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Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)
5. Trump's the only US president I've ever known of who can't understand or speak English.
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:51 AM
May 2017

I can't imagine the damage he'll cause when the foreign countries he visits speak more nuanced English than he does. He may resort to the easy American hand gestures that worked so well for him in his campaign. The thumbs-up and the "okay" gesture, I've heard, are neither the "way to go!" or the "okay" signals he thinks they are in those countries. He's so dull-witted he won't even see the point of "When in Rome".

Embarrassing. There's no dignity.

I feel your pain. For me, it's a skin-crawling sensation that's with me from the moment I wake up these days, to the minute I slide into unconsciousness.

Bigly. Snarkoleptic May 2017 #1
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! bresue May 2017 #2
12 is generous. Phentex May 2017 #3
12 would be better than the 7 year old we see all the time. lark May 2017 #32
yes it's humiliating. It's like we got someone from the Jerry Springer Show for President luvMIdog May 2017 #4
Trump's the only US president I've ever known of who can't understand or speak English. Sugar Smack May 2017 #5
English as a second language Kleveland May 2017 #25
He won't be able to stop himself. Sugar Smack May 2017 #28
No, most 12-year-olds are more coherent than Dump. Nitram May 2017 #6
+1 uponit7771 May 2017 #9
I agree. In fact, I've never met a 12 year old who wasn't more coherent. Pacifist Patriot May 2017 #12
I have to change the channel or mute it when he comes on. teezy May 2017 #7
Same here. Put money on it that he will embarrass the US on this trip...GAH iluvtennis May 2017 #21
Plus he repeats every simple sentence 2 or 3 times Le Gaucher May 2017 #8
Ugh, so annoying! smirkymonkey May 2017 #11
That's a sales technique. Dulcinea May 2017 #31
I just wish for one time that when he says "Believe me. Believe me!" that someone would hlthe2b May 2017 #10
it's a tell he says it when he's lying luvMIdog May 2017 #26
Believe me, it's very, very annoying dalton99a May 2017 #13
Check out CNN homepage - pic of tRump Catherine Vincent May 2017 #14
Reptilian and menacing dalton99a May 2017 #15
A cornered, startled beast!! Sugar Smack May 2017 #18
I initially read your post as "cornbread." Sophiegirl May 2017 #24
Tee hee! They_Live May 2017 #30
How about the word "caged"? Sugar Smack May 2017 #40
Caged Works! Sophiegirl May 2017 #42
There are good pics of him? nt SchrodingersCatbox May 2017 #20
He makes George W. Bush sound like Frederick Douglass alarimer May 2017 #16
His supporters should be shamed. See a tRump/pEnce bumpersticker, flip the driver off. ffr May 2017 #17
K&R. Bigly. dchill May 2017 #19
Am really thinking that he has Alzheimer's... if you listen him in the 70's, he's a totally secondwind May 2017 #22
Don't forget that it has been commonly noted that Grammy23 May 2017 #35
I agree out that yes this is correct and to add to the Trump voter background I INdemo May 2017 #23
That's part of why the education gap in the election was so massive. LonePirate May 2017 #27
I can understand if they can't see it because Ilsa May 2017 #29
I can't stand to watch him, let alone listen to the shitgibbon. Texin May 2017 #33
Word of advice: Don't read his lips bucolic_frolic May 2017 #34
+1 dalton99a May 2017 #37
At this point, I'd prefer President Camacho. Bigly. caballojm May 2017 #36
Camacho is worlds better than Trump. Dave Starsky May 2017 #43
yeap, it's revolting to me as well onetexan May 2017 #38
Language Log has noticed that he's actually trending both louder and pitchier. politicat May 2017 #39
45 is a National Shame and Embarrassment Martin Eden May 2017 #41
Trump is the legacy of Ailes and his fake news op Fox workinclasszero May 2017 #44
And have you ever notices the shape of his mouth? Shell_Seas May 2017 #45
I'll just leave this here... Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #46
And he's orange. Shell_Seas May 2017 #48
Oh, where to begin? spiderpig May 2017 #47
My grandson was more articulate when he was 6 than Trump is now. Aristus May 2017 #49
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