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IQ45 kept calling World Leaders while they were asleep, because he had difficulty understanding (Original Post) HipChick Aug 2018 OP
World-class businessmen don't need to know about time zones dalton99a Aug 2018 #1
Amateur Hour for an Amateur Businessman. haele Aug 2018 #17
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Object Permanence was also a problem for him. NurseJackie Aug 2018 #21
Well spotted, Nurse Jackie! Hekate Aug 2018 #34
Spike is the rest of the world, looking at America.... spicysista Aug 2018 #2
Times zones? Are you kidding me? He doesn't understand time zones? brush Aug 2018 #3
He doesn't understand that the world is round. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #14
Yeah. Hahahahahahahahaha! trump probably wants to equip the space force troops with grapple hooks... brush Aug 2018 #16
Trump lives in IST True Dough Aug 2018 #4
Tanks fer day laugh True! Glamrock Aug 2018 #6
I've read that IST is a 24-hour time zone! TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #9
He wouldn't care. He believes everyone should be available to him on a moment's notice tblue37 Aug 2018 #5
Cheeto's awake at 3 a.m. because that's when Pootie calls him FakeNoose Aug 2018 #10
Don't you mean "the elephant he rode in on? pazzyanne Aug 2018 #26
Pootie's been calling him since 1987. Texin Aug 2018 #31
Thank you. Corgigal Aug 2018 #15
Has the tanning bed fried his brain? OD'd on KFC's secret spices or Big Macs special sauce? PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #7
fucking idiot CatWoman Aug 2018 #8
And he's using his cell phone to make those calls, which violates federal records law. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #11
It's apparently as satisfying to Trump and opposition loyalsister Aug 2018 #12
He maybe callous and all that and toddler-like, but the people around him should know if... brush Aug 2018 #19
The assumptions of intellectual superiority are disturbing loyalsister Aug 2018 #25
Gawd! Assuming intellectual superiority? Give us a break. How much evidence do you need to know... brush Aug 2018 #29
I would never laugh at an individual who was unable to learn basic concepts, like time zones. Chemisse Aug 2018 #32
Even if he did understand them, he wouldn't... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #13
Exactly! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #18
One of his koolaid drinkers told me he has the second highest pbmus Aug 2018 #20
Orange Clown having a Lord Helmet moment djacq Aug 2018 #22
Time zones? Doreen Aug 2018 #23
Flat Earth!!! elleng Aug 2018 #24
Nipple. Iggo Aug 2018 #27
The world is laughing at us. The onetime respected and trusted us. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #28
This embarrasing asshole is a dumb as a box of hair. Texin Aug 2018 #30
I effing hate that effing moron. He is a daily embarrassment as well as being a danger to the world. Hekate Aug 2018 #33
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Aug 2018 #35
All those shithole countries.. Permanut Aug 2018 #36

haele

(12,659 posts)
17. Amateur Hour for an Amateur Businessman.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 11:56 AM
Aug 2018

World Class businessmen have trusted assistants to handle that sort of thing before they actually make or take a call. The assistants arrange the time and manner of the phone call.
Same with government leaders.
I doubt any World Leader with a reasonably competent staff let Donald Trump - or any of his have their personal or emergency access number. He's probably getting the duty desk, which probably already has a "What to do in case of a White House call from these people" checklist ready by the phone.

Haele

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
21. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Object Permanence was also a problem for him.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 12:42 PM
Aug 2018

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Object Permanence was also a problem for him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence

brush

(53,782 posts)
3. Times zones? Are you kidding me? He doesn't understand time zones?
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 10:38 AM
Aug 2018

Get this dumb, stupid, racist, cheating, treacherous fuck out of the White House.

And all the rest of those white supremacist staffers who have been covering up his incompetence and mental decline the whole damn time.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
14. He doesn't understand that the world is round.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 11:49 AM
Aug 2018

That could get complicated with his new "Space Force."

brush

(53,782 posts)
16. Yeah. Hahahahahahahahaha! trump probably wants to equip the space force troops with grapple hooks...
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 11:55 AM
Aug 2018

Last edited Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:16 PM - Edit history (1)

so they don't fall off the edge of space.

tblue37

(65,377 posts)
5. He wouldn't care. He believes everyone should be available to him on a moment's notice
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 10:41 AM
Aug 2018

whenever he gets the urge to talk to them. He is like a toddler in so many ways.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
10. Cheeto's awake at 3 a.m. because that's when Pootie calls him
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 10:53 AM
Aug 2018

Get it? 3 a.m. in Eastern Daylight time is probably around noon or 1 p.m. in Moscow.

