Trump didn't cancel his rally in Iowa yesterday due to bad weather. He cancelled it because nobody

[tblue37]

showed up. (about 300 people, it seems)

Link to tweet

[captain queeg]

1. 70s rock bands get a lot more people when they play at the fair grounds.

[A HERETIC I AM]

21. They get more when they play at Gulf Coast casinos!

Cancelled due to bad weather my puffy pomegranate colored backside.

[edhopper]

22. I get your point but

70s Rock bands fill arenas and stadiums. You want to look at the last tours of The Eagles, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers....

[OMGWTF]

45. I just paid $1100 for two great seats to see the Eagles who sold out two shows

in the same arena. It was three hours of pure bliss with a four-song encore. Every song was a hit!

[edhopper]

54. I saw them a few years ago

When Glen Fry was still with us. Great show.
These days, I can't afford their shows.

[ALBliberal]

68. Saw them in Phoenix in March. Simply astounding.

[LittleGirl]

71. Saw them in Vegas

About 4 months before Glenn Fry passed.
Same feeling of bliss for hours!

[Act_of_Reparation]

75. This calls for a...

[Gregory Peccary]

77. I think the poster was referring to the REO Speedwagons and Styx of the world

Not the legends who sell out arenas

[Jack the Greater]

73. Don't underestimate this guy.

He still has tens of millions of people solidly behind him. Central Iowa was under an actual severe weather warning:

DES MOINES — Former President Donald Trump canceled a rally in Des Moines on Saturday, citing the possibility of severe weather as central Iowa is under a tornado watch until 7 p.m.

There also is a potential for hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

78. Thanks for this. Makes sense.

Thus is, after all, Iowa

[anciano]

2. Not surprising at all .....

his shopworn cliches are apparently becoming boring even to the magats. Just saying.....

[malaise]

4. We did predict that this was coming

He will soon be a pariah

[LudwigPastorius]

58. There are always going to be some dead-enders.

...even if he goes to prison.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Eventually, even the fans get tired of a show when it is all re-runs.

[3catwoman3]

17. Especially if the script are all the same.

He’s pretty much a one-trick pony.

[brooklynite]

23. You apparently haven't been to Billy Joel's monthly concert at Madison Square Garden.....

[paleotn]

27. Then again, Billy Joel is extremely talented. Not so the orange menace.

[ms liberty]

38. And he's got a bigger catalogue of material to perform, lol n/t

[ShazzieB]

43. That's for darned sure! 😄

A much more extensive catalogue of highly entertaining material! (None of which applies to the orange menace's limited repertoire!)

[druidity33]

47. Not too many people

see more than one of those shows. So it's not a repeat, per se...

[brooklynite]

48. Well, I used to go and see the Turtles every year in NYC.

[Captain Zero]

66. It was the Doobies for me. Every time I got new friends in my 20's....

It seemed like anytime I met a new group of friends they were going to a Doobies concert.
Not sure what that was about...(?)

It was like Ground Hog Day or something.

Oh Black Water, keep on rolling .....

[calimary]

57. I saw the Beatles twice, each of their two American tours.

I have no idea what they played or what was repeated the second time or any such thing. We were all too busy screaming our heads off. They could have played “Pop Goes the Weasel” for an hour each time. We wouldn’t have known the difference! Nor would we have even cared!

[electric_blue68]

62. Saw them, too, at Shea Stadium '65 & '66. They actually doubled the amount of amps in '66!...

And while I screamed like most of us tween & teens girls I actually could hear them in '66!
Steve Van Zandt (E St Band) said bc he was there, too, there was a fluke in the sound where people along the first base line could hear them. That's where we were!😄👍

[calimary]

64. Las Vegas Convention Center and Hollywood Bowl.

Those were the days, yeah yeah yeah…

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

[uponit7771]

80. +1

[JohnQFunk]

12. In his case, feathers are no fun without some tar...

[pfitz59]

6. Tired of

me me me?

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Ya cain't grift who ain't there.

