“Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV.”
Way back in July 2020 while running for reelection, the then 45th President Donald Trump explained the Fox News that he had to remember those words as part of a test that he said demonstrated his mental acuity; he further boasted that listing the words in order was worth "extra points", and that he found the task "challenging".
During the 2024 campaign, we were then treated increasingly to the theory the President Joe Biden was suffering from dementia, and that he man didn't know where he is or what he was doing. So successful was this campaign, that Donald Trump was heralded and triumphed back into the White House despite the fact that he has never released any doctors' records of either his own physical or mental health.
It became really obvious to the world when French President Emmanuel Macron, repeatedly had to correct Mr Trump about things that were very obviously either lies or simply not true, that Mr Trump's behaviour is also starting to look well.. odd.
In the discussion with Mr Macron, Trump stumbled with the chronology of recent events, and I don't know if him blaming Ukraine for starting the war with Russia is either a case of him trying to tell a lie so massive that he is trying to get ahead of the game, or if he genuinely has forgotten events which happened during his last time in the White House.
His increasingly bizarre memory was was highlighted with the following series of rants; of which the best copy of the transcript that I could find was in the Korea Herald (this didn't appear at all in News Corp or Nine Ent Co. newspapers):
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10427816
"We are on time with the tariffs, and it seems like that's moving along very rapidly," he said during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.
"We've been mistreated very badly by many countries, not just Canada and Mexico. We've been taken advantage of," he added.
Trump criticized trade agreements, which he said enabled trading partners to "take advantage of" Americans.
"Anybody that would agree to allow this to happen to our country should be ashamed of themselves. Now, the tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule," he said.
"- This is an abuse that took place for many years, and I'm not even blaming the other countries that did this. I blame our leadership for allowing it to happen."
- The Korea Herald, 25th Feb 2025
"I blame our leadership for allowing it to happen."
Really?
I mean fair do. That's either a brilliant self-own, or a case of strange and weird memory loss.
"Anybody that would agree to allow this to happen to our country should be ashamed of themselves."
The thing is though, the person who did 'allow this to happen' to the country, I don't think is actually capable of being 'ashamed of themselves'. Narcissists frequently struggle to acknowledge guilt or shame due to their exaggerated sense of self-importance and lack of empathy.
Of course by now you would have realised that this is a classic set-up to a joke, which has been based in anecdote and now spins on dramatic irony; so:
- We've been mistreated very badly by many countries, not just Canada and Mexico. (also America)
- Anybody that would agree to allow this to happen to our country should be ashamed of themselves. (yes they should)
- This is an abuse that took place for many years, and I'm not even blaming the other countries that did this. I blame our leadership for allowing it to happen. (excellent call)
Let's blame the leadership who allowed it to happen:
DELIVERING ON HIS PROMISE: President Donald J. Trump is replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
The USMCA is the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries will benefit greatly.
- President Donald J. Trump, 29th Jan 2020
Oh dear.
"It’ll be very good for our country, our country will be extremely liquid and rich again."
Yeah about that... your pen is leaking.
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