Hyperlexic: The truly weird thing is that he gave the same rant last October.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1 mo

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If you're like me and thought that this had to be fake, no, it's real. www.rawstory.com/trump-senile...

'He is senile': Trump's 'batteries and shark attacks' rant causes mental health questionswww.rawstory.com Donald Trump on Sunday ranted at a rally about batteries and shark attacks, leading the internet to question the ex-president's mental capacity. Trump on Sunday spoke in Las Vegas, at one point veerin...

The truly weird thing is that he gave the same rant last October.

Trump Reveals He’d Rather Die by Electrocution Than by Sharknymag.com During an Iowa campaign stop, Trump ranted about his nautical archenemies. You may think it makes more sense in context, but I assure you it doesn’t.

I'm reminded of a meme from some old Nickelodeon cartoon. "If I had a nickel for every time this happened...well I'd only have two nickels but it's still really strange that it's happened twice".

That's from Phineas and Ferb, which is Disney. The original is "If I had a nickel for every time I was doomed by a puppet, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice."

Ah okay. I'd only seen the meme, never the cartoon, and it's been years since I've seen that. I'd just assumed it was one of the Nickelodeon cartoons that came and went long after I'd passed the age range for the channel.

I caught it because my kid was the right age at the time, but we still watch it on occasion. It's clever and fun.

Same and same I sometimes talk in my Doofenshmirtz voice because it makes me laugh.

Interesting how P&F changed the expression from meaning "something exceedingly commonplace" to "something weird and unusual". Bugs Bunny did something similar to Nimrod, changing it from "mighty Biblical hunter" to "feckless idiot".

That does lend some important context, now that you mention it. I'd always wondered why the British named an anti-sub aircraft after a goddamn idiot.

Well there goes my idea that this was somehow him bitching about electric vehicles.

I think the point he’s trying to make is “EV boats would sink” but apparently he has a morbid fear of sharks and poor executive function so he gets pulled off script.

I think he's saying "EV boats would electrocute you if they sank"??? As an argument against... EV cars? Which famously both sink, and expose you to sharks.

Would he feel the same way if the battery paralyzed him but left him conscious for the shark attack?

I remembered but not exactly when or where. Was wondering why everyone suddenly thought it was new.

I was about to say I thought it sounded familiar!!

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