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to be appalled by Trump’s comments about learning disabilities?

144 replies

BadMrsFrosty · 17/03/2026 20:16

I probably am being unreasonable since this is a president who starts illegal wars, supports genocide and protects pedophiles.
But today time he is also talking about the 20%+ of his beloved Americans who may have some kind of learning difficulty.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjnwmm984o
Where will it end? Who will be safe?

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Boomer55 · 18/03/2026 16:29

He’s got obvious dementia kicking in. Best ignored.

Gcol · 18/03/2026 18:03

Boomer55 · 18/03/2026 16:29

He’s got obvious dementia kicking in. Best ignored.

He has both his parents had it

DdraigGoch · 18/03/2026 18:14

NotNow178 · 17/03/2026 23:35

1 in 5 adults in the UK voted for Labour. There’s nowt as queer as folk.

Labour are at least a serious government, if a little dysfunctional. Trump however is an utter clown.

Buffs · 18/03/2026 18:27

Most of Trump’s comments are offensive, that probably wasn’t the worst thing he said that day. He is an abomination.

NotNow178 · 18/03/2026 20:10

DdraigGoch · 18/03/2026 18:14

Labour are at least a serious government, if a little dysfunctional. Trump however is an utter clown.

Labour are by no sensible measure a serious government. They are a joke and a dangerous one at that.

They are by far the worst government I’ve had to endure in my lifetime.

HarryVanderspeigle · 18/03/2026 20:22

NotNow178 · 18/03/2026 20:10

Labour are by no sensible measure a serious government. They are a joke and a dangerous one at that.

They are by far the worst government I’ve had to endure in my lifetime.

Liz Truss ring any bells?

pointythings · 18/03/2026 20:30

NotNow178 · 18/03/2026 20:10

Labour are by no sensible measure a serious government. They are a joke and a dangerous one at that.

They are by far the worst government I’ve had to endure in my lifetime.

Don't be silly. You just don't like them. Which is your prerogative, of course.

Drippingfeed · 18/03/2026 21:49

LimpysGotCancer · 17/03/2026 21:02

I do not understand how any American with a modicum of intellect could have voted for him

I think you may have hit the nail on the head there...

No. Intelligent people can still be thoroughly nasty. That's what Trump voters are. Nasty.

DdraigGoch · 18/03/2026 22:54

NotNow178 · 18/03/2026 20:10

Labour are by no sensible measure a serious government. They are a joke and a dangerous one at that.

They are by far the worst government I’ve had to endure in my lifetime.

Are you only three years old then? Because the rest of us lived through Liz Truss and are still paying the interest rates that resulted.

Notonthestairs · 18/03/2026 23:04

Trump has form.

to be appalled by Trump’s comments about learning disabilities?
EvieBB · 18/03/2026 23:17

NotNow178 · 18/03/2026 20:10

Labour are by no sensible measure a serious government. They are a joke and a dangerous one at that.

They are by far the worst government I’ve had to endure in my lifetime.

In what way specifically please?

Duffyuip · 19/03/2026 00:06

NotNow178 · 18/03/2026 20:10

Labour are by no sensible measure a serious government. They are a joke and a dangerous one at that.

They are by far the worst government I’ve had to endure in my lifetime.

Come on. They’re not even the worst government of the last five years.

Starbri8 · 19/03/2026 18:30

Lampzade · 18/03/2026 10:18

He is evil personified

i Know it sounds crazy and makes me sound crazy but I really believe he’s the Anti Christ but what’s really frightening are the people pulling his strings…he’s a very dangerous puppet . I used to laugh at argue at the idiocy of conspiracy theorists now I’m really not do sure , sometimes the ranting of madness contain truth . I really hope his god calls him back down soon!

DdraigGoch · 19/03/2026 19:05

GloiredeDijon · 18/03/2026 07:02

Ffs.

Every time we talk about the extreme situation in America some sad git wants to drag in their opinion on labour or KS.

There is no comparison.

Trump is not a politician.

It is not a democrat vs republican issue.

He is a one off psychopathic businessman pulling off a gigantic “deal” to feed his insatiable need for money and power.

He's not even really a businessman - pretty much all of his business activities have been failures. He's just a nepo kid who turned into a conman/grifter.

DdraigGoch · 19/03/2026 19:12

Gcol · 18/03/2026 08:38

Then when the bodies of US military arrived back home last week. That was so fucking disrespectful of wearing a white baseball cap.

Plus he still calls Joe Biden, Sleepy Joe. When Trump himself has fallen asleep during meetings etc more times in the 14 months of his 2nd term than in Biden's 4 years.

He blamed Obama for the Iranian war from 47 years ago, Obama was 17 years old.

I don't think that Biden was ever caught nodding off in public. Dozy Don on the other hand...

Bikergran · 19/03/2026 19:33

Appalling but not in the least surprising from this utterly vile piece of sh*t. How he has been allowed to get away with everything he's done is beyond me. For the record, to all those Trump brown-nosers, "I was only following orders" will not be an acceptable defence in future.

GloiredeDijon · 19/03/2026 20:01

DdraigGoch · 19/03/2026 19:05

He's not even really a businessman - pretty much all of his business activities have been failures. He's just a nepo kid who turned into a conman/grifter.

True.

I read that if he had simply put the money he inherited from his parents in bonds he would actually be richer than he ever was from his businesses.

Of course that was before becoming president which for him is a licence to print money and at latest reckoning has enriched the Trump family by around 4 billion dollars.

By his use of vulgarity and scapegoating just about everybody but the super rich as the root of the country’s problems he has managed to persuade poor and ill educated people to believe that he, as a multi billionaire whose money comes from inheritance and with no record of any type of public service, speaks for them and cares about them.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.

nomas · 19/03/2026 20:27

President Trump said Newsom, a potential Democratic White House contender, was "dumb". He also made fun last week of the California governor's difficulty with reading and spelling, prompting Newsom to call him "a brain-dead moron".

You just know American media like Faux News will be outraged and paint Newson as the aggressor for clapping back.

nomas · 19/03/2026 20:29

GloiredeDijon · 19/03/2026 20:01

True.

I read that if he had simply put the money he inherited from his parents in bonds he would actually be richer than he ever was from his businesses.

Of course that was before becoming president which for him is a licence to print money and at latest reckoning has enriched the Trump family by around 4 billion dollars.

By his use of vulgarity and scapegoating just about everybody but the super rich as the root of the country’s problems he has managed to persuade poor and ill educated people to believe that he, as a multi billionaire whose money comes from inheritance and with no record of any type of public service, speaks for them and cares about them.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.

Yes, he funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to his kids ‘companies’ during Covid.

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