Trump slurs words, struggles to gain crowd enthusiasm as he takes to campaign trail

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Trump slurs words, struggles to gain crowd enthusiasm as he takes to campaign trail
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Slurring words and struggling to gain crowd enthusiasm sounds like a regular night out for me.

But are you a treasonous Russian puppet child rapist tax evading draft dodger?

No, I'm just not a particularly engaging speaker I would imagine but I think the similarities end there.

Violating the law as no one, but I haven't heard about child rapist before?

I mean it wouldn't astound me but truth be honored. Plz :-)

Katie Johnson is the pseudonym of the woman who claims to have been raped by Donald Trump at an Epstein party in 1994 when she was 13. She has brought a lawsuit against Trump, I believe, twice, the last time in 2016. She dropped the suit both times because of threats against her life.

Yeah, uh-huh. Let me know when he has a stroke. Anything short of that and the right won't even acknowledge that it happened. Even then they'll say it was a liberal conspiracy to poison him.

He's had a series of mini-strokes though. We know it because he tweeted that he didn't have them.

This reminds me of how when COVID was starting to hit the news I wasn't at all nervous about it until he got on and said we had no reason to be nervous about it

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They would still vote for him and say it’s a conspiracy as he’s not really dead. He’s just chilling with Elvis in a CIA bunker or something.

That's fine, they can all vote for a corpse that can't hold office.

hanging out with jfk waiting to just come back

Hey - hey member that time when the Qanuts all went down to Dealy Plaza to watch JFK Jr. appear back in the land of the living so he could run as VP for trump? Member?

Oh man. Such incredible dipshits. Look! Look!

I think the Feds should probably use facial recognition on footage of crowds like that and keep tabs. Just sayin'. If they are going to spy on Quakers and vegans, the least they could do with overreach is spy on groups that are likely tied into terrorist cells.

And yet they don’t . . . Just the Quakers and vegans. now why would that be? Hmmmmmmm

There would be a group that says he's not dead, a group that says he is dead and coming back, and a group that says he's been reincarnated.

And then, in the far future, scientists will wonder why we switch from a lowercase t to an uppercase T.

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Per Trump, “great legal experts,” including Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, believed there was no case.

Today I was absolutely shocked to learn that Sean Hannity and Mark Levin are great legal experts.

And [the hush money jury] is in about a 95 percent Democrat area,

Pro tip: if you don't want to be tried by a jury from a mostly-Democratic area, don't commit crimes in New York City.

This dude lived most of his life on Manhattan. He has multiple properties there. Those people know him best and are the best judges of guilt in his trial.

NYC has all the judges. Good judges. Great judges. The best judges in the world, I tell ya. Not like those judges from a shit hole county. And I have great attorneys. The best. They could be better, but the best attorneys that do as I tell em.

Make attorneys great again!

Pro pro-trip. If you have something to hide don't run as president. If he just remained a private citizen this wouldn't be happening to him right now

There was a theory that he was intentionally TRYING to lose the election, that the whole thing was a publicity stunt for his (canceled due to him becoming President) then not-quite-upcoming "Trump TV" venture (Which was basically Fox News starring Trump)

He looks genuinely surprised and upset that he won in the pics showing his reaction, and so did Ivanka.

I can totally buy that his plan was to win the primary, lose the general, and sell not him as a president, but the fantasy of the White Utopia he'd create if he was President... and the conspiracy theories that Hilary won by cheating...

But then he fucked up when the plan went horribly right and he became the President for realsies.

Today I was absolutely shocked to learn that Sean Hannity and Mark Levin are great legal experts.

Anyone can be a great legal expert if you're stupid enough.

Imagine if Trump gets reelected, and H5N1 becomes a pandemic.

I’d rather be imaging trump getting eaten by ticks

My go-to is him being fired into the sun.

That's a big waste of energy. Drop him in a volcano or something instead and send a scientific probe to the sun.

I'm pretty sure the Volanco God is going to be upset with us for using such a poor, excuse of a a sacrifice.

Moving him all the way to a volcano is a waste of time and energy. Just let him try his bleach medecine on himself.

Prison, dying in obscurity while watching everything he has ever done be unmade.

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H5N1 is almost certainly going to become a pandemic no matter who wins.

And the majority GOP House (plus a likely Senate takeover) will do the same exact thing they did in 2019 when COVID hit: Blame foreigners, persecute physicians, peddle phony cures, and deny its even happening all at once.

