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It's a Teleprompter Trump day today. Which only means one thing..... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 OP
We might want to watch for his tweets, tonight Siwsan Aug 2016 #1
...and after his sedative wears off. cyberswede Aug 2016 #30
Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ben must be sharing his meds. RKP5637 Aug 2016 #58
I know - I tuned in for about 30 seconds - damn!! Siwsan Aug 2016 #62
I'm watching it now. Guiliani opened and now Pence is speaking. Guiliani actually just said... Native Aug 2016 #2
do they have Amnesia setting in or something? HipChick Aug 2016 #3
It is revolting. All of it. I can't believe I'm doing this to myself, but it's like a train wreck... Native Aug 2016 #4
I know! Gad, he's like a 3rd grader reading a book report on Peter Rabbit. displacedtexan Aug 2016 #12
Maybe it's dementia in Guliani's case. Looks like the media is going to run with this flub. Native Aug 2016 #104
Why were his glasses on all askew? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #37
Not just 9/11 NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #88
He can't make the sentences sound natural oberliner Aug 2016 #5
I know. He almost looks drugged, don't ya think? Native Aug 2016 #7
Absolutely oberliner Aug 2016 #9
I swear he seems to be slurring. Native Aug 2016 #11
He also seems to be breathing more laboriously. Native Aug 2016 #14
It's very similar to his impression of Hillary oberliner Aug 2016 #16
I've watched almost all of his rallies; he's never been this lethargic using a teleprompter before. Native Aug 2016 #21
Agreed oberliner Aug 2016 #24
He's not a well man. StrictlyRockers Aug 2016 #97
Sharpen your tittie, er, I mean tweetie accounts comrades. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #6
very low energy napkinz Aug 2016 #8
Super low energy workinclasszero Aug 2016 #13
he's getting tepid applause napkinz Aug 2016 #23
He sounds like a zombie workinclasszero Aug 2016 #27
Zero applause when he said he opposed the Iraq War oberliner Aug 2016 #31
Fact Check time on that one. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2016 #40
he's been drugged ... he's blustering, but not in buffoon mode nixonwasbetterthanW Aug 2016 #19
Hey they finally hit on the way to keep Cheeto Hitler under control! workinclasszero Aug 2016 #26
Trump must just be ready to burst True Dough Aug 2016 #10
From the applause, this is a very small crowd. brooklynite Aug 2016 #15
It's a private invite-only event oberliner Aug 2016 #18
Even then, you'd think he could fill a hall with loyal supporters. brooklynite Aug 2016 #20
limit 400 people I think. n/t chillfactor Aug 2016 #103
Does anyone think Trump actually knows where the Sinai Desert is? brooklynite Aug 2016 #17
Sure, it's one of his favorites. He particularly likes the chocolate meringue. Native Aug 2016 #25
Lolololololol Funtatlaguy Aug 2016 #32
Ha!! :-D NurseJackie Aug 2016 #93
I think he's medicated. ReformedGOPer Aug 2016 #22
For realz. Native Aug 2016 #29
I wish ReformedGOPer Aug 2016 #28
That would be the absolute best. Native Aug 2016 #34
Yes like Ron Burgundy underpants Aug 2016 #42
He looks like a fourth grader trying to read his essay in front of the class. nolabear Aug 2016 #33
They do not seem happy with him saying he was against the Iraq War oberliner Aug 2016 #35
I know! I only heard like 3 people clapping instead of the usual 10-12. Native Aug 2016 #39
Xanax Trump. fun n serious Aug 2016 #36
Okay, he can't read "regime" or "Mubarak." nolabear Aug 2016 #38
Got both my toes crossed. Native Aug 2016 #41
That wide shot with the Secret Service is creepy AF. nolabear Aug 2016 #43
They're pulling double duty. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #45
Are you watching it on MSNBC? I'm on RightSide - they only show Trump Native Aug 2016 #46
CNN. They only pulled back a couple of times, I guess to prove the applause isn't canned. nolabear Aug 2016 #50
BWAH! He's taking credit for NATO policy. Oh yes, they fear the Donald. nolabear Aug 2016 #44
Russia! Native Aug 2016 #48
"Let's be friends with Russia!" oberliner Aug 2016 #47
The media said he would propose that anyone helping us fight ISIS would be considered an ally. Native Aug 2016 #49
He went there. nt Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #51
Did he just say ReformedGOPer Aug 2016 #52
Yeah. I love it when it's clear the applause isn't sure what it's applauding. nolabear Aug 2016 #55
I love this! Best comment so far!!!! "Clapclapclap-wait, what?" Native Aug 2016 #57
+1 anamandujano Aug 2016 #106
OOOOHhhh, Ideological warfare! Native Aug 2016 #53
Did he really fucking say he's be a best friend to people of other religions? nolabear Aug 2016 #54
Wow just switched over kimbutgar Aug 2016 #56
Wow... this speech is a complete shit show. NT Adrahil Aug 2016 #59
I looked at it a couple of times. Exactly, SOS. He's got it memorized now. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2016 #61
This might be the worst speech I've ever seen by a Presidential candidate. Adrahil Aug 2016 #64
He looks/sounds like an absolute fool! It's embarrassing for the world to see. He sounds like RKP5637 Aug 2016 #107
He's gonna be tough AND EXTREME! Lovin' it. Native Aug 2016 #60
It's EXTREME vetting! Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #65
He slipped up. He just called it "adequate screening." Doesn't sound as good as EXTREME VETTING. Native Aug 2016 #66
He didn't mention which "regions" were going to be banned oberliner Aug 2016 #67
Leavin' it up to the State Dept. (oh no's) and Homeland Security to identify the regions. Native Aug 2016 #71
Just saw a crowd shot. Are there any women in that audience? nolabear Aug 2016 #63
He goes off script and crazy tomorrow? WhiteTara Aug 2016 #68
If not tomorrow, then the next day. That's the pattern. Native Aug 2016 #69
Crazy tonight oberliner Aug 2016 #85
Thanks for that. I'm definitely watching! Native Aug 2016 #95
My mistake - the event is tomorrow night at 7:30 oberliner Aug 2016 #111
Footage of the GOP introducing the next Trump speech nolabear Aug 2016 #70
LOL! Bobbie Jo Aug 2016 #73
He couldn't even get Merkel's name right. What a joke. Native Aug 2016 #72
This will go down as the "Grasping at Straws Speech." nolabear Aug 2016 #74
You have so hit the nail on the head. How do you EVEN make terrorism boring? Native Aug 2016 #77
I bet he gets good reviews for this speech oberliner Aug 2016 #78
And drugged. Native Aug 2016 #80
Give him 24 hours. He'll undercut it. nolabear Aug 2016 #87
He doesn't know what a fiance visa is? oberliner Aug 2016 #75
Kind of a whispering flat definitely drugged speech womanofthehills Aug 2016 #76
He doesn't know where each sentence is going when he starts oberliner Aug 2016 #81
He didn't even know that the words San & Bernadino went together. displacedtexan Aug 2016 #105
So excited. He's gonna get us a commission! And it will have a goal! Native Aug 2016 #79
Did he just say, "and finally"? Is this it? Seriously? Native Aug 2016 #82
Viciously, if necessary oberliner Aug 2016 #84
Here it is. The Cold War analogy. Native Aug 2016 #83
And yet.... Aviation Pro Aug 2016 #86
Well, that was a...thing. nolabear Aug 2016 #89
OMG. That was the shortest and the worst speech ever. Native Aug 2016 #90
I'm not near a TV right now, but from the comments here it sounds like Tanuki Aug 2016 #91
He even exited the stage like an doddering old man. Native Aug 2016 #92
He probably knows more info about his Russian connections will be coming out womanofthehills Aug 2016 #94
I'm going over to Reddit to see if they also thought he was drugged. This was so bizarre. Native Aug 2016 #96
Not one of the talking heads on CNN.... Adrahil Aug 2016 #98
That was really scary sick-like. Native Aug 2016 #99
CBSN mentioned it immediately independentpiney Aug 2016 #100
I hope to see more of that.... Adrahil Aug 2016 #102
It did get mentioned eventually. With incredulity. nolabear Aug 2016 #108
#xanaxtrump is definitely a thing on Reddit. We weren't the only ones who thought he was drugged. Native Aug 2016 #101
This message was self-deleted by its author womanofthehills Aug 2016 #109
"Oh, crap, you gave Daddy his pills? So did I! Oh, well, maybe no one will notice." - on Reddit Native Aug 2016 #110

