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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 25

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Captain_Swoop said:
MARK SIMONE
@MarkSimoneNY
I remember when President Trump met a veteran wounded so badly that he had no arms. The President reached out and touched his face so he would feel the human contact. #trump #MAGA #Veterans #VeteransForTrump
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Most immediate reactions:
1. ew, gross. I'd probably feel gross where he touched me for hours or days.

2. touching someone's face sounds like a genuine act of emotion and empathy, the kind of thing you do not for optics or ratings, but because you really care.

In other words, there is no way this story is true.

3. the Trump was Einstein, and everyone applauded!
 
Trebuchet said:
Probably ninja'd on this but the "armless vet" touched by Trump never served in the military because of being born without arms.
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From the article, quoting another article about the "vet" getting his first prosthetic arm-

And now for the first time, the 6-foot,1-inch tall man can hold a glass. The task is challenging but Stevenson is determined to master the skill.
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The universe can be such an ironic place sometimes...
 
"Antifa Navy" is currently trending on Twitter, as self-proclaimed admirals are announcing that an operation to sink the boats of Trump supporters with soup-torpedoes was a smashing success.
 
chrispy said:
Look, I am an American but have not lived in the staes for almost a decade. Can
someone explain these weird "Boat parades" and 'trump train" things? I mean this, WTF?
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The Trump cultists display their undying loyalty to Dear Leader in a social event
 
chrispy said:
Look, I am an American but have not lived in the staes for almost a decade. Can
someone explain these weird "Boat parades" and 'trump train" things? I mean this, WTF?
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It's just a bunch of owners of pleasure boats, large and small, on the lake at the same time. It's not too different from any other summer day at a large lake, the difference in this case being that Trump supporters made arrangements to festoon their boats with Trump campaign flags all at the same time.

Trump-support has become something of a cult of personality; for the supporters, their status AS "Trump supporters" has invaded every aspect of their identity, so that many of them are taking completely mundane personal or family events - like a trip to the lake, or a family barbecue, a wedding in at least one instance - and turning them into ad-hoc political rallies by having everyone wear clothing or carry flags proclaiming devotion to Trump.
 
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A compendium of Trump's tweets might aptly be titled Screaming from the Bunker: The Ravings of a Lunatic.
 
The Trump campaign is broke


It’s been no secret that the Trump campaign is a cesspool of nepotism and corruption. It’s also telling that while the Biden campaign triumphantly announced a record-shattering $365 million haul for August, the Trump campaign has been notably silent.

And then there was that most telling of tells—the Trump campaign going dark during its convention week, pulling all TV advertising from the airwaves. A cash-flush campaign would use TV to reinforce the convention’s message, and there was no reason for the Trump campaign to not be cash flush, right? But there was literally no other explanation to their advertising silence: they were broke.
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On Thursday, records filed with the Federal Communications Commission by Phoenix-area television stations showed that the Trump campaign cancelled all of its ads between Sept. 8 and Sept. 14. The air time totaled approximately $580,000 in the Phoenix media market, which includes most of the state except for the areas surrounding Tucson and Yuma.

FCC records also show that the Trump campaign stopped advertising on Tucson television stations about two weeks ago.
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Nah, Trump's not fanning the flames of violence. His rhetoric isn't encouraging these Second Amendment Gun Rights Militia nut jobs to commit violence. Not at all:

Feds Charge ‘Second Amendment Militia’ Members Who Allegedly Wanted to ‘Pick People Off’ During Kenosha Protests

Federal prosecutors have charged two Missouri men with a slew of gun-related charges after a recent trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

According to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of WisconsinMatthew D. Krueger, 40-year-old Michael M. Karmo and 33-year-old Cody E. Smith were arrested and charged with multiple felonies after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received a tip.
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“Karmo told CW he was going to go to Kenosha with the intention of possibly using the firearms on people,” the complaint goes on. “CW feared that with KARMO’s increase in conspiracy theory talks and other ‘crazy’ political talk he was not in the right mind set to have a firearm.”

Both Karmo and Smith admitted to traveling across state lines with several guns in their possession because they wanted to participate in a rally held by President Donald Trump and to verify his claims about the civil unrest that has occurred in Wisconsin since the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

“Smith stated they attended the rally for President Trump outside of the high school in Kenosha,” the complaint alleges. “Smith stated they wanted to see proof of the rioting.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...eople-off-during-kenosha-protests/ar-BB18Kr13
 
shemp said:
The Trump campaign is broke
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Can't judge how true this is myself, as I know nothing about AlterNet or what it means or doesn't mean when candidates stop advertising, but either way I liked this quote:

But that’s a separate debate. Fact is, presidential campaigns advertise. And if they don’t, it’s because they don’t have the money to do so. That goes extra for Trump, who was forcing his campaign to advertise in indigo blue Washington DC so he could watch himself during his copious daily TV time.

The Trump train in a nutshell.
 
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