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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:33 AM Nov 2020

Trump is "very aware there is not a path to victory," but he believes the 72 million who voted for h


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Peter Alexander
@PeterAlexander
Trump is "very aware there is not a path to victory," but he believes the 72 million who voted for him "deserve a fight" so he's battling as a form of "theater" for them, a top White House aide tells me.
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Trump is "very aware there is not a path to victory," but he believes the 72 million who voted for h (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP
Oh sure, he's all about selflessness BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #1
Have you ever seen anything so irresponsible? Aside from ignoring covid soothsayer Nov 2020 #3
Give it time BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #6
The fans of the losing football team never expect a postgame claim of actual victory unblock Nov 2020 #2
"but he believes the 72 million who voted for him" can be groomed for fleecing. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2020 #4
Soon to grow, under trump cultivation, to 74.8 million votes empedocles Nov 2020 #9
LOL, I'm suuuuuuure it's out of concern for his voters. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #5
Maybe he'll win a Razzie! tanyev Nov 2020 #7
I say let's get a forensic investigation into Kentucky, NC, Texas and Florida. He wants a fight? BComplex Nov 2020 #8
Donald underestimates how upset they will be when he fails them. PubliusEnigma Nov 2020 #10
Oh, well, that seems legit, right? PirateRo Nov 2020 #11
At the expense of the majority who voted in our Democracy. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #12
Hes our modern day Nero. nt BootinUp Nov 2020 #13
impeached traitor wouldn't be aware of his ass Marthe48 Nov 2020 #14
He was suppose to do that fight during the campaign before the election. LiberalFighter Nov 2020 #15
Exactly, the time for fighting is over. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #20
Basically Trump has had two recognized crises exboyfil Nov 2020 #16
And fuck the state of democracy in the USA? Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #17
BULLSH*T alittlelark Nov 2020 #18
No, they don't deserve a fight Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #19
And asks them to pay for it genxlib Nov 2020 #21
Ha! Yes soothsayer Nov 2020 #22
The fight was the CAMPAIGN greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #23
If he's going to spray this much bullshit... JHB Nov 2020 #24
No. Trump believes the idiots who voted for him will now "help" him out by donating to him. nt mtnsnake Nov 2020 #25
Then shouldn't the GSA lady to release the keys to the Biden campaign if its just "theatre"? Right, uponit7771 Nov 2020 #26
This is what I figured. I've seen conservatives on social media saying trump loves America SweetieD Nov 2020 #27
he is too self-indulgent handmade34 Nov 2020 #28
The only person he thinks deserves anything is himself The Genealogist Nov 2020 #29
Sure would be cool ScratchCat Nov 2020 #30
Theater of The Absurd NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #31

BeyondGeography

(39,339 posts)
1. Oh sure, he's all about selflessness
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:36 AM
Nov 2020

Those aren’t his voters, they’re his market. This is about keeping the suckers on board to leverage them for money, lots of it.

unblock

(52,095 posts)
2. The fans of the losing football team never expect a postgame claim of actual victory
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:36 AM
Nov 2020

They deserve a fight? They got the fight, and it ended November 3, with their guy losing.

It's over.

Go home.

BComplex

(8,016 posts)
8. I say let's get a forensic investigation into Kentucky, NC, Texas and Florida. He wants a fight?
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:42 AM
Nov 2020

I say let's give him one! The republicans would shut down the "fight" idea in a New York minute.

PirateRo

(933 posts)
11. Oh, well, that seems legit, right?
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:45 AM
Nov 2020

He’s never shown any compassion, decency nor humanity, even to a dog, let alone another human, but he’s out there staging mock combat in the service of 72 million losers who voted for him because they are all as diagnosable as he.

He will slay the dragon, metaphorically by spending massive dollars hiring a hundred lawyers to seek the grail.

Man, this needs to stop! We will end up losing this country. Every step down that road brings us closer to that day. We must eliminate the electoral college. We need much better safeguards for future elections. We need much better education for out populations, not just here and there, but to significantly raise the standard of education across the country. High school education make for a nice meat robot. We need much more than that as society grows in complexity and that education needs to be life-long. True education, not indoctrination.

Marthe48

(16,886 posts)
14. impeached traitor wouldn't be aware of his ass
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:48 AM
Nov 2020

if he was holding it with both hands.

By the way, he lost his ass, the end.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
16. Basically Trump has had two recognized crises
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:58 AM
Nov 2020

in his administration: Covid and the election. He has virtually done everything opposite of what a competent and stewardlike leader would do.

I said recognized crises. Of course you have the other ones that get less attention like climate change and racism.

JHB

(37,150 posts)
24. If he's going to spray this much bullshit...
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:09 AM
Nov 2020

...at least send him to a farm and have him manure the fields.

It'd be the first useful thing he'd do in his life.

uponit7771

(90,301 posts)
26. Then shouldn't the GSA lady to release the keys to the Biden campaign if its just "theatre"? Right,
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:21 AM
Nov 2020

... two retired generals have already said this looks like a coup

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
27. This is what I figured. I've seen conservatives on social media saying trump loves America
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:25 AM
Nov 2020

So much he is not going without a fight....it is all performance like his entire presidency.

Thankfully most of his worst laws were done by executive order and can easily be undone.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
29. The only person he thinks deserves anything is himself
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:55 AM
Nov 2020

A big part of the reason he is doing this is to keep everyone's eyes on him. He doesn't give a shit about any of those rubes who voted for him. Attention, power and money. The Dotard Trifecta of happiness.

ScratchCat

(1,975 posts)
30. Sure would be cool
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:59 AM
Nov 2020

If these anonymous aids would put their name on this or produce a tape and end this nonsense once and for all.

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