No-one knows <insert topic here> better than Trump

[kallend 2,146]

Oncology.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437096-trump-claims-noise-from-windmills-causes-cancer?fbclid=IwAR0gV-BJ78Np36EEm8pazBCE0hyvLZF9C8yVVBth0AnBtg7YaaiTQoLSrEA

[gowlerk 2,274]

Well, he should know a lot about wind. Especially about bags full of wind.

[ryoder 1,590]

So wind power causes cancer, but coal is harmless.

You learn something new every day.

[DJL 235]

38 minutes ago, ryoder said:

So wind power causes cancer, but coal is harmless.

You learn something new every day.

Duh...it's the sound.  Does coal make sound?  No coal doesn't make sound, it's a damn inanimate object.

[billvon 3,111]

1 hour ago, kallend said:

Oncology.

 

I can't wait to see the spin that Team Trump puts on this.

Kellyanne Conway will say something like "look, that's not the issue.  The issue is that Trump is fighting for the common people and the common good!  No one wants windmills; they want jobs and security from immigrants and strong, supportive family values.  And my husband is a clueless idiot."

The reinterpreters will say "he's not saying windmills cause cancer!  Everyone knows that.  What he's REALLY saying is that they are noisy and they make you sick because of infrasound.  And dead birds.  Why are the lying environmental hypocrites not caring about the POOR DEAD BIRDS?"

The more clueless supporters will google "WINDMILLS + CANCER" see that there are 23 million results and proclaim "See?  He was RIGHT!"

The intelligent Trump supporters will hope it all goes away quickly.  They will be scouring the news for an illegal immigrant who killed someone so they can crank the faux outrage to 11 and drown out Trump's latest idiotic claim.

FOX News will do a report on how everyone is talking about how windmills cause cancer.  They will have a medical expert on who says there is no evidence of this; he will be given 7 seconds of airtime. They will have a political expert on talking about how this benefits Trump; he will be given 23 minutes of airtime.  The only thing most people will see is the chyron "WINDMILLS CAUSE CANCER."

 

 

[jakee 1,594]

I know a lot about wind," he added. 

 

With his diet, I believe him.

[BIGUN 1,483]

hy·per·bo·le

/hīˈpərbəlē/

noun

 

1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

[jakee 1,594]

5 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

hy·per·bo·le

/hīˈpərbəlē/

noun

 

1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

They are literally meant to be taken literally.

[billvon 3,111]

6 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

hy·per·bo·le

/hīˈpərbəlē/

noun

 

1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Good reinterpretation!  Thanks for the demo.

[gowlerk 2,274]

4 minutes ago, jakee said:

They are literally meant to be taken literally.

Somehow the words Trump and literal just don't seem to belong together. Maybe because it's so close to literate.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

1 hour ago, BIGUN said:

hy·per·bo·le

/hīˈpərbəlē/

noun

 

1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

So how can you tell what he really means and what's hyperbole?

Honest question. 

He spews this sort of thing just about everyday. He's an 'expert' in everything. 
Was it hyperbole when he said he knew more about Daesh (ISIL) that the generals?
Or more about the border than INS? 

How do you know what is real and what isn't?

Does he know the difference?

[kallend 2,146]

3 hours ago, BIGUN said:

hy·per·bo·le

/hīˈpərbəlē/

noun

 

1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

OK, so what DID he mean?  That they cause halitosis?  Acne?

[Skwrl 56]

9 hours ago, billvon said:

The intelligent Trump supporters will hope it all goes away quickly.

 

Do you think all five of them are that coordinated? 

[ryoder 1,590]

The Hill: Grassley: Trump saying wind turbine noise causes cancer is 'idiotic'

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/437252-grassley-trump-saying-wind-turbine-noise-causes-cancer-is-idiotic

Damn, Trump managed to say something stupid enough to even get a GOP Senator to call it idiotic1!

[Coreece 190]

19 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

He spews this sort of thing just about everyday. He's an 'expert' in everything. 
Was it hyperbole when he said he knew more about Daesh (ISIL) that the generals?
Or more about the border than INS? 

