Few things are more terrifying than Donald Trump in his own words
Donald Trump has left the UK but the stench (metaphorical, you understand) remains. Like this, taken from the so-called president’s interview with Piers Morgan aboard Air Force One.
It went viral because, well, have a read for yourself.
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States (HT @RorySmith) pic.twitter.com/us4S9ZWQCI
— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) July 15, 2018
Here are some of our favourite responses online as we try to make sense of it all. Or some of it. We’ll settle for anything right now.
1.
Ladies and gentlemen, the incomprehensibly embarrassing president of the United States.
pic.twitter.com/XfwG7U0VfP— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 15, 2018
2.
He is like the autocomplete feature on your phone but you're just holding it down until it makes a paragraph.
— Shadistotle (@TheShadedOne) July 15, 2018
3.
Is it too late to hold him back a grade?
— alpha male (@VisserSixx) July 15, 2018
4.
Based on past statements about what "people don't know" Trump had no idea those were the same country until this week. Think we could get a pool reporter to ask him to comment on the ongoing conflict between the Dutch, Holland, and the Netherlands?
— DaveLister (@jjs781) July 15, 2018
5.
“Uhhhh oh yeah OF COURSE I know England and the U.K. are not all the same thing. Haha obviously I know THAT. But, um, a lot of people, you know, don’t. And if those people were here, how, er, would you like explain the difference to them in really, really small words?”
— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) July 15, 2018
6.
I am glad I had product that you like
— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) July 15, 2018
7.
It’s because you live in England and also Great Britain and also the United Kingdom. I like people with multiple homes. You understand what I’m saying?
— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) July 15, 2018
8.
It makes addressing an envelope essentially impossible
— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) July 15, 2018
9.
On the plus side, we have amazing farm product
— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) July 15, 2018
10.
Manure, cows, pick your own strawberries: it is all great product
— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) July 15, 2018
11.
My dementia-befuddled father strings together more cogent sentences than ole cuntychops
— Giselle Maynard (@gisellemaynard2) July 15, 2018
12.
I have a lot of different names for him too
— Steph (@tennisquine) July 15, 2018
13.
"i know but a lot of people don't know" is trumpese for "i haven't got a clue what i'm talking about"
— doreen anderson (@batlaw55) July 15, 2018
And just in case you were wondering (not about the farm product …)
Here's a handy diagram:#UK #GreatBritain #England
(Oh and no-one says 'British Isles' anymore, since about 1922, because it's not fair to #Ireland). pic.twitter.com/UGJdaT8zZN
— Verity Imelda PleaseRemoveFascists Player (@VerityPlayer) July 15, 2018
Too complicated for him and his base! Too complicated.
— Jane Bond (@JaneBond1979) July 16, 2018
