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Irish_Dem

(81,789 posts)
77. Two things: Dementia and his entire life with servants.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:56 PM
21 hrs ago

The idea of shopping and stores are foreign to him.

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He says he knows what a quarter store is. What is that? Irish_Dem Yesterday #1
Maybe an inflated "Five and Dime"?? bucolic_frolic Yesterday #5
This is what I think. He was thinking Five and Dime. Irish_Dem Yesterday #21
Maybe he was trying to picture an office with wnylib Yesterday #51
He would probably think a store in one corner of the room is a gift shop? Irish_Dem Yesterday #53
But he's a man of the people... COL Mustard 16 hrs ago #97
He is a man of the crime syndicate people. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #98
I'm a few years younger than Chump, and I remember "dime stores" from the 1950s FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #75
Two things: Dementia and his entire life with servants. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #77
We called it the 10 cent store in the mid-50s, in the Pac. NW. Dixiegrrrl 18 hrs ago #91
Mr. ShitsInHisPants is part of the privileged elite. magicarpet 21 hrs ago #80
Yes steals, not shops. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #81
Indeed.. Stealing is the source of all his acquisitions. He has little need to go shopping like regular folk.. magicarpet 20 hrs ago #82
He basically takes what he wants. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #83
And THAT'S the part I seriously don't understand. calimary 8 hrs ago #115
Yes it is no longer about Trump at all. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #116
That must be it. LisaM Yesterday #49
Yeah, but in the 1950's when he grew up, corner stores were ubiquitous. Wednesdays 22 hrs ago #68
He probably... GiqueCee Yesterday #25
Good point, he thought people were saying "quarter" and never realized anything different. Irish_Dem Yesterday #28
Sadly... GiqueCee Yesterday #30
Outstanding! displacedvermoter Yesterday #40
A high end five and dime? displacedvermoter Yesterday #38
Maybe it is a kinky sex shop? Irish_Dem Yesterday #45
Peep Show! BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #60
Exactly what he means. Peep shown for a quarter. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #63
It's where you buy bitcoins and other types of rare coins. ECL213 Yesterday #43
A coiner store, that's the ticket! yorkster Yesterday #47
Anybody who still believes he is cognitively okay BlueKota 21 hrs ago #71
Most people don't seem to care. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #73
There are Dollar Stores. TomSlick 14 hrs ago #105
Yes, but his associations are so loose and tangential. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #106
Only heaven knows what what is rattling around in what might have once been his brain. TomSlick 14 hrs ago #107
Whatever is rattling around is not good. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #108
Next time, try Bodega C_U_L8R Yesterday #2
Too ethic. Squaredeal Yesterday #17
There isn't one damn ounce of ethics in anything he says... sarchasm Yesterday #46
And we know he's ethically challenged. yorkster Yesterday #48
"Corner store" is a term that's likely 150 years old bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3
He is so completely out of touch with the folks that pay for all the fun he is having. Trueblue Texan Yesterday #24
The Orange Anus... GiqueCee Yesterday #29
Haha we still say green grocer róisín_dubh 8 hrs ago #114
We only have a supermarket... GiqueCee 1 hr ago #117
And he's from NYC, probably the place with more corner stores than anywhere else. AKA grocery stores. (n/t) thesquanderer Yesterday #33
f you''ve driven through his neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens... there are no corners stores. 3Hotdogs Yesterday #42
There are Corner Stores in Douglaston, Queens were it was dumped. dave99 23 hrs ago #58
A corner store is, obviously, a store that sells corners. D'uh! Intractable Yesterday #4
Really frustrating to get trapped into a corner store. Onthefly Yesterday #9
Oh no, I have painted myself into a corner store. ECL213 Yesterday #44
You really got yourself in a pickle barrel. Onthefly 19 hrs ago #86
Wrong. It is a store that Bluetus Yesterday #32
He is demented Blues Heron Yesterday #6
This phrase is so ingrained EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #7
He's a man of the people. Harker Yesterday #8
Perfect twodogsbarking Yesterday #14
"These are simple folk. The salt of the earth.., Squaredeal Yesterday #18
Welll. It's true as he's been bribed by many people and blackmailed many people. cstanleytech 23 hrs ago #65
