196 points

He was never ok

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Donald Trump strikes me like nothing so much as a man who has never really known a love that he hasn’t had to pay for — Snowden

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Wow, that is both insightful and a major burn.

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The best part about that burn, is that Trump and most MAGA’s probably wouldn’t even register it as an insult. “they’d be real upset if they could read”.

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Trump is too old and senile to be President. This is pathetic, he doesn’t even know where he is. Republicans should be ashamed of themselves for nominating him, at this point it basically constitutes elder abuse.

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They abuse women and the abuse children- are you surprised they’d abuse elders too?

But fuck them. They made this bed; they should be strapped to it for as long as possible.

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You can always tell when he is and isn’t on teleprompter. He’s Trump when he’s off teleprompter and just running off at the mouth. But when he tries to read from a teleprompter, he’s like a kid forced to read his book report to the class – bland, lifeless, monotone, and struggling to read the big words. Most often with his head down and looking like he’s being forced to read it under threat of torture. Watch his recent NJ speech for a couple of minutes. You can identify the exact moment when he goes off teleprompter.

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Watch his recent NJ speech for a couple of minutes.

I would, but that’s a couple minutes more than I can stand. Given that I don’t want to stab my eardrums with an icepick, I’m going to trust you on this one.

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That’s the fucking point.

“Politics” are just shit you say from a Teleprompter. Trump is “honestly” pointing out to his audience that most of what he says is just political bullshit, and that’s why he’s got a huge following.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. We have an entire generation of problems as the pro-Trump crowd is so anti-government and anti-politics that they vote for Trump. When Trump dies, this generation of voters will remain. Keep the eye on the prize and the long term problem, we need to not only win in 2024 but also 2026, 2028, etc. etc. until this movement dissipates (or if it never dissipates, then we need to win forever more).

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We already have a problem like that; nukes! And we’ve been doing great so far, it’s just like you say. You’ve got for to walk that tightrope forever.

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15 points

I think that’s because he can’t really read.

He’s just a bully class clown who’s managed to get that far without actually learning to read.

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Watch his recent NJ speech for a couple of minutes.

Thanks, I’ll pass.

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9 points

I think he needs glasses to read and that’s why he goes off script so much. He thinks wearing glasses is a sign of weakness or something.

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He’d wear contacts if that were the case. He’d just never admit to it.

The guy’s just straight up illiterate.

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Some people don’t like contacts

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65 points

Everyone knows he’s in the state of denial.

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Trump confused some in the audience with what appeared to be a claim that if Harris could become the candidate without a primary election, then so should he because he is so popular among Republicans.

“I said, so why are we having an election? They didn’t have an election. Why are we having an election?” he said.

. . . Wut?

Edit: from here

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This is much more unusual than misremembering what state he is in. The state thing seems to happen to everyone, the ekction thing, not so much 🤔

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Well, he’s . . . not a fan of free and fair elections. He’s jealous.

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Indeed, and perhaps not a fan of elections at all…

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