What I always loved about that scene is that when she asks for the name of the pirate and he runs through some in his head, it does include the right answer (such is the cultural influence of Treasure Island) but he gets unlucky in the one he picks.
That's Trump his entire life, Trump expects to charm everyone and skate through conversations with zero situational awareness. Trump's interview after his first 100 days is a great example of this. John Dickerson relays a metaphor from W, that "the reason the Oval Office is round, is that there are no corners to hide in." Trump gets completely lost in the intellectual powerhouse that was George W Bush and immediately begins to describe the physical features of the room. Dickerson explains to Trump that we intention was everything comes back to the president and Trump shrugs everything off. It's only comparable to if you'd stripped every redeemable quality from Michael Scott.
God fucking dammit that is the thickest thing I've ever seen. He''s the only person alive that doesn't need to be lying down for a George Bush quote to go over their head. How the world didn't blow up in those four years I do not know.
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u/fabricated_anecdotes 15d ago
What I always loved about that scene is that when she asks for the name of the pirate and he runs through some in his head, it does include the right answer (such is the cultural influence of Treasure Island) but he gets unlucky in the one he picks.