Trump mocks MAGA seniors to their faces
Source: Raw Story
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President Donald Trump bragged that he is "young" and "vibrant" compared to the residents of The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday. "I don't happen to be a senior," said the 79-year-old president. "I'm much younger than you. I'm a much younger man than you. Look at you old guys. Wouldn't you like to be my age? Young, vital, vibrant."
Trump then went on to brag about his performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, which is a screening test for dementia in the elderly suggesting many of his supporters in attendance probably couldn't have done as well as he did, and taking a jab at former President Barack Obama.
"I took three of them," said Trump. "I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I dont think Obama could pass it. Didn't he get into Harvard with a C average? The first question is a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. A lot of you wouldnt have been able to answer those questions."
Trump's conspiracy theories about Obama's academic records date back over a decade. In reality, Obama's biographer David Maraniss has said he had a respectably high 3.7 grade point average before getting into Harvard Law School.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/trump-mocks-maga-seniors-to-their-faces/ar-AA22cowh
johnnyfins
(3,923 posts)like when he brags about the whole cognitive test thing, right? Seriously. I think he does know. He just knows that the press will report it and he can use it to deflect from real issues. It HAS to be that.
He CANT be that dumb.
Irish_Dem
(82,030 posts)It is a mental illness.
rampartd
(4,822 posts)is he doing a stand up routine to a 24/7 cyberspace laugh track?
he seems to regard colbert and kimmel as competitors, but even in the "insult comic" category, triumph the dog has a leg up on him.
thesquanderer
(13,078 posts)Last edited Sat May 2, 2026, 01:01 PM - Edit history (1)
..,that his sense of humor is always at others' expense. This is just another example of humor that is belittling of others and self aggrandizing.
Here's the clip:
Link to tweet
He does have a natural charisma (you don't become a TV host without it), and knows how to work a room (when he's not trying to stick to a teleprompter with text he can neither properly read nor understand).
The headline was clickbait (as raw story can do), he's not even "seriously" mocking them... he's joking with them and they're eating it up. (Honestly, I wouldn't even call this "news," late breaking or otherwise!)
niyad
(133,594 posts)humour, it is cruelty. He does not make jokes. He meant every word he said to those people, because he really believes what he says about himself.
thesquanderer
(13,078 posts)niyad
(133,594 posts)thesquanderer
(13,078 posts)... it doesn't really make sense to judge it, IMO. (i.e. where you said "He meant every word he said to those people" ) He knows he's the same age as they are. He even jokes about that at the end, saying that now there will be reports that he actually thinks he's younger than they are.
About the only thing I think he may have any self-awareness about is that he's getting old.
PatSeg
(53,361 posts)as if he's joking, but he usually is saying what he really means. Then when he is criticized about it later, he says, "I was just kidding. Can't you take a joke?" It is a common Trump tactic.
niyad
(133,594 posts)PatSeg
(53,361 posts)he keeps getting away with these lame tactics over and over again.
Narcissists are notorious for not having a real sense of humor, but they are very adept at using their version of humor to belittle others. People may think that narcissists are very self-secure, but in reality they have really low self-esteem which is why they have to put others down to make themselves feel superior.
BumRushDaShow
(171,450 posts)ˈmäk ˈmȯk
mocked; mocking; mocks
Synonyms of mock
transitive verb
1: to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
Men mock the gods until they need them Leigh Bardugo
2: to disappoint the hopes of
for any government to mock men's hopes with mere words and promises and gestures. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3: defy, challenge
the unstable, strange new world of subatomic particles that mock all attempts at understanding. Philip Howard
4 a: to imitate (someone or something) closely : mimic
a mockingbird was mocking a cardinal. Nelson Hayes
b: to mimic in sport or derision
followed the old man along the street mocking his gait
intransitive verb
: jeer, scoff
She mocked at his piety as affectation Ferdinand Schevill
mocker noun
mockingly ˈmä-kiŋ-lē ˈmȯ-
adverb
mock 2 of 4 noun
1: an act of ridicule or derision : jeer
2: one that is an object of derision or scorn
3: mockery
4
a: an act of imitation
b: something made as an imitation
mock 3 of 4 adjective
1: not based on real or honest feelings : feigned
We opened our mouths in mock surprise.
2: done, performed, or created to look genuine : simulated
a mock trial
a group of history buffs engaging in mock battles
mock 4 of 4 adverb
: in an insincere or counterfeit manner
usually used in combination
mock-serious
Instead of manufacturing outrage at the source, why not just get a dictionary and look up the definitions of the word?
thesquanderer
(13,078 posts)You highlighted the adjective and adverb usage (usages 3 and 4), whereas the usage in the headline is a verb (usage 1).
BumRushDaShow
(171,450 posts)because what I highlighted is exactly how YOU were describing as his so-called "humor". But keep trying.
thesquanderer
(13,078 posts)further conversation of what the headline writer meant is pointless.
The meaning/intent of a word definitely CAN change depending on that usage. Feel free to keep digging. I'm moving on.
BumRushDaShow
(171,450 posts)but since you insisted that he was somehow trying to be (fake/insincere) "comedic" (adjective), then I gave you a whole plethora of definitions of "mock" including one that mentions that "fake", which is what "comedians" often are - they "role play" and every damn day, that ilk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue does just that, because he is locked in on always "being on teevee".
But WHOOSH!
William Seger
(12,526 posts)pat_k
(13,728 posts)As I posted elsewhere, the audience reaction is incredibly depressing.
I just don't f-ing get it. Nate White, speaking on behalf of his fellow brits, also speaks for me.
https://thehobbledehoy.com/tag/nate-white/
I dont say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever.
