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BumRushDaShow

(171,342 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:37 AM Apr 17

'Who the Hell Wrote That?' Trump Stops Mid-Speech To Say He Doesn't Know What a 'Corner Store' Is

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 16th, 2026, 9:42 pm


President Donald Trump paused his prepared remarks on Thursday to confess he had “never heard” the term “corner store” before.

The president was in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he touted last year’s passage of his “No Tax on Tips” policy, which was included in the omnibus budget the Republican-controlled Congress passed in July. The provision allows employees who receive tips to deduct up to $25,000 in tips when filing their taxes. Trump also boasted of the tax cuts included in the bill. While doing so, he was tripped up by the inclusion of the term “corner store,” which had been written into his speech.

“The great big beautiful bill also slashed taxes on millions of Americans, small businesses, including restaurants, dry cleaners, corner stores,” the president said before pausing his speech. “What is a corner store? I’ve never heard that term. I know what a quarter store is, but I’ve never heard it described. A corner store. Who the hell wrote that, please?”

Several people in the audience laughed at Trump’s admission. Corner stores, of course, are shops where patrons can purchase staples such as groceries, a term the president has also mused about publicly. “But a big thing on costs, you know, the new word is ‘affordability,’ Trump told reporters in the Oval Office in November. “Another word is just ‘groceries.’ You know, it’s sort of an old-fashioned word, but it’s very accurate.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/who-the-hell-wrote-that-trump-stops-mid-speech-to-say-he-doesnt-know-what-a-corner-store-is/

