• RadicalEagle@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    lol, I feel like my brain is going to explode if I try to wrap my head around the logic Trump is using to get to this conclusion.

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      5 months ago

      He spent so much effort attacking Joe Biden. Mostly because his entire campaign is centered around attacking Joe Biden, and not any real policies. Now that’s all in vain.

      He’s mostly thinking about himself.

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          That’s good for the democrats. They don’t need to change direction of their campaign while the republicans must change their entire campaign now.

          It’s not good that the political climate has become like this, but the only way to defeat Trump is to get down to his level. If he’s not offering any real politics then why should the dems?

          • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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            If he’s not offering any real politics then why should the dems?

            If that isn’t a complete non sequitur then surely it argues in the other direction. Voters deserve to be treated with respect. The fact that Trump is disrespectful doesn’t excuse anyone else from actually doing the job.

            • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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              The fact that Trump is disrespectful doesn’t excuse anyone else from actually doing the job.

              Seems like that job right now is beating a fascist candidate.

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        Okay, I did some stretches and I feel warmed up.

        My biggest complaint is that the answer to the question “So, we are forced to spend time and money on fighting crooked Joe Biden?” is “no”.

        He wasn’t forced to fight Joe Biden. Instead of attacking Joe he could’ve focused on extolling his own virtues.

        I feel like reacting this way indicates that he doesn’t see himself as a candidate worthy of winning the election on his own merit.

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          Or their campaign finances are so tight fighting legal battles they can’t afford to pivot.

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            Yeah, but if the campaign was based on the belief that “Trump is the best candidate regardless of who he’s running against” there would never be a need to pivot based on the opponent changing.

            Which to me indicates Trump was viewing his 2024 campaign as a grudge match between himself and Biden as opposed to viewing it as a campaign to be elected president of the United States of America.

            Like, where’s the strength of conviction? The guy is flailing and it’s embarrassing.

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              5 months ago

              His campaign is a desperate attempt to get back that sweet sweet presidential immunity, plus all the perks he’ll get selling out the country for pennies on the dollar.

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            This just came to me - you now need to run for president.

            400m lap before any presidential debate, speech or campaign announcements. If you do it in more than the country average you can’t respond and first back can start.

            Disabled candidates can follow paralympics rules.

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    5 months ago

    You know what i see? Someone coming up with excuses for when he loses.

    Kick his racist, sexist ass with a black female president

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    Who exactly forced them to spend time and money fighting Crooked Joe Biden? Take it up with them.

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      Exactly!

      If he felt “forced” to fight Joe in order to win the election it indicates that he doesn’t see himself as a candidate worthy of winning on his own merit.

      He’s always the victim.

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    Lol Trump and the GOP always said he was too old and shouldn’t run, so he drops out and now they’re mad about it. The GOP is both infuriating and hilarious at the same time.

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      “BIDEN TOO OLD!! SLEEPY JOE! HUNTER’S LAPTOP! OLD! BIDEN OLD!”

      Joe Biden: The American people have spoken, and I have elected to bow to their wishes and exit the presidential race.

      “NOT LIKE THAT! BIDEN OLD! BIDEN COST MONEY! BIDEN OLD! PUT HIM BACK IN, ONLY OLDS NOW!”

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    spent money fighting . . ?

    why doesn’t he spend money promotiong awareness of his policies? /s

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      Because that’s the one quiet part they don’t actually want to say out loud. It’s bad enough that even their brainwashed mob has started to think it over.

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    Dumb fucking sheep magas don’t even see this as petulant baby diaper shitting… If you really had a StRoNg MaN presidential candidate then he’d have said “Obama, Kamala, Hillary, Biden, who cares? I’ll beat anyone you throw at me!”

    But that’s not who Trump is so we get: “Wahhhhh Wahhhhh Wahhhhh Wahhhhh!” And his followers go “yeah! Wahhh! It’s really bad! Wahhh wahhh! We’re tough! Wahhh get my gun I need to feel like a man!”

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      He, and his masters, know he’s going to get murdered in any future debates. So, it’s not going to be a fair fight, in their minds. Good.

      Fuck Trump

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    Trump is being forced to run for president? Is he unable to make decisions on his own or is he being forced by companies that line his pockets?

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      He’s being forced by the fact that it’s the only way he sees to stay out of jail basically lol. All those “Democrat Witch Hunts” are really getting to him.

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        the sad thing is you are likely right, but he also can’t pardon himself from the state level crimes, but him getting presidency again would be a lot easier then having to restart the legal process /again/ since the supreme court refused to elaborate on if he was actually immune for the charges, just that acting as commander grants immunity for official acts.

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    The difference between being FOR something and being AGAINST something.

    Die mad motherfucker.

    • Exactly! Mf, campaign for yourself, not against an opponent. The entitlement of this guy is unbelievable. He thinks that he’s automatically good enough to be president after seriously fucking up last time and just needs to trash the other candidates.

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      To be fair, I’d have expected that number to be MUCH higher. According to polling he has about a 44% approval rating. Divide the ~342MM population of the USA and that means that .000058% of his fanbase have made accounts. Honestly seems a bit low. Here’s to hoping that he spends the rest of his life in prison for the crimes he comitted.

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        If he had 100M followers and there are 20k accounts, that’d be 0.02%.

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    You can tell they’re pissed he dropped out because the more obvious framing is that thier anti-Biden campaigning worked, and they were successful.

    For them to act like they got ripped off instead tells you everything you need to know.

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      It also takes away the focus from his little ear booboo. Everyone will be focused on the Dems for the next few weeks unless something more interesting happens.

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      I agree, I believe that they are mad that their campaign worked too well, they didn’t want him to drop out as he was a viable candidate to win against as he was slipping hardcore poll wise and was shooting himself in the foot, he wouldn’t have won. Now they need to re-evaluate their strategy to fight against Harris, which is going to be difficult considering that she is basically a counter opposite of what Biden was and has the exact opposite tactics he did, including background and has a solid history. I personally don’t care much about her but, I can see where the threat is.