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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:28 PM Aug 2016

Teleprompter Trump...

Why does he always read like it's the first time he has ever seen the speech? and he has to turn his whole body when reading from one teleprompter to the other? I find the repeating of words, highly annoying too..
He's so vain, that whenever he is speaking outdoors, he has baseball cap pulled all the way down to stop his hair blowing in the wind..

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piechartking

(617 posts)
2. I noticed it too
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:33 PM
Aug 2016

What's really funny is when he lets on that he didn't write it either, by reacting to some tidbit he just read:

"50%, and I even think it's higher."

"Really? That's incredible...unbeliavable" ( in reaction to something he just read.

It's crazy.

Crowd also not very into it, especially the insincere "outreach" to minorities.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
3. you can always tell when he's gone off script from the teleprompter..
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:34 PM
Aug 2016

yes...adding his little personal comments..

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)
4. Well, I will say he's getting "better" at it...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:48 PM
Aug 2016

but it's not a natural thing to him. Normal politicians have been reading from them for years by the time they run for president. It's another thing he has to learn through on-the-job-training, like the nuclear triad, and how not to piss off all of our allies, and shit like that.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
5. Most likely it is the first time he is seeing the speech I think
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:55 PM
Aug 2016

And I think he is usually just as surprised by what he is hearing himself say as you and I are hearing it.
It is like some comedian doing an impression of some ill-prepared candidate readin his speech for the first time and it is in public.

Funny or Die could just snip out a couple of minutes, post it as a comedy bit and no one could tell it wasn't.

CincyDem

(6,360 posts)
6. I used to work with a guy who has many many of trump's malignant narcissism/ADD traits...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:59 PM
Aug 2016


...he reads it like its the first time because it probably is the first time. Subtly, it's sending a message that someone else wrote this but now that I'm reading it - I want to correct them in public to let you know that I know much more off the top of my head than they do.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
7. He's completely terrible...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 05:57 PM
Aug 2016

But if manages to complete a speech without saying some all-new incredibly offensive thing, it's a "success." That's how low the bar is, and how pathetic most of the media is.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. He's the kid who got his Mum to write his book report for him ...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 06:09 PM
Aug 2016

... the night before it was due. Now teacher wants everyone to READ their book report to the class, and poor Donny has no idea what it says.

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