'Off The Rails': Trump's Ramble In The Middle Of Cabinet Meeting Is 24-Karat Nonsense

President Donald Trump delivered a wild and rambling performance at a Cabinet meeting that ran for more than 90 minutes, ending with a long aside about interior decorating.Trump said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ― who is Jewish ― has “abandoned the Jews” and “become a Palestinian,” then compared Schumer to Jon Lovitz’s lying “Saturday Night Live” character Tommy Flanagan, complete with an impression. He described the B-2 bombers that flew to Iran for last month’s attack, saying they “went skedaddle” and then tried to define the word “skedaddle.” “Do you know the word skedaddle?” he asked. “It means skedaddle.” He took great offence at a question about Jeffrey Epstein, a day after his Justice Department concluded that the late sex offender didn’t have a long-rumoured “client list.” “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” he asked in disbelief. “This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking, we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things, and are people still talking about this guy, this creep?” He called it a “desecration” to speak about Epstein during a time of “some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas.” Toward the end, he started to talk decor. “I’m a frame person,” he declared as he spoke about portraits. “Sometimes I like frames more than I like the pictures.” He spoke of flags, clocks, lamps, medallions, and more. Then the conversation took a golden turn as Trump spoke at length about the room’s mouldings and whether they would look better with gold leaf or gold-coloured paint. “If you paint it, it won’t look good because they’ve never found a paint that looks like gold,” he said. “You see that in the Oval Office. They’ve tried for years and years. Somebody could become very wealthy, but they’ve never found a paint that looks like gold. So painting it is easy, but it won’t look right. And the question is whether or not we should gold leaf it.”He asked some of his Cabinet secretaries for their opinions on gold paint versus gold leaf. And on social media, his critics also delivered theirs: the cabinet meeting is now off the rails: "The only question is will I gold leaf the corners? My cabinet could take a vote. You see the top line mouldings." pic.twitter.com/4bId0fQRv3— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2025Dementia or Dumb: In a crazy moment, Trump blasted a reporter for asking about Jeffrey Epstein instead of Texas. And then he rambled about whether to gold leaf the ceiling. Not Texas. Not Putin... Gold leaf.Media: Stop ignoring his cognitive decline.pic.twitter.com/VygIRcNJTV— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) July 8, 2025Children dead and missing in Texas, but Trump is busy musing about putting gold leaf on the crown molding in the cabinet room.Trump. Does. Not. Care. About. YOU. https://t.co/MS3yEqnhdZ— The Romano Report (@TheRomanoReport) July 8, 2025He just said minutes ago that this is not the best time to ask questions about the Epstein list cover-up and now he’s talking about interior design.— 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢 (@ChidiNwatu) July 8, 2025Again with the gold. He's Like Gollum with my precious. https://t.co/1CgDyoV5vB— Paca Whisperer aka Jayme (@SageHillfarms) July 8, 2025How can you disregard Epstein's list as unimportant old news and talk about Grandfather clocks , gold leaf trim , ceiling lamp medallions and 120 year old paintings ?— Edward Hernandez (@EdsrAh) July 8, 2025He just signed the largest cuts to health care in American history and now he's wondering how much gold he should use to decorate the room he's in. What. The. F**k. https://t.co/ZwUJBrrLdF— Senate Democrats (@MoSenDems) July 8, 2025It's important for us to remember that besides being a narcissist, sociopath, grifter, rapist, traitor, and serial criminal, he's also an idiot. https://t.co/dq25zYhGl2— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) July 8, 2025Marco Rubio is such an empty shell of himself, they may as well gold leaf him. https://t.co/DIfKaSIOqe— Jennifer Erin Valent 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@JenniferEValent) July 8, 2025Is this the most pressing issue? Paint? WTF? 25th Amendment! NOW!— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) July 8, 2025He’s the “working class president” my ass— Sycamore’s Source (@sycamoressource) July 8, 2025TRUMP IS JUST FLOODING THE ZONE!. He doesn’t want people talking about Epstein Files. 😂— Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) July 8, 2025Yes, Marco, we see you. You sit there and say nothing. Just in case you hoped no-one would take notice. We do. And you will be confronted with this video for the rest of your life. https://t.co/LTffZoKKgW— Rimland Sky 🌍 (@RimlandSky) July 9, 2025Rambling Man25th Amendment NOW please https://t.co/FfTjKyH5FG— Mary Miller🦅🇺🇸 (@MaryMil62180561) July 8, 2025This is a perfect metaphor for an entire style of governance. The substance of policy is secondary. The primary focus is on the superficial aesthetics of power - the "gold leaf on the corners." As long as the facade looks opulent and strong, the structural integrity of the state…— Projekt Europa (@braesikalla) July 8, 2025Fox cut away mid-speech while Trump rambled about how “you can’t paint moldings” and “they never found a paint that looks like gold.”This man is supposed to be leading the country—not giving unhinged Home Depot reviews in the middle of a national address.We’re in a global…— Charles Perreira (@CharlesPerreir7) July 8, 2025Starting to wonder if we have an ADHD problem here.— Peter Hopey (@phopey) July 8, 2025@marcorubio looks like he is dying inside https://t.co/FBR6cM4Ppi— Teresa (@Tess1959) July 8, 2025

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