It’s a natural fack.

Good news, too.

[Cha]

8. Wonder how many showed up

at the deMussolini wannbe one?

TY

[dalton99a]

10. About 600

The Iowa visit, his second in two months, was expected to help address concerns about his sometimes awkward personal appeal as he met with Republican officials, donors and volunteers, all under the glare of the national media. But DeSantis devoted little time for selfies or handshakes in Sioux Center, where more than 600 people had gathered to see him at an event billed as a family picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/desantis-courts-conservative-voters-in-iowa-as-weather-sidelines-trump-rally

[Alexander Of Assyria]

28. The mass media always Upsizes the fascist meal for your pleasure and consumption. No charge!

[Cha]

35. TY dalton.. So that

made the Domestic Terrorist Mad.

No way putting lipstick on that awkward pig is gong to help.

[Poiuyt]

9. I assumed he canceled it because he was afraid of getting his hair wet.

[Cha]

36. I read it didn't rain.. there

weren't that many showing up for the deranged Terrorist.

[SharonClark]

55. It poured in the early afternoon.

13 tornadoes touched down in Central
Iowa on Saturday.

[SouthernDem4ever]

11. Yet if you polled Repugs in that state they will still vote for him

makes a lot of sense doesn't it?

[No Vested Interest]

13. Really???

[Hassler]

14. If Meatball Mussolini had a brain he'd call Chump Low Energy Jeb

But he doesn't have a brain, only a glass jaw.

[usonian]

15. It was a beautiful day. N/T

[Ohioboy]

16. This way Trump can change the story to "no one showed because he wasn't there"

[Peregrine Took]

18. His schtik has gotten so old that he needs to shake it up but he can't help himself.

He's obsessed by his own insanity.

[barbtries]

26. those rallies are like air to him.

CNN really fucked up by doing that town hall and giving him that air.

this guy was president and was doing rallies immediately. i think his only energy comes from them. if it keeps going this way, he should shrivel up and possibly even die soon.

[ShazzieB]

49. Those events are definitely a critical energy source for him!

There's actually a technical term for what a narcissist like Trump gets out of these things: narcissistic supply!

What Is Narcissistic Supply?

Attention-seeking behavior—positive or negative—is referred to as narcissistic supply. Narcissistic supply is a form of psychological addiction where the narcissist requires, and even demands, limitless special treatment, admiration, importance, or validation to feed their sense of entitlement and self-centeredness. Narcissistic supply is how narcissists cope with the world, making it a place for them to thrive.

Source: https://www.choosingtherapy.com/narcissistic-supply/

I've been convinced for years now that Trump's rallies are a major source of narcissistic supply for him. I believe that while he was campaigning for potus back in 2015 and 2016, he got really high on the attention he received at his campaign rallies and became addicted to it. I'm sure that's why he kept doing them after he was in the White House: because they give him something he desperately needs and is miserable without.

If attendance at his rallies continues to dwindle, I think there will definitely be a significant negative impact on him. It may not literally kill him, but being deprived of that source of attention and adulation will cause him to decompensate. It's a vicious cycle; if he doesn't get the attention he needs to keep building himself up, he won't be able to continue projecting the air of confidence and bluster that has enabled him to attract and retain followers, which will lead to him getting less and less attention, and so on.

It's just a matter of time now. 😉

[barbtries]

50. Narcissistic Supply.

yep. that's a new term to me but I saw it early on. in fact watching him go down the escalator I knew he wasn't right. the man screams personality disorder.

[treestar]

83. and yet he claimed he would

shake things up in DC.

Which he only did in terms of incompetence.

[captain queeg]

19. Too bad someone didn't get a photo of him stomping around dejected and disheveled like after his

Failed OK rally a couple years ago. You could give it to HS seniors as a “compare and contrast” assignment.

[hatrack]

59. Here, let me help . . .

IMHO, still the greatest political ad of all time:

Link to tweet

[captain queeg]

82. Yeah that was the scene I was thinking of

Brings a smile when I see it.