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'Who the Hell Wrote That?' Trump Stops Mid-Speech To Say He Doesn't Know What a 'Corner Store' Is (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 17 OP
He says he knows what a quarter store is. What is that? Irish_Dem Apr 17 #1
Maybe an inflated "Five and Dime"?? bucolic_frolic Apr 17 #5
This is what I think. He was thinking Five and Dime. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #21
Maybe he was trying to picture an office with wnylib Apr 17 #51
He would probably think a store in one corner of the room is a gift shop? Irish_Dem Apr 17 #53
But he's a man of the people... COL Mustard Apr 17 #97
He is a man of the crime syndicate people. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #98
I'm a few years younger than Chump, and I remember "dime stores" from the 1950s FakeNoose Apr 17 #75
Two things: Dementia and his entire life with servants. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #77
We called it the 10 cent store in the mid-50s, in the Pac. NW. Dixiegrrrl Apr 17 #91
Mr. ShitsInHisPants is part of the privileged elite. magicarpet Apr 17 #80
Yes steals, not shops. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #81
Indeed.. Stealing is the source of all his acquisitions. He has little need to go shopping like regular folk.. magicarpet Apr 17 #82
He basically takes what he wants. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #83
And THAT'S the part I seriously don't understand. calimary Apr 18 #115
Yes it is no longer about Trump at all. Irish_Dem Apr 18 #116
That must be it. LisaM Apr 17 #49
Yeah, but in the 1950's when he grew up, corner stores were ubiquitous. Wednesdays Apr 17 #68
He probably... GiqueCee Apr 17 #25
Good point, he thought people were saying "quarter" and never realized anything different. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #28
Sadly... GiqueCee Apr 17 #30
Outstanding! displacedvermoter Apr 17 #40
A high end five and dime? displacedvermoter Apr 17 #38
Maybe it is a kinky sex shop? Irish_Dem Apr 17 #45
Peep Show! BumRushDaShow Apr 17 #60
Exactly what he means. Peep shown for a quarter. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #63
It's where you buy bitcoins and other types of rare coins. ECL213 Apr 17 #43
A coiner store, that's the ticket! yorkster Apr 17 #47
Anybody who still believes he is cognitively okay BlueKota Apr 17 #71
Most people don't seem to care. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #73
There are Dollar Stores. TomSlick Apr 17 #105
Yes, but his associations are so loose and tangential. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #106
Only heaven knows what what is rattling around in what might have once been his brain. TomSlick Apr 17 #107
Whatever is rattling around is not good. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #108
"What's a quarter?" ck4829 Apr 20 #118
Next time, try Bodega C_U_L8R Apr 17 #2
Too ethic. Squaredeal Apr 17 #17
There isn't one damn ounce of ethics in anything he says... sarchasm Apr 17 #46
And we know he's ethically challenged. yorkster Apr 17 #48
Him and his base will be scratching their heads ck4829 Apr 20 #119
"Corner store" is a term that's likely 150 years old bucolic_frolic Apr 17 #3
He is so completely out of touch with the folks that pay for all the fun he is having. Trueblue Texan Apr 17 #24
The Orange Anus... GiqueCee Apr 17 #29
Haha we still say green grocer róisín_dubh Apr 18 #114
We only have a supermarket... GiqueCee Apr 18 #117
And he's from NYC, probably the place with more corner stores than anywhere else. AKA grocery stores. (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 17 #33
f you''ve driven through his neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens... there are no corners stores. 3Hotdogs Apr 17 #42
There are Corner Stores in Douglaston, Queens were it was dumped. dave99 Apr 17 #58
Right? ck4829 Apr 20 #123
A corner store is, obviously, a store that sells corners. D'uh! Intractable Apr 17 #4
Really frustrating to get trapped into a corner store. Onthefly Apr 17 #9
Oh no, I have painted myself into a corner store. ECL213 Apr 17 #44
You really got yourself in a pickle barrel. Onthefly Apr 17 #86
Wrong. It is a store that Bluetus Apr 17 #32
He is demented Blues Heron Apr 17 #6
This phrase is so ingrained EYESORE 9001 Apr 17 #7
He's a man of the people. Harker Apr 17 #8
Perfect twodogsbarking Apr 17 #14
"These are simple folk. The salt of the earth.., Squaredeal Apr 17 #18
Welll. It's true as he's been bribed by many people and blackmailed many people. cstanleytech Apr 17 #65
Yes, he's also man of the people who give him what he wants. Harker Apr 17 #67
Just proudly showing off his ignorance. mwmisses4289 Apr 17 #10
Its like a corner B2 bomber, except its a store Blues Heron Apr 17 #11
The man is an imbecile. Ray Bruns Apr 17 #12
He really, really is ck4829 Apr 20 #124
"Twelve million small "FLIERS" paid ...... AZ8theist Apr 17 #13
Not long ago Trump said the same about groceries!! riversedge Apr 17 #15
FYI, he also doesn't know what a "days work" means or feels like. Ferrets are Cool Apr 17 #16
He's never heard of frogmarch Apr 17 #19
"Says a lot about the ignorance of this country that there are millions of people who look at this decrepit lying sack o riversedge Apr 17 #20
That is the dementia advancing Easterncedar Apr 17 #22
Jesus, what an idiot. mwb970 Apr 17 #23
Out of touch. Who could have guessed. AllyCat Apr 17 #26
I think that was before everyone had a car Racygrandma Apr 17 #27
He lacks inhibition, which often proves his ignorance. Martin Eden Apr 17 #31
The only reason EuterpeThelo Apr 17 #36
The cruelest punishment for Diaper Donald Martin Eden Apr 17 #52
But EuterpeThelo Apr 17 #62
It seems he's getting worse. He has no inhibition anymore. BradBo Apr 17 #41
He grew up mgardener Apr 17 #34
I doubt he has ever set foot in any kind of store that sells groceries. Diamond_Dog Apr 17 #35
The hero of the common MAGAt..... SergeStorms Apr 17 #37
Holy crap he's an idiot. He proved it everyday. He has no filter anymore. BradBo Apr 17 #39
He grew up in NYC...and Dems are out of touch JT45242 Apr 17 #50
Out Of Touch Clouds Passing Apr 17 #54
Truly. ck4829 Apr 20 #120
Someone please work the word "bodega" into his next speech. eppur_se_muova Apr 17 #55
He'll flub that worse than the time he grunted "yo-smite... yo-sah-mite" (for Yosemite) QueerDuck Apr 17 #56
I'm thinking "BAH-duh-gah." 3catwoman3 Apr 17 #92
I like yours better than mine! That sounds about right. QueerDuck Apr 17 #93
I want to hear how he pronounces it IronLionZion Apr 17 #95
Tell the paranoid jerk the corner store is where people buy the National Enquirer Attilatheblond Apr 17 #57
new yorkers call them "bodegas" rampartd Apr 17 #59
I can't stand Trump, yall know that, but I've never heard the term "corner store" before. Must be a regional term. raccoon Apr 17 #61
It's an "urban" term and he was born and raised in the most populated city in the U.S. BumRushDaShow Apr 17 #64
Outside of campaign photo ops, Wednesdays Apr 17 #66
How he became the man of working people is beyond me. nt City Lights Apr 17 #69
It's a store where they sell corners! Duh, everybody knows that. Rob H. Apr 17 #70
... eppur_se_muova Apr 17 #90
Ha! Love it nt Rob H. Apr 17 #111
Ficking moron. Martin68 Apr 17 #72
MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist LetMyPeopleVote Apr 17 #74
It's like the Poppy Bush revelation BumRushDaShow Apr 17 #87
In a writing workshop, I reviewed works by college seniors nuxvomica Apr 17 #76
Plus, I don't think the idea of franchises had been invented by 1920 FakeNoose Apr 17 #79
This message was self-deleted by its author 3825-87867 Apr 17 #78
Any thing he thinks, goes out the mouth tonekat Apr 17 #84
Just don't ask him what a quarter horse is. LudwigPastorius Apr 17 #85
Why is a person with such low menality young_at_heart Apr 17 #88
What a maroon! Danascot Apr 17 #89
It's where we purchase corners for buildings, of course. Unless it's a round building with no corners. IronLionZion Apr 17 #94
They're so freaking insanely rich they don't know the basics of shopping. SidneyR Apr 17 #96
JFC Lemon Lyman Apr 17 #99
Trump has probably never 'shopped' in a store for himself or anyone Dave Id Apr 17 #100
Does he know what a cornerback is? milestogo Apr 17 #101
Dumbass doesn't know thats where you get corners. nt doc03 Apr 17 #102
I'll bet Jilly_in_VA Apr 17 #103
You know it! ck4829 Apr 20 #122
I wonder what he thinks Dollar Tree or Dollar General is? doc03 Apr 17 #104
While I know what a corner store, I never heard of a quarter store Polybius Apr 17 #109
What I posted upthread - the "Peep Shows" BumRushDaShow Apr 17 #110
My Congressperson Jodey Arrington wrote TOBBBA! czarjak Apr 17 #112
a store that sells corners? AncientOfDays Apr 18 #113
Haha ck4829 Apr 20 #121
"We're out of ketchup! Send the help to the foodatorium!" ck4829 Apr 20 #125

