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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday, someone must have handed Trump a hammer and a nail.
And he used them to put the final nail in his coffin.
The Harris campaign was given a boatload of riches today during Trump's event with the NABJ.
His performance was probably the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen on television.
I cannot wait for the weeks of fallout from this.
What a fucking stupid bastard. He's a dumb fuck that just can't help himself, or control himself.
Holy shit.

onenote
(45,416 posts)He didn't accept that invitation in an effort to garner Black support. He did it to show his racist base that he can stand up to Blacks.
LuckyCharms
(20,326 posts)He's fucked.
TwilightZone
(28,835 posts)And it's never been true, with the arguable exception of the 2020 election. Every cut is supposedly fatal, and yet he's still alive politically. We're going to have to fight like hell to end him in November.
This was performative theater, and we're not the target audience.
LuckyCharms
(20,326 posts)Watch what she does with this.
The performance hall has changed.
Sugarcoated
(8,186 posts)Cha
(312,871 posts)Thank You!
Cha
(312,871 posts)helped himself. They're Already in his Fucking Cult. "..stand up to Blacks".. GMAB.
He had to have FUBARed with Any potential voters.
VMA131Marine
(5,052 posts)is not nearly enough to win the election even if they all turn out to vote.
Codifer
(1,012 posts)does not matter. trump knows he has already lost.They are needed to be brown shirts. I think that our democratic government will be prepared for them...... and everything else putin has planned.
griffi94
(3,830 posts)Hes gonna double up on the grift and stunts like this help.
His racist base is already putting a money bomb together for him.
calimary
(87,001 posts)Wasnt he all about bragging that he didnt need anybodys money because he already had plenty of his own?
Hey, I dont have a problem seeing his fans throwing their money away.
central scrutinizer
(12,599 posts)Its not like hes going to share
calimary
(87,001 posts)None whatsoever!
we could convince these cretins that Red Shirts would be way cooler.
Just like Star Trek.
central scrutinizer
(12,599 posts)tavernier
(13,788 posts)And several hundred are behind bars thanks to his call to arms to put him back in office on January 6.
Johnny2X2X
(23,036 posts)How? They already were all in. He went today to try to sway a few black and swing voters, he pushed them away with a stick of dynamite.
krkaufman
(13,957 posts)Trump and his campaign should probably be glad he stopped at saying Kamala wasnt really black. Im actually a little surprised to hear that he didnt proclaim that he was more credibly black than Kamala.
Squidly
(868 posts)Saying he has done more for the black community than any other president, even more than Lincoln.
Listening to that interview live I couldn't believe what was coming out of his pie hole.
GigiLeigh
(186 posts)From xitter
MorbidButterflyTat
(3,283 posts)He's got all the MAGAts he's getting. He did this so he can boast about "I've done more for the black community than anyone since Lincoln," and "Where's my African American?" "Look at me on the stage with black people."
His motives are obvious, and his methods are idiotic moronic bullshit that anyone with a brain cell can see right through.
obamanut2012
(28,631 posts)They want an excuse to not vote for him. They are already looking at Harris, and this? This is a very, very bad look. Many of these women, and I worked with many of them in the South, are not de facto racist because of how they vote. They have black colleagues they really like, have black friends, etc. This si bad.
krkaufman
(13,957 posts)those white women are also looking for cover to rationalize their vote for him.
MorbidButterflyTat
(3,283 posts)their "cover" is blown.
jalan48
(14,903 posts)wryter2000
(47,908 posts)He just made himself look like the moron he is.
moose65
(3,382 posts)To anyone else (young voters, women, people of color), this will only make them want to vote against him, and get their friends and family to do the same.
If any Democrat said 1/100000000th of what Trump has said, they'd be lucky to get a job licking toilets.
yellowcanine
(36,538 posts)If you have to double down to get the racist vote you are losing.
bearsfootball516
(6,600 posts)But there is a small amount of black voters may consider voting for him, and he can't risk losing them if he wants to win the election. And today's performance puts those voters in jeopardy.
Renew Deal
(84,252 posts)uponit7771
(93,070 posts)krkaufman
(13,957 posts)Yeah, I figure this is another reason hes waffling on the debate, just to have something for the media to talk about that isnt more Kamala coverage.
Diraven
(1,441 posts)Basically that Trump is unafraid to answer tough questions while Harris is hiding and afraid because she hasn't done a QA event like this yet. Yeah, it's a real stretch.
jumptheshadow
(3,314 posts)He hasn't been successful in standing up to the Vice President -- she's thwarted him at every turn -- so he had to find substitutes.
oasis
(52,454 posts)
CoopersDad
(3,197 posts)LuckyCharms
(20,326 posts)yonder
(10,102 posts)Its hard to believe he agreed to appear at this event - what a weirdo.
And thanks for posting too.
Metaphorical
(2,458 posts)He's relied upon the media showing him in the best possible light, but all of a sudden he's not the bright shiny anymore, and even the news media is getting tired of propping up his butt (and they're taking a lot of heat for it in terms of dropping ratings). That can go on for only so long .
