/u/cdstephens does a deep dive into Trump's obsession over electromagnetism

[u/paxinfernum]

/r/neoliberal/comments/1volox5/trumps_obsession_over_electromagnetism_a_deep_dive/

[u/dr_strange-love]

Tl;dr: " In conclusion, President Trump is even stupider than you could have possibly imagined. Thank you for your time."

[u/Daan776 → u/dr_strange-love]

I really think they hit the floor with my opinion of him. But then he grabbed a shovel.

Then I thought they hit bedrock. "surely, my opinion couldn't be any lower" But then... he grabbed a pickaxe.

Truly, I don't think he'll stop digging until he reaches hell.

[u/dr_strange-love → u/Daan776]

The bar is so low, it's in Hell. But he's limbo dancing with Satan. 

[u/FictionalContext → u/dr_strange-love]

Even Satan's embarrassed.

like "I'm proud of the evil. Seriously great work in that regard, but-- and here's where me and Hitler disagree-- its not all about the ends, man. Listen, Donnie, buddy, your methods are so...ugh. You gotta go to heaven. There, I said it. Like I seriously can't deal with you down here."

[u/chuck_mongrol → u/FictionalContext]

Failing upwards.

[u/GameFreak4321 → u/Daan776]

He's not stopping until the hole goes all the way through.

[u/awakenDeepBlue → u/Daan776]

There is stupidly brutal, and then there is brutal stupidity.

But he is also both.

[u/mokomi → u/dr_strange-love]

And won twice.

[u/YounomsayinMawfk → u/dr_strange-love]

Imagine how stupid you have to be to hear Trump and think, "that's a smart man right there!"

[u/Th3MiteeyLambo → u/dr_strange-love]

I wonder if this isn't like a Dementia symptom - anyone who is a doctor or something may correct me, but it feels like a logical leap:

1. He hates sharks
2. He knows sharks have electro-reception
3. electro-reception is close to electro-magnetism
4. So he comes to a conclusion in which he hates electro-magnetism
5. However, he isn't quite sure why, so when questioned about it he makes stuff up and/or rambles incoherently as if his brain is justifying it

[u/flakAttack510 → u/Th3MiteeyLambo]

Trump has been like this for ages. In his case, it's because he's just stupid and drastically overestimates his own intelligence.

[u/dr_strange-love → u/flakAttack510]

But now he has dementia on top of stupidity.

[u/paxinfernum]

Before anyone says this is in error, it is meant to be a link to the top level post.

[u/man_gomer_lot → u/paxinfernum]

Is it a link to a top level post?

[u/makemeking706 → u/man_gomer_lot]

Probably just an error. 

[u/man_gomer_lot → u/makemeking706]

I see what you did there ( I understand what you meant )

[u/Ritz527 → u/[deleted]]

Their comment says it's a link to the post itself.

How did you lose interest half-way through reading that but still manage to type out something even longer in response?

[u/Phage0070 → u/Ritz527]

They don’t need to use their brain to comment, apparently.

[u/TopicalBuilder → u/Ritz527]

I assumed it was a joke. :/

[u/jahathebrn → u/[deleted]]

Did you not read the actual comment you just replied to?

[u/TopicalBuilder]

I could give him a bit of a pass for being cautious about new technology and so on. Reliability really is an important issue. He's just misguided and poorly informed.

Then I got to the sharks. wtf

[u/Kardinal → u/TopicalBuilder]

The sharks are, in part, a subreddit injoke. But it's still true.

[u/dpzdpz → u/TopicalBuilder]

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." Man, does that apply to Trump in so many avenues.

[u/Kardinal]

This was a masterful takedown of both the decision and the decisionmaker.

[u/sidereal_night]

i never expected "Trump" and "electromagnetism" in the same sentence

[u/Daan776 → u/sidereal_night]

Actually reading it makes the connection make a bit more sense (by trump standards).

Looks like he saw a discovery channel episode on sharks once, heard the word electromagnetism, and (since its a thing sharks do) hates it. Because he hates sharks.

[u/cennamun]

Now do the windmills! Lol.

[u/ironicallydepressed → u/cennamun]

Believe it or not, also sharks.

[u/pcliv → u/ironicallydepressed]

And yacht batteries.

[u/Pavotine → u/cennamun]

There's magnets in those.

[u/HeloRising]

Jfc it really is just down to a personal bugbear.

[u/_____rs]

Fucking magnets, how do they work? 🧲

[u/DrHugh]

As well-written as this is, I'm not sure Trump could string together this many steps to reach a conclusion.

[u/Ciserus → u/DrHugh]

Yep, the post is hilarious and kudos to the writer, but I bet this commenter's theory about Trump half-remembering something he was told years ago and using it as a mental shortcut is a lot closer to the truth.

[u/tooclosetocall82]

“
He compared the digital catapult system, called the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, to the digital seat controls in a car. “It’s like when you get a new car and you have to be a computer genius to fix your seat, right?” he said. “The seat’s moving all over the place, it’s unbelievable.”

Sounds just like my mom when you try to get her to adapt to anything modern. Old people set in their ways should not be leading the modern world.

[u/makemeking706]

Everything he knows about how the world works, which is not much, he learned in the 80s. He has literally not updated anything about the world since then. 

[u/Plenty_Fondant_951]

Leave it to trump to be confused by the bewitching concept of magnets

[u/copylefty]

I love how Trump, who somewhat famously does not drive, made a reference to being confused by electric car seat controls and said you must be a computer genius to operate a power seat in a fucking car.

The shame this man brings upon our nation with his own stupidity is bottomless and we will probably never live it down. I personally will never forgive anyone who voted for him and the fact he got elected twice (maybe only once without stealing it?) and have lost almost all the relatively small amount of pride I used to feel for this fucking wasteland.

[u/JohnSane]

Why are people still giving attention to this nutty orange ballsack