Is this an example of trump's "wit"?

[senseandsensibility]

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Appearing at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference a few minutes ago, he said that the Founders mentioned the creator four times in the Declaration of Independence but did not mention him once. And he is very upset about that. Some may think this is a joke, but I think it's certainly possible that he meant this seriously. He seems to be in a very confused state.

The rest of the speech is setting up the strategy for the midterms which boils down to "DEMS ARE COMMUNUSTS!" and they will take away your religion. As he and other Rs began doing yesterday, they are going to use Mamdani's win in NY to tie all Dems to Communism and then lie about what that means to different interest groups. They will scare Christians, as he is doing now, by saying that Dems will outlaw religion. I'm sure they'll have other lies for other segments of their base.

Get ready to hear that word over and over. We should be able to come up with some good responses though.

[UpInArms]

1. Whenever anyone calls me a commie

I just call them jackbooted nazis

[pat_k]

2. He is a troll. Crowing or jeering, sure. But absolutely zero wit or humor.

From 2019
https://thehobbledehoy.com/tag/nate-white/

Someone on the question-and-answer website Quora asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind.

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.

I don’t 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, it’s a fact. He doesn’t 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 doesn’t 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. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

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I you haven't read the whole thing, it just gets better from there.

[sop]

3. He went from Democrats being "radical socialists" to "Godless communists" when Mamdani won.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Not surprised.

My father hollered at me that I was a “godless communist” on Christmas years ago. — just because I was reading a book on atheism.

[Walleye]

5. I hope Mayor Mamdani gets a lot of exposure between now and the midterms because he's really quite a likable

Genuine fellow. People take to him.

[orthoclad]

6. Faith is not freedom

"When you believe in things you don't understand, you suffer"
Stevie

I don't believe in things. I believe evidence.

People can believe in things on their own time, not mine. Otherwise it's oppression.

[31j20b3]

7. His DIMWIT is in evidence everyday. How does a person miss that?