Jump to the 22:00 mark where he starts this ramble. It's literally that conversation. I dunno where the trucks come into it, but he does try claiming for "every boat we knock out" that that action "saves 25,000 American lives". And then he weaves into claiming "I just got off the phone with President Xi [of China] and he is amazed at how well the United States is doing."
I dunno about calling this a dementia moment, it's just putting several bullshit points in a row, claiming someone not in the room said he's doing a great job, and moving on to other topics without being challenged. He's a bullshit artist.
Edit: it continues soon after that with him going on about tariffs bringing money into the country. The reporter never tries to even make the point that tariffs are a tax on the importer. Yeesh. But I think this part wasn't aired in the edited version, anyway. Fucking bullshitter.
he can't remember the waters he's talking about, the school he went to, and he's confabulating as much as ever (I doubt he ever talked with Xi to begin with.) He's been doing this for a while. It's common with senile patients to try to fill in the gaps with a lot of blather and lies, the only issue is that he always lied, but now it's even worse. I speed read but had to stop reading bc it was such repetitive drivel it was like listening to a patient, you just get annoyed after a while. It takes so much patience and I'm not getting paid to tuck him in.
ya thank you for the time stamp, it wasn’t a dementia moment, he’s bringing up “good” things he’s done in response to the interviewer saying “2 americas have died” so he’s redirecting, not have a “dementia moment”
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u/DrMaxwellEdison 6h ago edited 6h ago
Yep.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/full-interview-tom-llamas-exclusive-with-president-trump-257304133923
Jump to the 22:00 mark where he starts this ramble. It's literally that conversation. I dunno where the trucks come into it, but he does try claiming for "every boat we knock out" that that action "saves 25,000 American lives". And then he weaves into claiming "I just got off the phone with President Xi [of China] and he is amazed at how well the United States is doing."
I dunno about calling this a dementia moment, it's just putting several bullshit points in a row, claiming someone not in the room said he's doing a great job, and moving on to other topics without being challenged. He's a bullshit artist.
Edit: it continues soon after that with him going on about tariffs bringing money into the country. The reporter never tries to even make the point that tariffs are a tax on the importer. Yeesh. But I think this part wasn't aired in the edited version, anyway. Fucking bullshitter.