Ohhh, so that’s what that means
It’s like the scene at the end of The Miracle Worker when Helen Keller suddenly at last understands what language is, except stupid.
For 14 seasons, Donald Trump hosted The Apprentice, the reality show that gave millions of Americans the false impression that he is a business genius. But it was only today, July 19, 2018, that he realized what the title of the show meant.
Speaking to a crowd at a White House event called Pledge to America’s Workers, Trump came across a line in the prepared text that included the word apprenticeships. Then he went off script: “That’s an interesting word for me to be saying, right? The Apprentice. I never actually put that together until just now,” he said.
Trump goes on a tangent about his old TV show, 'The Apprentice' pic.twitter.com/ICsfHczZtw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 19, 2018
Aw… if only he weren’t in control of the biggest arsenal in the world, this would be kinda funny.
If only.
Have you ever heard a joke, and only really understood it much later? Probably. Have you ever heard a joke and then repeated it for twelve years without getting it once, and then only gotten it another two years later? Trump has.
That’s comforting.
Many Trump voters regard proficiency in English – as a native language – as dangerously elitist, and a 7 year old’s vocabulary as wholesome and honest in a 70-odd year old.
Definitely funny.
There is a more charitable interpretation, which is that he knew he was talking about apprenticeships, but only when giving the speech did he “put together” that with the fact that he had starred on The Apprentice. This may be because he was reading “his” speech for the first time but he felt like he had to pretend he wrote it.