Trump shows more cognitive decline while installing the flagpole
By his own words, Trump shows his unfitness
By Bill Addis for Daily Kos
Trump: So the White House opened about 1800, a little bit
before that, just a tad. And I've always said, why doesn't it have a flagpole
from the grass? They have a little one on top, very little one.
It's not that little. It's 36 ft tall.
Trump: ... we also have one that's going on what's called
the front, or the north. We have one going there, identical. So we'll have one
this side of the building and will have one on that side of the building,
properly placed.
Nobody told him that he just created a flying hazard for
Marine One. It may be able to find a place to land, but it won't be easy, and
if there's wind, forget about it.
Trump: We thought we'd put it near --- I mean, it always
looks the best when it's near a Doral. I put it right near --- I have a similar
poll and these are the best poles anywhere in the country, or in the world
actually.
Doral is his golf resort in Miami. He's forgotten that
he's in Washington at the White House.
Trump: We'll be putting it up at 11:00 here and a couple of
minutes later, on the other side. We'll start here at 11:00. So that'll be very
nice and very patriotic. We're doing very well as a country, If the Fed would
ever lower rates, would buy debt for a lot less. It's a shame, this guy --- I
have a guy --- do you ever have a guy that's not a smart person and you're
dealing with him and he's not a smart guy.
He's talking about the flagpole, and there is no
transition at all into talking about interest rates. We have no idea what guy
he's talking about. He's the one who has the guy but he's not a smart person.
Would have been nice if he mentioned who it was about. Maybe Jerome Powell, but
who the hell knows?
Trump: I got a call Congress last night, sir, there's a
problem. I said, what is it? Money is pouring in. We don't know how to account
for it. I said, check the tariffs, $88 billion came in from tariffs, no
inflation.
He has this fixation about thinking that $88 billion
dollars is going to make up for the trillions he's cost since he started
messing with the economy. No brain. Not smart. I have to stop here because he
goes on for way too long. Then he talks about the workers raising the flagpole.
Trump: But remember this, somewhere in this group, there's
somebody that's going to captivate a movie producer, not Harvey Weinstein.
Harvey's seen a better day. So it won't be Harvey, but it'll be somebody.
Trump has a brain fart. The only movie producer he
could think of is Harvey Weinstein. What does that tell you about Trump?
Starts with an E. He's thinking of "erection"
instead of "erecting." But his brain can't process the difference.
And you don't get a Nobel Prize for a picture. He must be thinking of a
Pulitzer Prize. But he doesn't want to say that because he's still got that
stupid lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize board over the New York Times and The
Washington Post getting them for reporting correctly about him on the Russia,
Russia, Russia story.
Reporter: [Do] you believe the US is moving closer to
striking Iranian nuclear facilities? Where is your mindset on that?
Trump: Well, obviously I can't say that, right? You don't
seriously think I'm going to answer that question? Will you strike the Iranian
nuclear component? And what time exactly, sir? Sir, would you strike it? Will
you please inform us so we can be there and watch?
Then he rambles on forever about how he had given Iran
time to make an agreement and they didn't during his 60 days and the 61st of
course Israel attacked. Then when he is asked if it's too late, the subject
turns to "Too Late Powell" instead of Iran.
Reporter: A question on deportations, Mr. President. You
said last week that changes would be coming for farmers who have seen a
lot of their workers they rely on taken away. But then DHS said this week that
worksite enforcement would remain in place.
Trump: Well, everybody's right. Look, we got to get the bad
people hold of here first and we're doing that. We're taking them out by the
thousands, murderous, drug dealers, people that are mentally insane, from
insane asylums.
Everybody's right? That's not possible when there's
completely opposing statements.
Trump: They'll be checking you. Your whole life will be
destroyed because of this press conference, watch. They'll destroy these
people. I didn't want to tell them that before they start, but they'll end up
being, oh, he's a so-and-so. This one is from, you know where, no, I think
you're going to be okay and I'll be right behind you.
