Trump offered scant details on how he would reduce taxes and cut back on business regulations, according to two people in the room.
  • Maeve@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago
    1. Nothing new wrt Trump, so idk why CEOs feign surprise.
    2. Biden policies are, for the most part, tepid, but I’m the current political and media cycle, whatever, I guess.
    3. What exactly qualifies this as "news?”
  • Melkath@kbin.earth
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    5 months ago

    And I asked him, I said to him, and noone had asked him that question, I asked him, and he said noone had ever asked him, I said to him, would you stay on the boat, the boat is sinking, so the boat is under water, but there’s a shark, but the boat is sinking, and there is a battery, so I asked him, and noone had ever asked him, I asked him, would you stay on the boat, the boat that is under water, and there is a battery, so there is electric, I asked him, and there is a shark, I asked him, and he said nobody had ever asked him, I asked him do you jump off the boat? The boats underwater, but there’s a boat, and there is electricity, but there’s a shark, so I asked him, and he said he had never been asked this before, I asked him, do you jump off the boat that is now under water? Do you stay on the?.. Do you stay in the boat and get eaten by the shark? Because the boat is under… do you stay on the boat, that’s under water, and get eaten by the shark? Or do you get electrocuted?

    He said he didn’t know. He said noone had ever asked him that.

    That’s enough about the boat.

    -Based on a real speech Trump gave at a rally that resulted in everyone leaving early.

    • bstix@feddit.dk
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      5 months ago

      Here’s the transcript. It’s a rant against electric boats.

      (43:33) So I said, “Let me ask you a question.”

      (43:35) And he said, “Nobody ever asked this question, and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT,” very smart.

      (43:43) I say, “What would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery’s underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?”

      (43:58) By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately. Do you notice that? A lot of shark… I watched some guys justifying it today. “Well, they weren’t really that angry. They bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were not hungry, but they misunderstood who she was.” These people are crazy.

      (44:14) He said, “There’s no problem with sharks. They just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming now who really got decimated and other people too,” a lot of shark attacks.

      (44:22) So I said, “So there’s a shark 10 yards away from the boat, 10 yards or here. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, and water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking. Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?” Because I will tell you he didn’t know the answer.

      (44:42) He said, “Nobody’s ever asked me that question.”

      (44:45) I said, “I think it’s a good question. I think there’s a lot of electric current coming through that water.” But you know what I’d do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I’ll take electrocution every single time. I’m not getting near the shark.