bucolic_frolic

(55,569 posts)
5. Maybe an inflated "Five and Dime"??
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:52 AM
Apr 17

Elites only deal in larger numbers, even if back in 1915.

But really, don't know.

wnylib

(26,315 posts)
51. Maybe he was trying to picture an office with
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:30 AM
Apr 17

a store in one corner of the room when he said that he didn't know what a corner store is.

Or was trying to picture a corner shaped store?

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
53. He would probably think a store in one corner of the room is a gift shop?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:41 AM
Apr 17

Yes he might have been literally.
A store shaped like a corner.
A store in a corner spot.

He couldn't picture it.

FakeNoose

(42,093 posts)
75. I'm a few years younger than Chump, and I remember "dime stores" from the 1950s
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:50 PM
Apr 17

Of course they're long gone and have been for some time. My mom used to call them dime stores (it was probably Woolworth's) so that's what we learned to call them.

I'm guessing dime stores are the closest equivalent to today's "dollar stores," but they're not really the same thing. In the 1959 or 60, I could take my 25-cent weekly allowance to the dime store and buy penny candy, a comic book, and a bottle of soda. Or I could go the ice cream shop and get a 5-cent ice cream cone, or really splurge and get two scoops for 10 cents. It was incomparable luxury!

What has me puzzled is why doesn't he recognize the term "corner store"? I mean, he grew up in New York where all the stores are corner stores, even in Queens. He's showing more symptoms of dementia, or Alzheimer's.

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
77. Two things: Dementia and his entire life with servants.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:56 PM
Apr 17

The idea of shopping and stores are foreign to him.

Dixiegrrrl

(218 posts)
91. We called it the 10 cent store in the mid-50s, in the Pac. NW.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:47 PM
Apr 17

Also knew of it as the dime store, it did relate to Woolworths.

