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IronLionZion

(51,501 posts)
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:12 AM Saturday

'Oh my god': Trump triggers wave of ridicule asking crowd to imagine a moron as president

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-moron-test/

Trump asked people to imagine a scenario where "all of a sudden you're stuck with a man who's a moron," triggering immediate mockery from critics who said that that's already the case.

Trump made the comment while speaking in The Villages, Florida, on Friday. He was plugging his proposed cognitive test, saying it would screen out idiots.

"I mean, you get a guy who gets in there, he's got a good line of crap. He gets in, and all of a sudden, you're stuck with a man who's a moron,” said Trump. "This is not good."

He then took a swipe at his predecessor.

Commentators quickly called out what they saw as irony.

"That would be bad if that ever happened," Meidas Touch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski sarcastically said on X.

"We know. He's president right now," quipped @DianeSevenay.

"Amazing," the Tennessee Holler posted. "He must be feeling like people think he’s a real dummy to be talking about this so much lately."

"OH. MY. GOD," wrote the account @AntiToxicPeople. "No words imaginable for the lack of self awareness."

"He doesn't know he's talking about himself," @GeoffBrown82 posted. "He’s totally clueless."

"You're a [expletive] moron," @AesPolitics1 wrote.





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'Oh my god': Trump triggers wave of ridicule asking crowd to imagine a moron as president (Original Post) IronLionZion Saturday OP
We have a test, it's called elections. Unfortunately, the morons vote for other morons. Walleye Saturday #1
Wow. cloudbase Saturday #2
Love C & H jfz9580m Saturday #28
What is he distracting from? johnnyfins Saturday #3
"You're looking at the fucking moron" dalton99a Saturday #4
There he Rebl2 Saturday #5
I don't have to imagine it ornotna Saturday #6
;-{)MORON Goonch Saturday #7
I love your posts! kimbutgar Saturday #23
But the people there love him. Srkdqltr Saturday #53
I heard "cognititive" BeyondGeography Saturday #8
Trump is so stupid he doesn't know he's stupid. Swede Saturday #9
That is usually the case with stupid people. murielm99 Saturday #11
President Dunning-Kruger. Americanme Saturday #17
Such a clueless asshole,... he has no realization or indication he is actually talking about himself. magicarpet Saturday #10
He so seldom speaks the truth. Turbineguy Saturday #12
No need to use our imaginations. 3catwoman3 Saturday #13
Projection as always malaise Saturday #14
What a dick johnnyfins Saturday #15
We don't have to imagine it. We're living it. Vinca Saturday #16
The 'MORAN' sure described himself perfectly! sheshe2 Saturday #18
Yup. Spot on. AZ8theist Saturday #48
That's the one! sheshe2 Saturday #51
Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump! There's a big dangerous moron right here with us! DFW Saturday #19
Lol! sheshe2 Saturday #52
"We went through it for 4 years." debsy Saturday #20
I feel almost nostalgic for Trump 1.0 jfz9580m Saturday #32
Dunning-Kruger personified Martin Eden Saturday #21
6th grade??? llmart Saturday #30
Stay tuned, he'll have MORON this later. patphil Saturday #22
In two weeks Cirsium Saturday #39
honestly - it's a self own samsingh Saturday #24
What's sad is these people were basically insulted by him and they will still support him kimbutgar Saturday #25
That's The Villages for you. SergeStorms Saturday #27
The Villages... llmart Saturday #31
I had to find out for myself. SergeStorms Saturday #40
And, to think... Wednesdays Saturday #41
The Dems did not address the election of Obama blowback Gum Logger Saturday #49
And both states.... SergeStorms Saturday #54
My ex's brother and SIL retired to the Villages. wnylib Saturday #42
Australia has plenty of nonwhite immigrants from Asian countries IronLionZion Saturday #44
But the ex's SIL did not know that. She was looking for wnylib Saturday #45
It sounds like..... SergeStorms Saturday #50
It still amazes me how anyone still goes to his rallies IronLionZion Saturday #43
This is a very, very sick man. legallyblondeNYC Saturday #26
Believe, I , agree with trump on this one. republianmushroom Saturday #29
When I don't know whatt to say I consult the scholars. twodogsbarking Saturday #33
Trump is living in people's heads 24/7. Smokster Saturday #34
We're seeing in real time, unfortunately Blue Owl Saturday #35
Projection, projection, projection Joinfortmill Saturday #36
Well Donald Dave Id Saturday #37
That background: "No tax on Social Security" Wednesdays Saturday #38
Talk about projection ! kimbutgar Saturday #46
What a dingbat. Dave Bowman Saturday #47
Mirrow, mirrow on the wall ... oldsoldierfadingfast Saturday #55
"Not The Onion" Part MCMXXLVIII (nt) Pinback Saturday #56
H.L. Mencken: struggle4progress Saturday #57
He can't even pronounce cognitive correctly. kellytore Sunday #58
Was he looking in a mirror when he said that? Fla Dem Sunday #59

