And yet, still not as stupid as those who voted for him.

[Swede]

And yet, still not as stupid that those who voted for him.

— Doug Aoki (@nantanreikan.bsky.social) 2026-07-17T14:03:00.513Z

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Didn't win either.

?is=lL7AaohGlXaPJFVA

[sop]

2. i'm trying to figure out how Trump's diseased brain goes from "transistors" to "transgender," then makes the leap

to the CHIPS Act. I can't, I got nothing.

[erronis]

6. Well, obviously you can't pass trump's cognitive function tests. But MAGA can!

I've had so many interesting conversations recently with people who have relatives that cannot be reasoned with. Brothers that used to be close and one of them wanders into the muck - never to recover.

I heard somewhere recently, probably on DU, that once someone defines themselves by what they believe (not by what they know), then there is no further reasoning. They can't change their minds with totally redefining their belief - and that is very difficult.

[travelingthrulife]

8. Especially when that belief is entwined with their religious beliefs.

They can't deny their politics without denying their religious beliefs.

[yardwork]

11. Fear is the driving force for some people.

Fear of going to hell, fear of being replaced by "other" people, fear that Democrats will take their money. Let's see: fear that mad scientists are inventing diseases, fear that crime is rampant, fear that their money will disappear....

Yet they don't fear the most obvious threat to their wellbeing: Trump and the GOP.

[SergeStorms]

9. Antifa is all over it.

Didn't you get the latest coded communique from Field Marshall Krasnov? Very revealing!

[Ol Janx Spirit]

15. I'm pretty sure the path starts with the CHIPS act and he sees "transistors" as "transgenders" and then...

...the hilarity ensues.

I guess he's going to sign an EO banning transgender radios now....

How the U.S. could end up electing someone this freaking dumb is something historians will muse about for a long time if we are able to avoid apocalypse.

[erronis]

17. Oooh. AM/FM radios? AC/DC powered? Of course!

And those furrin language broadcasts and songs? Better sic the FCC on them.

[GiqueCee]

21. Well, old shit-for-brains...

... almost certainly thought of "Trans Sisters" while he thought he was discussing the CHIPS funding. That's a whole new level of stupid.
And this idiot is never more than an arm's reach away from the Nuclear Football. God help us all.

[ColoringFool]

27. Ummmm..... "TRANS." He recognized and registered only the first syllable. He did the SAME.....

THING with immigrants seeking asylum here. HE HEARD ONLY "ASYLUM." So since then Trump has claimed other countries are "opening their insane asylums" and sending the inmates here!

(Corollary of Trump: "It's Close Enough." )

[UpInArms]

3. Omg

I couldn’t figure out wtf the anus mouth was babbling about

Now I am just gonna go

[The Madcap]

4. We are truly finished.

Project 2025 has achieved the destruction of the country, just as planned.

So, what do we do now? Clear the rubble and rebuild, or do we just flee to somewhere sane? In the past, I'd say rebuild, but we're getting to the point where that will become impossible.

[The Grand Illuminist]

5. We are at the stage of impossibility.

nt

[slightlv]

10. Fleeing has sounded good for the last several months to me...

but ya gotta have resources to do that, and I have none. Of course, staying is just as expensive and dangerous!

[progressoid]

7. Did this really happen?

I don't want to look it up. It's too depressing.

[Swede]

13. Straight from the horses ass' mouth.

[progressoid]

32. Ugh.

There isn't enough alcohol to help me through this.

[Wiz Imp]

14. Yes it did happen.

This article touches on it but mostly just in passing, rather than as the screaming headline it should be. It also doesn't even make clear that the CHIPS Act has absolutely nothing to do with transgender.

https://penncapital-star.com/economy/trump-talks-about-the-military-at-summit-where-mccormick-announced-10b-in-pa-investments/

Trump’s talk, in his familiar discursive style, also included digs at former President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris. He also falsely claimed a mandate to hire transgender executives under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act caused its failure.

The $52 billion CHIPS Act, signed by Biden in 2022, has attracted $450 billion of investment in the U.S. semiconductor industry by foreign manufacturers.

Link to tweet

[calimary]

30. She's right, and she "gets" him. He's lying.

That’s all he ever does. To suit whatever “agenda” is still farting around inside what’s left of his brain.

[Dr. T]

12. Wait. What?

I was taught transistor theory in a high school electronics class in the 1970's. I thought technology had since moved light-years beyond basic transistors.

Then, I did a quick search. I learned that modern computer chips are still based on semiconductor transistor theory but are more technologically advanced than anything we ever dreamed of back then.

[Swede]

18. Every IC out there has transistors, resistors and capcitors in them.

As well as crystals, coils and other basic components. Oh, Trump is a moron.

[Johnny2X2X]

16. Insane asylums

He got insane asylums from immigrant asylum seekers too.

Par for the course. He’s deranged.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

19. I'm a transgender transistor resistor!

Just call me a capacitor.

Why can't he just diode already?

[Gore1FL]

20. It makes me wonder what he thinks Sean Duffy does. nt

[Dr. T]

26. Trans-portation?

[Cherokee100]

22. HUH

What the HUH.

[milestogo]

23. Are transistors transgender?

Who knew?

[flvegan]

24. And not nearly as stupid as those who still follow him. n/t

[relogic]

25. Poor fellow

can’t tell the difference or read English letters to capably know that the word he’s looking for is “transition” “transistor”.

[republianmushroom]

28. Dumb, and Dumber and one of the Dumbest, trump.

[calimary]

29. ... with the stupidest fucking excuse for a "leader" as we've EVER had.

Or seen.

Or suffered from.

Or had to live through.

[Figarosmom]

31. Wow..his mastery of the English language

has lead to this place before. I remember something about misunderstanding of a word or a phrase leading him to cut off HIV aid. Something about condoms.

He's just so stupid. Not ignorant ( he was taught. Just didn't "get it&quot He's just flat out stupid.

[JoseBalow]

33. Abby someone...