loves the poorly educated. Also, smart people don't like him.
Directly calling your supporters stupid and they cheer.
I think there's a lot of rich smart people who like him.
I’d argue they probably don’t like him, but that doesn’t mean they won’t use him to gain more wealth.
If they like him they aren't smart by definition, as he will fuck everything up.
You're right only if you consider empathy and care for others as smart.
Execs at big companies have made tons of money. Trump has done amazing things to steal wealth from the majority and transfer it up to the wealthiest 0.1%.
It is smart to support Trump if you're in the top 0.1%, greedy, and don't care about anyone else but yourself
There far too stupud to put that together. They’re like, hate junkies.
Hate is the opiate of the masses. Some say it's religion, but that's incorrect. Religion is merely a syringe of choice.
Damn! That’s a good angle! That shit rings so true.
Incapable. Completely, utterly, unable to understand.
The whole world
I’m not a great lip reader, but that woman in red on the back left looks like she says “That’s true” right after he says it.
He’s making fun of you, Barbara.
TL;DR: Taken out of context, but turd is still a turd.
I am anti trump as much as any sane person but I'm also anti propaganda. Although I know nobody is immune to it, I believe it's important to note that context matters.
context matters If you actually listen to it, he's telling the supporters that he's willing to come have a rally in places he's already won because the people are so supportive and there's a lot of love in the community. He then went on to say that he could come out and say the stupidest thing and they'd still cheer him on.
The context is that he was saying the crowds were supportive and loving, not that they were stupid.
I don't think that makes it better...
If you clap at stupid things to be supportive, you're still stupid.
You're right of course, but the context changes the meaning anyway. He's complimenting them, not insulting (at least not intentionally).
Point is, I don't think it's "taken out of context".
Idk, I feel like anybody who cheers for a specific person, no matter what they say, refusing to think critically or consider disagreeing, is a fucking moron. Even if he didn't mean to directly call them stupid, he's still indirectly calling them stupid imo.
The inverse is also true. I don't automatically disagree with everything trump says just because he's a stupid, hateful, narcissistic fascist. I'm glad he discontinued the penny, is against changing clocks for the DST switches twice a year, and the quick rollout of COVID vaccines was a big win. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but it's important to acknowledge good shit even if it comes from a child raping dipshit. I'm not gonna pretend that I like the penny just because an adjudicated rapist dislikes the penny, and I also don't like the pants-shitting fuckface just because we agree that changing clocks is dumb as fuck.
A lot of people liked Kanye's music, and since coming out as an unapologetic Nazi, a lot of those people are not Kanye fans anymore. Those ex-fans adapted in ways that these forever trumpers are incapable of. Because they're fucking stupid.
Somehow I don't think it's out of context? Someone who is so supportive and loving to the point of ignoring the most blatant stupidity is a damn right dangerous idiot and a fool, and trump very clearly captured that.
The "context" doesn't make it better. He's literally telling them point blank that he can say whatever he wants and they'll still cheer and love him. I'll never understand people like you who come up with these ridiculous apologetics for Trump.
Stop fucking enabling him.
I'm not seeing how that's not calling them stupid. Not really out of context at all actually.
That doesn't change the meaning in any way though. It seems to me thou doest protest too much.
That being said, politicians at the highest levels are supposed to be good enough at their jobs that they don't say things like that which can be easily taken out of context. I mean, it's not like the person who quoted him only used part of the quote to change the meaning of the sentence. He literally meant what it said.
Some people like Trump for the fact that he's absolute shit as a politician, but I think there's some use in electing a person who is actually smart enough to be a good politician.
I think it's less about context and more about intent. I think his intent (and I assume the way the crowd interpreted it) was "I can talk about insignificant things like what I had for breakfast and you'd still find it exciting."
Anyone with half a brain hears it as "you are so sycophantic that it doesn't matter what I say, to the degree that I could openly insult you and you'd still cheer"
His followers hear it as "I appreciate you for supporting me, even when I talk about things that don't interest you"
I can definitely agree with you there!
He says/does a lot of stupid things that his lackeys are forced to ignore or try to dismiss as a joke. Bragging/praising crowd's unconditional love for the stupid crook is an example of a dumb thing to say.
Yes. As evidenced by the last decade...
Mob mentality and groupthink are very powerful. On another note, trump does say the stupidest things.
His one promise he's kept!
he knows this from experience
Either they're not actually listening to the words or they are listening and it doesn't matter to them.
I can't decide which is worse.
I think it's his tone of voice that matters most to his audience, the words go by too quickly for them to process, much like when you speak to a dog.
I have literally said some of the meanest things (I'm willing to say) my dog using a nice voice. She just wags her tail and comes in for snuggles.
Democracy doesn’t work when the base is this dumb. Need to find another way.
Ironically, this was what the EC was supposed to protect us from.
IKR?
https://lemmy.ca/post/72153405
Democracy is not a nice to have, but a check and a balance on power. The problem is the two party system, that and the fact that money has become a bridge between the separation of powers.
The democrats don't give a damn about democracy either. They inserted Biden into the election without a proper primary (while the republicans were at least doing a show of it), but then realised that he's too old and inserted Kamela as the new candidate with no primary, which shows how they disregard the will of the electorate.
This caused voter disenfranchisement, leading to low voter turnout and handing the election over to Trump. They'll probably do it again, over their stance on Palestine - believe it or not - and it's kind of stupid.
You LIBTARDS are SO Stupid! He was OBVIOUSLY Joking!
