• Cysioland
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    6 hours ago

    Is that last sentence the result of Trump suddenly forgetting that English is a SVO language?

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      5 hours ago

      This His thinking is getting glitchier and glitchier. My theory is due to a brain fart he stuck in “but” and forgot “them”. I think he meant to use his typical broken phraseology - something like this…

      “A little concerning to me. The autonomous vehicles - we’re going to stop them from operating.”

      To me that sounds 100% ordinary for Trump.

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      I just noticed the typo. I fear my thinking is getting glitchier and glitchier as well.

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          4 hours ago

          It reminds me of standup comics. They’re fond of the construction and so is Trump.

          The lead up to the punchline: “The autonomous vehicles…”

          The punchline - so to speak: “We’re going to stop them from operating.”

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          A standup version could be “The autonomous vehicles… Somebody is gonna stop them from operating in my neighborhood.”