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marmar

(79,716 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:15 PM 5 hrs ago

Jamelle Bouie: What do you do when the president is illiterate?




Mar 26, 2026

According to a recent NBC News report, President Trump isn't receiving actual briefs on the ongoing war with Iran — instead, aides give him a two-minute daily video of airstrikes and destroyed Iranian assets. Here's why that matters, beyond the fact that the president is clearly illiterate.


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Jamelle Bouie: What do you do when the president is illiterate? (Original Post) marmar 5 hrs ago OP
Yep, the orange shite stain can barely put a sentence together and his dementia addled speech is torture to listen to... wcmagumba 4 hrs ago #1
Trump needs a bigger box of crayons. Turbineguy 4 hrs ago #2
I'll pushback on one thing BaronChocula 3 hrs ago #3

wcmagumba

(6,150 posts)
1. Yep, the orange shite stain can barely put a sentence together and his dementia addled speech is torture to listen to...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:36 PM
4 hrs ago

I'm sure he can barely read and comprehend a written report. Even the kiddie level mini-videos they make for him must be a challenge.

BaronChocula

(4,541 posts)
3. I'll pushback on one thing
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:37 PM
3 hrs ago
"..This partially explains his inability to believe that anything could be going wrong for him."


He knows. It's why he has to lie so much. He knows there were huge protests yesterday. He knows everyone blames him for the price of gas. He knows. He just doesn't care. He's most likely getting rich off this war, having people place bets and market orders for him.
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