I doubt very much Trump even knows what he means. People as old as Trump and in his stage of dementia rarely do.
TarheelFr06 on
Because he’s too incoherent to say anything that makes sense. He belongs in a memory care facility not the White House.
winduken on
Two possibilities:
1. Trump is too stupid to know that a tariff is a tax on the American public. In fact, this is the most regressive tax of all. It is just like a national consumer tax as it would hit everyone, including the poorest in the country.
2. Trump is smart enough to know that calling a tax a tariff would let him gets away with it. He can then take the money that he stole from the poorest in the country to pass a tax cut for the rich.
I’d say it’s 2. And, it’s a Republican ploy all along to transfer national wealth from the poor to the rich. This must be stopped.
Go vote in November and vote straight Blue to wipe out Trump and his MAGA Republican Party.
JarJarBanksy420 on
Why use few word when many word work better many people are saying.
SquattyLaHeron on
BTW I love what Mark Cuban has done with Cost Plus Drugs. Single handedly bitch-slapping big pharma. My meds literally are 90% less. Not even worth filing the insurance. Just pay cash.
Warhawk137 on
Well, for one thing, because he has no idea what he means.
LuvKrahft on
I gotta tell yah Reddit politics sub. Ever since Joe dropped out, blocking silly people on here has gotten waaaay easier. They can’t hide behind the “too old” malarkey any more.
fowlraul on
Because what he means is a shit show. He has to lie to try to avoid the slammer, and he knows it.
Successful_Ad9160 on
It’s not that complicated. It’s because he doesn’t really mean anything he says. He’ll change in a heartbeat if it means he’ll get something from it. He has no integrity. Why do people still think otherwise.
Not saying he doesn’t say things he doesn’t know anything about. I’m talking specifically about honesty and sincerity.
MajesticsEleven on
“I don’t stand by anything.” – Trump
BobB104 on
He means something? Since when?
RickJLeanPaw on
He thrives on the incomplete, the ambiguous, the inferred.
He’s cunning enough to mainly refrain from hard and fast statements, allowing his followers to fill-in the blanks.
Of course, this rhetorical tick that is second nature to him might come unstuck as his mental acuity declines, but that’s ignoring the general lack of shame he feels and admonishment he receives for his provocative statements, so really is all moot anyway!
dreamyjeans on
He’s too busy “telling it like it is” to say what he means. /s
Ornery-Ticket834 on
He does. But his mind is fucked up.
IThe-HecklerI on
But he does say what he means. Thats why we like him. Except he didn’t mean to say that… What he meant there was…
> Trump visited a General Motors site, which will become an electric vehicle facility, in the state on Thursday and made a statement in an interview with Detroit News that Cuban later criticized.
> "We're not going to let it disappear. We're going to bring back jobs, we're going to bring back factories and make Michigan very successful again. And we…. – Mark Cuban August 30, 2024 Let's try again. Why is everyone a"Trump Whisperer?" Why can't he just say what he means ? https://t.
Trump doesn’t say what he means because he wants support from people who are for it and from people who are against it. By being confusing, he can tell them both he is giving them what they want.
BabyMFBear on
Because it would incriminate him.
RightSideBlind on
Because he can’t win just off of his base- he doesn’t have the numbers. He needs the independents and the undecideds, and if they hear what he *really* wants to say, they wouldn’t vote for him.
blackmobius on
More importantly- why cant he just admit that he was wrong about something? Half of his current PR issues stem from him being unable to ever say “i am wrong, im sorry”. Its just ‘they set me up’, or ‘they are trying to frame me’, and ‘they are all *insert insult*’. No matter what the issue is, its always someone elses fault.
Lnsatiabie on
Simple. He doesn’t know what he means. Nor what he’s saying.
nuckle on
I wonder if they will fall for it again because he has said this exact shit before.
Competitive-Pay4332 on
When I was taking classes for my teacher certification early childhood development is explicit about trying to “reason “ with a toddler….it is not possible, as they have not developed past concrete operational thought.
Trump is a perfect example of that at 78. He CANNOT say what he means because he has not used higher reasoning skills in decades
steelmanfallacy on
He is.
Serialfornicator on
“Hi, I’m running for President and my brain is made out of mashed potatoes.” Hahahahhaa!
barneyrubbble on
Because he doesn’t mean anything. Never has. He’s a bloviating simpleton.