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
1. We might want to watch for his tweets, tonight
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:20 PM
Aug 2016

After he hears about Biden's excoriating analysis of his inadequacies for governing.

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
62. I know - I tuned in for about 30 seconds - damn!!
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:03 PM
Aug 2016

He was just staring at the teleprompter and occasionally looking up. And I noticed he's changed the hue of his spray tan. Not quite as orange as it was umber.

Native

(5,942 posts)
2. I'm watching it now. Guiliani opened and now Pence is speaking. Guiliani actually just said...
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:25 PM
Aug 2016

that there were no radical Islamic terrorist attacks in the U.S. until Obama and Clinton took office. WTF? Mr. 911?

Native

(5,942 posts)
4. It is revolting. All of it. I can't believe I'm doing this to myself, but it's like a train wreck...
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:29 PM
Aug 2016

I can't look away.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
12. I know! Gad, he's like a 3rd grader reading a book report on Peter Rabbit.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:33 PM
Aug 2016

Its really quite sad that this man can't read well enough to sound conversational.

He's beginning to repeat some words, which usually signals that he's about to go off script.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
37. Why were his glasses on all askew?
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:48 PM
Aug 2016

Recently, he's looked and talked as though he just finished off a bottle of vodka.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
88. Not just 9/11
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:16 PM
Aug 2016

but, the DC Sniper was also a self-avowed terrorist, wasn't he? And, he had the DC area scared for a stretch.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. He can't make the sentences sound natural
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:30 PM
Aug 2016

It is like he is literally looking at this speech for the first time on the teleprompter.