He was apparently talking about the workers who were
installing the flagpole. Even if that is correct, still doesn't make much
sense.
Then he rolls into his standard speech about how 11,888
murderers were in the United States and they murdered more than one person. 50%
of them killed more than one person. From the Congo. From Venezuela.
Reporter: Can you comment on the impact of a Trump card,
how much revenue [inaudible].
Sure, Apple is going to pay $5 million for every new
employee. At that point, they couldn't afford to pay the worker anything at all
for a decade. But if you come in through the southern border, you
don't have to pay the $5 million. So, what he is saying is that people should
ignore the $5 million card and come in like the murderers, drug dealers and
rapists.
Trump: They'll be paid for by universities. Look at Harvard,
they've got $53 billion. That whole thing is coming to an end. It's amazing
what we found out. What a disgrace... Harvard wants to make a deal more than
Iran wants to make a deal, and Iran wants to make a deal.
Trump thinks that Harvard now is going to pay $5
million so a student can come to the university. The deal man. If it walks like
a deal, and talks like a deal, don't let that fool you, it really is a deal.
Trump: What he's done to this country --- it's not him. He
had no idea what was going on. Everybody knows that. It's other people. It's
Lisa and this one and that --- all these people, all the scum that was around
the Oval Office or around the beautiful Resolute desk telling this guy, here,
do this, do that and not even telling. They just go over to the autopen and
sign whatever the hell they wanted to sign. To say what you want about Biden,
he wasn't for open borders.
Talking about Biden, but not knowing about it until the
end. And then to prove that the autopen was actually running the show,
he says that Biden was not for open borders, when for the last 4 years
he's been saying Biden was for open borders
Trump: He wasn't for transgender for everybody. He wasn't
for men playing in women's sports, but he has no idea what the hell --- he has
no idea and they were very upset. They wanted Bernie Sanders. And after about a
week of this guy, they say wait a minute, we hit gold. This guy has no clue.
He'll do anything we tell him. And then they realize that they don't even have
to get permission. They just go up to the autopen. That's a subversion. That's
a takeover of out government and you people ought to take a look at it.
Transgender for everybody. Not one reporter has
asked what that means. Then, no transition to Joe Biden and the autopen without
ever saying his name. They had a Chuck Grassley run Senate hearing about Joe's
fitness in office that was ridiculous. Democrats almost all boycotted it. Then,
without skipping a beat:
Trump: Not only did they cheat. I guess you saw yesterday
came out with China and the license plates, tens of thousands of cards. They
used those cards to vote in my second election, my second, in 2020.
He rambles off once more into how he won the 2020
election. License plates? One of his staff put up a post on his Truth Social
about some uncorroborated nonsense Patel dug up and gave to Grassley that the
Chinese brought in 20,000 fake drivers licenses to allow people to vote. Never
happened. Finally back to the flagpole.
Reporter: Any adjustments that need to be made to Marine
One departures and arrival?
Trump: No, no, we put it so Marine One is very far away. We
did it in conjunction with the Air Force, with everybody and everybody signed
off on it. No, we have to have it very far away. It's very far from --- Marine
One's out there. It's out on the field, so you have a certain distance. We're
about three times that distance.
Looking at the position of the pole yesterday and a shot
of Marine One flying out to land on the South Lawn, Marine One's helicopter
blades would easily hit the pole. I expect problems on the first flight in. I'd
really like to hear what the Air Force really said. Maybe the Marines, too. But
he makes it seem that there's adequate space by calling it a field instead of a
lawn. Still making mistakes in every sentence. Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney also
sees a problem with the flagpole.
Much later, after going on and on about the sand the
flagpole is in, he talks about the high speed rail in California, then about
the wildfires and how they need to sweep the floor. Then to how he saved Los
Angeles by sending in the National Guard.
Then it back to his routine about breaking up the
concrete, the totally imaginary bricks being thrown. Chunks of concrete, yes.
No bricks.