So Pootie has been doing it to him for the last 2 or 3 years, and Cheeto thinks he can do it to everybody else.
Fuck this guy and the horse he rode in on!

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
15. Thank you.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 11:52 AM
Aug 2018

They are giving the wrong motivation, he understands it fine. He just doesn't care cause America and he's Trump.

Journalists, stop with this benefit of the doubt, nicer reason.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
7. Has the tanning bed fried his brain? OD'd on KFC's secret spices or Big Macs special sauce?
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 10:43 AM
Aug 2018

JFC, I hope we survive this fucking moron.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
11. And he's using his cell phone to make those calls, which violates federal records law.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 10:59 AM
Aug 2018

That alone would have had Obama impeached.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
12. It's apparently as satisfying to Trump and opposition
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 11:00 AM
Aug 2018

to bash each other's intelligence. But ignoring the larger is not helping. Not understanding time zones and not caring that they exist are two different things.
The latter is representative of Trump's callousness. He doesn't care about anyone's life experience other than the role that they may play in his. He's like a 3 yr old who wakes the family up at 4am because if he's awake everyone should be.

brush

(53,782 posts)
19. He maybe callous and all that and toddler-like, but the people around him should know if...
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 12:00 PM
Aug 2018

he doesn't understand time zones or not. And they've said he doesn't.

I'm going with the people around this dumb fuck.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
25. The assumptions of intellectual superiority are disturbing
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 12:51 PM
Aug 2018

It's one thing to talk about what he disregards or is too lazy to learn, and another to turn it into a joke. I see it coming from people I have thought of as allies, but what escapes them is that they are participating in an ableist assumption of their own superiority. It has been the insult leveled at people who have head injuries, cognitive disabilities, etc. It is an oppressive humor that backfires by revealing the very same callousness that Trump reveals in tweets he uses to proclaim his own superiority. The implied elitism also leads people whose insecurities he has comforted to dig in. You don't have to court and indulge them to recognize their humanity and avoid insulting them.

His disturbing habits not political opportunities, they are dangerous if they are based in negligence and terrifying if there is intention behind it. His conspiratorial claims about election numbers could not have served the GOP better. Preemptively promoting insecurity about elections and creating opportunistic environment for the GOP to take power over the process with committees and commission to study the problem and dismiss evidence that outside influences worked in his favor. If he was just deluded and rambling as some thought, it could not have been a happier accident for the elements who have been seeking to suppress votes for decades.

Basking in the opportunity to call someone who is powerful dumb does nothing to further the cause to prevent future damage this presidency could do.

brush

(53,782 posts)
29. Gawd! Assuming intellectual superiority? Give us a break. How much evidence do you need to know...
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 01:18 PM
Aug 2018

this dumb fuck doesn't belong in the WH.

I'll stick with the people around him who say he doesn't understand time zones.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
32. I would never laugh at an individual who was unable to learn basic concepts, like time zones.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 01:38 PM
Aug 2018

UNLESS he took on a position of power well beyond his capacity, had the ability to destroy the world at a drop of the hat, allowed his mental deficiencies to lead to financial crises, climate disaster, and environmental destruction, AND boasted of his 'high IQ' and 'best words'.

Someone who casually takes babies from their mothers and puts them in cages, wipes out needed benefits for regular Americans with an insolent swipe of the pen, and instigates racist acts just for the fun of it, deserves every bit of derision - and more - for the dimwittedness from which his decisions arise.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. Exactly!
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 11:59 AM
Aug 2018

Stupid AND inconsiderate. He's such a complete disaster. How much longer do we have to endure this nightmare?

Hekate

(90,704 posts)
33. I effing hate that effing moron. He is a daily embarrassment as well as being a danger to the world.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 02:00 PM
Aug 2018

Permanut

(5,609 posts)
36. All those shithole countries..
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 10:33 PM
Aug 2018

should just

CHANGE YOUR FUCKING TIME ZONE!

Or I'll slap some more tariffs on your ass.

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