[Initech]

20. What's next? He opens up for puppet shows and petting zoos?

[madinmaryland]

24. Heh! Porta-potties are more popular than tRump!

[barbtries]

25. he's losing his base.

many people who get sucked into cults do wake up at some point and realize they've been had.

[paleotn]

29. He's become boring to those with a 5 minute attention span.

[IbogaProject]

30. He hurt them

His tax cuts didn't help them. Some parts of the 2017 tax revision are hurting his supporters, along with most everybody. His oil deal that he brokered between Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the Saudis getting other producers to coordinate reducing supply is decimating rural areas which require long drives to do anything. His policies helped maybe the top 10%. Most everyone else is worse off.

[Maru Kitteh]

52. True, but that is so not why they didn't show up or they

would not have continued putting Rs in office, long after tfgs tax debacle.

[Hassler]

31. Looks like Donnie is too low energy even for Iowans.

[Blue Owl]

32. Suck it Donny you fat piece of shit

[Liberal In Texas]

33. I would like to know if that's actually true.

Did he cancel before he flew in and nobody showed after that? Or did nobody much come and he pulled the plug?

From the pix looks like more vendors of maga crap than buyers of maga crap.

[SharonClark]

56. He cancelled before he flew in and

about 4 hours before he was scheduled to speak.
There were downpours and 13 tornado warnings in the area.

Many of the MAGAs interviewed by the media are part of the rolling trump show who follow him around the country.

[Hekate]

34. KnR

[sellitman]

37. The beginning of the end?

Sweet!

[kentuck]

39. Has he worn out his welcome?

with all but a few of his most devout cult?

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. I read elsewhere that he didn't want to risk Desantis having a bigger crowd

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/desantis-holds-events-iowa-conservatives-trump-cancels-rally/story?id=99280988

[ShazzieB]

51. That makes perfect sense to me.

Imagine the optics of DeSatan attracting a much bigger crowd than Trump! Of course he'd do anything he can to avoid that!

[TexasBushwhacker]

53. FWIW, Trump's shindig was in Des Moines, so he expected

a large crowd. Desantis had his gathering in a much smaller community, so a huge crowd wasn't expected or wanted. Of course, Desantis is still in the "exploration" phase.

[dembotoz]

41. his base is older, the weather was supposed to be bad....tornado alerts and such

I stay home more easily than i might have a few decades back

yes it is good news but don't read too much into it. It is warm and dry inside the polling place where they vote for the scumbag.

[Captain Zero]

65. I like your use of scumbag. I am using it more and more for him

I started using it when that guy in Jersey slapped Rudy on the back and
said:

"How ya doin' Scumbag?"

I decided if I get a chance to address any vile Republican, I'm asking the same question.

[tavernier]

42. Overexposure can mean death to a celebrity

in the eyes of fandom.

[niyad]

44. Looks like about 30, plus the vendors. Or maybe those ARE the vendors,

checking out each other's booths!

[not fooled]

46. Should have had CNN organize it

they would have provided a suitable crowd.

[brewens]

60. I bet they charge space fees to those jackass vendors. No freakin' way they made enough to cover it!

[Rhiannon12866]

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[mwb970]

63. All trump does is lie and complain.

Even his most devout worshipers must eventually feel like they've heard it all before.

[betsuni]

67. No, tornados. As long as there's a few hundred morons to worship him, he's there.

Then he says it was thousands. Reality has nothing to do with it.

[malaise]

69. This should be getting national coverage

The Slobfather is a coward, a liar and a fraud.

[Racygrandma]

70. I guess they did have 11 touchdowns on Saturday

I was skeptical so I looked it up. I am from Kansas, so weather I have seen. I don't know if the planes were still landing in Des Moines or not.

[Bo Zarts]

72. Dial "L" for Losers!

[LiberalFighter]

79. But that is a big crowd. A perfect crowd.

[Wednesdays]

81. Maybe a bouncy castle would have helped?

At least, for Little Don.