No, that would be puffery.  Some of his supporters think it's charming.

 

19 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

How do you know what is real and what isn't?

People have been wondering that for awhile, especially since WMDs and all that mess.

 

19 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

Does he know the difference?

Doesn't matter.  He just spews a couple buzz words and the needed voters amass.

[BIGUN 1,483]

On 4/3/2019 at 8:30 PM, kallend said:

OK, so what DID he mean?

If you watch his non-verbal - you can tell he was being a smartass. He was heightening the effects one stair step at a time to the ridiculous. Kinda like we all did when coffee caused cancer; then it didn't, then it did, then it ... Course, I get it. You care as much about what or how he says something as I did/do Hillary. 

Edited April 5, 2019 by BIGUN
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[kallend 2,146]

8 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

If you watch his non-verbal - you can tell he was being a smartass. He was heightening the effects one stair step at a time to the ridiculous. Kinda like we all did when coffee caused cancer; then it didn't, then it did, then it ... Course, I get it. You care as much about what or how he says something as I did/do Hillary. 

There are always apologists for every stupid, ignorant or venal thing that Trump says or does.

[BIGUN 1,483]

1 minute ago, kallend said:

There are always apologists for every stupid, ignorant or venal thing that Trump says or does.

IKR!! They're all a bunch of idiots. Each party has their fair share.  

[SkyDekker 1,465]

54 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

If you watch his non-verbal - you can tell he was being a smartass. He was heightening the effects one stair step at a time to the ridiculous. Kinda like we all did when coffee caused cancer; then it didn't, then it did, then it ... Course, I get it. You care as much about what or how he says something as I did/do Hillary. 

Do you think mocking should be a frequent tactic used by the president of the United States? 

[DJL 235]

59 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

If you watch his non-verbal - you can tell he was being a smartass. He was heightening the effects one stair step at a time to the ridiculous. Kinda like we all did when coffee caused cancer; then it didn't, then it did, then it ... Course, I get it. You care as much about what or how he says something as I did/do Hillary. 

I haven't watched the entire thing but I don't think there's any justification for a message out of the mouth of the President of the United States saying that windmills cause cancer unless it's to clearly mock people who think windmills cause cancer.  And considering this conversation he did not make a clear attempt to mock people who think windmills cause cancer.

[BIGUN 1,483]

28 minutes ago, DJL said:

I haven't watched the entire thing but I don't think there's any justification for a message out of the mouth of the President of the United States saying that windmills cause cancer unless it's to clearly mock people who think windmills cause cancer. 

Of course you didn't and don't. It was an outright hyperbole in jest. Not mocking. 

[DJL 235]

9 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

Of course you didn't and don't. It was an outright hyperbole in jest. Not mocking. 

To be clear, you think Trump was just trying to be funny or you're saying that you are trying to be funny?  I saw the clip just not the previous lead-up material you're speaking of.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

11 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

Of course you didn't and don't. It was an outright hyperbole in jest. Not mocking. 

So, to ask again:

How do we tell what's 'Hyperbole' and what he really means?

 

I honestly don't care what HRC says anymore. She's not president.

But Trump has said dozens, hundreds, maybe thousands (not exaggerating) of things like this. "I know this, I know better than anyone".

Health care, military, trade, diplomacy, border security, everything.

 

Is it all hyperbole? Is everything he says "in jest"?

[Stumpy 284]

3 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

So, to ask again:

How do we tell what's 'Hyperbole' and what he really means?

 

I honestly don't care what HRC says anymore. She's not president.

But Trump has said dozens, hundreds, maybe thousands (not exaggerating) of things like this. "I know this, I know better than anyone".

Health care, military, trade, diplomacy, border security, everything.

 

Is it all hyperbole? Is everything he says "in jest"?

No. He's just not that bright.

[DJL 235]

3 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

 

Is it all hyperbole? Is everything he says "in jest"?

It's....alternate hyperbole.