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Dulcinea

(6,720 posts)
Sun May 12, 2024, 06:21 AM May 12

Trump, reciting songs and praising cannibals, draws yawns and raises eyebrows

(AFP) Former US president Donald Trump raised eyebrows among his no-nonsense New Jersey crowd at a rally Saturday when he recited a 1963 soul song in its entirety and referenced a fictional cannibal as "great."

In a meandering recitation of "The Snake" during a more than 90 minute speech, Trump used the Oscar Brown song to draw a parallel with "illegal immigration and how stupid it is what we're doing right now."

"We're letting people come into our country that we will only be trouble," said the Republican contender for president.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-reciting-songs-praising-cannibals-031853239.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id&ncid=crm_19908-1202929-20240512-0&bt_user_id=TSwV7rihbkoGiMFznrYTWhafLZ5oLSFaA5pzmHYDgqG1ilcLkfwWDdpg3lgig8P6&bt_ts=1715508051326

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Trump, reciting songs and praising cannibals, draws yawns and raises eyebrows (Original Post) Dulcinea May 12 OP
Trump getting too stupid for even the Magas? Irish_Dem May 12 #1
I think the cannibal reference was supposed to be a joke about Biden underpants May 12 #3
Interesting. Irish_Dem May 12 #4
Is a mole feeding him stuff ? Captain Zero May 12 #2
Fingers crossed for a celebrity brainworm apprentice Blue Owl May 12 #5
If shit were brains he would be a jeenyus. twodogsbarking May 12 #6
"... and referenced a fictional cannibal as 'great.'" area51 May 12 #7

underpants

(183,195 posts)
3. I think the cannibal reference was supposed to be a joke about Biden
Sun May 12, 2024, 07:14 AM
May 12

He told a story recently, again, about his uncle surviving a plane crash during WWII and landing in an island with cannibals. Papa New Guinea.

It was a thing on talk radio 3 weeks ago so MAGA brains may have lost it.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/papua-new-guinea-james-marape-joe-biden-uncle-cannibals-comment/

Irish_Dem

(48,801 posts)
4. Interesting.
Sun May 12, 2024, 07:21 AM
May 12

The joke fell flat and it only makes Trump sound crazier than normal.

And yes there were cannibals in that part of the world.

Captain Zero

(6,903 posts)
2. Is a mole feeding him stuff ?
Sun May 12, 2024, 06:59 AM
May 12

To make him look stupider than he already does ?

Think about it. There has to be an average level of magat stupidity, so there exists a lower range of magatry intelligence that you would need to pull him down to in order to peel off the top 30% of them.

I hope he starts reading poetry and song lyrics at every rally.

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