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BumRushDaShow

(171,500 posts)
Sat May 2, 2026, 06:30 AM Saturday

Trump mocks MAGA seniors to their faces

Source: Raw Story

12h


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 don’t 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 wouldn’t 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

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Trump mocks MAGA seniors to their faces (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
He has to know how much of an idiot he looks johnnyfins Saturday #1
Narcissists actually believe their delusions of great beauty, charm, intelligence. Irish_Dem Saturday #2
do you think he might have pretensions of comediality? rampartd Saturday #6
Yes, he was obviously joking here, and one of the things about Trump is... thesquanderer Saturday #8
The orange creature does not have a sense of humour. cruelty is not niyad Saturday #10
Did you watch the clip? It's only 30 seconds and really provides context. n/t thesquanderer Saturday #13
I cannot stand his voice for two seconds. And my statement stands. niyad Saturday #14
Fine, you don't want to watch, but without seeing that context... thesquanderer Saturday #38
Often Trump says things PatSeg Saturday #20
A common abuser tactic, which he certainly is. niyad Saturday #25
And as obvious as he is, PatSeg Saturday #26
Agreed. llmart Saturday #17
Here is the definition of "mock" (in its various grammatical forms) BumRushDaShow Saturday #44
You highlighted the wrong definitions... thesquanderer Saturday #45
The intent of the word doesn't change BumRushDaShow Saturday #49
Since you do not know the difference between a noun, adjective, and adverb, thesquanderer Saturday #53
Adjectives describe nouns BumRushDaShow Saturday #54
Yes, a TYPICAL #rump joke: mean-spirited William Seger Saturday #48
He is a troll that only crows and jeers. pat_k Saturday #67
He has no charisma whatsoever. We are told he has charisma. travelingthrulife 39 min ago #72
Of course Trump thinks he is the most brilliant comedian in the world! Irish_Dem Saturday #16
The other day, he saw himself as an astronaut. niyad Saturday #19
His every appearance is is a standup routine Hey Joe Saturday #29
I'm for any dog that has a leg up on him. Harker Saturday #60
Oh yes, he CAN be that dumb. ShazzieB Saturday #23
I don't think he does, he has no sense of consequences, and thus he doesn't understand that the consequence of his Escurumbele Saturday #46
i beg to differ. barbtries Saturday #61
I have to respectfully disagree Lokee11 Saturday #62
He can be that self absorbed. Cha Saturday #70
Did they sit there with shit eating grins applauding the Orange Man? Chasstev365 Saturday #3
I like your usage of the word "appalling" instead of where you probably meant to use "applauding". llmart Saturday #15
Ha! Will fix! Chasstev365 Saturday #22
A 3.7 GPA is an A-minus letter grade nuxvomica Saturday #4
The media never misses a chance to undermine Democrats. yardwork Saturday #5
Why did it even come up? travelingthrulife 36 min ago #73
Me? I'm 83. I would'a done ok on the test but I probably would'a fucked up on giraffe. 3Hotdogs Saturday #7
;-{) THE KING'S SPEACH Goonch Saturday #9
They Laughed and Cheered Deep State Witch Saturday #57
They should have beaten him with their canes Grim Chieftain Saturday #11
The ones who repeatedly voted for him deserve to be mocked IronLionZion Saturday #12
and notice how the doctors tried to fuck im up by changing the words. 3Hotdogs Saturday #18
no no no orleans Saturday #42
Da fuck. So in order to embarrass him, they put pictures of animals and stuff that are in some shithole country 3Hotdogs Saturday #64
Someone speculated... AZ8theist Saturday #63
This sounds like something from The Onion Texin Saturday #21
I actually looked Rebl2 Saturday #28
I did too! I thought it had to be parody. Texin Saturday #34
"I'm the only president to take a cognitive test." Talitha Saturday #24
Wonder how Rebl2 Saturday #27
Apparently they were laughing their asses off. After all it is FloriDUH and they are MAGA. Not too bright. ratchiweenie Saturday #30
I didn't Rebl2 Saturday #33
Did he brag about Musk running apeshit and hindering Social Security and Medicare? GreenWave Saturday #31
I met Ted Sorensen in 2008 (JFK's speech writer) Omaha Steve Saturday #32
And they loved it Polybius Saturday #35
i clicked on that link to see if the magats booed. there was no mention of their reaction but orleans Saturday #39
He entered to "Live And Let Die" ??? WTAF??? niyad Saturday #36
omg! that's hysterical! nt orleans Saturday #40
The guy will be 80 yrs old in 6 weeks. Young, vital, and vibrant is a tiny, fading image in his rear view mirror. patphil Saturday #37
Snicker niyad Saturday #50
Anyone foolish enough to still be supporting him at this point City Lights Saturday #41
And the leopard will keep on eating their faces sakabatou Saturday #43
After this episode, any resident of The Villages still fawning over him Zambero Saturday #47
I would love it if immediately after he said that Blue Owl Saturday #51
Trump keeps getting cognitive tests because his people are tracking his decline. Beartracks Saturday #52
The squirrel on the wheel that powered his brain has died. twodogsbarking Saturday #55
what a fucking asshole he is YoshidaYui Saturday #56
Donnie, Donnie, Donnie ... oldsoldierfadingfast Saturday #58
And despite his insults they are so brainwashed they will continue to worship him! kimbutgar Saturday #59
When the Grim Reaper drags him to the netherworld he'll say that it isn't hell and it is not hot. nt Xipe Totec Saturday #65
He really doesn't know the MoCA is a screening for dementia. pat_k Saturday #66
"I'm the only president to take a cognitive test." LudwigPastorius Saturday #68
Nazi Asshole Projecting! Cha Saturday #69
trump's cognitive tests are not IQ test but tests for dementia LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #71
This from the guy who flunked out of Fordham? lol. nt TBF 15 min ago #74

