US Politics, June 2020 — You have to dominate.

while i also feel like i'm tired of hearing about this rally, i keep reading about it because watching these predator racist pieces of shit running around, obviously scared af that they're all going to be in jail soon is excellent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/coronavirus-poverty.html#click=https://t.co/THLxjC0FmX

watching these predator racist pieces of shit running around, obviously scared af that they're all going to be in jail soon is excellent.

watching sad trump sulk from the chopper after the rally had a very "i guess we're not getting out of this alive" vibe from the final ten minutes of a bleak heist movie.

The final insult:

Saturday's rally in Tulsa was, on the campaign's own terms, a debacle — a meticulously organized and well-protected event that left thousands of seats unfilled in an arena once sold out by Nickelback.

Donald Trump spends 14 minutes at Tulsa rally talking about that time he walked slowly down a ramp

Usually, we would chop up Mr Trump’s monologue into a few short, easily digestible quotes, because that is how the news generally works. Politician delivers borderline incoherent stream of consciousness; reporter picks out the important bits; you get to move on with your life.

In this case, however, I thought it was worth transcribing Mr Trump’s entire monologue, because breaking it up would rob it of its full effect.

I present to you, without further comment, the most powerful man on the planet talking about that time people filmed him walking slowly down a ramp. Enjoy.

Oh, and while I’ve tried to capture tone and inflection as best I can here, I would also encourage you to watch the full excerpt from Mr Trump’s speech. You’ll find it in the video player at the top of the page. It is ... quite something.

I get it, but also, fuck this guy and spending any more time thinking about his stupid shit

check out this incoherent blather! there’s a lot of it

After five years of pretending to you this gas giant of narcissism contained in a thin balloon of hate was in any way sane or coherent, we have decided to occasionally not pretend this.

I feel pretty optimistic when I see Asshole pathetically pandering to his core base like that - gives him false reassurance, while he cements 30% and baffles 70% of the country.

and I spotted a few yawns during the clips

he is his only audience.

that said he has better chops than some I witnessed in NYC comedy clubs circa 1990 (not sayin much)

I’m being baked. I’m being baked like a cake! I said, ‘General, there’s no way I can make it down that ramp without falling on my ass, general. I have no railing.’ True. It’s true!

^ July thread title

"that is how the news generally works. Politician delivers borderline incoherent stream of consciousness; reporter picks out the important bits"

funny, this is not actually a common characteristic of politicians, both the decent ones and the absolute ghouls. though it does describe the only two people who might be president this time next year.

note that from the outlet, it's probably a specific assigned day-to-day task for him to deceive the public about the competence and honesty of George Christensen or Peter Dutton or Barnaby Joyce

derp, i didn't even click on the link, didn't realize it was Australian.

The writer's name is Sam Clench, so he's either Australian or a Fox News weekend anchor.

a name too Dickensian for Dickens

The political arms of the Murdoch press in Australia are not especially subtle about being a marketing project for the LNP.

There was some other Aussie journalist who made a blip a few months/years ago by attending a Trump press conference and writing some piece afterward describing how insane and stream of conscious it actually was, and how shocked she was that American journalist shaped it into something approaching coherence.

He's spending the morning on Twitter going all-in against Vote By Mail.

at first the levels of DARVO behavior with Asshole were shocking, and now i'm completely unsurprised by it.

Also-not to keep harping on the non-turnout in Tulsa, but such tight framing in these pics!

THE SILENT MAJORITY IS STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/AoIcroQUQd

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2020

have we considered LORI HENDRY's counterpoint?

1 million Americans requested tickets to the Trump rally in Tulsa. This is the largest request in political history.

President Trump's support is at an all time high.

— LORI HENDRY (@Lrihendry) June 21, 2020

all this focus on the rally is pathetic and not just from the Trump side tbh

some other Aussie journalist who made a blip

Lenore Taylor.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/20/as-a-foreign-reporter-visiting-the-us-i-was-stunned-by-trumps-press-conference

President Trump's support is at an all time high.

No worries about him getting re-elected then. Job done!

I wish British TV would stop inviting crackpot Trump supporters onto our screens and interviewing them like they're anything other than worthless scumbags. I don't want to have to look at these arseholes, let alone listen to their garbage.

all this focus on the rally is pathetic and not just from the Trump side tbh

imagine it to be a tv show that everyone watched

did you see the super bowl? yeah, me neither. sure is annoying how everyone talks about it though

Yeah, it's just a high profile season premiere that people are now dissecting.