Interesting how universal the 25 cents a week allowance was. I got a comic book and single scoop ice cream cone, usually raspberry. 🤗

magicarpet

(19,099 posts)
80. Mr. ShitsInHisPants is part of the privileged elite.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:19 PM
Apr 17

He only goes shopping at Fort Knox. He does not buy any gold there he simply steals it by the truck load. That enables him to live like a king.

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
81. Yes steals, not shops.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:20 PM
Apr 17

The idea of actually paying for anything is foreign to him.
Only suckers and losers pay for things.

magicarpet

(19,099 posts)
82. Indeed.. Stealing is the source of all his acquisitions. He has little need to go shopping like regular folk..
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:27 PM
Apr 17

calimary

(90,472 posts)
115. And THAT'S the part I seriously don't understand.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:21 AM
Apr 18

Why doesn't anyone stop him? He's in lame-duck territory now. Polls aren't encouraging. They continue to slide in a downward direction. And as he ages, he becomes weaker and weaker as the "luster" fades.

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
116. Yes it is no longer about Trump at all.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:11 AM
Apr 18

But an entire country which allows or encourages his crimes and evil.

The shame is on the entire US now.

LisaM

(29,671 posts)
49. That must be it.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:26 AM
Apr 17

I was kerflummoxed by "quarter store" too.

Actually our city has been taken over by developers and techies so corner stores are pretty obsolete at the moment but I remember and liked them.

Wednesdays

(22,952 posts)
68. Yeah, but in the 1950's when he grew up, corner stores were ubiquitous.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:26 AM
Apr 17

But apparently not in his privileged neighborhood.

GiqueCee

(4,545 posts)
25. He probably...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:20 AM
Apr 17

... misheard "corner store" when he was six, and, as with all things Trump, he never progressed beyond that age.
This petulant, malicious man-child is an imbecile, and a clear and present danger to America and the world.

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
28. Good point, he thought people were saying "quarter" and never realized anything different.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:27 AM
Apr 17

GiqueCee

(4,545 posts)
30. Sadly...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:31 AM
Apr 17

... it appears that he has painted himself into a corner store and can't find the exit.

displacedvermoter

(4,869 posts)
38. A high end five and dime?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:57 AM
Apr 17

But yeah, he says things and uses phrases he makes up. Funny thing is, when he uses a made up in his sick brain phrase or word combo, and the next day Rubio, or Leavitt, or someone on Fox inserts the same weird word or phrase into a conversation.

They are a cult led by a syphilitic moron who doesn't know what a corner store is.

BumRushDaShow

(171,342 posts)
60. Peep Show!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:45 AM
Apr 17

A "quarter" (25 cents) store.



I remember there was a whole strip where they were here in Philly, They eventually closed all that down and built the PA Convention Center.

yorkster

(3,912 posts)
47. A coiner store, that's the ticket!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:21 AM
Apr 17

I think everything old is new again with him, so to speak. All this forgetting means brand new things everyday!

Wowee, pretty scary...

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
73. Most people don't seem to care.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:32 PM
Apr 17

Makes no difference to them if POTUS is mentally ill and has dementia.

Irish_Dem

(81,993 posts)
108. Whatever is rattling around is not good.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:35 PM
Apr 17

I hope there are some adults in the room who can keep him from his worst impulses.

sarchasm

(1,315 posts)
46. There isn't one damn ounce of ethics in anything he says...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:11 AM
Apr 17

...or the other thing for that matter.

bucolic_frolic

(55,569 posts)
3. "Corner store" is a term that's likely 150 years old
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:50 AM
Apr 17

Anyone who lived in a neighborhood in a city knew what a local grocer/convenience store was. Local. On the corner so it attracted traffic from 2 streets. Some of these grew into larger operations.

I didn't know groceries have become old-fashioned. Maybe we just say food.

Trueblue Texan

(4,558 posts)
24. He is so completely out of touch with the folks that pay for all the fun he is having.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:11 AM
Apr 17

What an utter imbecile. The rest of the world must be laughing their asses off when they're not preparing their defense systems for WWIII.

