This upcoming "rally" in Florida

[canetoad]

Is DFT trolling his supporters and protesters and trying to instigate violence? Sure seems like it to me.

[tinrobot]

1. I think he just wants to feel loved again... like during the campaign.

There may be violence, but I wonder how many of his supporters will show up in Miami, a fairly liberal part of Florida. They may be outnumbered.

[Warpy]

4. Yes, less than 3 weeks in office, he's announced his 2020 candidacy

so he's going to start campaigning every single week to rouse the rabble and feel the love.

I'm sure there will be a sizable claque from Ave Maria City.

[malaise]

7. He filed papers for his re-election the day after inauguration

Follow the money

[Qutzupalotl]

10. We can't appoint a Supreme Court justice because it's campaign season.

Let the next president appoint one.

[malaise]

11. You win the thread

[BannonsLiver]

12. That'll wear well with folks.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. It's actually in Melbourne, which is a couple of hours up the coast.

It's not quite as liberal as South Florida, but Florida's a big state so there could be both a lot of supporters and protesters who could make it there. Melbourne's less than an hour from Orlando and only a couple of hours from Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach.

[Hortensis]

9. EXACTLY as you and Liberal N Proud say, plus his staff agreeing

they can put his craving for adulation to work, as Thrill says.

Not to repel everyone with boasts of my own greatness, but just a couple days ago I predicted he would go try to relive his glory days of the primary, and his imagined "popular vote" win, with a rally.

(Forgive me, I'm an incurable optimist, thus usually wrong these days, and a break in my losing streak feels good. )

[liberal N proud]

2. He needs to go to the trump-thumpers for a recharge

The media has been so verr, very mean to him.

[Thrill]

3. He wants to give the impression that he has the country's support

No one will be fooled

[patricia92243]

5. He wants to return to the good old days of campaigning. He hates trying to actually govern.

[canetoad]

6. Agree with both of you that he needs the love

But I'm convinced there is a darker reason, like being the catalyst for violence and blaming the protesters.