Trump’s Mental Capacity In Question After Insane Town Hall Performance

Donald Trump left the country in a state of confusion this week during his “appearance” at a NewsNation town hall event. Trump appeared via phone, and when asked by moderator Stephen A. Smith about his attacks on Harvard, Trump went off on a rant about how much black people love him in Harlem. It wasn’t immediately clear if Trump mistook “Harvard” for “Harlem,” or if he was just trying to convince Smith, who is black, that other black people love him. The whole thing left viewers questioning Trump’s sanity, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

On Wednesday of this week, Donald Trump decided to attend a town hall hosted by the Media Outlet News Nation, except that Donald Trump didn't actually attend it. He just called into it. Um, apparently he didn't feel like going and doing this in person, so he phoned it in, quite literally. And the three moderators on stage, a kind of who's who of weirdos, Chris Cuomo, bill O'Reilly, and sports commentator, Stephen A. Smith, who has also teased a potential 2028 presidential run. But during this town hall, Donald Trump said something so insane in response to a question that it left even conservatives questioning Donald Trump's mental capacities. So here is Donald Trump being asked a question about Harvard and his attacks on that prestigious university. And instead of answering it, Trump talks about how much black people love him. Here it is

Time. Mr. President, thank you for your time. It's interesting that you brought up Harvard because when people think about Harvard, what they're basically talking about is they, they're asking what do you say to those who view your actions as an attack on academic freedom rather than a defense of fairness? What do you say to that?

Well, I say this, uh, we had riots in Harlem, in in, in Harlem. And uh, frankly, if you look at what's gone on, and people from Harlem went up and they protested Steven and they protested very strongly against Harvard. Uh, they happened to be on my side. You know, I got a very high black vote, you know, that very, very high black vote. It was a, a very great compliment to tons. I did criminal justice reform. I did, uh, uh, opportunity zones for one of the greatest economic deals ever for the black and Hispanic community. I got tremendous. They agree with what I'm doing with respect to Harvard. Harvard gets four, five.

So as I mentioned, even conservatives were questioning Donald Trump's mental state. Uh, GOP strategist Sarah Longwell posted on social media quote, what the hell is this? Our president's brain is mashed potatoes, which honestly, to me, it is kind of funny that she used that specific analogy, because I've literally been saying Trump's brain is mashed potatoes for over a year now, specifically saying mashed potatoes. So, uh, I, I don't know if she watches this or what, or if she just came to that conclusion on her own, but either way, uh, his brain is mashed potatoes. And I love that analogy because that's what it is. There's just this ball of goop in there, and the gravy dripping out of his ears because he has no idea what the hell he is talking about. Now, I'll give you that Harvard and Harlem start with the same three letters, HAR, but then you're left with the rest of the word vd, lamb.

Now, those two, like the end of both of those words, VD and lamb, do not sound anything like each other. The har absolutely, I'll give you that, but Harvard and Har, even if you're on the phone, even if you got a bad connection, um, no, there's no excuse for getting those two things mixed up. If that is of course what happened. But, but Trump goes on to say like, they, they like what he's doing to Harvard. So it doesn't sound like he had mixed the words up. What I'm assuming happened is that because Stephen A. Smith is a black man, and he was the one who directed the conversation towards Harvard, um, that Trump was like, Hey, a black guy's asking me a question. I gotta be like, Hey, black people love me, right? I think that's what it was. I don't think he got the words confused.