johnnyfins

(3,923 posts)
1. He has to know how much of an idiot he looks
Sat May 2, 2026, 06:40 AM
Saturday

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

(82,043 posts)
2. Narcissists actually believe their delusions of great beauty, charm, intelligence.
Sat May 2, 2026, 07:10 AM
Saturday

It is a mental illness.

rampartd

(4,833 posts)
6. do you think he might have pretensions of comediality?
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:00 AM
Saturday

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)
8. Yes, he was obviously joking here, and one of the things about Trump is...
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:37 AM
Saturday

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:




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

(133,619 posts)
10. The orange creature does not have a sense of humour. cruelty is not
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:55 AM
Saturday

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)
38. Fine, you don't want to watch, but without seeing that context...
Sat May 2, 2026, 12:29 PM
Saturday

... 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

(53,362 posts)
20. Often Trump says things
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:18 AM
Saturday

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.

PatSeg

(53,362 posts)
26. And as obvious as he is,
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:40 AM
Saturday

he keeps getting away with these lame tactics over and over again.

llmart

(17,700 posts)
17. Agreed.
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:14 AM
Saturday

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

(171,500 posts)
44. Here is the definition of "mock" (in its various grammatical forms)
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:03 PM
Saturday
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mock

mock 1 of 4 verb
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)
45. You highlighted the wrong definitions...
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:25 PM
Saturday

You highlighted the adjective and adverb usage (usages 3 and 4), whereas the usage in the headline is a verb (usage 1).

BumRushDaShow

(171,500 posts)
49. The intent of the word doesn't change
Sat May 2, 2026, 02:22 PM
Saturday

because what I highlighted is exactly how YOU were describing as his so-called "humor". But keep trying.

thesquanderer

(13,078 posts)
53. Since you do not know the difference between a noun, adjective, and adverb,
Sat May 2, 2026, 03:13 PM
Saturday

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

(171,500 posts)
54. Adjectives describe nouns
Sat May 2, 2026, 03:19 PM
Saturday

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!

pat_k

(13,757 posts)
67. He is a troll that only crows and jeers.
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:02 PM
Saturday

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/

...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.

Irish_Dem

(82,043 posts)
16. Of course Trump thinks he is the most brilliant comedian in the world!
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:13 AM
Saturday

He is the best at everything. This is what he thinks.

ShazzieB

(22,803 posts)
23. Oh yes, he CAN be that dumb.
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:26 AM
Saturday

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)
46. I don't think he does, he has no sense of consequences, and thus he doesn't understand that the consequence of his
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:46 PM
Saturday

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)
61. i beg to differ.
Sat May 2, 2026, 06:35 PM
Saturday

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)
62. I have to respectfully disagree
Sat May 2, 2026, 07:07 PM
Saturday

He is absolutely that dumb -

That Orange MotherFucker is the DUMBEST ASSHOLE to ever walk this planet!!!!


✊FDT!