Squidly
(868 posts)And it makes total sense why hes being lazy.
He thinks he has this in the bag and SCOTUS is on his side....
Susan Calvin
(2,315 posts)I couldn't hack much of it, but I'm glad to have seen the opening, and maybe I can tolerate some more in small doses at a time. My gosh, what a whiny jerk.
True Dough
(23,629 posts)60 minutes would be inhumane torture. Isn't there some sort of Geneva Convention protection against that?
krkaufman
(13,957 posts)nt
lastlib
(26,273 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 31, 2024, 05:51 PM - Edit history (1)
If the GOPee was a normal political party (not a cult), they would be calling the nice gentlemen in white coats with one of those long-sleeved jackets.
That tangerine twaddler is absolutely demented.
BComplex
(9,488 posts)But we do have republican media.
rubbersole
(10,077 posts)whathehell
(30,197 posts)insulting a man, how 'bout using something more appropriate, like a Male Gender slur?.
rubbersole
(10,077 posts)ffr
(23,208 posts)
EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts)BattleRow
(1,731 posts)Peculiar.
That's a term used in times gone by for folks who were "touched" and "not quite right".
Usually it was a close relative,hidden away, that was spoken of ,"in hushed tones",as ...peculiar.
tavernier
(13,788 posts)And of course with a large scoop of Creepy
BattleRow
(1,731 posts)tree has very few branches...
bagimin
(1,582 posts)Worse than weird
Far worse than weird
and I'm white.
EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts).....crowds and never take questions.
ouija
(463 posts)Dem2theMax
(10,757 posts)

IzzaNuDay
(995 posts)Yeah, we need to make it stick!
housecat
(3,138 posts)It was easy to predict tfg would bail out of a debate with Kamala. If Kamala's snowball keeps rolling fast, he will likely find an excuse to drop out of the campaign rather than lose to her in a landslide.
NJCher
(40,639 posts)If Vance survives (iffy), then it would be a Vance/Harris race.
But too late to do this, as I understand it. Regardless, it's entertaining to think about.
Also, he might come up with some health excuse that precludes him from running and get out of it that way. Maybe Dr. Ronny Jackson/Johnson can say he had a heart attack.
BattleRow
(1,731 posts)a snowball..
Funtatlaguy
(11,850 posts)NJCher
(40,639 posts)He's been going around orange for forever. You mean he's telling everyone he's white now?
orthoclad
(4,728 posts)is just a puppet, grotesquely dancing for the masses, while the puppet-masters are building our doom behind the curtain.
It's encouraging that he is slipping in the polls, but polls don't mean much in grasping The Power. Half of our 21st century presidents LOST the popular vote. The puppet masters have learned how to game the EC. And now there is news about how local and state election boards have been seized by liars and cheats. Many thousands of votes have been challenged by just a few bad actors.
The Right is not counting on votes. They are counting on the vote-counters. We need to clean that up BEFORE the election.
misanthrope
(8,925 posts)to his confidence in their malevolent machinations.
orthoclad
(4,728 posts)while his staff was busy writing Project 2025.
He hypnotizes his fans and horrifies the sane, but the REAL damage is all the election subversion ushering in a plan for totalitarianism.
DownriverDem
(6,864 posts)"Sir, have you no shame?"
pwb
(12,310 posts)through it all.
LuckyCharms
(20,326 posts)And I'm the only one here.
ouija
(463 posts)misanthrope
(8,925 posts)that it doesn't matter what they do on the trail because they have a plan in place to monkey wrench the election through legal and electoral hijinks. I see it as a tell about his confidence in his party's skulduggery.
yardwork
(67,129 posts)NotASurfer
(2,349 posts)You think the stake through the heart did the trick, and cremating the remains was good insurance, but then one of the vampire's loyal minions uses a magic vampire ring, human blood, the original carburetor from a '59 Roadmaster, and I dunno the juice of a Vidalia onion, and the vampire is back rage-tweeting at 3 in the morning. I hate that damn movie.
BattleRow
(1,731 posts)I'd say it was more like a nail gun!
Skittles
(165,824 posts)he says stupid fucking every fucking day
LuckyCharms
(20,326 posts)Skittles
(165,824 posts)I just cannot see the PRESS attacking him like they did for Biden's debate performance.....
LuckyCharms
(20,326 posts)Gaytano70
(1,209 posts)And the sick F got his wish
LymphocyteLover
(8,307 posts)wiggs
(8,286 posts)not be self-destructing but just entertaining himself and his cult followers. He loves to insult, bully, cheat, lie, get over on someone.
He has a different plan that doesn't involve voters who are black, women, lgbtq, cat owners, single, latino, union workers, seniors on social security and medicare...except to the extent that he will ask his cult to be fearful of them.
no_hypocrisy
(52,219 posts)I'd say he was self-sabotaging his prospects.
mwb970
(11,861 posts)He will claim that the election is already too "rigged" for him to participate in. Surely he now knows that will lose big time. He can't handle that.
onenote
(45,416 posts)Theyve been wrong over and over. He wont quit the race. You can bet the ranch on it.
