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Trump arrives in Cleveland (Jonathan Lemire tweet): (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2020 OP
Who's he waving to? Is he hallucinating? gratuitous Aug 2020 #1
I saw a photo on Twitter earlier of Trump supporters crammed together (but wearing masks, at least) highplainsdem Aug 2020 #3
Needy Amin. ROFL - that's a good one. Vinca Aug 2020 #24
Aww, there's a big crowd... of one. soothsayer Aug 2020 #2
I saw that too. crickets Aug 2020 #34
It's so "The Truman Show" of him. lindysalsagal Aug 2020 #4
Are the 747's in the shop? Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #5
I think on shorter flights they sometimes use the smaller plane. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2020 #21
That's logical. That is, until you factor in the orange anus' ego...ergo.... Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #25
Governor DeWine was supposed to greet him there, but couldn't because he tested positive for Covid mama Aug 2020 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Dennis Donovan Aug 2020 #7
I just hate that song. Walleye Aug 2020 #8
I agree. lunatica Aug 2020 #11
I think most do SlogginThroughIt Aug 2020 #19
Yep. Hurts the ears. Walleye Aug 2020 #29
Always clapping for the clap that one! Clap you know :: it's Gonorrhea. n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #26
+1000 chowder66 Aug 2020 #33
Deep Down, Trump is Rupert Pupkin: Mike 03 Aug 2020 #9
a lot of people are saying onethatcares Aug 2020 #10
LOL! lunatica Aug 2020 #13
This! + 1000 n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #27
A small group of non-socially distant supporters wait for President Trump at Cleveland's Lakefront demmiblue Aug 2020 #12
They look so lonely lunatica Aug 2020 #16
And white. Tech Aug 2020 #30
That's a sad 'crowd.' I've attended larger family Thanksgiving dinners. nt crickets Aug 2020 #35
Probably bussed in and paid to be there. judesedit Aug 2020 #17
THE Most Protected Individual In The World sfstaxprep Aug 2020 #14
Trump tells supporters in Cleveland that Biden will "hurt the Bible. ... He's against God." demmiblue Aug 2020 #15
Good lawd (pun intented), here is the video: demmiblue Aug 2020 #22
So he's reduced to 2naSalit Aug 2020 #18
I love Jonathan Lemire. Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #20
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #28
Lee Greenwood with a medley rsdsharp Aug 2020 #23
Now he's speaking at Whirlpool. Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #31
do you realize how appropriate that is? onethatcares Aug 2020 #32

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Who's he waving to? Is he hallucinating?
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:48 PM
Aug 2020

I also really dislike that clapping for himself thing. So self absorbed is our Needy Amin.

highplainsdem

(48,731 posts)
3. I saw a photo on Twitter earlier of Trump supporters crammed together (but wearing masks, at least)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:51 PM
Aug 2020

on the other side of a barrier at the airport. Not a very large crowd, though.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
34. I saw that too.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 07:58 PM
Aug 2020

If there was an adoring crowd present, it was awfully quiet. What a shame the camera didn't pan far enough to let everyone see it, hee.

lindysalsagal

(20,444 posts)
4. It's so "The Truman Show" of him.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:52 PM
Aug 2020

We should put him in a bubble with some paid supplicants and let him occasionally sign blank pieces of paper and give speeches.
And let the smart people run the country.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
21. I think on shorter flights they sometimes use the smaller plane.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:16 PM
Aug 2020

Technically, any airplane carrying the President is considered "Air Force One."

Brother Buzz

(36,216 posts)
25. That's logical. That is, until you factor in the orange anus' ego...ergo....
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 03:02 PM
Aug 2020

I believe that plan is normally Air Force Two, Pence's bird.

mama

(163 posts)
6. Governor DeWine was supposed to greet him there, but couldn't because he tested positive for Covid
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:57 PM
Aug 2020

It's on Gov. DeWine's facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/GovMikeDeWine/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARANRhJ6PHU71-gGqiZJXgack6_t16UDAulFfd-KTvhI1f7-qfkUkVnuQglSC-J2Qe8Hzfyqk_Zd8bOk&hc_ref=ARQL_a4Ru8VTqb9rGXvulPs9TsHVdm9RM2sles4hjlMqoX60dIZ3TntsZQiYUuq26NY&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARCr7uU4V_8X__REvjTi3VIooe35wxuFrZ_hViB-iCagLFqj6PPSiP68UDPpqgkzuRvGmxRSeJitnW_FZxaFgcztDrZ2UahXyaXoRJszCH-JR3GwRbapwuKxFNIFgPsQUaUHybYUe2IAP2r7UA9StzSlu9hRvRBRONCXs4RdaLGb4EBMwxaXJOlm_xFj9pQs_ytOUIGgEwUZm3cWV99GkfQFhMH677dDh4urked9I8raEw9W7vzcwJctaG0e7AU7ZNjwvA7meo3ImTY39PJeIeG4n6K8vhaQiBybXSxge141dz9uQ077TSOEZRHbFZXcUiVzaVtUNm2uLkNUQjMCjwM

Response to demmiblue (Original post)

Walleye

(30,723 posts)
8. I just hate that song.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:00 PM
Aug 2020

Never mind the sappy lyrics. The tune, the beat, the vocalist, everything about it. I hate the stupid clapping also. Looks like a trained seal.

 

SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)
19. I think most do
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:13 PM
Aug 2020

In the mid-00's my ex and I used to go to a lot of MN Twins games and they would play that before the 7th inning every game. It got so bad that people started booing the song. Loudly. I don't mind the patriotism but that song is just god awful.

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
10. a lot of people are saying
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:05 PM
Aug 2020

"So ya think ya might like to go to the show?"

not to worry, that Kaliegh person will stretch that to a standing room only crowd because everyone was standing around.

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
12. A small group of non-socially distant supporters wait for President Trump at Cleveland's Lakefront
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:07 PM
Aug 2020
A small group of non-socially distant supporters wait for President Trump at Cleveland’s Lakefront Airport.

In the background: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the home of the Cleveland Browns




sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
14. THE Most Protected Individual In The World
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:08 PM
Aug 2020

Look at all the Secret Service fanning out to protect that POS. He couldn't care less if they all died of Covid-19, yet they still watch over him.

2naSalit

(86,061 posts)
18. So he's reduced to
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:11 PM
Aug 2020

playing the dog whistle anthem... and WTF is with this grand entrance on the tarmac when nobody's there?

Grasswire2

(13,564 posts)
20. I love Jonathan Lemire.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:14 PM
Aug 2020

And I am deeply grateful to him for getting Trump on the record in Helsinki. He has said that Putin was staring him down when he stood to ask his two questions that fraught moment.

He's a good person, too. With a premier job -- AP was traditionally the top reporter in the WH hierarchy when protocol meant something.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
31. Now he's speaking at Whirlpool.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 03:46 PM
Aug 2020

CNN cut him off, and then even Fox bowed out while he was still bloviating.

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