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Time Zones..
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,512 posts)haele
(12,659 posts)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)I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Object Permanence was also a problem for him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence
Hekate
(90,704 posts)spicysista
(1,663 posts)Smdh
brush
(53,782 posts)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)That could get complicated with his new "Space Force."
brush
(53,782 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:16 PM - Edit history (1)
so they don't fall off the edge of space.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)Idiot Standard Time
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,203 posts)tblue37
(65,377 posts)whenever he gets the urge to talk to them. He is like a toddler in so many ways.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)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!
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)Sorry, I'm in smart*ss mode today.
Texin
(2,596 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)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)JFC, I hope we survive this fucking moron.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)That alone would have had Obama impeached.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)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)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)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)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)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.
3catwoman3
(23,996 posts)...give a damn because it wouldn't affect him.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Stupid AND inconsiderate. He's such a complete disaster. How much longer do we have to endure this nightmare?
pbmus
(12,422 posts)IQ of any President...
djacq
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|Doreen
(11,686 posts)Did you not know they are a Chinese hoax? He has known that for years.
elleng
(130,918 posts)Iggo
(47,555 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Texin
(2,596 posts)Hekate
(90,704 posts)Gothmog
(145,279 posts)Permanut
(5,609 posts)should just
CHANGE YOUR FUCKING TIME ZONE!
Or I'll slap some more tariffs on your ass.