Dock_Yard
(217 posts)He has no choice but to keep running, where he will LOSE the popular and electoral vote counts.
But then, we know his plan is to gin up "The Big Lie, The Sequel" ... say he won, sue several "close" states, and LOSE every case.
And then, he will try to do "Jan 6th, The Sequel" all over again, with HARRIS officiating the electoral ballot counting!
He has to continue this charade in order to keep evading his pending indictments from proceeding in their respective jurisdictions.
Justice matters.
(8,606 posts)All around the Capitol grounds and the White House.
The convicted felon's J6, The Sequel will attract as many of his crackpot loons as his criminal trial did in New York: 1.
Skittles
(165,824 posts)although I do agree, losing to a woman / POC would be especially painful to his pathetic ego
BWdem4life
(2,541 posts)Or stupid.
LaMouffette
(2,519 posts)of any race who ask him challenging questions?
His inferiority complex. He feels DEEPLY inferior to what he believes to be his peers, other white wealthy businessmen, probably as a result of being raised by his dick of a businessman father.
But in his twisted and damaged psyche, he tells himself that at LEAST he is superior to Black people, other people of color, and all women.
He thinks he is so superior to these groups of people that he feels safe treating them obnoxiously.
He would never dare say these things to one of his peers. Her would never dare speak this rudely to say, Putin. He only does this to people he perceives as inferior to himself.
What a sick, damaged creepo.
soldierant
(8,712 posts)we really have no idea to whom he is trying to appeal, other than his obvious crazy base.
I this were actualy losing behavior to him, we would have won in 2016 (I mean the eElectoral college - sinse we did win the popular vote.
He may not be trying to get anyone in particular to vote for him. He may be trying for people to look for an excuse not to vote. Such as closet misogynists, as in 2016.
GarColga
(158 posts)to appear before an association of Black journalists, he's dumb enough to actually debate Kamala Harris. Can't wait!!
Bolo Boffin
(23,872 posts)His rally at Harrisburg is projecting an old story from Business Insider with the headline: California's Kamala Harris Becomes First Indian-American Senator
He did it on purpose. This is his campaign's first actual calculated and coordinated attack on Harris, that she's exploiting her race or rejecting it as convenient.
And this is of course not meant to bring in black voters or any other minority. It's meant to enflame his white voters.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)C Moon
(12,991 posts)Maybe not. He does have a bigger following than any other right wing nut head.
Dawgman49
(268 posts)This was to show his base that he can go after these uppity black women .details to follow on faux
nycbos
(6,545 posts)KatyaR
(3,600 posts)"When someone shows you who they are, believe them."
Every day he shows us more of who us REALLY, REALLY is.
maptap22
(213 posts)The interview was supposed to be an hour and his people pulled him at 34 minutes so they knew he was bombing. I think he cant help himself. Being a racist asshole is who he is - believe it. Its not him playing some master class of gaming the media.
Turbineguy
(39,128 posts)and he'll only get worse.
The dolts who enable him should ask themselves.... "is this asshole worth going to jail for?"
Dem4life1970
(931 posts)...his base is not enough to win.
johnnyfins
(2,352 posts)They are using the same playbook from 2020. Only this time, there are more henchmen. Im sure they are also invading the shit out of Kamala's privacy, digging into every tiny thing in her past. He is one DESPERATE mother fucker.
colorado_ufo
(6,090 posts)his right ear looked very good. What healing power!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(10,407 posts)our president. I never thought I'd see the day when my pessimism about the human race would be so thoroughly justified.
I cannot imagine how anyone can even listen to him talk without wanting to scream, "STFU!"
generalbetrayus
(1,072 posts)long-form birth certificate?
Brainfodder
(7,484 posts)His defense is his nasty question dodge routine that has that ridiculously inappropriate generic rehearsed slimy characteristics, his walking dick move persona stays intact no matter what and still sticking to his less hidden yuge bald spot and his multiple inch lifts since his height lie could embarrass him, since he aint even 6' tall, apparently.
Hopefully at the next public forum he is asked to please step on this scale and can we see your college grades and shoes please?
My contempt grows for this shitshow.
Ray Bruns
(5,374 posts)J. D. Vance,Here, hold my beer.
BattleRow
(1,731 posts)a new black...
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,207 posts)Query: If something happened where TFG couldn't serve andJD had to step into the president's shoes, would the G7 let someone his age sit at the adults' table?
BrightKnight
(3,684 posts)cstanleytech
(27,746 posts)So, I'm not going to relax until Harris is sworn in and Trump's behind bars.
JustAnotherGen
(35,588 posts)We get back to a Harris Truth - a Trump Lie - A Harris Truth.
We cannot let 45 Control the Discussion.