After yet another night of watching Trump go off the rails on social media [1], we’re left to wonder how much of his mind he’s retained.
When Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Trump was catapulted into the position of “oldest presidential candidate in American history.” That distinction was previously held by Ronald Reagan, who was already out of office by the time he was the age Trump is now.
While most of the world prefers to send out their short messages via Twitter, Trump still prefers the platform that he owns, Truth Social. And eagle-eyed commenters on Twitter (X) follow him over there, and bring the funny back to those of us who don’t care to swim in the Truth Social septic tank.
One such internet pundit found Trump’s latest rant, where he tried to speak lies into truth, giving us hilarious results.
Trump’s original rant reads:
“Lyin’ Kamala Harris, the Biden appointed “Border Czar” who never visited the Border, and whose incompetence gave us the WORST and MOST DANGEROUS Border anywhere in the world, has absolutely terrible pole numbers against a fine and brilliant young man named DONALD J. TRUMP! Be careful what you wish for, Democrats??? MAGA2024″
First of all, Kamala was never the “border czar”, that was a name the GOP made up:
pic.twitter.com/NEVflUMZ0q [2]
— Scott Cromwell (@aLifeOfItsOwn) July 23, 2024 [3]
Okay, now let’s get this out of the way:
That’s not me mistaking a survey of popularity with a thing a firefighter slides down in Trump’s brain every time his pants catch a building ablaze. That’s pure Trump gold, right there. That post is just amazing, in a “Trump is such an idiot” way.
But the part where he pretends we can’t see his liver spots? Really, Donnie? A “fine and brilliant young man”? Give me a break. He could literally be Kamala Harris’ father. He is fooling exactly nobody.
I could call myself a hip ladies’ man with the charisma of a late-night radio DJ, but we all know I’m a politics dork who gets excited whenever I come across a hilarious story like this one.
The reason I think it’s so funny when Trump says stuff like this is that he really makes it hard for us to tell if he thinks we’re that stupid, or if he’s actually delusional enough to believe that himself.
People on social media lost it:
Donald Trump comically declares himself a “brilliant young man.” He is neither brilliant nor young. Trump is but an aging presidential candidate with an aging mind.
Just like Michael Scotto declaring bankruptcy did not make it so, Donald Trump declaring youth does not make… pic.twitter.com/50wq6i8bN5 [4]
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) July 23, 2024 [5]
He's referring to himself as a "young man" now? Well that ought to change the old man Don narrative, right? https://t.co/WdOFgOnE4W [6]
— Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) July 23, 2024 [7]
“A fine and Brilliant young man named donald j trump”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
taking a breath
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA#wtpBLUE [8] #wtpGOTV24 [9] pic.twitter.com/sMRHpyoqKb [10]
— Joyce 🌻 (@jbirch_12) July 23, 2024 [11]
Trump thinks he’s a fine and brilliant young man – where’s the national discussion about his diminished mental abilities? pic.twitter.com/TKcri1QYxh [12]
— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@SundaeDivine) July 23, 2024 [13]
"a fine and brilliant young man named DONALD J. TRUMP"
Who looks at a man that talks like this about himself (when he's 78 and literally the oldest presidential nominee ever) and goes "yeah I want him in charge of preventing nuclear war"? pic.twitter.com/5SRW6HxKjg [14]
— DoctorJohn 🥥 (@DoctorJohn_MD) July 23, 2024 [15]
Don't you think that Donald Trump calling himself a fine and brilliant young man is just delusional? pic.twitter.com/Oev9YudmWN [16]
— darkroommike, sarcastic, 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇱🇹 🇫🇮 (@darkroommike) July 23, 2024 [17]
The “brilliant🤣young man”😂For the record—All three of those words do not even remotely begin to describe trump🤡. What a FOOL he is!!! https://t.co/AF4JSOnpe3 [18] pic.twitter.com/1G18OtoWK2 [19]
— EggheadWithAHeart❣️🇺🇸 (@MerryMcStuffin) July 23, 2024 [20]
A brilliant young man? #Trump [21] doesn’t know what young means. Brilliant, I dare @realDonaldTrump [22] to release his SAT score and his college transcripts. His own cabinet called him a f-ing moron. https://t.co/boMHCz7ymH [23]
— Living the life (@805onthe101) July 23, 2024 [24]
"I hope Whiny Grandpa Trump can manage to stay out of the nursing home until Roevember, so #PowerhouseHarris [25] can decimate him & his fascist GOP him on Election Day. https://t.co/VxhqV32zj9 [26]
— Jonathan Greenberg (@JournalistJG) July 23, 2024 [27]
Fine and brilliant young man 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 who’s he kidding. That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in like forever 😂😂😂😂sorry can’t stop laughing 😆😆😆 https://t.co/bavcJTAEyy [28]
— Liverpoolcrazy🏳️🌈 (@Nastywoman1975) July 23, 2024 [29]
How about OLD & extremely dangerous multiple felon found GUILTY of only 34 counts by a Jury of his PEERS. I didn't think that a Convicted Felon could even run for ANY public office, but the SCOTUS group of 6 made that possible for Jan. 6th Insurrection & NOT for the Proven part.
— GNolan (@GNolan01) July 23, 2024 [30]