I wish everyone would stop inviting these assholes anywhere, but you know when the Trump circus leaves town all these shitheads are just going to linger, doling out coy behind the scenes stories while being rolled out as experts on What Happened. And that's not even including America's Top Asshole, who will continue to tweet and fart at full volume until he is dead. His kids, they might be a different story. No one really wants to talk to DJT2.

I don't see the Trump brood making many waves after pops gets his saggy ass chucked onto the front lawn. They're very low energy, a total snooze. Sad!

They're the Jeb!s of the Trump clan.

Simon H. otm. I'm all for haranguing Trump until he has a stroke, but do it for shit that matters like the Berman firing, not water glasses and ramp stumbles.

I'm all for haranguing Trump until he has a stroke, but do it for shit that matters like the Berman firing, not water glasses and ramp stumbles.

What matters is the stroke, not how it's induced.

That's the thing though, stuff like the Berman firing doesn't bother him in the least. It's clearly the shit like the water and the ramp that gets under his skin and eats at him, day after day after day. Yes, it's absolutely stupid and shouldn't get any attention at all, but if him tweeting in a tantrum about his ability to walk keeps him from signing a terrible executive order, I feel like its still a win.

yeah i thought the ramp stuff was silly and dumb when people were pointing it out at first but... i like how much it got to him

He feels pride, not shame, about firing upstanding public servants who are investigating his crimes; he cannot be harangued about that.

xp

BradNelson otm.

It's not that rally attendance matters in the grand scheme of things - it's that it matters to him. It's always been his point of pride.

I personally don't give even the slightest fuck about how he drinks, stands, or walks - but it clearly matters to him. Playing to his weakness (fragile ego, constant butthurtness, tiny hands, etc.) may turn out to be an adequate substitute for having an unequivocally strong opponent.

Of course, the "increasingly isolated" storyline is old and boring, but his totally reactive whiny mode (soooo unfaaaaair) indicates that he's losing. He's not controlling the narrative; it's controlling him. And that is, on its own, hilarious.

How many presidential candidates have felt it necessary to PROVE that they are able to drink water like a big boy?

SQUIRM, SHITBAG

that's kinda how i break it down to an extent

his totally reactive whiny mode (soooo unfaaaaair) indicates that he's losing. He's not controlling the narrative; it's controlling him. And that is, on its own, hilarious.

How many presidential candidates have felt it necessary to PROVE that they are able to drink water like a big boy?

Exactly. And the reason to keep hammering away at this shit is that for a significant number of his cultists, being on Team Trump is being on The Winning Team, and they won't stick around if the stink of loserdom gets too strong. They won't vote for Biden, but they'll be discouraged from voting for Trump in November. The failed Tulsa rally is a major, important harbinger of doom to come.

Let’s think positive thoughts, in the future we will be spared his tweets as he won’t be allowed his phone in jail

Ol' donny trump, jam, wriggle etc ah! nevertheless

Bananaman, that is understood. But why not let people have a glimmer of hope?

all this focus on the rally is pathetic and not just from the Trump side tbh

I get where this is coming from but it's not the media that's obsessed with crowd sizes & "the silent majority" and the cult of personality that surrounds Trump; it's literally the only thing that matters to him. He spent weeks bragging about how big this rally was gonna be and how it was effectively the start of his 2020 campaign. It is the first massive indoor event to take place in the US in 3 months and it's coming just as cases are reaching all time highs in the South. The fact that the event was a total failure seems pretty significant actually? Like, either it's a big sign that even deep red states are not following the leader when it comes to the pandemic or a sign that Trump's popularity really has slipped. Not only that but if their campaign data has been corrupted by thousands of rude teens that also feels like kind of a story. Plus you've got the contents of his speech, particularly the part where he admits to trying to pull back on testing, admitting point blank that re-election is more important than American lives, and the fact that in the midst of a pandemic and massive civil unrest his main talking point seems to be about him walking down a ramp, all of it is just fucking insane

Other people don't even have to clown on him that hard, is the thing. He'll gladly spend twenty minutes painting a detailed portrait of himself to his base as a brittle fogey in a bafflingly-inept attempt to offset passing suggestions that he might be a brittle fogey. Once you prime that pump, it pretty much runs itself.

Someone: Donald Trump is thin skinned.
Donald Trump: Please sit down for half an hour and pule about how thick my skin is because that is a thing that non-thin skinned people do.

'and LISTEN TO ME pule' etc, you geddit

There is no way he's devoted a second of thought to stuff like Berman. He doesn't even know who Berman is. There are schemers in charge of that sort of thing, appointing judges and the like. Asshole is totally superficial, so the way you get under his skin is the superficial stuff. That's what bugs him and takes up his time. It's all about him (duh), not boring government stuff. He is his audience, they were made in his image.