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Miles Archer

(23,671 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:15 AM Yesterday

Grampy: " What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is. Who the hell wrote that?"

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-17T01:17:55.652Z
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Grampy: " What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is. Who the hell wrote that?" (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
The mental decline is speeding up ornotna Yesterday #1
When does the physical decline catch-up? nt newdeal2 22 hrs ago #9
UNFORTUNATELY (in this case) that usually takes MUCH longer. Maru Kitteh 21 hrs ago #14
So he doesn't read through his speeches first he just goes out there and says whatever they tell him to? Walleye 23 hrs ago #2
That's a mistranscription that's been spread widely, and makes even less sense than Trump usually does Emrys 23 hrs ago #3
I've never heard of a quarter store... (I had to look it up...Yes, I've been to thrift stores) LeftInTX 22 hrs ago #8
There's a million of them in NYC newdeal2 22 hrs ago #10
And the next mysterious for the oblivious term will be... Zambero 23 hrs ago #4
He is married to a strip moll, so he certainly will be confused displacedvermoter 23 hrs ago #5
Name the... Lion, Rhinoceros, Corner Store. C_U_L8R 22 hrs ago #6
He has no idea what ordinary, daily life is like for most Americans (or most people). He pays to have everything done .. eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #7
Exactly. MineralMan 22 hrs ago #11
To add edhopper 22 hrs ago #12
He's more into corner ballrooms. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 22 hrs ago #13
MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #15
The only New Yorker who never was in a bodega Maeve 19 hrs ago #16

Maru Kitteh

(31,858 posts)
14. UNFORTUNATELY (in this case) that usually takes MUCH longer.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:43 AM
21 hrs ago

Our best hope in this case is his much-abused circulatory system. I’m certain he’s had at least one stroke. He has obvious, documented peripheral circulatory disease. He probably eats a Filet O Fish every day because they told him he needs to eat more fish.

Walleye

(45,072 posts)
2. So he doesn't read through his speeches first he just goes out there and says whatever they tell him to?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:27 AM
23 hrs ago

I always suspected he didn’t listen to himself, but now we know he has no idea what’s coming out of his mouth

Emrys

(9,166 posts)
3. That's a mistranscription that's been spread widely, and makes even less sense than Trump usually does
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:43 AM
23 hrs ago

Trump actually says:

What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a quarter store is but I've never heard it described--a corner store.


So yes, he has no idea what a corner store is.

LeftInTX

(34,545 posts)
8. I've never heard of a quarter store... (I had to look it up...Yes, I've been to thrift stores)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:33 AM
22 hrs ago

I guess Trump has never had the privilege of going to 7-11

newdeal2

(5,496 posts)
10. There's a million of them in NYC
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:46 AM
22 hrs ago

But he never leaves his gilded penthouse or limo so he wouldn’t know.

Zambero

(10,004 posts)
4. And the next mysterious for the oblivious term will be...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:47 AM
23 hrs ago

Strip Mall?? Who the hell wrote that one?!?

eppur_se_muova

(42,098 posts)
7. He has no idea what ordinary, daily life is like for most Americans (or most people). He pays to have everything done ..
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:31 AM
22 hrs ago

for him, including prep and delivery of every meal, every article of clothing, every stick of furniture, every tacky simulated gold-plated wall applique. He doesn't live in a bubble, he lives in a crypt. At least it makes for a short trip when the time comes.

Remember the famous "Diet Coke button" on his desk ? He probably couldn't tell you where Diet Coke comes from to save his life.

MineralMan

(151,402 posts)
11. Exactly.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:53 AM
22 hrs ago

He has not experienced anything like a typical life. Not to know what a corner store is means he has no experience of life n a typical city neighborhood.

Many of the corner stores that used to exist are closed now, but in some cities, they remain the heart of commerce in people's real lives. In suburban America, they have been replaced by the convenience stores at gas stations, though.

In the cordoned-off high end residential areas, the corner store neve existed. People had servants to do the shopping.

edhopper

(37,395 posts)
12. To add
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:01 AM
22 hrs ago

it is a very New York thing. "Going to the Corner Store for milk"
Use to be "Going to the Corner Store for smokes."

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,616 posts)
15. MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:40 PM
19 hrs ago

The president can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns. “Corner store,” however, left him badly confused.

Baffled by his own ‘corner store’ reference, Trump’s problems with groceries persist - MS NOW apple.news/AA6gvd1eLRIe...

(@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:18:20.401Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-corner-store-las-vegas-ballroom

As The New York Times noted, the president ran into fresh trouble during an event in Las Vegas on the economy.

Trump was touting tax cuts for small businesses when he came across the term ‘corner store’ as he read off prepared remarks. ‘What is a corner store? I’ve never heard that term. I know what a corner store is, but I’ve never heard it described a corner store,’ said Trump. He looked up sharply and said, ‘Who the hell wrote that?’


Evidently, he didn’t familiarize himself with the text that someone else had written for him ahead of the event.

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-17T01:17:55.652Z


After years of struggling with this issue, it’s amazing he hasn’t yet familiarized himself with the basics. Early in his first term, for example, Trump insisted that consumers need to show identification while buying groceries, including cereal and bread. (None of this was true.),,,

In his second term, his approach to the issue has grown weirder, to the point that he even began characterizing “groceries” as an exotic word last year.

“It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term: ‘groceries,’” Trump said last April, as if he were introducing the public to foreign terminology. “It says ‘a bag with different things in it.’”....

But his remarks in Las Vegas managed to break new ground. Trump, who used to live in a gold tower in Manhattan, and who now splits his time between a presidential mansion and a glorified country club in Florida, can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns, but confronted with the words “corner store,” he was utterly baffled.
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