Should Trump be taken literally ?

Yes, we should take him literally because he's the president of the United States. We shouldn't have to play a game of charades to work out his real intentions. He should be true to his word and mean what he says. I believe that he does mean what he says, he just doesn't always have the freedom or ability to enact what he says. He is every bit as short sighted and limited as he appears to be. It's not an illusion. There isn't some sub plot where he's actually a genius and an astute businessman. He's the human equivalent of a business for dummies book, that's the level at which he operates. He believes that business is all about firm handshakes and dick measuring. There is no nuance, no strategy of any merit, he's just a thin skinned sledgehammer. Putting Trump at the negotiating table with Putin is like putting Justin Bieber at the chess board opposite Magnus Carlsen.

We should take him literally.
Trump just said he invited Trudeau - Canada’s Governor to watch the hockey game with him.
Trudeau is Canada's Prime Minister and Canada doesn't even have governors. Trump likely knows that but he said it anyway to literally inply that Canada is already the 51st state of America.
Cheers!

Yes we should, with the caveat that much of what he says is lies, even though he may believe them. For example:

June 2015: “There’s nobody bigger or better at the military than I am.”
July 2016: "So a general gets on, sent obviously by Obama, and he said, 'Mr. Trump doesn't understand. He knows nothing about defense.' I know more about offense and defense than they will ever understand, believe me. Believe me. Than they will ever understand. Than they will ever understand."
Nov 2015: "I know more about ISIS than the generals do."
Nov 2015: "I know more about courts than any human being on Earth."
Mar 2016: "Nobody knows more about trade than me."
Apr 2016: "I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth."
May 2016: "I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world. Nobody knows more about taxes."
July 2016: "[L]ook, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump."
Feb 8 2017: "I understand things. I comprehend very well. Ok? Better than, I think, almost anybody"
Dec 2018: "Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me."
Jan 2019: "I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have."

Want video evidence Trump said these things?
[media=https://youtu.be/sR3f95BGIiA]

Trump is the freely elected and duly appointed leader of the American people. Thats the new standard to apply to all..😷

What did he say this time? Something brilliant I assume. 🙄

But taken literally - he comes up with yet another well thought-out idea each week, meanwhile forgetting about the one last week. Several weeks ago it was about deportations, Two weeks ago he wanted to annex Canada, last week he wanted to buy Gaza, and this week he is blaming Ukraine for the war.
Did I miss anything?


How could anyone take him too serious or literal?

What did he say now?

TBF, Trump's brain is soup, he doesn't know what he saying. However, we should look at the actions of his admin, which right now is doing everything it can to harm the working-class and America's allies.

Literally?

Imo, not if by that you mean to place any expectation that he might not contradict it a minute later when it suits him better.

He has far too much contempt for everything and everyone but himself to be taken literally in that sense.

He has done what he said he would do

Yes, take everything he says literally. It's a psychological tactic. Those who control him hope that if he says enough crazy things eventually everyone will stop listening to him and stop paying any attention, and then that's when the real danger begins.

Yes.

Vice President Trump should be taken 100% at face value

His senior advisors told the Canadian government that Canada should take his threats to make Canada the 51st state seriously.

Doesnt pass th realiyy test, so no

It's a lie to belittle Zelensky to make the awful deal they are about to do palatable to trump's base.

Trump (45,47), Much Better Than That POS
Biden, Dumped By His Own Party, After Only
Three Years In Office!

Your medication is wearing off, the basement is that way 🖕 ... round the corner, down the stairs and you're there 💊💊💊

He's so good at triggering democrats.🤣🍿

Absolutely. He means every ridiculous thing he says he plans to do. People who want to say he’s "joking" are kidding themselves.

Everything Trump says recently is nothing more than a smoke screen to distract attention away from the fact that his government is in shambles and thousands of government employees are getting laid off or fired on the spot.

This distraction technique Trump has even spoken about in some of his biography novels which date back to the late 1980's.

Don't worry, be happy!

Trump has no coherent politics, that's important. Without logic, everything is on the table. A berzerker has to be crazed.

You might want to start by taking literally what he actually says and NOT what the Nazi left wing media tries to put into his mouth.

Grow some brains. Turn off CNN.