-People who are going to Vote for his JOKING THIRD Term!
"Oh no, he deported my Mexican wife that he joked about deporting!"
He DOES say rhe stupidest things, regularly, and they clap.
I mean, he already does. They're idiots, they'll clap for anything said by anyone as long as they know someone they irrationally hate will suffer.
Spoiler alert, everything that comes out of your mouth is the stupidest. And I would love it if someone would clap you upside your head.
It is fascinating really, what kind of word spouted from trump so his supporter gonna jeer and give middle finger instead?
maybe when he speech about everybody need to be nice to each other ?
They booed him once. It was during COVID, he had spent the last 6 months calling it fake, but at some point for a brief moment he realized it was serious. He told everyone at his rally they needed to get the vaccine. The crowd turned on him quick.
And you know that he got that vaccine ASAP, since he's old and fat AF.
COULD???
You already do and they do, so yeah you're right for once.
s/could//
s/\’d//
I sorta hate that I understand this 😄
As he slides into full dementia he's just saying his internal dialogue out loud? JFC
Yes, and he also realizes he can say the stupidest things and they'd clap.
Look at the faces of the fucking morons behind him after he says this.
They'll learn absolutely nothing from this, either.
Totally not a cult.
Tell us about those stupid TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES (TM)
They really are that dumb
Sometimes I think he hates his supporters more than progressives, leftists, unionists, and bipoc people.
I don't know if that's certifiable, but my gosh does he DESPISE his own people.
He does. They're not rich, they can't do anything for him other than vote. Trump doesn't involve himself with anyone who can't give him something.
If they were outside his place asking for anything he'd be the first to call security to get the "undesirables" out.
Because those unwashed masses cling to him, want to be near him. He can’t stand them because he thinks he’s the smartest person in the room and everyone around him is stupid. He’s classist AF.
A rare moment of lucidity
"could"
The actual challenge: is he able to say anything that isn't the stupidest thing?
He does and they do
Just like the time he said "I don't care about you, I only care about your vote."
They are hopeless. Beyond fucking stupid. And what's funny is Dump knows it. He knows no intelligent person likes him--- and that pisses him off because he really wants their respect.
Ha ha loser.
Think of how stupid the average conservative is, then remember: half of them are stupider than that.
actualy just statistical error. MAGA Georg, who is part of MENSA but bought a red hat by mistake and has an IQ of 175, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
Fuck trump
I can see there being a large number of seemingly intelligent people with enough self-awareness to know that Trump gives no shits about them, but they are still totally fine with him because they are a bad person in some other way. I could see it being because they are both "alphas" and "game respect game," and/or because (they think) he will produce some result they want.
Conservatives can be very "ends justify the means" which is why fascism is such a natural evolution. Hell even forgetting what I said about alpha douches... There are tired old ladies all over this country who would agree that Trump world not piss on them if they were on fire, but it is still an overwhelmingly good thing that he is president because Roe got overturned. I was born into a white catholic family, so I'm pretty sure I'm related to some.
It's true, and it should be real easy to run against him right now. Would take some serious self sabotage to lose
Or just some election sabotage. Elons back in the gov in bullshit position to do just that, again.
Well he's not wrong on that
It's his stand up comic's cadence so that when he delivers a "punch line," they cheer.
Trust me, we are all well aware of this already.
The really weird bit comes after that statement, where he starts listing things like "tax cuts" as "common sense", but then just starts babbling a random string of numbers.
Hey Trumpy, you never disappoint with your stupid remarks. Even if you think they are smart. Anyone tell ya they are laughing AT YOU, not WITH YOU?
Thank you, thank you. I knew you'd like that one. You're such a great crowd. Wouldn't it be great if Iran could nuke LA and San Diego so that "real Americans electoral votes" could count more, and we could keep congress? Please go out and cheat really hard in midterms, and for 4 more years in 2028!!!! Did I say that out loud? Who knows with me.
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Why are we constantly linking to Yahoo’s news wrapper here?
What about his "killer" friend, who "destroys people for a living" he is talking about? :o
He ain't wrong.
Shockingly tells the truth for once.
Yep. Pretty much.
Lookee there, we found common ground!
He must intend to end all history, because if not he will be ridiculed for the next millennium.
Has he ever said an intelligent thing? "The most uneducated buffoon in history stands at a podium, bloated with self-importance, lips pursed like a carnival barker ready to sell turd milk to the unsuspecting. He grins a grotesque smirk stretched across his face as he scrawls his name onto a hollow decree, a sham celebration of the dismantling of knowledge itself. The Department of Education falls, not with a bang, but with wheezing verbs, suffocated under the weight of his own staggering ignorance. Surrounding him are the usual suspects: cowards in expensive suits, servile sycophants clapping like trained seals, and racist opportunistic ghouls picking clean the bones of democracy. Liars, fools, and thieves all parasites fattening themselves on the hardships of the many. They stand in rigid formation, dead-eyed and soulless, their allegiance sworn not to country, not to principle, but to power, and the dark, festering rot that clings to it. And there he is the convicted wrong, the living embodiment of septic tank spew, his voice a noxious fog of grift and grievance. He lectures the world on right and wrong, irony clawing at the walls, desperate to escape the grotesque theatre of his moral void. The stomach turns, the air curdles, and for a moment, history itself recoils watching, in horror, as the great American experiment teeters on the precipice, led by a man who couldn't spell "precipice" if his life depended on it.’"
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Truest thing he ever said