"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

Try spotting the moment where Trump just killed the stimulus https://t.co/M2O6hvFfl7 pic.twitter.com/BiVaOjFzi1

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) October 6, 2020

jesus fucking christ

he just tweeted that he's called off stimulus negotations until after he wins the election, which seems like a dumb move electorally but also means that no one will get any federal relief until january, which is terrible.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, October 6, 2020 2:53 PM bookmarkflaglink

frankly it's fuckin' ridiculous that we didn't have the next round ready to go in September, largely because of GOP stonewalling and Trump's White HOuse insisting "we don't need it anymore, shit's normal!".

no idea how some are getting by. my mother had to get rent assistance from the county for three months.

well I guess there's Karl's answer to "what stupid thing will he do next that costs him more votes"

not that the markets themselves matter, but to the extent he thinks they do, and it's good for him when they go up and bad when they go down: dumbest mother fucker on earth

Imagine choreographing your hospital visit to occur completely outside market hours because you're worried about the dow going down and then the next day you nuke the market intraday by tweeting that stimulus is over forever

— Quantian (@quantian1) October 6, 2020

lol was gonna say I couldn't imagine how he could tank his position even further but there it is

lol getting people a nice check in October would have been such a slam dunk politically. he is an idiot!

Trump’s closing argument of More Covid, Less Stimulus seems like a bit of a gamble.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 6, 2020

xxxp regarding the graph it's just a tiny ~1% correction, in a stock market that has made impressive gains over the past 6 months. that the stock market is doing so well is what is surprising to me

there's also...just..

i mean, he's in the middle of suffering from covid-19 right now. to turn around and deny help to anyone ELSE that is going through the same thing and happens to NOT be the president of the country and/or from a wealthy family? fucking prick

xxxp regarding the graph it's just a tiny ~1% correction, in a stock market that has made impressive gains over the past 6 months. that the stock market is doing so well is what is surprising to me

I have the line from Michael Clayton going through my head: "I'm not the guy that you kill. I'm the guy that you buy. Are you so fuckin' blind that you don't even see what I am?"

We were discussing Texas potentially going blue?

Trump killing the airline bailout could be a major deal electorally. Major airlines are based in Dallas, Atlanta and Phoenix, with major hub operations in Detroit, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas again, Miami, Philadelphia... https://t.co/TuqgGGWl9o

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 6, 2020

didn't trump just order (via twitter) congress to "GET IT DONE!" with democrats, just...2 nights ago? from walter reed?

if you've lost Erick Erickson...

Talked to a friend who lost two relatives to COVID and she is so angry with the President. Then had the same conversation with a different person. I get the sense outside the Twitter bubble that it isn’t going over well.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 6, 2020

and as soon as he gets back, he declares all negotiations over?

is he throwing a pissy fit because not every single democrat had positive things to say about his ongoing superspreader status?

I think the massive dose of 'roids is having side effects with his syphilitic dementia.

I'm starting to think it's just a mob-style bust-out. He knows he's gonna lose the election so he's burning the whole place down around him.

hey Andy, shut the fuck up

i'm doubling down on my long suggested prediction of escape to russia with his inner circle

it's so dumb, it has to happen

Potential preview of things to come, eventually. This morning we got a note from my daughter's piano teacher apologizing for the appearance of a few Trump/Pence signs on her front lawn overnight, emphasizing not just how Trump's very name is something to be ashamed of, but also that's it's a prank-ready punchline, like subscribing someone to Fat Ass Monthly magazine or something. I mean, are there places in this country, even in deep red states, where the appearance of a *Biden* sign on someone's front lawn would actually require an apology? Extra security, perhaps, but not panicked emails to piano students.

It's funny that when someone like Erick Erickson decides it's time to figure out what's going on "outside the Twitter bubble," he turns, not to polls of hundreds of randomly selected people, but to a couple of friends of his.

i'm doubling down on my long suggested prediction of escape to russia with his inner circle

Russia is not going to let his COVID-riddled ass across the border

hear me out: he thinks "no stimulus unless I WIN" is going to make his numbers go up because that's the sort of power move that worked for those businesses he ran into the ground

you lost me at "he thinks"

snap

Claudia Conway is Q for people who own over $150 in notorious RBG merch

— patrick (@redford) October 6, 2020

Therefore he is not?

xp

hear me out: he thinks "no stimulus unless I WIN" is going to make his numbers go up because that's the sort of power move that worked for those businesses he ran into the ground

i keep going back to how unfairly he has been treated throughout this whole time

I think America is going to respond really well to "you'll get nothing and like it"

_hear me out: he thinks "no stimulus unless I WIN" is going to make his numbers go up because that's the sort of power move that worked for those businesses he ran into the ground_

I've been saying it since the beginning, if you want to understand people's reaction to Trump you really need to spend less time studying Mussolini or whatever and more time studying families with abusive fathers.

— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw) October 6, 2020

lol that’s gotta be it.

for a brief second I wondered if maybe he understands that the likelihood of him winning is incredibly low, and figured why not fuck everything as much as possible on the way out (v much in keeping with his party and cohort)

but nah. it’s DEAL TIME BABY

including one where Trump is photoshopped onto Rambo's body

Oh yeah I saw this one on the road, the caption was "No man, No Woman, No Commie Can Stump Him".

"Stump" is such a bizarre choice on any level, especially paired with the iconography of noted quiz show champion Rambo.

i spend so much time thinking about how much i hate Trump for being a fascist, racist asshole, that i never really sit down and process what an absolute fucking dumbass he is.

like it's not news that he's a complete moron! i used to be a real hot pencil at doing impressions of Trump interview transcripts! but the real-life horror of the last four years has sorta blotted out my day to day comprehension of the fact that one of the dumbest people i've ever beheld is the President of the United States.

I’ve thought of the angle in that tweet a lot but didn’t want to be caught betting on the favorite.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-agrees-to-fdas-guidelines-for-vetting-covid-19-vaccines-11602011953

Doesn't Trump know he could just not run? That would be the perfect end, if the night before the election he just says fuck it and quits.

yeah the "abusive dad" thing came across pretty loud and clear during the debate

the reason why I somewhat suspect he is doing this as a political move is because this is exactly the sort of dumbass strategy he's been tweeting about since Obama was president

he needs to close his eyes and never open them again. COVID in teh 12th round, $20 wager. who's taking wagers?

I truly don't understand this, and nor do a number of people who advise the president. It's like he's trying to lose. https://t.co/GNOwrZEhx9

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 6, 2020

You’re still a hot pencil to me Doc

he's going to lose and say he was mis-advised and then give out the addresses to all of his aides after they leave the White House.

and twitter will ban him.

and suddenly @the2ndrealdonaldtrump will show up.

this is going to end up like Who Shot Mr Burns?

”No Woman, No Commie Can Stump Him"

poet and a prophet

WH economic adviser Stephen Moore on Trump walking away from stimulus talks:

"From a political and a policy standpoint, this was a shrewd move .

"A deal on the Pelosi plan would have completely divided the Republican Party on the eve of the election."https://t.co/PevJsXZOSb

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) October 6, 2020

wonder if publicly saying WE ARE DOING THIS FOR POLITICAL REASONS is gonna help them in November

pic.twitter.com/VfhWsCCELd

— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) October 6, 2020

Yes, by all means, keep the GOP united so they can all sink into the ocean together on election night.

honestly this might be the worst week any political campaign has ever experienced and it's entirely self-owns