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Yes, a very scary crisis under this asshat is what truly scares me (and that's assuming he doesn't just go for broke on being a dictator day one). I mean, Covid was bad enough, but had a very, very low fatality rate.

Something like H5N1 would be a total fustercluck of conspiracy theories, narcissism, bad advice, nonsense and carnage under this utterly incompetent dumbass and his grifting accomplices/hangers-on...Americans would pay the price by the millions under such bad "leadership".

Thankfully, at least, adults are aiming to do something about it; I hope they don't slow down in any way, and instead work on this very diligently in the even that donnie does get into office so that we are prepared for just such an event. Of course, the faux/maga/q brainiacs have spread so much antivaxxer nonsense that their actions would likely have a negative effect even when we do have a vaccine and even if donnie is not in office.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248634097/federal-health-officials-aim-to-develop-a-vaccine-to-protect-people-from-bird-fl

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Slurring his words at a Waukesha, Wisconsin rally, Trump referred to Biden’s “fake infrastrucker, ershure para,”

Lol what the fuck?🤣

Covfefe 2: Stroke Harder

One way you know Trump was a lazy piece of shit during his first term is that it didn't suck the absolute life out of him like it did for Obama, Bush, or Clinton.

He puts all his energy into campaigning and none of it into governing. Maybe this run up to November really will be what does him in.

maybe all the court cases will help keep him rested with multiple mid day naps

He was STILL doing rallies even after winning the erection, I don't think that's ever fappened before

I don’t think my sphincters can handle another Infrastructure Week

Follow the link in the article to his rant about Master Lock. WTF? How is this person allowed three feet away from his caretaker?

Aaahahaha had to look. Fox News cut him off for sounding too crazy:
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1785753213293007343

Fucking Fox News.

“President Trump is campaigning in Wisconsin today. He will be in Michigan. Nothing on Biden’s schedule”

Yeah. He is busy running the country. Not golfing most of his time on taxpayers dime like Cheato here

Did, did he pantomime jacking someone off in that clip?

Translated for the hard of hearing:

Master Lock closed down. I used to use Master Lock all the time when I was a little child.

I take mashter-lacka goomp een naste lots a naste liddum puzzles yah puddum.

Holy fuck, with any luck he ends up brain dead by the time debates roll around and the GOP eat themselves alive infighting to replace him last minute

Because that honestly looks like a real possibility

Zero chance he participates in a debate. Honestly, Biden sounds like rigor mortis is starting to set in too. Pathetic situation we have. Sure would be wild if one of them dropped out in the last few months and let some youngin onto the top of the ticket. That one would definitely win, red or blue. Trump would never cede the power, so the only way Trump gives up is significantly failing health or jail. Hoping Biden does the right thing.

Which Biden speeches are you seeing?

This sounds like some bullshit both sides are equal crap.

Biden is far, far more coherent than trump. It's Biden old too? Yeah, but they're not the same. Not even a little.

Biden sounds better and he’s battle a speech impediment his whole life.

Trump is starting to sound like my gramma in her last years.

The whole "Biden's senile!" is just the new version of "Buttery Males!"

Puzzles?? I thought Master Lock made...well, locks?

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Right? We need Biden to win the election at all cost.

I agree with you, but you don't have to add the same comment to a bunch of posts. Try to customize them to include specific reasons relevant to each topic.

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Has someone tried starting a conspiracy that Donald Trump is fucking dead and this is a clone meant to trick people into voting for a Luciferian Sleeper Agent?

When is this waste of space gonna die?

Trump is currently 77, at that age life expectancy is about 9-10 years. You could adjust it downward a bit for obesity and perhaps other evidence of poor health, but not by much.

You're forgetting that he's rich (compared to most americans, but as much as what he claims) and former POTUS giving him access to some of the best healthcare in the nation if not the world.

Just remember that when he contracted covid back in 2020 and was hospitalized, it wasn't just a vaccine or horse medicine they used to cure him, bit god damn stem cells derived treatment.

That doesn't change that we simply don't have ways of curing or treating lots of things. If he's developing Alzheimer's for example no amount of money can do much of anything.

Ronnie was a doddering old man for decades and they hid it really well.

It's why they pick actors.

Yeah, but like that's going to stop him taking waaay too close to 50% of the vote to be comfortable.

It’s not about 50% it’s about swing states and the illegitimate electoral college

Do you mean the Trump Fake Elector Plot?

Glad that has an article I can share to my friends who are normally very intelligent, but they legit believe Biden stole the erection.

