Trump offered scant details on how he would reduce taxes and cut back on business regulations, according to two people in the room.
  • Melkath@kbin.earth
    663·
    13 days ago

    And I asked him, I said to him, and noone had asked him that question, I asked him, and he said noone had ever asked him, I said to him, would you stay on the boat, the boat is sinking, so the boat is under water, but there’s a shark, but the boat is sinking, and there is a battery, so I asked him, and noone had ever asked him, I asked him, would you stay on the boat, the boat that is under water, and there is a battery, so there is electric, I asked him, and there is a shark, I asked him, and he said nobody had ever asked him, I asked him do you jump off the boat? The boats underwater, but there’s a boat, and there is electricity, but there’s a shark, so I asked him, and he said he had never been asked this before, I asked him, do you jump off the boat that is now under water? Do you stay on the?.. Do you stay in the boat and get eaten by the shark? Because the boat is under… do you stay on the boat, that’s under water, and get eaten by the shark? Or do you get electrocuted?

    He said he didn’t know. He said noone had ever asked him that.

    That’s enough about the boat.

    -Based on a real speech Trump gave at a rally that resulted in everyone leaving early.

    • bstix@feddit.dk
      30·
      12 days ago

      Here’s the transcript. It’s a rant against electric boats.

      (43:33) So I said, “Let me ask you a question.”

      (43:35) And he said, “Nobody ever asked this question, and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT,” very smart.

      (43:43) I say, “What would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery’s underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?”

      (43:58) By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately. Do you notice that? A lot of shark… I watched some guys justifying it today. “Well, they weren’t really that angry. They bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were not hungry, but they misunderstood who she was.” These people are crazy.

      (44:14) He said, “There’s no problem with sharks. They just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming now who really got decimated and other people too,” a lot of shark attacks.

      (44:22) So I said, “So there’s a shark 10 yards away from the boat, 10 yards or here. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, and water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking. Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?” Because I will tell you he didn’t know the answer.

      (44:42) He said, “Nobody’s ever asked me that question.”

      (44:45) I said, “I think it’s a good question. I think there’s a lot of electric current coming through that water.” But you know what I’d do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I’ll take electrocution every single time. I’m not getting near the shark.

      • Melkath@kbin.earth
        111·
        13 days ago

        Using kbin.social and kbin.earth simultaneously while Ernest works out his health issues/figures out how to grow his team to cover while he focuses on his health.

        I definitely prefer kbin.social, but it is definitely suffering while the captain is addressing other matters.

          • OsaErisXero@kbin.run
            2·
            13 days ago

            Going to second this. It hit critical mass of users where the all feed isn’t just one person’s special interests just after the thread a few months back and it’s like i never moved.

            • Drusas@kbin.run
              3·
              10 days ago

              Same. I didn’t want to leave kbin, but I needed an instance that works.

              I think I’m still automatically donating five bucks every month to Ernest, anyway. Hope he gets back on his feet someday.

  • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
    43·
    12 days ago

    This was in contrast to Trump’s meeting earlier in the day with House Republicans on Capitol Hill. Attendees at that meeting told CNBC that the former president was animated and engaged and that Trump received several rounds of applause in separate meetings Thursday with both House and Senate Republicans.

    It’s like North Korea in the GOP. If you aren’t clapping maniacally and openly sobbing in His Presence you will be primaried.

  • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world
    24·
    12 days ago

    "“At one point, he discussed his plan to bring the corporate tax rate down from 21% to 20% … and was asked about why he had chosen 20%,” Sorkin said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And he said, ‘Well, it’s a round number.’”

    “That unto itself had a number of CEOs shaking their heads,” Sorkin reported."

    This is hilarious.

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    212·
    13 days ago

    This article could have written in 2016 other than referring to the dumbass as being a former president.

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
    14·
    12 days ago

    Trump’s energy in the meeting was also noticeably subdued, according to two people who were in the room. At no time during his remarks was there any noticeable applause for Trump, two attendees told CNBC.

    This was in contrast to Trump’s meeting earlier in the day with House Republicans on Capitol Hill. Attendees at that meeting told CNBC that the former president was animated and engaged and that Trump received several rounds of applause in separate meetings Thursday with both House and Senate Republicans.

    Guess the Adderall wore off and they didn’t want to give him any more so near bed time.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      12 days ago

      The first meeting was with his Republican lickspittles so of course they’re going to call him engaged an animated and clap for his stupid ideas.

  • slimarev92@lemmy.world
    5·
    12 days ago

    This story keeps appearing again and again in various forms since 2016. Unfortunately, many people don’t care at all.