Hushes on
I have been asking this for years. Why does he need a translator? It’s exhausting.
MonkyThrowPoop on
He says whatever sewage flows through this brain that he thinks is going to keep his fans happy. That’s all. He doesn’t say what he means because what he really wants is just more power and money.
tomdurk on
Because “what trump believes” changes with every bribe he takes.
NtheLegend on
“I do say what I mean. I love words. I love freedom. The flag, all of it, it’s all Joe’s fault. We’ve been here- we’re going, we’ve never been. I have the most words. Experts tell me all the time, ‘Trump, you’re the best with words’, I tell them- we’re in Washington and it’s just so pretty there, so gorgeous. My daughter Ivanka, anyway, we’re absolutely doing that as President, it’s so beautiful. Our country is so beautiful. I want to thank the generals. They know what I mean.”
cyncity7 on
If he’s going to revive the auto industry and rejuvenate Detroit, why didn’t he do it last time?
Circuitmaniac on
He means nothing but himself.
motohaas on
Sharks, potato, electrocution, bacon, windmill
Upper-Life3860 on
Mark is awesome
bastardhousecat on
Cuban for prez.
Horror_Ad7540 on
To say what he means, he’d have to mean something.
cognitively_what_huh on
Re the picture on the article. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that man pout before. He really IS a four year old.
StOlaf85 on
Because he means nothing.
pupsnpogonas on
Because even he doesn’t know.
DaveP0953 on
The thing is, Trump is saying what he means. In other words, he means absolutely nothing he says. He only was “words” that he thinks the audience want to hear. These “words” do not necessarily have to form a cohesive thought or policy because he has no specific thoughts about any policy.
homebrewguy01 on
How can he when he doesn’t know what that is until someone tells him. He is not a mind reader! 🙄
Actual__Wizard on
Because nobody would vote for him if he did that… If he wants to win, then he has to lie, because the truth is worse.
SnappyRejoinder on
Because sometimes there are different people in the room, so he doesn’t always know what they want to hear.
cherrybounce on
I wish Donald Trump would debate Mark Cuban.
M00nch1ld3 on
Trump can’t explain his policies simply and clearly because most people who are not in the cult would be horrified.
Simple as that. They are not just “not popular”, people view them as creepy, weird, and disgusting. An affront to America, democracy, and freedom.
If stated in plain language.
robocox87 on
Because he doesnt actually have opinions, just talking points that his handlers give him.
in_pdx on
Trump doesn’t even know that we can’t tax foreign countries? How does anyone expect him to set financial and foreign relations policies?
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I doubt very much Trump even knows what he means. People as old as Trump and in his stage of dementia rarely do.
Because he’s too incoherent to say anything that makes sense. He belongs in a memory care facility not the White House.
Two possibilities:
1. Trump is too stupid to know that a tariff is a tax on the American public. In fact, this is the most regressive tax of all. It is just like a national consumer tax as it would hit everyone, including the poorest in the country.
2. Trump is smart enough to know that calling a tax a tariff would let him gets away with it. He can then take the money that he stole from the poorest in the country to pass a tax cut for the rich.
I’d say it’s 2. And, it’s a Republican ploy all along to transfer national wealth from the poor to the rich. This must be stopped.
Go vote in November and vote straight Blue to wipe out Trump and his MAGA Republican Party.
Why use few word when many word work better many people are saying.
BTW I love what Mark Cuban has done with Cost Plus Drugs. Single handedly bitch-slapping big pharma. My meds literally are 90% less. Not even worth filing the insurance. Just pay cash.
Well, for one thing, because he has no idea what he means.
I gotta tell yah Reddit politics sub. Ever since Joe dropped out, blocking silly people on here has gotten waaaay easier. They can’t hide behind the “too old” malarkey any more.
Because what he means is a shit show. He has to lie to try to avoid the slammer, and he knows it.
It’s not that complicated. It’s because he doesn’t really mean anything he says. He’ll change in a heartbeat if it means he’ll get something from it. He has no integrity. Why do people still think otherwise.
Not saying he doesn’t say things he doesn’t know anything about. I’m talking specifically about honesty and sincerity.
“I don’t stand by anything.” – Trump
He means something? Since when?
He thrives on the incomplete, the ambiguous, the inferred.
