_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
Wow, Trump seems to be acknowledging he may actually lose, I don't recall him doing that in pervious elections.
His running mate could maybe beat him but it would be close
Wow, Trump seems to be acknowledging he may actually lose, I don't recall him doing that in pervious elections.
I'd suggest that you follow prunus ' advice. Or not. Your shout really. However, stupidity alone doesn't explain phenomena like a significant amount of woment being anti-choice for instance...I'd suggest you do some research on the definition of an Idiot
a stupid person.
"I feel like an idiot who swallowed every lie I was told"
She also had that 'October Surprise' of James Comey announcing an FBI investigation into alleged corruption and wrongdoing charges which turobocharged Trump's 'crooked Hillary' schtick. Even though they subsequently stated she was clear of all charges prior to voting, it was too late and the damage had been done in critical batleground states. Trump rode that pony all the way to the finish line.I think Hillary Clinton had a bigger lead in the polls at this point in 2016 and kept it right up until she lost the election - I hope polling has improved since then but not sure how that would happen in a time when phone scams have proliferated and people don't tend to answer calls from unknown numbers
Will he keep that promise?Wow, Trump seems to be acknowledging he may actually lose, I don't recall him doing that in pervious elections.
US election: Donald Trump says he probably will not run in 2028 if he loses
For the second time in a week the Republican presidential candidate has acknowledged the prospect of defeat.www.bbc.co.uk
Not a chanceWill he keep that promise?
The Tangerine Turd has never kept a promise in his life so he probably won't start now. That said this is probably his last realistic chance. Come 2028 he will 82 (older than Biden now) assuming of course that his heart doesn't give out or Melania doesn't put a pillow over his head.Will he keep that promise?
He will be 82 by then, could very well be even he knows he is too old for it.Will he keep that promise?
Funny how conservatives bemoan 'playing the race card' until.... its convenient. Self-professed 'black Nazi' says hes a victim of a high tech lynching, just like Uncle Clarance.
Also
My cousins
My aunties and uncles
My step-siblings and their families
All the other perfectly normal people I know over there who vote Republican for all kinds of reasons
Yep. I have neighbors and friends I've known most of my life that support him. Its sad what Trumpism has done to the country. Its divided marriages, families, and friends.
even if he stands I cant see the Publicans going for Loser Trump for a third defeat..Not a chance
Won't matter. It won't be in his hands. Republicans aren't going to choose him again if he loses this year.Will he keep that promise?
I’m sure that’s true.
But, I’m also seeing some of my folks actually adopting / expressing stuff that’s more aligned with the Trump stuff.
Like, one of them has been posting on Facebook about how America needs to turn away from satan and how abortion is evil. I’ve never heard or seen anything like this from him before. When we’d go to church with Granny, he never came with us and given how many children he’s fathered with different women I’d be surprised if none of his partners had ever had an abortion.
They’re generally far more open, brazen etc about views I’ve always known were there re: race, LBGT etc. And one of the people who used to visit regularly for cookouts and other social events was gay. He was always welcome. This hateful stuff was less hot, less vital. It was the background hum. No doubt they hid their views from us Brits (not least because we’d take them to task when we could); but I’m also certain that the prevailing attitudes were just not especially high on the priority list. The South trundled along being the South, prevailing views were safely passed down the generations intact.
Now that they see their old complacencies being challenged (statues taken down, the confederate flag more openly challenged, the BLM movement etc.) those things are becoming more critical for them.
Trump is saying out loud how they think and feel. The crazy stuff he’s coming out with doesn’t matter. He may be talking shit like old Uncle Bubba but that’s just cos he’s old; that’s forgiven or excused.
The conversations I’ve had with family have been more rancorous than ever before. Even when we were having tricky and even heated conversations about race and racism in the past, I don’t recall this degree of bitterness beneath the words. It’s really upsetting.
Surely someone is feeding him these words. They’re so specifically incendiary.
He doesn’t read so I doubt he’s harvesting them from source. Does he watch the war channel every night? I can see him doing that but then we’d probably know about it?
He’s preparing for when /if he loses isn’t he. Stoking the fires, setting the land mines.
Or whoever is pulling his strings is doing that.
Yes, I have a friend who I've known since he was 16. He's a Trump supporter. For a while he was going on about trafficking kids for sex, how evil it was, and how the Democrats were neck deep. When he was in the military, he used to brag about going into port in some countries and hiring young prostitutes. What does he think he was doing then? Since then, he's gotten really religious (raised Catholic). He's really gotten some really fucking awful ideas about women from religion. A while ago he was going on about Taylor Swift. He said that most of her songs were all about choosing the wrong man, and so her opinion shouldn't be listened to. I had to laugh out loud, because he's been married and divorced twice. Just no self-awareness.
At heart, what I think motivates Trump support is a combination of tribalism and white replacement theory.
I've had to put my foot down with some people and make a rule that we can't discuss politics.
Yes, I have a friend who I've known since he was 16. He's a Trump supporter. For a while he was going on about trafficking kids for sex, how evil it was, and how the Democrats were neck deep. When he was in the military, he used to brag about going into port in some countries and hiring young prostitutes. What does he think he was doing then? Since then, he's gotten really religious (raised Catholic). He's really gotten some really fucking awful ideas about women from religion. A while ago he was going on about Taylor Swift. He said that most of her songs were all about choosing the wrong man, and so her opinion shouldn't be listened to. I had to laugh out loud, because he's been married and divorced twice. Just no self-awareness.
At heart, what I think motivates Trump support is a combination of tribalism and white replacement theory.
I don't think anyone is pulling his strings. I think people have tried but he's too uncontrolled and unpredictable and no matter how hard they try he just go wildly charging off.
I don't think he's planning for his defeat because I think he is so narcissistic and self-centred he can't conceive of being defeated.
He won't accept it though nothing will convince him that he lost and wasn't cheated, he is going to be a massive pain post-election.
Harris does need to win so decisively that the result is unchallengeable.
I never understood that “never discuss religion or politics” thing until it became a Thing with people I know.
Excusing people for voting Trump is to me the same as excusing a mentally I'll rapist, that some event or medical condition is responsible for creating a monster doesn't stop me regarding them as a monster.I'd suggest that you follow prunus ' advice. Or not. Your shout really. However, stupidity alone doesn't explain phenomena like a significant amount of woment being anti-choice for instance...
She also had that 'October Surprise' of James Comey announcing an FBI investigation into alleged corruption and wrongdoing charges which turobocharged Trump's 'crooked Hillary' schtick. Even though they subsequently stated she was clear of all charges prior to voting, it was too late and the damage had been done in critical batleground states. Trump rode that pony all the way to the finish line.
The former first lady spoke at two political fundraisers for the Log Cabin Republicans this year, and she was paid $237,500 for an April event, according to former President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure form. The payment was listed as a “speaking engagement.”
Trump’s latest disclosure form said Melania Trump was paid by the Log Cabin Republicans for the April fundraiser. But it’s a mystery who actually cut the check: Charles Moran, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, told CNN earlier this month the group did not put up the money for her to speak, and the disclosure form did not give any more information about the source of the payment.
This made me laugh a bit, that Melania point blank refuses to stand by her man without a paycheck. Between using campaign funds to pay his legal bills and his wife, it's a wonder there's any money left for actual campaigning. If she weren't so awful, I might even admire her stance. These people give new meaning to grift.
I get the impression that theirs is not the happiest of marriagesFucking hell, $237,500 to speak at a fund raiser for her own husband, unbelievable, but I guess grifters need to grift.
I get the impression that theirs is not the happiest of marriages