GiqueCee

(4,545 posts)
29. The Orange Anus...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:28 AM
Apr 17

... has never bought a grocery in his life, let alone a bag of groceries. If you mentioned the admittedly archaic term, "green grocer" to him, he would say he'd heard of people who were white, black, brown, red, and even yellow, but never someone who was green! And the pitiful fuck would be serious.

GiqueCee

(4,545 posts)
117. We only have a supermarket...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:48 AM
Apr 18

... 13 miles away, but in rural Vermont only 13 miles means we're still neighbors. No green grocers anymore, though.

We've had warm, sunshiny days 2 days in a row! But we'll be punished for that come Monday; it's supposed to snow.

thesquanderer

(13,068 posts)
33. And he's from NYC, probably the place with more corner stores than anywhere else. AKA grocery stores. (n/t)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:42 AM
Apr 17

3Hotdogs

(15,474 posts)
42. f you''ve driven through his neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens... there are no corners stores.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:58 AM
Apr 17

dave99

(126 posts)
58. There are Corner Stores in Douglaston, Queens were it was dumped.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:37 AM
Apr 17

especially at the time it was bred 1950s, 1960s, 1970s

The shitstain has no mental capacity and should be shot dead by Secret Service, they did pledge an oath to The Constitution

Onthefly

(1,347 posts)
9. Really frustrating to get trapped into a corner store.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:11 AM
Apr 17

You end up with a dollar’s worth of penny candy.

Bluetus

(3,004 posts)
32. Wrong. It is a store that
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:35 AM
Apr 17

Has cornered the market on essentials like tooth paste and toilet paper.

I thought everybody knew that.

EYESORE 9001

(29,851 posts)
7. This phrase is so ingrained
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:56 AM
Apr 17

that a ‘corner store’ need not occupy an actual corner. Who ever sent a kid down to the middle-of-the-block store?

Squaredeal

(744 posts)
18. "These are simple folk. The salt of the earth..,
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:57 AM
Apr 17

You know. Morons,” Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles.

cstanleytech

(28,550 posts)
65. Welll. It's true as he's been bribed by many people and blackmailed many people.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:07 AM
Apr 17

So ya he's a man of the people.

mwmisses4289

(4,543 posts)
10. Just proudly showing off his ignorance.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:24 AM
Apr 17

Wonder how long it will be before he will claim he invented that word and claim that nobody ever heard it before?

AZ8theist

(7,527 posts)
13. "Twelve million small "FLIERS" paid ......
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:43 AM
Apr 17

He can't even read his own script.

DEMENTED, SENILE FUCKING IDIOT.

And the cackling hyenas in the audience that are laughing at his imbecility, thinking he's making a funny, are a fucking DISGRACE to his nation. They should be measuring him for a rubber room, not cheerfully egging him on......

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
Is WRONG with these fools??????

riversedge

(81,351 posts)
20. "Says a lot about the ignorance of this country that there are millions of people who look at this decrepit lying sack o
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:01 AM
Apr 17


‪Senseidai2547❌👑‬
‪@senseidai.bsky.social‬
· 14m
Says a lot about the ignorance of this country that there are millions of people who look at this decrepit lying sack of shit and say, yup, that's my guy!

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 10h
Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"
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Says a lot about the ignorance of this country that there are millions of people who look at this decrepit lying sack of shit and say, yup, that's my guy!

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal

Senseidai2547❌👑 (@senseidai.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T11:45:06.224Z

Easterncedar

(6,426 posts)
22. That is the dementia advancing
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:04 AM
Apr 17

His vocabulary has become smaller. He repeats the same phrases and uses them inappropriately. The pope is soft on crime?

Martin Eden

(15,785 posts)
31. He lacks inhibition, which often proves his ignorance.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:33 AM
Apr 17

He believes he's on top of the world, the greatest and most powerful, so he says whatever comes into that pathological brain of his. Especially when giving a speech in front of what he assumes is his faithful flock, he's relaxed and confident and starts "weaving" random thoughts about poisonous snakes in Peru, or cheap sharpie pens, or a situation where he'd have to choose between getting electrocuted or eaten by a shark.