Native

(5,942 posts)
14. He also seems to be breathing more laboriously.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:35 PM
Aug 2016

I wonder if he went on a bender last night and is still a bit drunk.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
16. It's very similar to his impression of Hillary
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:37 PM
Aug 2016

When he mocks her for doing teleprompter speeches.

He is literally doing the exact thing he made fun of (going from one side to the other, reading words he doesn't understand).

Native

(5,942 posts)
21. I've watched almost all of his rallies; he's never been this lethargic using a teleprompter before.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:40 PM
Aug 2016
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
24. Agreed
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:41 PM
Aug 2016

Because he doesn't know what he is saying.

It will be interesting to see what his rally this evening is like, when he will probably be back to his usual self. No teleprompter, maybe some sheets of paper.

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
97. He's not a well man.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:25 PM
Aug 2016

Too much stress from failure can have deleterious effects on your health.

He needs a long, long vacation. I'll be happy to help give him one.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
31. Zero applause when he said he opposed the Iraq War
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:46 PM
Aug 2016

Since probably everyone in that room supported it.

True Dough

(17,305 posts)
10. Trump must just be ready to burst
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:32 PM
Aug 2016

when he has all that pent up bigotry and hate, and all those lies swirling in his head that he can't spew because he's reading the printed B.S. from a teleprompter instead.

But we just have to wait another day and he'll be trying to make up for lost time with some of his own original garbage.

Native

(5,942 posts)
29. For realz.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:44 PM
Aug 2016

and the way he is enunciating the last words in some of his sentences almost makes him seem a tad tipsy.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
33. He looks like a fourth grader trying to read his essay in front of the class.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:46 PM
Aug 2016

It's painful. I want to do that thing where you try to say the words along with him just because he seems to need so much help.

Also, most tepid applause ever. LOL!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
35. They do not seem happy with him saying he was against the Iraq War
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:47 PM
Aug 2016

Not sure how popular a sentiment that is among actual Republicans.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
45. They're pulling double duty.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:52 PM
Aug 2016

They both have to protect him, and interview him if he makes any threats.

Native

(5,942 posts)
49. The media said he would propose that anyone helping us fight ISIS would be considered an ally.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:55 PM
Aug 2016

Russia? I hope he goes there.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
55. Yeah. I love it when it's clear the applause isn't sure what it's applauding.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:58 PM
Aug 2016

clapclapclap-wait, what?

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
54. Did he really fucking say he's be a best friend to people of other religions?
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:57 PM
Aug 2016

Does he thing we have our memories wiped every few hours?

kimbutgar

(21,153 posts)
56. Wow just switched over
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:00 PM
Aug 2016

He is really low energy in his speech. Boring.

The family must have had a major intervention with him after his tweet storm yesterday.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
107. He looks/sounds like an absolute fool! It's embarrassing for the world to see. He sounds like
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 04:41 PM
Aug 2016

he's in 3rd grade.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
65. It's EXTREME vetting!
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:03 PM
Aug 2016

They're going to vet you while doing an Ollie on a half-pipe and a gnarly a guitar riff plays in the background.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
63. Just saw a crowd shot. Are there any women in that audience?
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:03 PM
Aug 2016

The glare off the bald spots had me a little blind.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
74. This will go down as the "Grasping at Straws Speech."
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:09 PM
Aug 2016

What the ever lasting fuck? He's making terrorism boring. Incredible.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
87. Give him 24 hours. He'll undercut it.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:15 PM
Aug 2016

Honestly, these days if he isn't doing "The Aristocrats" he's given credit for being a genius.

womanofthehills

(8,710 posts)
76. Kind of a whispering flat definitely drugged speech
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:09 PM
Aug 2016

Not spacing his sentences. He looks really drugged. Doesn't look like he is comprehending what he is saying. He looks miserable and depressed.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
105. He didn't even know that the words San & Bernadino went together.
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:46 PM
Aug 2016

Possibly worse than George W.

Possibly.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
91. I'm not near a TV right now, but from the comments here it sounds like
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:17 PM
Aug 2016

a hostage video, when the captive is forced to read a statement prepared by the captors who are standing by with a loaded gun.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
98. Not one of the talking heads on CNN....
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:26 PM
Aug 2016

are bringing up his repeated and long calls to "keep the oil." Holy crap, that part gave me chills of fear. Bald-faced imperail ambition. And not one of them mentioned it.....

independentpiney

(1,510 posts)
100. CBSN mentioned it immediately
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:32 PM
Aug 2016

after debunking his claim of having opposed the war, the Iran 'ransom' payment and his fractured history of ISIS. They were not kind to him or this speech at all. I hope the other major news outlets follow suit.

Response to Native (Reply #101)

Native

(5,942 posts)
110. "Oh, crap, you gave Daddy his pills? So did I! Oh, well, maybe no one will notice." - on Reddit
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 05:25 PM
Aug 2016

had to share.

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