Yes, he's also man of the people who give him what he wants. Harker 23 hrs ago #67
Just proudly showing off his ignorance. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #10
Its like a corner B2 bomber, except its a store Blues Heron Yesterday #11
The man is an imbecile. Ray Bruns Yesterday #12
"Twelve million small "FLIERS" paid ...... AZ8theist Yesterday #13
Not long ago Trump said the same about groceries!! riversedge Yesterday #15
FYI, he also doesn't know what a "days work" means or feels like. Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #16
He's never heard of frogmarch Yesterday #19
"Says a lot about the ignorance of this country that there are millions of people who look at this decrepit lying sack o riversedge Yesterday #20
That is the dementia advancing Easterncedar Yesterday #22
Jesus, what an idiot. mwb970 Yesterday #23
Out of touch. Who could have guessed. AllyCat Yesterday #26
I think that was before everyone had a car Racygrandma Yesterday #27
He lacks inhibition, which often proves his ignorance. Martin Eden Yesterday #31
The only reason EuterpeThelo Yesterday #36
The cruelest punishment for Diaper Donald Martin Eden Yesterday #52
But EuterpeThelo 23 hrs ago #62
It seems he's getting worse. He has no inhibition anymore. BradBo Yesterday #41
He grew up mgardener Yesterday #34
I doubt he has ever set foot in any kind of store that sells groceries. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #35
The hero of the common MAGAt..... SergeStorms Yesterday #37
Holy crap he's an idiot. He proved it everyday. He has no filter anymore. BradBo Yesterday #39
He grew up in NYC...and Dems are out of touch JT45242 Yesterday #50
Out Of Touch Clouds Passing Yesterday #54
Someone please work the word "bodega" into his next speech. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #55
He'll flub that worse than the time he grunted "yo-smite... yo-sah-mite" (for Yosemite) QueerDuck Yesterday #56
I'm thinking "BAH-duh-gah." 3catwoman3 18 hrs ago #92
I like yours better than mine! That sounds about right. QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #93
I want to hear how he pronounces it IronLionZion 17 hrs ago #95
Tell the paranoid jerk the corner store is where people buy the National Enquirer Attilatheblond Yesterday #57
new yorkers call them "bodegas" rampartd 23 hrs ago #59
I can't stand Trump, yall know that, but I've never heard the term "corner store" before. Must be a regional term. raccoon 23 hrs ago #61
It's an "urban" term and he was born and raised in the most populated city in the U.S. BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #64
Outside of campaign photo ops, Wednesdays 23 hrs ago #66
How he became the man of working people is beyond me. nt City Lights 22 hrs ago #69
It's a store where they sell corners! Duh, everybody knows that. Rob H. 21 hrs ago #70
... eppur_se_muova 18 hrs ago #90
Ha! Love it nt Rob H. 12 hrs ago #111
Ficking moron. Martin68 21 hrs ago #72
MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist LetMyPeopleVote 21 hrs ago #74
It's like the Poppy Bush revelation BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #87
In a writing workshop, I reviewed works by college seniors nuxvomica 21 hrs ago #76
Plus, I don't think the idea of franchises had been invented by 1920 FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #79
This message was self-deleted by its author 3825-87867 21 hrs ago #78
Any thing he thinks, goes out the mouth tonekat 20 hrs ago #84
Just don't ask him what a quarter horse is. LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #85
Why is a person with such low menality young_at_heart 19 hrs ago #88
What a maroon! Danascot 18 hrs ago #89
It's where we purchase corners for buildings, of course. Unless it's a round building with no corners. IronLionZion 17 hrs ago #94
They're so freaking insanely rich they don't know the basics of shopping. SidneyR 17 hrs ago #96
JFC Lemon Lyman 16 hrs ago #99
Trump has probably never 'shopped' in a store for himself or anyone Dave Id 15 hrs ago #100
Does he know what a cornerback is? milestogo 15 hrs ago #101
Dumbass doesn't know thats where you get corners. nt doc03 15 hrs ago #102
I'll bet Jilly_in_VA 15 hrs ago #103
I wonder what he thinks Dollar Tree or Dollar General is? doc03 15 hrs ago #104
While I know what a corner store, I never heard of a quarter store Polybius 13 hrs ago #109
What I posted upthread - the "Peep Shows" BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #110
My Congressperson Jodey Arrington wrote TOBBBA! czarjak 11 hrs ago #112
a store that sells corners? AncientOfDays 9 hrs ago #113
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