Former President Donald Trump has denounced Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate as “not fair,” escalating his rhetoric as new polls show Harris gaining substantial ground in key battleground states.

In a fiery statement on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump accused the Democratic Party of staging “the first ever ‘Coup’ in America.”

His outburst comes in the wake of President Joe Biden’s unexpected withdrawal from the 2024 race, which paved the way for Harris to become the Democratic nominee.

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Guess who had the most-recent failed coup…?

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Was it really a failure if he is still running for president instead of hanged for treason?

Seems it was just a little coup, for practice.

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He may have committed some light treason.

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You get one coup attempt, as a treat.

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Makes me want to give him a deuce coup, right on his front porch

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Failed coup: I sleep

Democratic process: real coup shit

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“If the enemy does something unexpected, they owe you for the resources you wasted planning for the wrong strategy” - Sun Tzu, The Art of Being an Upwards Failing Fuckup

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Oh shit. Sun Tzu wrote a follow up? I think I need to check that book out.

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there’s a trilogy, the third one is “oh shit nm war is hell”

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War. War never changes.

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there’s a trilogy, the third one is “oh shit nm war is hell”

Considering one of the great nuggets of wisdom in The Art of War is “Feed your troops ffs” that wouldn’t surprise me.

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“Strategy without tactics is fake news. Tactics without strategy is the deep state cabal.”

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In all seriousness, you need to sell that book title idea.

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He just can’t get over Biden not running anymore because his entire campaign strategy has been look how old and frail Biden is. Without that comparison people see how low energy he is and the very real signs of dementia. I wonder if the rumor is true and he will replace his campaign strategists this close to the election.

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Now that Elon has made Grok 2 available, Donald has been posting absolutely pathetic AI renders between bouts of dementia. That’s the energy. A pathetic loser bully fantasizing that the world likes him.

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I wonder if the rumor is true and he will replace his campaign strategists this close to the election.

He already did the shakeup; it wasn’t covered well. No one was kicked out, but less than a week ago he brought Corey Lewandowski back to oversee the campaign managers.

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he brought Corey Lewandowski back to oversee the campaign managers

Who he previously fired as campaign manager in 2016. His campaign is a total shitshow.

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The married guy who was banging hope hicks

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Him trying to paint Kamala as old for being 59 that one time was such a fail 🤣

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And his new strategy has been trying to attack Kamala with, get this, “Kamabla”.

The past two weeks has been Trump trying to find something that sticks with his fanbase who is slowly getting bored by his weird antics.

He even skirts with calling her a bitch and even that hasn’t stuck with the usually sexist MAGA.

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He’s just annoyed that his handlers have to keep reminding him that he’s not running against Biden.

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“It’s not fair that we were too stupid to withhold all of our insulting bullshit and propaganda merch we spent a ton of time and money on BEFORE Joe Biden was the actual nominated candidate, so now we’re going to kick and scream about it because I’m pissy widdle baby.”

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He’s such a damn cry baby. I’m astonished at the cognitive dissonance involved for his idiot cult who admires his “tough guy persona” to see past the incessant whining.

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I mean, look at it from his perspective. He pretty much had the election, which would save him from all the prosecutions etc. Now he has nothing, he can’t find and learn all new talking points against Kamala in time for the election. If he doesn’t get a miracle, he’s fucked.

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Him winning involves taking a lot of swing states, most of which are traditionally red. This election is far over and every vote needs to be cast to defeat his worthless draft dodging ass and send him and his family to prison

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Most tough guys really are whiny little bitches.

The tough guy act is meant to hide deep insecurities.

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