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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,211 posts)
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 03:53 PM Mar 2019

Trump Complains About Overly Complicated Controls Needed To Operate Modern-Day Doors

WASHINGTON—Insisting that the technology was far too complex and required significant scientific knowledge to use, President Donald Trump complained Tuesday about the overly complicated controls needed to operate modern-day doors. “Doors these days are way too intricate and confusing for the average person to open or close,” said the president in a Twitter thread, insisting that door technology needed to go back to the old days when doors were simple and easy for everyone to use. “The only Americans who know how to operate these complex doors are MIT engineers and rocket scientists, and regular people can’t go inside or outside anymore. There’s a million things to twist and turn and all these buttons, you push and push on them as hard as you can, and yet still half the time doors don’t even work.” Trump added that the issue of door technology struck a personal chord for him, as many of the people who open doors for him are not very smart and often have trouble doing so.

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Trump Complains About Overly Complicated Controls Needed To Operate Modern-Day Doors (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 OP
That goes for umbrellas, too. They are way too complicated. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #1
Don't even get him started on electric can openers! lunatica Mar 2019 #2
His hands and fingers are too small to operate a manual can opener! madinmaryland Mar 2019 #5
Giggety. louis-t Mar 2019 #3
I had to look to make sure this was from the Onion. these days, one cannot be sure. niyad Mar 2019 #4
I am so naive, pennylane100 Mar 2019 #6
The Onion's challenge NastyRiffraff Mar 2019 #7

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)
6. I am so naive,
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 05:07 PM
Mar 2019

I never think about the fact that it may be an article is from the Onion until one of the posters mention it. I just keep thinking how on earth this man could have managed to become the leader of the free world.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
7. The Onion's challenge
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 05:11 PM
Mar 2019

is to subtly parody Trump. But it's difficult now because he's said more demented things than they can possibly dream up. I can easily picture him getting frustrated by one of those heavy doors that close by themselves and complaining about "doors these days!"

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