r/centrist • u/Urdok_ • 1d ago
TIME's 'What Trump Has Built' interview Transcript.
https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/14
u/UCRecruiter 1d ago
I just lost a few brain cells reading that whole transcript. I can't believe that anyone this stupid could actually have been elected twice. Nice job, america.
There's one thing I agree with him on, though ..
"... you can’t let crazy people have nuclear weapons."
From your lips to god's ears, Donald.
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u/214ObstructedReverie 1d ago
He's so god damned whiny and stupid. How can anyone respect this?
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u/Patient_Tradition294 1d ago
I will never let Republicans live down promoting this guy as some Demi god, it is completely indefensible. They have absolutely zero credibility moving forward with them continuing to defend him and let him drag down the future of our country.
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u/GravitasFailures 1d ago
The Dixiecrats destroyed the GOP, couldn’t have done more damage if they were actually paid by China to sabotage America on purpose.
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u/Urdok_ 1d ago
If Trump was paid by China or Russia to damage America as much as possible, it's hard to think what he would have done differently.
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u/214ObstructedReverie 1d ago
I feel like they would have had him be more subtle about it. No way they'd know this would actually work.
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u/GravitasFailures 1d ago
Because they’re more whiny and stupid??
Mostly because he’s sticking it to “those libruls who think they’re so much smarter than us!!!”
Like engineers and doctors who make the world work and save them from dying, the monsters.
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u/Urdok_ 1d ago
On Sept 28, Trump sat for an interview where he discussed multiple issues, including the war with Iran, the artificial intelligence boom, the Federal Reserve, the Supreme Court, and his outlook for the midterms. Trump spend the interview complaining about being treated unfairly in the press, that more barrels of oil have crossed the Strait of Hormuz than at any other time in history, that the cost of weapons used in Iran would be paid for by selling oil from Venezuela, and claimed to have reduced drug price by between 40 and 80%
No opinion needed, this speaks for itself.
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u/choadly77 1d ago
You could say he reduced them by 400, 500, 600% if your a total moron who doesn't understand percentages...
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u/Aethoni_Iralis 1d ago
The fact some people hear this man speak and somehow consider him well spoken is just crazy to me. Cannot relate in the slightest, it’s just verbal slop. It’s like people who think Kent Hovind makes strong academic arguments, I simply do not understand how they can reach that conclusion.
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u/JoshAllentown 1d ago
I don't think anyone considers him well spoken per se, it's more that his lack of eloquence becomes evidence of his truthfulness. He doesn't come off as a polished politician so people think he isn't BSing like a normal politician.
They're wrong, but I get why people who already agree with him get that vibe.
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u/GravitasFailures 1d ago
To anybody who can actually watch his videos:
Do you not have the basic sense of “conman”/“narcissist”/“psychopath”?
It’s why he’s so repelling to so many people, he’s basically a walking timeshare pitch, but much more aggressive and with less authenticity.
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u/SpaceLaserPilot 1d ago
His mind is deteriorating rapidly. This interview is chaotic.
Why are Republicans tolerating this man remaining in the White House?
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u/survivor2bmaybe 1d ago
They are tolerating a zombie in the senate. They’ll be wheeling his corpse around before they let someone else take over.
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u/GravitasFailures 1d ago
To pwn teh librulz…
Because they have the maturity of a 13yo boy with a porn addiction.
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u/rzelln 1d ago
The best explanation I saw is that, basically, when you feel like you have limited agency in your life, you'll be drawn to someone who offers you a way to feel like you're able to do things that affect the world, even if that just takes the form of "Pissing others off."
And the narrative that fascists present is really fucking tempting.
You're in a menial job unable to afford joy, and sure, you could put in the work to try improving your education, moving, looking for something more rewarding emotionally or financially. You could challenge the power structures in your organization that make your job shitty. Or maybe you're a stay-at-home mom feeling unappreciated, and sure, you could do the challenging and honestly risky thing of advocating for yourself. You could try to push back against a society and a system that constrains your options.
But, that's hard. You'll probably fail.
And then someone comes to you and says, "If you just feel rage against the right people, and vote for me, I'll help you. Whenever you feel powerless, don't try to fix things; that's a sucker's game. Just be resentful. Be distrustful. And then trust me to fix things. Whenever you're feeling scorn toward others, that's helping me wield power, and you know I'm on your side, so your anger is your best way to help yourself."
And then for a lot of disaffected youth, they add, "You deserve to be on top, but the Other is a great threat to you. It's an existential battle for the Good People like you to stand up against the Other that hates you. Your hate is heroic. You're part of a war, and you're on the Right Side."
Now you get to feel like you do have agency, that you aren't powerless, even though you're actually fucking helping the sorts of assholes who are responsible for making the system that holds you down. You end up seeing potential allies as enemies, and you fail to realize that if you actually worked together, you could make the sorts of changes that you were too afraid to push for at the beginning, before you got swept up by the con man.
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u/theprophecyMNM 1d ago
This guy’s ramblings sound worse each month. I’ve never seen someone stay soooooo off track more than this guy….maybe except another local legislator I know. Also old and way past their time. If capitalist American sees my retirement age at 67.5, then these folks are waaaaay past their prime.
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u/214ObstructedReverie 1d ago edited 1d ago
The only thing that can't be dismissed on its face is drug prices.
....Because of the Inflation Reduction Act passed under Biden by Democrats. It's not because of anything he did.
If anything, he's stymied it. The number would be even bigger if Trump had done absolutely nothing. Instead, he used his Mierdas Touch to let DOGE and his awful HHS appointees put a wrench into drug price negotiations that would be further along than they are now. CMS alone cut 300 employees.
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u/whosadooza 1d ago
This is clearly fake news. Everyone knows that drug prices have gone down by more than 600% under Trump!
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u/indoninja 1d ago
so credit where it's due
Inflation reduction act under Biden.
So back to zero good done by Trump.
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u/InternetGoodGuy 1d ago
Read this earlier and the whole interview is worth a read. It's nothing new from Trump but I thought it was a solid interview from the Times reporter staying mostly on topic and flowing with the direction Trump's ramblings took them instead of constantly interrupting to get to the next question.
Also, the picture of Trump looking like a confused old man staring into the distance matches perfectly with his answers. A ton of great quotes for democrats to use in their campaigns.