Chasstev365

(8,029 posts)
3. Did they sit there with shit eating grins applauding the Orange Man?
Sat May 2, 2026, 07:28 AM
Saturday

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

(17,700 posts)
15. I like your usage of the word "appalling" instead of where you probably meant to use "applauding".
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:08 AM
Saturday

He most certainly is "appalling".

nuxvomica

(14,168 posts)
4. A 3.7 GPA is an A-minus letter grade
Sat May 2, 2026, 07:49 AM
Saturday

I wish the article had mentioned that, instead of just comparing 3.7 to C.

yardwork

(69,520 posts)
5. The media never misses a chance to undermine Democrats.
Sat May 2, 2026, 07:59 AM
Saturday

In their reporting, the Black man had a "respectable 3.7."

3Hotdogs

(15,487 posts)
7. Me? I'm 83. I would'a done ok on the test but I probably would'a fucked up on giraffe.
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:03 AM
Saturday

Last edited Sat May 2, 2026, 09:10 AM - Edit history (1)

Giraffe. That's a hard one. Giraffe word’s 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.”

Deep State Witch

(12,746 posts)
57. They Laughed and Cheered
Sat May 2, 2026, 05:18 PM
Saturday

Sucking up his BS like it was candy. People who don't care about anything except themselves.

Grim Chieftain

(1,947 posts)
11. They should have beaten him with their canes
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:58 AM
Saturday

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

(51,498 posts)
12. The ones who repeatedly voted for him deserve to be mocked
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:59 AM
Saturday

He does so well on the dementia test that his doctors keep making him take more tests.

3Hotdogs

(15,487 posts)
18. and notice how the doctors tried to fuck im up by changing the words.
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:15 AM
Saturday

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

(37,125 posts)
42. no no no
Sat May 2, 2026, 12:39 PM
Saturday

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

(15,487 posts)
64. Da fuck. So in order to embarrass him, they put pictures of animals and stuff that are in some shithole country
Sat May 2, 2026, 08:01 PM
Saturday

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

(7,553 posts)
63. Someone speculated...
Sat May 2, 2026, 07:37 PM
Saturday

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.

Rebl2

(17,893 posts)
28. I actually looked
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:04 AM
Saturday

to see if it was. Of course we will never hear about what he said on national news.

Rebl2

(17,893 posts)
27. Wonder how
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:01 AM
Saturday

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

(8,233 posts)
30. Apparently they were laughing their asses off. After all it is FloriDUH and they are MAGA. Not too bright.
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:44 AM
Saturday

Rebl2

(17,893 posts)
33. I didn't
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:20 AM
Saturday

watch the video until after I posted this. Yep, they were hee hawing it up🙄

Omaha Steve

(109,720 posts)
32. I met Ted Sorensen in 2008 (JFK's speech writer)
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:18 AM
Saturday

It was at the State Party convention. He bragged about how smart Obama was.

OS

orleans

(37,125 posts)
39. i clicked on that link to see if the magats booed. there was no mention of their reaction but
Sat May 2, 2026, 12:30 PM
Saturday

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.

patphil

(9,180 posts)
37. The guy will be 80 yrs old in 6 weeks. Young, vital, and vibrant is a tiny, fading image in his rear view mirror.
Sat May 2, 2026, 11:59 AM
Saturday

Stay tuned, there'll be MORON this later.

Zambero

(10,026 posts)
47. After this episode, any resident of The Villages still fawning over him
Sat May 2, 2026, 02:04 PM
Saturday

would shake out as a Village Idiot!!

Blue Owl

(59,481 posts)
51. I would love it if immediately after he said that
Sat May 2, 2026, 02:28 PM
Saturday

He keeled over and dropped like the fat sack of shit he is

Beartracks

(14,633 posts)
52. Trump keeps getting cognitive tests because his people are tracking his decline.
Sat May 2, 2026, 02:37 PM
Saturday

But he doesn't know that... because of his cognitive decline.

=================

58. Donnie, Donnie, Donnie ...
Sat May 2, 2026, 05:31 PM
Saturday

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

(27,461 posts)
59. And despite his insults they are so brainwashed they will continue to worship him!
Sat May 2, 2026, 06:20 PM
Saturday

His magaloons are such idiots!

Xipe Totec

(44,577 posts)
65. When the Grim Reaper drags him to the netherworld he'll say that it isn't hell and it is not hot. nt
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:09 PM
Saturday

pat_k

(13,757 posts)
66. He really doesn't know the MoCA is a screening for dementia.
Sat May 2, 2026, 09:59 PM
Saturday

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

(14,916 posts)
68. "I'm the only president to take a cognitive test."
Sat May 2, 2026, 10:21 PM
Saturday

He's too stupid to know that isn't exactly something to brag about.
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