Well, he doesn’t help my erection, but if he’s working for your friends I’m not gonna judge.

Uh Trump was the one in office. Pretty damn hard rig an election when you're not in power or position to influence.

Please define illegitimate electoral college.

Sure

The electoral college allows states with far less people to have the same amount of power as those with far denser populations

It made sense in the past but no longer, and instead at times goes against the majority will of the people a la Trump and many previous examples

I agree with you that it's outdated and a terrible fit.

Until we effectively replace it in law, unfortunately, it's literally not illegitimate.

It never made sense. It was literally created to make sure voters could be overruled in the event the ruling class (party insiders) disagreed with their choice. It was justified to stop “mob rule” also known as the will of we the people.

It did make sense, but I understand why it might not seem like it to "modern Americans". In fact, it's quite an interesting mental challenge of putting yourself in someone else's shoes.

We have a similar issue today in the EU. Do we base it one "one country, one vote" or on "one person, one vote"? Both sides of the argument is valid. Why would small countries join if they give up complete independence to the giants? I imagine the situation was very similar when the US was formed.

I think the flaw in the US system is they failed to forsee that states (or rather, people) would see themselves as one country and not a collection of countries. There should have been a time limit on the discrepancy of voting power.

Sure, for a hundred years, a state is where your loyalty, your feeling of self, your center is at. But as time moves on, you are less an Ohioian and more of s USian. Similarly, I would hope, you are less of a German and more of an EUian.

Neither blocks seem to have taken this into consideration but it makes it none the less true. Future generations paying the price for previous. Yada yada....

No, it never made sense because it never accomplished its stated purpose. It only ever suppressed the will of the majority.

I think a big reason why turning Texas Blue is such a priority, once that happens the GOP will be glad to get rid of the electoral college.

In 1929, Congress passed the Reapportionment Act, loving the House of Representatives at 435. Due to population growth in largely coastal states, and the requirement of at least one Representative per state, the House, which was intended to provide representation proportional to population, instead give a significant amount of power to states with lower population densities, resulting in a tendency towards minority rule in the House. Since the number of Electoral College votes are proportional to a state's delegation to Congress, this also gives low-population states an outsized influence over the Presidential election, contrary to the intent of the US Constitution.

He can’t, he already used all of his brain power to spell illegitimate.

The electoral college allows states with far less people to have the same amount of power as those with far denser populations

It’s not rocket science, and yes I trust spellcheck too much

another "true, but", comment: remember, Hillary got more votes than him. By the most in quantity and margin size in history, and still lost.

Trump is due back in court Thursday morning for a hearing on further violations of his gag order, after Merchan warned that he may have to turn to jail time.

Noooooo, this is exactly what Trump wants. To become a martyr for a few days in jail so he can fundraise from it.

We’re going to end up putting this fucker back in office aren’t we?

Hes not a martyr if he continues to break the law and has to pay consequences. Put him in jail. If people protest that's within their rights. We can't let him get away with this.

Upholding the rule of law is more important than denying trump some hamburder money.

In all honesty, the left trying to maintain the illusion that the economy is doing well because of job numbers makes me further question the authenticity of government statistics. The job market is absolutely horrid right now, and any assertions otherwise really set off my BS detector.

The metrics used to measure the economy are not the same metrics with which average residents measure their quality of life. We live in a world where a strong economy does not equate to quality of life for the people.

This has been further exacerbated by the increase in wealth in equity. The way we measure the economy is a proxy for the rich getting richer. Everyone else gets fucked in a good economy and fucked harder in a bad economy.

Huh? Where is that in the article?

Mortgage rates and inflation were at lower points, but most likely due to historic job losses and lack of consumer confidence. In January 2021, when, per Trump, “everything was so good,” unemployment was double its current figure and 95,000 Americans lost their lives to COVID-19.

Okay, but I asked where the stuff you talked about in your original comment is in the article...

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your anecdotal evidence vs. statistics, not even a fair fight. And even if you're right, at this point I'd rather suffer in a Mad Max scenario than under another Trump presidency. Kind of like Trump's "I could shoot someon 5th Ave. and people would still elect me", just vice versa. My anecdotal evidence is that people will accept any hardship if it means no Trump win. Good thing is they don't even have to.

I absolutely do not want to see another Trump presidency. I just don’t like being bald faced lied to about the reality of our current economy.

The only way to think of that as a lie is if you subscribe to Rep / Trump talking points…

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