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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Trump's advisers scrambled to assemble a scaled-down political event..."
CNNIn an attempt to boost his mood, Trump's advisers scrambled to assemble a scaled-down political event on a baking Florida tarmac on Friday, where Trump addressed a mostly mask-less crowd standing inches from one another. Other events in the state that Trump had scheduled for Saturday were canceled as a storm approached.
The event illustrated what White House officials describe as an ad-hoc effort to schedule appearances for Trump that allow him to bask in at least some adulation as his campaign rallies remain on hold and after an in-person convention acceptance speech was scuttled.
The event illustrated what White House officials describe as an ad-hoc effort to schedule appearances for Trump that allow him to bask in at least some adulation as his campaign rallies remain on hold and after an in-person convention acceptance speech was scuttled.
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"Trump's advisers scrambled to assemble a scaled-down political event..." (Original Post)
brooklynite
Aug 2020
OP
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)1. What a pathetic pantload that guy is.
His staff has to cobble together public appearances "that allow him to bask in at least some adulation." He's like a reptile that has to bask in the sun in order to get warm enough to function.
tanyev
(42,550 posts)2. He Who Must Be Appeased.
Nevilledog
(51,080 posts)3. I object to it being called a "crowd".
chowder66
(9,067 posts)4. That is, in part, why he is who he is. It's weird that so many coddle him.
What a spineless pack of fluffers.
crickets
(25,962 posts)5. Needy Amin is really earning his nickname lately. Yoiks.
White House officials are still weighing their options for how Trump will formally accept the nomination, one person familiar with the planning said, including assessing sites around the country where he might deliver a prime-time address. Yet the task has proven difficult as Trump insists upon something dramatic while aides work to temper some of his expectations about the scale of the potential venues.
He just refuses to understand that crowds are a no go. Pathetic.