Quiz: Can you find the end of Donald Trump's sentence?
It can be tortuous to find the end of Donald Trump's wandering sentences, but it can also provide a wonderful quiz opportunity.
On Wednesday night and throughout the course of this campaign, Trump has sometimes struggled to achieve coherence, leaving pundits to accuse him of making "word salads." Viewers looking for an end to his sentence and thoughts will often find one-syllable, one-word adjectives instead: "Bad! Wrong! Sad!"
But perhaps this quiz can help.
Below is a transcript of last night's debate. We'll include unpunctuated text from the transcript, and you decide where you would put the period (or multiple exclamation points). Answers are below.
1. Very unfair that somebody runs across the border becomes a citizen under her plan you have open borders you would have a disaster on trade and you will have a disaster with your open border
Answer: Very unfair that somebody runs across the border, becomes a citizen, under her plan, you have open borders. You would have a disaster on trade, and you will have a disaster with your open borders.
2. And I’ll tell you what we’re in very serious trouble because we have a country with tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads 1,800, by the way where they expanded and we didn’t 1,800 nuclear warheads and she's playing chicken
Answer: And I’ll tell you what: We’re in very serious trouble, because we have a country with tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded and we didn’t, 1,800 nuclear warheads. And she’s playing chicken.
3. Let me tell you Putin has outsmarted her and Obama at every single step of the way whether it’s Syria you name it missiles
Answer: Let me tell you, Putin has outsmarted her and Obama at every single step of the way. Whether it’s Syria, you name it. Missiles.
4. As far as Japan and other countries we are being ripped off by everybody in the we’re defending other countries we are spending a fortune doing it
Answer: As far as Japan and other countries, we are being ripped off by everybody in the — we’re defending other countries. We are spending a fortune doing it.
5. For 30 years you’ve been in a position to help and if you say that I use steel or I use something else I make it impossible for me to do that I wouldn’t mind
For 30 years, you’ve been in a position to help, and if you say that I use steel or I use something else, I — make it impossible for me to do that. I wouldn’t mind.
6. I would say the only way because those stories are all totally false I have to say that and I didn’t even apologize to my wife who’s sitting right here because I didn’t do anything
I would say the only way — because those stories are all totally false, I have to say that. And I didn’t even apologize to my wife, who’s sitting right here, because I didn’t do anything.
7. These women the woman on the plane the I think they want either fame or her campaign did it and I think it’s her campaign because what I saw what they did which is a criminal act by the way where they’re telling people to go out and start fist-fights and start violence
Answer: These women — the woman on the plane, the — I think they want either fame or her campaign did it. And I think it’s her campaign. Because what I saw what they did, which is a criminal act, by the way, where they’re telling people to go out and start fist-fights and start violence.
8. But our country is so outplayed by Putin and Assad and by the way and by Iran nobody can believe how stupid our leadership is
But our country is so outplayed by Putin and Assad, and by the way — and by Iran. Nobody can believe how stupid our leadership is.
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