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34. Overheard in the White House..."A sailor came up to me and said...

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 02:46 PM

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“Sir, do you know water is wet?”
“And I hade a sudden flash…water is slippery especially when it’s frozen…I heard of the magnetic North Pole and in my brilliance it came to me, frozen…wet frozen magnets are slippery they can’t stick.”

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Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy [View all] douglas9 Tuesday OP

This guy tore down the White House on a whim Blues Heron Tuesday #1

Maybe he thought there were magnets buried inside. And with the weak WH water allegorical oracle Tuesday #22

These sharks had laser beams on their heads, right? jmowreader Tuesday #27

THINGS that make you go..."Hmmm" ProudMNDemocrat Tuesday #2

The only thing trump got right is the statement, "I don't know what's going to happen". patphil Tuesday #3

But mikey is just trumps pimp republianmushroom Tuesday #46

"You know, the new thing is magnets." Botany Tuesday #4

The Chinese started using compasses 2000 years ago Wednesdays Tuesday #7

He was upset when the U.S. Navy switched from steam driven catapults to electromagnetic ones Botany Tuesday #40

He's so ignorant that it's like he grew up living in a hole in the ground -- with no allegorical oracle Tuesday #41

No wolves are smart thinking beings that support their pack and their families and they work for the .. Botany Tuesday #43

This is not the first time he has publicly claimed that magnets do not work if they get wet. Midnight Writer Tuesday #5

When I was a kid, I had a compass watch Wednesdays Tuesday #9

Sounds like a Commie Chinese Antifa terrorist watch@@!!11 progressoid Tuesday #37

Oh my god, that made my head hurt! PatSeg Tuesday #6

Maybe he meant MAGAnuts. Raven123 Tuesday #8

The dude's cuckcoo for cocoa puffs struggle4progress Tuesday #10

The man knows nothing. Less than nothing. Solly Mack Tuesday #11

Plaque buildup on his brain is becoming much more noticeable these days Torchlight Tuesday #12

And, yet again: if BIDEN had spouted the exact-same drivel, word-for-word... Paladin Tuesday #13

The Limpet Mine was developed in WWII and attaches to the hull of ship below the waterline by a magnet. surfered Tuesday #14

Fake news: PCIntern Tuesday #39

This could happen to any person thought crime Tuesday #15

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Why are sailors pouring their drinks on the magnets? yellowcanine Tuesday #16

Magnetic is very, very bad dalton99a Tuesday #17

Well, didn't they send the space shuttles up with steam?? allegorical oracle Tuesday #42

That's why all those magnet fishing videos are fake, I guess. MineralMan Tuesday #18

There is no limit to what trump doesn't know. twodogsbarking Tuesday #19

He just gave away state secrets! James48 Tuesday #20

How do insulated cups know when to keep something hot or cold? twodogsbarking Tuesday #21

Good thing his uncle at MIT was a genius--- lastlib Tuesday #23

Willful ignorance is indistinguishable from stupidity William Seger Tuesday #31

He's bitching about carrier EMALS now? paleotn Tuesday #24

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Bitching about EMALS is not a new thing for Trump jmowreader Tuesday #29

Not everybody is familiar with military acronyms. It is helpful to identify niyad Tuesday #33

It's long been one of Trump's inscrutable obsessions... keep_left Tuesday #35

Well... DET Tuesday #28

This is The Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is The Onion!!! niyad Tuesday #30

I thought this was satire. milestogo Tuesday #32

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So did he get a big thunderous rousing chorus of cheers on the ship, like last time? NBachers Tuesday #36

Hey Tapper, how about a book about this! LW1977 Tuesday #38

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He has never understood magnetism. This isn;t his first rant on the subject. Gore1FL Tuesday #45

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