Walleye

(45,264 posts)
1. We have a test, it's called elections. Unfortunately, the morons vote for other morons.
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:16 AM
Saturday

Republicans have done their best to destroy public education and it’s finally paying off for them

johnnyfins

(3,927 posts)
3. What is he distracting from?
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:19 AM
Saturday

When this cognitive test bullshit gets trotted out, it's usually as cover for more bad news.

magicarpet

(19,197 posts)
10. Such a clueless asshole,... he has no realization or indication he is actually talking about himself.
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:20 AM
Saturday

johnnyfins

(3,927 posts)
15. What a dick
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:52 AM
Saturday

Talking to people in the Villages. Basically telling them that they are stupid if they have trouble with a cognitive exam.

Such disrespect.

DFW

(60,367 posts)
19. Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump! There's a big dangerous moron right here with us!
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:32 AM
Saturday

Trump: What? Where?

Aide: Right over there! I saw him clearly! Right there in that mirror!

(Trump goes over to the mirror)

Trump: He must be pretty quick on his feet. I’m looking, but the only one I see is me.

Aide: I guess you’re right.




debsy

(1,017 posts)
20. "We went through it for 4 years."
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:37 AM
Saturday

Exactly right: from January 20, 2017, through January 20, 2021.

What an imbecile!

Martin Eden

(15,826 posts)
21. Dunning-Kruger personified
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:44 AM
Saturday

Bragging that he passed a simple cognitive exam three times? Hell, doctors wouldn't administer that exam 3 times unless they thought it necessary.

He's got a 6th grade vocabulary, but his mental maturity is behind that curve.

patphil

(9,180 posts)
22. Stay tuned, he'll have MORON this later.
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:46 AM
Saturday

He's incredible. He isn't self aware enough to know when he's dissing himself.

samsingh

(18,466 posts)
24. honestly - it's a self own
Sat May 2, 2026, 12:02 PM
Saturday

george w bush did that as well in his acceptance speech where he said 'i was not elected' .... very long pause before he continued

kimbutgar

(27,465 posts)
25. What's sad is these people were basically insulted by him and they will still support him
Sat May 2, 2026, 12:03 PM
Saturday

I would have walked out of that rally .

SergeStorms

(20,757 posts)
27. That's The Villages for you.
Sat May 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
Saturday

When I retired, I looked into buying a place there, but after seeing the prices they wanted for almost nothing and taking in the current residents who lived there, I got in the car and fled.
After living in blood-red Florida for 3 years I fled the state as well. The culture shock was too much to take. I'd finally found something to which I couldn't adapt.

SergeStorms

(20,757 posts)
40. I had to find out for myself.
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:17 PM
Saturday

This was 26 years ago, BTW. Things in The Villages are even worse now, although I've read that there is a Democratic contingent in place now. They probably get their houses egged and crosses burned in their yards quite often, though.

