The president appeared to confuse multiple officials, invented a governor, and warned of invasive fish in a chaotic Oval Office appearance.
  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
    68·
    2 months ago

    “Senior moment”

    This should be sufficient proof to anyone with half a brain cell that the media is handling him with the softest of kid gloves.

    If this were Biden, Jake Tapper would already be submitting his next batch of manuscripts.

    • klugerama@lemmy.world
      16·
      2 months ago

      Which is weird because the Daily Beast usually goes way overboard with the clickbait headlines…almost every time Trump tweets a response to criticism he’s “melting down” or he’s “raging” or it’s a “deranged rant”.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    521·
    2 months ago

    President Donald Trump, 79, confounded his audience during an executive order signing Monday in the Oval Office, rambling about an imaginary governor named “Kristi Whitman.”

    “You know, I did a favor for Kristi Whitman,” Trump said, seated behind the Resolute Desk.

    “Whitmer,” he added moments later, in what seemed like a fleeting moment of self-correction—though he still appeared to be referring to a nonexistent “Kristi Whitmer.”

    The president was likely trying to name Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, especially as he soon invoked the Great Lakes.

    “A good favor, I think. With the fish, the carp, the China carp—you ever hear of it?” he asked, addressing the silent room. He continued: “China carp, and it’s taking over your Great Lakes.”

    Gretchen—not Kristi—Whitmer is governor of Michigan, and likely who Trump was referring to. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

    It’s also possible Trump was confusing Gretchen Whitmer with Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey governor and EPA administrator who goes by “Christie.”

    Or He may have mixed Whitmer up with his Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem—a name he has publicly fumbled before.

    Earlier this month, while introducing members of his Cabinet, Trump misidentified Noem onstage as “Secretary of Homeland Security Cristie Kerr” while Noem stood just feet away.

    Trump has also had serious trouble with the name of his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

    Another contender in the “Kristi” confusion: former New Jersey governor and 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie—whom Trump later referenced in his Monday remarks.

    “Look, Chris is a slob. Everybody knows it,” Trump said. “I always thought he got away with murder.”

    During his rant, Trump also appeared to conjure up a speech he made over the weekend, despite having made no speeches.

    “Over the weekend, I’m making a speech,” he said.

    “Some of these people were from foreign countries.”

    Jesus Fuck. It’s not a “senior moment” - the guy with the nuclear codes has severe dementia. RepubliQans need to start fighting for power now.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 months ago

        His dementia is too big to hide. Now it’s a matter of gaslighting everyone so they can have a President-at-Bernies administration. A brain-dead body who can still sign whatever they put in front of him.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 months ago

    If Biden did this they’d flay him alive. Trump can have literal shit for his brain and everyone is like “oh poor baby having a moment” shut the fuck up. He can’t even think and everyone is just serving this asshole making meals of us for the rich.

  • lividweasel@lemmy.world
    212·
    2 months ago

    Can we stop with the “Trump, 79, does or says something while totally still alive” headline format? These articles start out with a nasty bait-and-switch…

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 months ago

      And then the whole article is trying to complete a Rorschach test from a mound of dementia-addled word puke. Happens too often now.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    How long before his “senior moment” involves demanding that they bring Slobodan Milošević or Yasser Arafat to the White House, or ordering the 101st Airborne into the Spanish Sahara, or sending a nuclear strike on Leningrad to retaliate against the Soviets for the invasion of Czechoslovakia?

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Absolutely not. But he was alive for a lot of those folks’ time on the world stage; the names probably managed to filter their way into even his depleted-uranium skull.

  • NoWay@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago

    I wonder echo is really running the country… No wait I dont, its Putin.