'Breathtaking Stupidity': Trump's Latest Bizarre Claim Quickly Attracts Critics

President Donald Trump on Monday made a bonkers claim that “nobody knows” about magnets while bragging about his dealmaking abilities.Trump — after being asked about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s critique that he should focus more on domestic policy — made his way to talk of China restricting exports of processed rare earths and magnets, rules the country has reportedly eased since a deal between Trump and China’s Xi Jinping last month.“If China refused to give magnets, ’cause they have a monopoly on magnets, ... there wouldn’t be a car made in the entire world, there wouldn’t be a radio, there wouldn’t be a television, there wouldn’t be internet, there wouldn’t be anything because magnets are such a part —,” the president began.“Now, nobody knows what magnets are and not overly sophisticated but to build a magnet system would take two years.”He proceeded to talk up his “unbelievable deal” that “made peace” with China.Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are." pic.twitter.com/nxnLmKbFDP— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 10, 2025Trump has previously signaled his confusion about how magnets function, telling supporters last year that dropping magnets in a glass of water would be the “end of the magnets.”The president, in a Fox News interview that aired Monday night, repeated his claim about magnets.Critics on X swiftly mocked Trump including one who called out his “breathtaking stupidity” and several others who referred to a heavily meme’d line about magnets from Insane Clown Posse’s song “Miracle.”pic.twitter.com/uRCyEIhcRX— Tony (@Mesnia1016) November 10, 2025pic.twitter.com/7j9YLE9TtH— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@SundaeDivine) November 10, 2025The breathtaking stupidity. https://t.co/gTCoCl2KBI— Bill Prady ⚛️ Now at 🦋 (@billprady) November 10, 2025Are you positive? https://t.co/FgpjHCjhoG— Robert A. George (@RobGeorge) November 10, 2025Finally a reason to use this GIF which I definitely didn’t just discover existed. pic.twitter.com/t7KGL8qLR7— Chris Robinson (@ChrisRobinsonNJ) November 10, 2025The Trump-ICP crossover no one saw coming https://t.co/LM8KQtAE5r— Machine Gun Philly (@xXPhillyCXx) November 10, 2025He did it. He did the meme. I’m not even going to post the gif cause that would be gratuitous. https://t.co/UybdlD4V6m— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) November 10, 2025"Nobody knows what magnets are" is the new "'groceries' is an old-fashioned word."— TrumpFile.org (@TrumpFile) November 10, 2025If this bonehead doesn’t know what it is, then no one does. Funny, though, the ancient Greeks figured out magnetism in the 6th century BC.— Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 (@4HumanUnity) November 10, 2025Magnets are to windmills, like sharks are to batteries— Robert Lusetich (@RobertLusetich) November 10, 2025

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