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.

  • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    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.