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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 75 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Trump [...] answered a handful of questions from supporters before pausing the town hall due to the attendees requiring medical attention. At some point, Trump joked, “Personally, I enjoy this. We lose weight, you know. No, you lose weight. We could do this — lose four or five pounds.” He added, “Would anybody else like to faint? Please raise your hand.”

Whaaaat the fuck is he talking about? Glibness about his fainting attendees' health and barely veiled annoyance at them aside, what does that even mean? What did this have to do with losing weight? Is he losing weight by having to stand longer while people are medically attended to? If that's what he meant, it's a weird way to flex, implying that you are fat from sitting all the time, but ok.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

lol yeah he realized he inadvertently called himself fat and then said "No, you lose weight."

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Somehow that's even worse than "won't be fooled again"

At least Bush could think to the end of his sentence, even if it takes half the sentence to get there. Trump has to say it out loud before he can think about it.

[–] meleecrits@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To give Bush his credit, he said that "won't be fooled again" line because he realized he was about to say "shame on me," and that would have been used against him for the rest of his presidency.

It actually showed real on the spot adaptability.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 9 points 2 weeks ago

hence my entire comment? He realized halfway through what he was going to say and changed it. Trump said the dumb thing, THEN corrected afterward.

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