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Trump Claims You Need ID to Buy Groceries in Post-election Meltdown
(newrepublic.com)
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Except that's not what he said... He just mentioned places, not the product (groceries); so could easily be referring to alcohol or cigarettes.
He's an out-of-touch dangerous idiot and his brain is Swiss cheese, but this is garbage reporting.
EDIT: Nope. I was wrong. There's precedent.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/politics/fact-check-trump-groceries-identification
He stated that you have to present ID when you go the the grocery store and the gas station, not when you buy cigarettes or alcohol. His statements, at face value, are simply factually incorrect.
Yes if you interpret everything in a literal sense as explicitly stated... but that's not how most people speak and, as already established, his brain is swiss cheese.
A cunning linguist, he isn't. Whenever he speaks, only good happen. Everything's not computer.
..what
"Nothing bad can happen; only good happen" and "everything's computer" are both quotes from Trump during this term.
If you try to take his words and phrasing at face value, only reading what is explicitly stated, you end up with nothing. The man speaks like a toddler quite often.
Do you know where that quote is from, though? It's from a Trump rally before covid. "You need an ID to buy groceries" is a well known right wing meme. He repeats this lie because it advances the right wing idea that American elections are influenced by left wing radicals and illegal immigrants who fraudulently vote. It's not based in any kind of truth and never was.
He doesn't repeat this phrase because he's an imbecile. (He is an imbecile, but that's not why he repeats this phrase.) He repeats this phrase because it's propaganda. It's got the illusion of truth. "You need an ID to buy groceries" sounds close enough to the truth that people who already agree with the point he's making won't question it.
Showing ID is a common and normal.
therefore
Requiring an ID to vote is not a burden.
Propaganda doesn't have to be accurate, it just needs to feel relatable. Don't excuse Trump for saying these things.
And he is the president of the fucking USA.
President? You spelled Rape Goblin wrong.
... Yes? What does that have to do with the garbage article being garbage?
Liberal or not, I don't tolerate that dismissive attitude when this is the fucking president.
Firstly, pointing out the community hardly seems relevant when nothing about this article fits with the theme.
Secondly, fuck off then? I hate the guy. I'm dismissive of garbage writing of a garbage article from a garbage outlet. There are plenty of things to be concerned and angry about, but this isn't even worth the very letters I'm typing right now. If you don't like my comment: downvote, block, move on.
I'd maybe go with that, but this isn't the first time he's made this claim and it's clear what he means.
(2018)
You're correct. It's super annoying when articles take quotes out of context to create a narrative. You get into a debate with someone else, reference the article, then look dumb when they point out that's not what was actually implied.
Here's his exact quote:
It's pretty clear he's talking about having to use your ID when required at grocery stores and gas stations, i.e. to buy tobacco and alcohol.
Yes you can interpret it as him saying that he's going to require an id to buy groceries and gas but that requires a ton of mental gymnastics. Trump doesn't need fake narratives to sound like a fascist, there's plenty of actual examples to pick from, but this ain't it. The fact that he's trying to get rid of mail in voting is already insane enough
Nope. I was wrong. There's precedent.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/politics/fact-check-trump-groceries-identification
Cheeto's just that cooked.
Exactly this. The point he's seemingly making is a terrible point, but (effectively) misquoting him doesn't help in any way, it just gives them an easy echo-chamber-reinforced defense: they point out mischaracterizations as examples of "derangement" and shut down rather than engaging with the subject.
His narrative is wrong and his point is stupid: that should be enough; no need to stretch it for a clickbait headline. But here we are...