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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 25

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Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of “Smoking Gun” emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!
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I'm shocked his phone didn't burst into flames when he tweeted that.
 
Jim_MDP said:
Sally Field's thinking... bro, too much, take it down a notch.
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Nah, that's exactly where you want him.

Just as, when choosing an employee, the most desperate is the worst candidate, so with elections - desperation does not sell and will turn some voters off him.

He's dead and buried and will lose in a landslide.
 
Venom said:
Please PLEASE like me.

lol?
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*hugs Venom*

;)


phiwum said:
I don't think she's wrong.

I think that some of Trump's humor is self-deprecating. I know that's strange, given how thin his skin is, but pleading "Please like me" is best viewed as a joke and that this is likely endearing to some.

Of course, he's an odd duck. I regard some of his sayings as likely to be self-mocking humor, but it's hard to fit that interpretation with his refusal to admit "covfefe" was a typo. On the other hand, it all fits a bit better when you remember that Spicer said that the word was understood by a mysterious group of insiders. That is another example of something so strange that perhaps it must have been intentional humor.
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I think that you're a bit off here. Covfefe was fairly certainly an accident, rather than a joke, and one that quickly had an embarrassing story attached to it (the suggestion that Trump had probably fallen asleep on the toilet) that was being circulated. What happened after that was an effort to save face for Trump, including on Spicer's part. Trump does not like being embarrassed.

The "Please, please like me" bit may well be a half-joke, sure, though. The kind of "joke" that also reveals the true feelings of the speaker. Like - "Russia, if you're listening..."

Trebuchet said:
And new AG Giuliani will do just that.
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Or whichever Trump sycophant he can install to do his whim regardless of legality.
 
Aridas said:
*hugs Venom*

;)




I think that you're a bit off here. Covfefe was fairly certainly an accident, rather than a joke, and one that quickly had an embarrassing story attached to it (the suggestion that Trump had probably fallen asleep on the toilet) that was being circulated. What happened after that was an effort to save face for Trump, including on Spicer's part. Trump does not like being embarrassed.

The "Please, please like me" bit may well be a half-joke, sure, though. The kind of "joke" that also reveals the true feelings of the speaker. Like - "Russia, if you're listening..."



Or whichever Trump sycophant he can install to do his whim regardless of legality.
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That many a true word hath been spoke in jest.
 
Bob001 said:
John Dean explains it all:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/12/trump-voter-authoritarian-research/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...amp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1612199054
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I went to hear Dean talk many years ago at the U of WA. I was impressed by what he had to say. I've posted about this before. He said when you are around the POTUS it's a bit like being around a famous actor. You get caught up in it and that's how professional people like lawyers break laws when they otherwise wouldn't.

I've not read the book but Dean knows his stuff.
 
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"I saved the suburbs. I saved the suburbs" -- delusional stuff from Trump

Trump gets distracted by a plane that he describes (dubiously since he's at civilian airport) as "a brand new F-35 fighter jet. You can't see it." He then claims that the military was out of ammunition when he took over.
 
Trump tells his story again about he how and Melania recently watched the evening news expecting to see coverage of his Nobel nominations, but were dismayed that the news was covering a hurricane in Florida and flooding in Iowa instead. This is supposed to make the media look bad.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump tells his story again about he how and Melania recently watched the evening news expecting to see coverage of his Nobel nominations, but were dismayed that the news was covering a hurricane in Florida and flooding in Iowa instead. This is supposed to make the media look bad.
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Isn't there some kind of election coming up where Florida is important to Drumpf in some way or another? I'm just thinking maybe even pretending to care about them might have been more helpful to him?
 
Just as a general comment, I'm seeing Trump has no eye for details. Everything for him is some sort of big concept, with any details and follow-up to be completed by minions. He just has these big ideas. For example:

Trade deals with Gyna. Handshakes, smoojing and formal dinners are Trump's thing. But any guidance for actual policy and treaties, not so much. That's for the minions to do to make him look good. So far, not a lot of progress.

The Wall. Big picture - Trump wants it built. Small picture - way too expensive, growing local opposition, Mexico says stick the invoice up your arse, and it is utterly ineffective anyway. But the minions involved are still trying to make this happen for him by pretending that any replacement wall is "new". Good enough for Trump's 30,000ft view!

Healthcare, specifically demolishing Obama's ACA. An EO is as far as he knows what to do, and that in itself is merely a directive for somebody to do something...after four years just ranting about it to everyone in earshot. He just wants the minions to get it done, and tell him when it is so he can claim the credit. His overarching aim is to stick it to Obama, not anything to do with the pesky details of pre-existing conditions, or cheaper costs, etc.

Middle East peace. He wants it done for his own ego. So he delegates to the chinless wonder, Kushner, who faffs about "meeting people" and being generally ignored for a few years. As Trump's and Beni's fortunes wane, some countries there see an opportunity to play power politics in the region and get cheap weapons, a long-running sport more popular there than soccer. So they play nice and pretend he has convinced them. Lo! Trump, who quite literally can be distracted by a shiny ball, claims he has created "peace in our time" in a region riddled with a myriad of complexities. Will he sell them the invisible F-35's? That's merely a detail he cares nothing about.

There are plenty of other instances. But generally, Trump is not a details person. He has always just had the "big ideas". He pays minions to make them happen. And that's how he expected the presidency to run, and how expects the election will fall in his favour. Make it so, Number One!
 
Norman Alexander said:
There are plenty of other instances. But generally, Trump is not a details person. He has always just had the "big ideas". He pays minions to make them happen. And that's how he expected the presidency to run, and how expects the election will fall in his favour. Make it so, Number One!
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Which could be workable except that his only criterion for hiring minions is whether or not they will agree with everything he says and constantly praise him. No other qualification matters.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
"I saved the suburbs. I saved the suburbs" -- delusional stuff from Trump

Trump gets distracted by a plane that he describes (dubiously since he's at civilian airport) as "a brand new F-35 fighter jet. You can't see it." He then claims that the military was out of ammunition when he took over.
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Maybe he's saying a bunch of batcrap crazy stuff in order to goad more news organizations into covering his rallies live.

ETA: nm, he's been saying this for a year.
 
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Stacyhs said:
I'm looking forward to this being the last continuation of "The Trump Presidency".
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You're a bit soon. With 3300 posts, this one's about to expire, but be contented that the next continuation will be the last.

After that, you can have "How many years jail will Trump get?"
 
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