A reporter asks Trump about the Paramount and Skydance
acquisition and he instead answers with the 60 Minutes and Kamala Harris
interview. Basically saying to FCC Chair Bendan Carr to block the deal unless
he gets his extortion from Paramount-CBS.
Reporter: What are you telling Senators, because the New
York Republicans on the House side are making clear that's a red line for them
as well. [On the SALT (State And Local Taxes) deduction in the Big Ugly Bill].
Trump: Well, if it were a redline, then, uh, get ready for a
68% tax increase and 1929, because we're taking care with that issue too. You
know what that is, that's debt ceiling. We have to move the debt. If we don't
move the debt, you violate governance. It's a terrible thing. Actually,
Pocahontas agreed with me on that. She's been wanting to get rid of the
debt ceiling because she's said it's too violent. It is, it's violent.
Trump keeps saying that if his 2017 tax breaks aren't
kept in place, everybody's tax goes up 68%. Ridiculous. Move the debt. He
means raising the debt ceiling. Both he and Sen. Warren want to just get rid of
the debt ceiling because it causes problems no matter who is in power. But
calling her Pocahontas is really racist. Once she mentioned she had some Native
American blood and Trump can't forget it. But what about the debt ceiling is
violent? What word was he looking for there and failed?
His hatred of California continues with beating their law
that by 2035, they would no longer allow gas cars to be sold. He mis-states
2030. Then it's gas prices and eggs.
Trump: Who are you?
Reporter: CNN.
Trump: Fake news. Fortunately nobody watches.
Reporter: But my question is -—
Trump: Is anybody watching CNN these days? I haven't seen it
in a long time.
Reporter: But some of your supporters are wary of the US
getting involved in another ---
Trump: Oh, I haven't seen that, no, no. Do you ever ask a
positive question at CNN?
He never answers the question. He just goes off into
ya-ya land talking about how he won the election and how he took the seven
swing states, and how he won in a landslide by millions and millions.
The reporter than follows up and asks again about his
supporters not wanting a war that will last long. He responds by saying he's
got a great approval numbers before finally saying:
Trump: All I'm saying is you can't have a nuclear weapon and
I tried to do it nicely. And then on day 61, I said let's go because we can't
let that happen and I've been saying it for 20 years.
Trump just said he gave Israel the go ahead to attack on
day 61.
Trump: OK. I'm going to leave. Thank you very much.
Later, he came back out for the raising of the flag and
talked for just over one minute.
Trump: We picked the right location. [inaudible] Picking the
right location [inaudible]
No, he didn't. It would have been so easy to put them
flanking the White House.
Reporter: What intelligence do you have --- do you have
any intelligence that Iran is targeting -—
Trump: A lot of intelligence [inaudible] Have you?
Reporter: [laughs] --- that Iran is targeting any
assets?
Trump: we're doing very well. Thank you. Thank you
everybody. Press, Karoline.
Karoline: Thank you press. Thank you.
Trump went back into the White House.
This was still another unscripted disaster with Trump not
answering questions and speaking at length about old stuff he's said many
times before. He trots out the claims of the past to fill the time until the
next old gripe shows up.
This is the guy with control of nuclear weapons, ready to
start a bigger war in the Middle East than Israel has made it. Khamenei laughed
at his unconditional surrender demand. Congress is telling him straight out
that he has to come to them first to join Israel. But with his
"mandate" and his feeling of invincibility, and his complete
disregard of the Constitution, he thinks it doesn't apply to him.
What the military will do now is in question if Trump gives
the command and Congress hasn't approved. The National Guard and Marines
went to Los Angeles under illegal orders. Will commanders and soldiers finally
say no? Their oath is to the Constitution, not the commander in Chief. Will
they know the difference?
Trump's brain is fried. He looks physically unwell, fat,
hunched over, puffy eyes and now starting to fall on stairs getting into Air
Force One. He's making bad decisions, just shown with the flagpoles placements.
And that's on a good day.