It is a form of insanity, but not dementia. It's a combination of giant ego and delusion, and it's getting worse as he ages. Subconsciously he may know he's in trouble politically, but his ego won't admit that so he becomes more disconnected from reality. Rambling off on bizarre tangents makes him feel good, but this is not dementia. Someone suffering from that disease could not ramble for eight full minutes about poisonous snakes, then come back to the purpose of the occasion for his speech.

Plus, he's really not very intelligent. He's a talented con man and pathological liar with no moral compass, confidently and repeatedly asserting lies to establish or reinforce false narratives that millions of voters have already been programmed to believe from sources like Fox News.

He never bothered to read or study or learn about subjects a president should know when making critical decisions. He prepared for his political career by watching a lot of television, getting the pulse of voters who were there just waiting for a con man unconstrained by the norms and traditions that still bound his Republican opponents in the 2016 presidential primary. He pushed hard on the pent up buttons of grievance, liberating the unfiltered ignorance and bigotry of those who felt repressed, and they absolutely love for it.

All the lies and false narratives are now the foundation of what has become the Party Of Trump. But a foundation detached from reality is bound to crumble, and we're beginning to see Trump crumble along with it.

EuterpeThelo

(420 posts)
36. The only reason
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:47 AM
Apr 17

I don't wish to see him both electrocuted and eaten by a shark is that I wouldn't want to put the poor shark through that. Oh, and also because it would be too quick.

Martin Eden

(15,785 posts)
52. The cruelest punishment for Diaper Donald
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:36 AM
Apr 17

Last edited Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Would be to rot in a prison cell with no special privileges, denied his cell phone, rejected by his former cult, and totally ignored by the media.

EuterpeThelo

(420 posts)
62. But
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:50 AM
Apr 17

with READ ONLY access to social media so he could see people mocking him without the ability to respond. He must also be stripped of all his ill-gotten gains and not allowed makeup/hair products.

mgardener

(2,383 posts)
34. He grew up
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:45 AM
Apr 17

In a wealthy section of Queens.
I bet they didn't have corner stores there.

But a real estate mongral that doesn't know what a corner store was?
I doubt that very very much
How many did he raze to but up his buildings?

Either he has memory issues or he is lying.
Who does not read a speech before he gives it?

Shows how out of touch he is with the American people.

Diamond_Dog

(40,849 posts)
35. I doubt he has ever set foot in any kind of store that sells groceries.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:46 AM
Apr 17

It’s such a hideous joke that MAGAs insist he is a “man of the people.”

SergeStorms

(20,731 posts)
37. The hero of the common MAGAt.....
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:55 AM
Apr 17

has apparently never shopped for anything in his entire life. And those suckers actually thought he was one of them?

eppur_se_muova

(42,263 posts)
55. Someone please work the word "bodega" into his next speech.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:55 AM
Apr 17

That aneurysm ain't gonna blow itself. Well, not soon enough.

QueerDuck

(1,899 posts)
56. He'll flub that worse than the time he grunted "yo-smite... yo-sah-mite" (for Yosemite)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:13 AM
Apr 17

Last edited Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:27 PM - Edit history (1)

A bodega would be sounded-out as "bod-EGG-a" or "boe-DEE-gia"

raccoon

(32,433 posts)
61. I can't stand Trump, yall know that, but I've never heard the term "corner store" before. Must be a regional term.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:48 AM
Apr 17

BumRushDaShow

(171,342 posts)
64. It's an "urban" term and he was born and raised in the most populated city in the U.S.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:03 AM
Apr 17

I know growing up, on my residential street in Philly, the intersections of the bigger streets were zoned "commercial" and there were a couple "corner stores", one on each corner, including a drug store (as we called them back then), a deli, a dry cleaner, and then there was a gas station.

Wednesdays

(22,952 posts)
66. Outside of campaign photo ops,
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:19 AM
Apr 17

...The Felon hasn't been in a store -- ANY store -- to shop, in more than 60 years. If ever.

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,210 posts)
74. MaddowBlog-Baffled by his own 'corner store' reference, Trump's problems with groceries persist
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:39 PM
Apr 17

The president can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns. “Corner store,” however, left him badly confused.

Baffled by his own ‘corner store’ reference, Trump’s problems with groceries persist - MS NOW apple.news/AA6gvd1eLRIe...

