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Yet another event canceled by him and this one was with friendly people

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I just feel sorry for him at this point. Not as much as I feel sorry for America, but I do feel sorry for him. When he dies, he will die not having known the best things in life. No true love, no actual friends, no peace. Money has not bought him happiness. Maybe he was born into a prison of his family’s making, but all he’s done is build up the walls and seal the doors. He’s a tragic, pitiful character rather than a beacon of strength or success.

Erm, make sure you put him in an actual prison too, though. Good luck, Yanks, your tea-drinking cousins still want the best for you despite everything 🇬🇧

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

There's one wall he didn't build 👀

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe he should quit his campaign

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He can't for several reasons

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

True. He would be Putin a bad situation.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

He is not tired.

He has nothing to offer beyond entertainment and fascist slogans.

This is an act so he stays in the media.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

He possibly is. I'd be unable to sleep too if I had a few criminal cases lined up. With Walz/Harris, there is a very real chance his life will slip away and he now has criminal court cases where he has no control.

Whilst judge Cannon won't send him to jail, there are lots of judges that will including the tax fraud case

Don't forget that many of his attacks are Hypocrisy.. He even fell asleep during his criminal court hearings. Sleepy Don...

He does that because then his followers think when people point out the hypocrisy they're just being unoriginal (whereas, it's actually the truth).

Don't be surprised if the guy has eaten cat or dog too honestly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

There's exactly zero chance he's passing up the chance to talk in front of a bunch of people because HE doesn't think he has anything worth saying. That shitbird LOVES to talk, not having anything worth saying has never stopped him before.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's so great watching them try to roll him into the white house in a wheelchair, and he can't even sit upright in it anymore.

"Strongman" lol.

Vote.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

God damn I've been seeing the signs I think you are referencing here everywhere and have been meaning to get a picture to see if they feel as ickily Orwellian to everyone else as they do me.

Trump

Safety

...

Kamala

Crime

 

Trump

Low Taxes

...

Kamala

High Taxes

 

Those are the two I see the most. The first one especially feels like something out of a dystopian near-future scifi.

There's one more, when I remember it I'll update.

Edit - oh yeah:

 

Trump

Secure Border

...

Kamala

Open Border

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, those are the signs I'm talking about, basically

TRUMP
GOOD
KAMALA
BAD

They're just so fucking stupid, I can't believe Trump supporters aren't embarrassed by them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How would he survive 4 more years when he's too tired to do a 60min interview?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Four more years? I'm worried about four more months. Every month I am surprised.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

Am sure he would have done the interview if it occurred when he was playing golf on a course.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if he was exhausted, this campaign is probably the most work he's done in his life. He's old, he's clearly in decline, and although he's fueled by greed and spite he may be becoming concerned that he's not winning as clearly as he'd like.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think he is driven by fear of imprisonment

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

He won't serve a day in prison. He's driven by fear of having to flee to Russia or Saudi Arabia.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Sounds like Trump is lazy to me.

[–] [email protected] 246 points 1 day ago (8 children)

He's just too old for this job.

How old is he?

He's older than Bill Clinton, and Bill Clinton ended his second term in office almost a quarter century ago.

He's older than Ruby Bridges, who was the first black student to attend a white school

He's older than the first commercially available microwave oven.

He's even older than the transistor.

[–] Lucidlethargy 3 points 12 hours ago

The transistor one really got me... The transistor made all computing possible. It's the cornerstone to all modern electronics.

Or, "the cyber", as Trump calls it.

[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If Tim Walz served two terms as vice president, then was elected president and served two terms, at the end of his second term as president he still wouldn’t be as old as Donald Trump is today.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's been alive longer than Hawaii and Alaska have been US states.

He predates lasers, commercial jet airliners, and the pocket calculator.

He is older than presidential term limits and the CIA.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

He's been alive longer than Hawaii and Alaska have been US states.

I mean...so is my dad...and he's not even to retirement yet.

I wouldn't have a problem with a (healthy, sane, responsible, democracy-minded) president in their 60s.

Hell, given those conditions, while I wouldn't love the idea, I'd be okay with a president in their 80s too.

But my main problem is that Trump ticks exactly zero of those boxes.

[–] jballs 14 points 1 day ago

When he was born, the Philippines were still part of the United States.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He was born before black people could play in MLB.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago

The"again" in his slogan undoubtedly...

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago

He's two decades older than plate tectonics being even theorized.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

He was ~30 years old when women were finally allowed to open their own bank accounts.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

10th Doctor: "Doesn't he look tired?"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remember soon after taking the presidency, he was bitching that the job was much tougher than he expected, now he's 4 years older

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Almost 8 years older actually

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

The fuck is he talking about? He used all the same golf courses as before. He watched the same TV... oh! He had a harder time flushing the toilets.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember when dimbulb donnie's stupid qult was telling everyone Hillary was one step away from being dead....in 2015 and 2016?

Wonder where these people are now?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I remember when Nostradumbass said he’d be running marathons when he was 80

[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sure seems like he isn't capable of a job that requires him to work a full day every day. You know, like being President.

[–] knobbysideup 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He didn't the first time around. "Executive time". Golf. Excessively dumbed down then skipped altogether security briefings.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He could find the energy to golf all day on tax payer money

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago

He sure looks tired.

[–] boydster 36 points 1 day ago

He seems fragile, doesn't he?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

sweepy twump, he needs a wittle nappy in between shouting that he wants to send the military after americans.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago

Don't you think he looks tired.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

Weekend at Donnie's

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

His batteries are nearly depleted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, I forgot he believes people have a lifetime charge that will be depleted by exercise.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He should bow out and face the consequences of his actions like an adult.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm sure he managed to find the energy for the Saudi interview though right?

He's always got energy for investors. I'm sure he just sees Tulsi and RFK as tools that he doesn't need anymore.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 42 points 1 day ago

Ah, he must be close to running out his battery, I guess

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