usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 days agoTrump: "Energy is so big. It's so like amorphous. It's all over the place. If you make donuts, it's a stove"i.imgur.comvideomessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1videoTrump: "Energy is so big. It's so like amorphous. It's all over the place. If you make donuts, it's a stove"i.imgur.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremars296@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoHe is trying to say that we use energy (presumably he is talking specifically about fossil fuels) for everything and in ways that people may not even realize it. He is saying that without fossil fuels society can’t function.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoQuite a thorough job of sane-washing here
minus-squaremars296@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoAs someone who has always been around people speaking broken English, it becomes very easy to interpret word jumbles and mistranslations.
He is trying to say that we use energy (presumably he is talking specifically about fossil fuels) for everything and in ways that people may not even realize it. He is saying that without fossil fuels society can’t function.
Quite a thorough job of sane-washing here
As someone who has always been around people speaking broken English, it becomes very easy to interpret word jumbles and mistranslations.