(@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:18:20.401Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-corner-store-las-vegas-ballroom

As The New York Times noted, the president ran into fresh trouble during an event in Las Vegas on the economy.

Trump was touting tax cuts for small businesses when he came across the term ‘corner store’ as he read off prepared remarks. ‘What is a corner store? I’ve never heard that term. I know what a corner store is, but I’ve never heard it described a corner store,’ said Trump. He looked up sharply and said, ‘Who the hell wrote that?’


Evidently, he didn’t familiarize himself with the text that someone else had written for him ahead of the event.

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-17T01:17:55.652Z


After years of struggling with this issue, it’s amazing he hasn’t yet familiarized himself with the basics. Early in his first term, for example, Trump insisted that consumers need to show identification while buying groceries, including cereal and bread. (None of this was true.),,,

In his second term, his approach to the issue has grown weirder, to the point that he even began characterizing “groceries” as an exotic word last year.

“It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term: ‘groceries,’” Trump said last April, as if he were introducing the public to foreign terminology. “It says ‘a bag with different things in it.’”....

But his remarks in Las Vegas managed to break new ground. Trump, who used to live in a gold tower in Manhattan, and who now splits his time between a presidential mansion and a glorified country club in Florida, can wax rhapsodic about his marble preferences and his affection for Corinthian columns, but confronted with the words “corner store,” he was utterly baffled.

BumRushDaShow

(171,342 posts)
87. It's like the Poppy Bush revelation
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:30 PM
Apr 17

and Rmoney's -



And we even had Oz join the crew at a made-up name for the grocery store he visited here in PA -

nuxvomica

(14,160 posts)
76. In a writing workshop, I reviewed works by college seniors
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:52 PM
Apr 17

One had written the start of a novel, set in the 1920s, and was using a lot of anachronisms, which were fun to identify. There were frequent references in the text to a "convenience store" which I noted was not a popular term in the 1920s and the author should use "corner store" or "variety store" instead. Even though the store was in the middle of a block it could still be called a "corner store" because the name indicates a small local store, one that could be "just around the corner."

FakeNoose

(42,093 posts)
79. Plus, I don't think the idea of franchises had been invented by 1920
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:10 PM
Apr 17

There might have been a Sears Roebuck & Co. back then, but the Sears stores weren't spread all over the Midwest as would eventually happen later on. All retail was local in the 1920s, but the kids don't understand that.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

tonekat

(2,558 posts)
84. Any thing he thinks, goes out the mouth
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:52 PM
Apr 17

I've never seen anyone with such a lack of impulse control. You don't have to (and it's better if you don't) say every word you think out loud, but the moron never understood tact or self-discipline.

IronLionZion

(51,473 posts)
94. It's where we purchase corners for buildings, of course. Unless it's a round building with no corners.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:46 PM
Apr 17

SidneyR

(222 posts)
96. They're so freaking insanely rich they don't know the basics of shopping.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:04 PM
Apr 17

Other people, "the little people" do that for them. They have no idea.

Dave Id

(309 posts)
100. Trump has probably never 'shopped' in a store for himself or anyone
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:33 PM
Apr 17

He's been catered to his entire life, having people go out to get him whatever he wants.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,521 posts)
103. I'll bet
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:05 PM
Apr 17

he doesn't know what a BODEGA is either! Hell, I live in Virginia and I know what a bodega is!

Polybius

(22,034 posts)
109. While I know what a corner store, I never heard of a quarter store
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:22 PM
Apr 17
I know what a quarter store is, but I’ve never heard it described. A corner store. Who the hell wrote that, please?”


Is that what a dollar store used to be called back in the 70s? Before my time.

BumRushDaShow

(171,342 posts)
110. What I posted upthread - the "Peep Shows"
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:33 PM
Apr 17

A "quarter" (25 cents) store.



We had the "Red Light District" where all that stuff (including the "XXX Rated" movie theaters) were and it wasn't far from what was dubbed "Skid Row".

czarjak

(13,673 posts)
112. My Congressperson Jodey Arrington wrote TOBBBA!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:12 PM
Apr 17

So proud, too! The Donald even gave him an ATTA-BOY when it was signed too! Worm-Turning-Time, JoJo?

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