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Following Tuesday night’s resounding victory for Democrats across the country, Donald Trump came up with a long to-do list Wednesday morning that he thinks is the solution to what ails Republicans. And bizarrely, during his postelection meltdown, he claimed that Americans need ID to buy groceries.
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Okay, but why is this being posted to LAMF? This place is for specific situations (see rule 1), it’s not ‘politics 2’ (where I see it was cross-posted).
Not even the nazis, stalin, east germany, or the taliban did/do that. He is such a man baby
I still don’t think he knows what groceries are, he realized it was still a word a few months ago but I don’t think he actually knows what they are
Keep in mind that every claim is an admission of what the authoritarians are thinking about. They want ID to buy food - basic survival will require prior paperwork.
And the paperwork will require obedience and loyalty to the party.
This is one of his go-to lies. He has said it over and over again when elections don’t go his way.
This has “How much can a banana cost, Michael” vibes. I don’t think this chucklefuck has bought groceries in his lifetime.
Doesn’t he subsist on McDonald’s almost exclusively?
Tasty hamberders.
And well done steak with ketchup on it. Don’t forget that.
Unfortunately no, otherwise we’d have spent the past several years (at least) singing the praises of Ronald McDonald for stepping in as the assassin our country needed.
Pure McDonald’s for that long isn’t a diet, it’s a death sentence.
$20 per banana, duhh
Again? He says this every time he’s trying to justify voter ID laws. He’s just permanently stupid.
There’s a non-zero chance he sees people swiping debit/credit cards to pay, and thinks that’s “checking ID”.
It’s the only way I can think of for why he’s convinced. Especially since he’s seeing it on TV and not in person.
Could also be distant memories of people commonly using checks to pay their groceries, which does usually have them check your ID. Obviously paying with check is pretty rare these days.
Maybe he saw people using ID to buy cigarettes or alcohol WITH their groceries and got confused
He has likely never been anywhere near a cashier at a grocery store in the past 50 years
When you are at that level of rich you don’t go grocery shopping. Hell, Michael Jackson had to rent out an entire store just to experience it hassle free.
People like him are exactly why we need voter id laws
I mean I always need to show ID. But that’s cause I’m always buying additional alcohol every time I go to the store while this bozo is still in office.
You need to go to a better place bro, or at least get to know that person behind the counter that puts your plastic bottle vodka in a paper bag.
Some states, like mine, require an ID check on literally everyone every single time. Doesn’t matter if you’re old as hell and on a first name basis with the cashier / bartender, if they get caught not checking the ID they’re on the hook.
Username checks out.
MAGA will easily explain “this is what Trump meant”. I mean, it’s either that or cigs. Maybe some chemicals as well. But never food lol.
When I buy Sudafed. For reasons.
Okay Jessie Pinkman
That’s right, bitch!
Something did not know is that in the 1930s Germans were required to carry papers showing their church attendance records.
Maybe we will have some sort of Hot PocketsTM receipt app here in the US.
The Nestlé Faction is pleased, citizen.
They will spare your children. This time.
Not from diabetes they won’t
Or contaminated baby formula
Or slavery
claimed that Americans need ID to buy groceries
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.
But he soon made clear he was actually talking about food, specifically mentioning “a box of cereal” in an interview three months later. In 2023, he falsely claimed identification was needed “if you buy a loaf of bread.”
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.
Let’s give the guy who literally lies about everything every single day the benefit of the doubt!
Just stop.
This isn’t about giving him the benefit of any doubt; this is about what he said vs. What he didn’t say, and realizing that the man couldn’t articulate a point to save his life.
“Just stop”
He didn’t leave any gaps unsaid.
“All we want is voter ID, you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID, you go to a gas station, you give ID, but for voting, they want no voter ID. It’s only for one reason, and it’s because they cheat. We would pass that in 15 minutes,” Trump ranted, seeming to slur his words at times. “If you don’t get it, you’ll never pass that. You’ll never talk about mail-in ballots. Mail-in ballots make it automatically corrupt.”
He literally said you need ID at the grocery store and gas station but not voting which is the exact opposite of my experience yesterday when I did not need an ID for a grocery store or gas station but I did have to present it to vote because of shitty state laws. You are trying to figure out some way to make his irrational and ignorant lies somehow reasonable for whatever reason. Stop that, he has proven his opinions are as ignorant and stupid as they appear to be when he doubles down on them over and over again despite being told he is wrong.
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.
I’m not excusing him, I’m saying the article is stretching what he said. The narrative he’s pushing is wrong and the point he’s trying to make is painfully stupid: but making shit up isn’t a good rebuke.
Ok my mistake I guess, because what you said sounded a lot like “Why does everyone take him seriously? He’s a moron.” Whereas he’s repeating a knowingly false claim on purpose and I don’t really see where the article is stretching what he said.
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?
- This is Leopard Ate My Face, not News.
- This toddler’s words are making life hell for everyone who isn’t white because is the president.
Liberal or not, I don’t tolerate that dismissive attitude when this is the fucking president.
in a literal sense
It’s not interpreting it literally, it’s a perfectly normal way to interpret what he said. Maybe Trump did mean only when you buy alcohol or cigarettes, but thinking he meant you have to present ID whenever you go is a perfectly valid interpretation, based on his phrasing.
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)
At a rally in Tampa, Florida, he said: “You know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card, you need ID.”
“You go out and you want to buy anything, you need ID and you need your picture,” he told the crowd at the “Make America Great Again” rally on Tuesday night.
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How? I literally just said he’s an idiot. I’m a leftist… There’s no cope, there’s just facts (which are plenty bad on their own btw) and making shit up.
This article is trash and the outlet is on my shitlist. I complete agree with the sentiment, but this isn’t good journalism.
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:
“All we want is voter ID, you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID, you go to a gas station, you give ID, but for voting, they want no voter ID. It’s only for one reason, and it’s because they cheat. We would pass that in 15 minutes,” Trump ranted, seeming to slur his words at times. “If you don’t get it, you’ll never pass that. You’ll never talk about mail-in ballots. Mail-in ballots make it automatically corrupt.”
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.
But he soon made clear he was actually talking about food, specifically mentioning “a box of cereal” in an interview three months later. In 2023, he falsely claimed identification was needed “if you buy a loaf of bread.”
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…