And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, its a fact. He doesnt even seem to understand what a joke is his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesnt just talk in crude, witless insults he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. Its all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.
Well, we dont. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.
Irish_Dem
(82,030 posts)He is the best at everything. This is what he thinks.
niyad
(133,594 posts)Hey Joe
(743 posts)for morons.
Its really all he has.
Harker
(18,033 posts)ShazzieB
(22,797 posts)Or rather, THAT narcissistic. Combine delusions about his importance and his superiority to all other humans with a complete and utter lack of self awareness, and you get a narcissisticmess. Throw in dementia and you have a narcissistic mess with no filter and no impulse control. Good times!
Escurumbele
(4,104 posts)actions reveal that he is a total buffoon. I do believe he thinks he is funny, witty, smart, and all those good things that most people take for granted because they don't have to pretend, or force themselves to be liked, this buffoon spends all day trying to be liked without noticing what a fool he is, and that is his anger towards people.
Something his donors and brown-nosers do not seem to understand is that he hates them too. The best part is that he has to live knowing Melina despises him, that she is there only for the money and because Putin ordered her to seduce him, and to merry him, being who she is she gladly had sex with him, then told a tabloid "it was the best sex I have ever had", just to merry him, but then again, not that trump got a bargain with Melania either.
barbtries
(31,330 posts)though it may not be total stupidity, he is deranged, depraved, and demented, and he cannot face it, acknowledge it, or even believe it. It's more pathology than idiocy imo.
Lokee11
(413 posts)He is absolutely that dumb -
That Orange MotherFucker is the DUMBEST ASSHOLE to ever walk this planet!!!!
✊FDT!
Cha
(320,140 posts)That makes him Dumber than Shit. :nuike:
Chasstev365
(8,025 posts)Last edited Sat May 2, 2026, 09:23 AM - Edit history (1)
Anyone who stills shows up for Trump rallies is a special kind of stupid.
llmart
(17,698 posts)He most certainly is "appalling".
Chasstev365
(8,025 posts)nuxvomica
(14,166 posts)I wish the article had mentioned that, instead of just comparing 3.7 to C.
yardwork
(69,520 posts)In their reporting, the Black man had a "respectable 3.7."
3Hotdogs
(15,484 posts)Last edited Sat May 2, 2026, 09:10 AM - Edit history (1)
Giraffe. That's a hard one. Giraffe words got two parts to it - jur and aff - aff rimes with ass so I might have gotten that.
Me: Yer ass, I got it wron
Oh ass, rimes with giraffe. You were giving me a clue.
Goonch
(5,453 posts)
Deep State Witch
(12,746 posts)Sucking up his BS like it was candy. People who don't care about anything except themselves.
Grim Chieftain
(1,941 posts)But seriously, every day he demonstrates his mental defect. I don't know what it would take to get this idiot out of office.
IronLionZion
(51,491 posts)He does so well on the dementia test that his doctors keep making him take more tests.
3Hotdogs
(15,484 posts)Last time, it was man, teevee, woman and some other words.
This time it was bear, giraffe and some other words. But he fooled em and got em right.
orleans
(37,121 posts)it was person, man, woman, camera, tv
five words he was supposed to remember
the animal crap was pictures of animals he was supposed to identify
but we're just splitting hairs because we both know he's fucking nuts!
3Hotdogs
(15,484 posts)instead of American pictures like dogs, cats and horses and he still got 'em right. I bet those old farts in Florida couldn't get a one of 'em right.
AZ8theist
(7,547 posts)That he made up the "man, woman,TV" etc., words since those things were right in front of him at the time of that interview.
In other words, he couldn't remember what the actual test contained, so he just bullshitted.
Texin
(2,860 posts)Rebl2
(17,893 posts)to see if it was. Of course we will never hear about what he said on national news.
Texin
(2,860 posts)Talitha
(8,118 posts)Umm.... there's a reason, fatass.
Rebl2
(17,893 posts)those in attendance felt about those insults? Would be interesting to interview some of those in attendance to hear their thoughts on his so called speech.
ratchiweenie
(8,232 posts)Rebl2
(17,893 posts)watch the video until after I posted this. Yep, they were hee hawing it up🙄
GreenWave
(12,739 posts)Omaha Steve
(109,709 posts)It was at the State Party convention. He bragged about how smart Obama was.
OS
Polybius
(22,051 posts)The room erupted with laughter. Bizzarro world indeed.
orleans
(37,121 posts)that photo leads me to believe
1. they would've loved anything he said to them
2. maybe trump was right -- maybe they wouldn't have been able to pass those cog. tests.
niyad
(133,594 posts)orleans
(37,121 posts)patphil
(9,175 posts)Stay tuned, there'll be MORON this later.
City Lights
(25,985 posts)gets no sympathy from me.
sakabatou
(46,240 posts)Zambero
(10,026 posts)would shake out as a Village Idiot!!
Blue Owl
(59,471 posts)He keeled over and dropped like the fat sack of shit he is
Beartracks
(14,633 posts)But he doesn't know that... because of his cognitive decline.
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twodogsbarking
(19,184 posts)YoshidaYui
(45,610 posts)he can shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
oldsoldierfadingfast
(353 posts)I, for one, am older than you; as are many of others and we don't have to wear Depends.
Have you ever thought about wearing a pair over your mouth as the shi, uh, 'stuff' coming from there seems to be the same 'stuff' as that coming from your other end?
kimbutgar
(27,453 posts)His magaloons are such idiots!
Xipe Totec
(44,576 posts)pat_k
(13,728 posts)It's pretty clear he is talking about the MoCA. And he doesn't even report the animals right.
More:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21213681
LudwigPastorius
(14,914 posts)He's too stupid to know that isn't exactly something to brag about.