He’s cunning enough to mainly refrain from hard and fast statements, allowing his followers to fill-in the blanks.
Of course, this rhetorical tick that is second nature to him might come unstuck as his mental acuity declines, but that’s ignoring the general lack of shame he feels and admonishment he receives for his provocative statements, so really is all moot anyway!
He’s too busy “telling it like it is” to say what he means. /s
He does. But his mind is fucked up.
But he does say what he means. Thats why we like him. Except he didn’t mean to say that… What he meant there was…
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/mark-cuban-donald-trump-car-industry-tariffs-1946543) reduced by 82%. (I’m a bot)
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> Billionaire Mark Cuban has slammed former President Donald Trump's plans to revive Michigan's car industry.
> Trump visited a General Motors site, which will become an electric vehicle facility, in the state on Thursday and made a statement in an interview with Detroit News that Cuban later criticized.
> "We're not going to let it disappear. We're going to bring back jobs, we're going to bring back factories and make Michigan very successful again. And we…. – Mark Cuban August 30, 2024 Let's try again. Why is everyone a"Trump Whisperer?" Why can't he just say what he means ? https://t.
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Trump doesn’t say what he means because he wants support from people who are for it and from people who are against it. By being confusing, he can tell them both he is giving them what they want.
Because it would incriminate him.
Because he can’t win just off of his base- he doesn’t have the numbers. He needs the independents and the undecideds, and if they hear what he *really* wants to say, they wouldn’t vote for him.
More importantly- why cant he just admit that he was wrong about something? Half of his current PR issues stem from him being unable to ever say “i am wrong, im sorry”. Its just ‘they set me up’, or ‘they are trying to frame me’, and ‘they are all *insert insult*’. No matter what the issue is, its always someone elses fault.
Simple. He doesn’t know what he means. Nor what he’s saying.
I wonder if they will fall for it again because he has said this exact shit before.
When I was taking classes for my teacher certification early childhood development is explicit about trying to “reason “ with a toddler….it is not possible, as they have not developed past concrete operational thought.
Trump is a perfect example of that at 78. He CANNOT say what he means because he has not used higher reasoning skills in decades
He is.
“Hi, I’m running for President and my brain is made out of mashed potatoes.” Hahahahhaa!
Because he doesn’t mean anything. Never has. He’s a bloviating simpleton.
I have been asking this for years. Why does he need a translator? It’s exhausting.
He says whatever sewage flows through this brain that he thinks is going to keep his fans happy. That’s all. He doesn’t say what he means because what he really wants is just more power and money.
Because “what trump believes” changes with every bribe he takes.
“I do say what I mean. I love words. I love freedom. The flag, all of it, it’s all Joe’s fault. We’ve been here- we’re going, we’ve never been. I have the most words. Experts tell me all the time, ‘Trump, you’re the best with words’, I tell them- we’re in Washington and it’s just so pretty there, so gorgeous. My daughter Ivanka, anyway, we’re absolutely doing that as President, it’s so beautiful. Our country is so beautiful. I want to thank the generals. They know what I mean.”
If he’s going to revive the auto industry and rejuvenate Detroit, why didn’t he do it last time?
He means nothing but himself.
Sharks, potato, electrocution, bacon, windmill
Mark is awesome
Cuban for prez.
To say what he means, he’d have to mean something.
Re the picture on the article. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that man pout before. He really IS a four year old.
Because he means nothing.
Because even he doesn’t know.
The thing is, Trump is saying what he means. In other words, he means absolutely nothing he says. He only was “words” that he thinks the audience want to hear. These “words” do not necessarily have to form a cohesive thought or policy because he has no specific thoughts about any policy.
How can he when he doesn’t know what that is until someone tells him. He is not a mind reader! 🙄
Because nobody would vote for him if he did that… If he wants to win, then he has to lie, because the truth is worse.
Because sometimes there are different people in the room, so he doesn’t always know what they want to hear.
I wish Donald Trump would debate Mark Cuban.
Trump can’t explain his policies simply and clearly because most people who are not in the cult would be horrified.
Simple as that. They are not just “not popular”, people view them as creepy, weird, and disgusting. An affront to America, democracy, and freedom.
If stated in plain language.
Because he doesnt actually have opinions, just talking points that his handlers give him.
Trump doesn’t even know that we can’t tax foreign countries? How does anyone expect him to set financial and foreign relations policies?