I visited many people in Florida over the years prior to my retirement, and thought it would be a great place to dodge upstate New York winters, but visiting there and living there are diametrically opposed. I'll just put a few more layers of clothing on and stick it out in New York, thank you. 😉

Wednesdays

(22,998 posts)
41. And, to think...
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
Saturday

Florida was a purplish, even bluish state 30 years ago (as was Ohio). Long gone are those days.

Gum Logger

(413 posts)
49. The Dems did not address the election of Obama blowback
Sat May 2, 2026, 05:39 PM
Saturday

They were too lazy to realize they were dealing with a 4 alarm emergency

SergeStorms

(20,757 posts)
54. And both states....
Sat May 2, 2026, 06:23 PM
Saturday

were far better off when they were.

Florida politics have always been a cesspool of graft, payoffs, and shady dealings, even under the Dixiecrats. If the citizens of Florida only cared enough to find out what's really going on in Tallahassee.

wnylib

(26,342 posts)
42. My ex's brother and SIL retired to the Villages.
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:45 PM
Saturday

His brother is deceased now but his SIL is still living there. She loves it. But I'm not surprised by that.

Back during the Civil Rights movement in the 60s and 70s, she researched emigration to Australia because she heard that they only accepted White immigrants. Her husband told her that Australia has Black Indigenous people so she lost interest.

Her sister's husband had a half Vietnamese daughter from his service time there before he was married. The girl had tracked him down and contacted him. Her mother was not in her life for reasons I don't remember. He confirmed that she was his daughter and then wanted his wife to adopt her and make her part of the family in the US. His wife was OK with it, but the wife's sister (my ex's SIL) told her that she should oppose the adoption. The SIL actually said, "That girl doesn't need an American family. She's probably got special privileges right where she is because she's half American. She's just looking for money because she thinks all Americans are rich."

But of course the opposite was true. The US had not yet left Vietnam at the time and being half American was a liability to her, not a privilege. She needed a stable, safe environment. Her Americsn father and his wife wanted to do the right thing by her.

So that SIL of my ex is right at home in the Villages as an enthusiastic MAGA.


wnylib

(26,342 posts)
45. But the ex's SIL did not know that. She was looking for
Sat May 2, 2026, 03:12 PM
Saturday

a country of Whites where English was spoken so she would not have to learn another language.

SergeStorms

(20,757 posts)
50. It sounds like.....
Sat May 2, 2026, 06:15 PM
Saturday

she'd be a candidate for the HOA if they actually allowed women to hold such positions. 😉

I'm sure they allow women to hold office, but certainly only white women.

It certainly wasn't the place for me, that's for sure.

IronLionZion

(51,501 posts)
43. It still amazes me how anyone still goes to his rallies
Sat May 2, 2026, 02:07 PM
Saturday

or why he even has rallies just to spew nonsense and insult people.

 

Smokster

(65 posts)
34. Trump is living in people's heads 24/7.
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:05 PM
Saturday

Not a good thing in my opinion. Trump thrives on the 24/7 attention. Take that away and he becomes nothing but an irrelevant bloviator and a pitiful circus clown. For a decade now, his opposition have been feeding into and playing Trump's game. Just the way he wants it. In fairness, ignoring the ridiculous clown and his antics isn't easy, but without the attention he feeds on he's nothing but a corrupt and lying big mouth of the dime a dozen variety.

“Good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.”

--Trump


Dave Id

(314 posts)
37. Well Donald
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:12 PM
Saturday

you're living proof a moron doesn't know they're a moron. Think about that for a moment.

Wednesdays

(22,998 posts)
38. That background: "No tax on Social Security"
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:16 PM
Saturday

That's a nice thought.

Hell would freeze over before Repug legislators actually vote for it.

struggle4progress

(126,590 posts)
57. H.L. Mencken:
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:24 PM
Saturday

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

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