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‘Sleepy Don’: Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial
(www.independent.co.uk)
Too perfect.
I like this because it makes me feel like it's a decade ago
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Oh yeah, isn’t there an Adderall shortage right now?
The dude probably just isn’t cranked up on his normal level of amphetamines.
I bet he keeps falling asleep, gets even fatter, and is even less capable of following his own thoughts as the Adderall drought continues.
What a great time for him to be on criminal trial…
This is pretty funny but realistically, even with the shortage, he is still getting his. I myself have to take it and I’ve had zero issues getting it. He is certainly on the top of the list of those receiving it.
Adderall is being generous, this dude is probably shoveling pills and uppers every morning. You don’t just make court appearances and then rally every day of the week at 80 years old without either being in good shape or being on a long list of stimulants.
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Most-damaging-traitor-in-American-history Don.
Using one of the insults Trump commonly hurled at others: he's a very low-energy criminal defendant.
Whatever he or the GOP says is projection. Anything.
Accusaconfessaprojection
You can always tell what trump is insecure about. He projects all of his faults on to others. They bother him and as a result he considers his faults the worse thing he can say about someone else.
trump because he has Low T
Very likely does at that age with his lack of self care.
Whatever distracts his base from the actual contents of the trial is a good thing for him.
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So...
In 2024 we have one candidate who can't stay awake during his criminal trial...
And one candidate who isn't facing criminal charges because of his age and memory issues...
Special counsel Robert Hur has declined to prosecute President Joe Biden for his handling of classified documents but said in a report released Thursday that Biden’s practices “present serious risks to national security” and added that part of the reason he wouldn't charge Biden was that the president could portray himself as an "elderly man with a poor memory" who would be sympathetic to a jury.
“Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” the report said, but added that the evidence “does not establish Mr. Biden’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Why do people keep acting like Biden and trump are in anyway capable of being president?
This could be the easiest election ever if Dems just ran someone who wasnt 20 years past retirement age.
Both sides are not the same. Fuck off with this opinion
No one said both were equally bad...
I said neither are good enough.
It's pretty simple, but so is civility
How ridiculous is it that any time anyone points out Biden's obvious ineptitude, the response is always "Both sides are not the same." No shit they aren't the same. The only people that ever bring up the "both sides are the same" thing are the morons claiming it's not true.
Step 1: Read a comment Step 2: Respond to what the comment says or just do nothing.
There is no Step 1.5 that says you have to make up a bunch of bullshit to respond to. If you don't have a response, then just say nothing. You don't have to pretend like there is stuff there isn't just to have something to say.
I think their point was that while both sides may not be great options (the original comment's point), there is a huge difference in the level of how not-great they are, and leaving it at t"hey are both not great" is a disservice to those not immersed in the political landscape because this election could be VERY close and the consequences of not voting for Biden, despite all of his shortcomings, significantly impact the entire world, especially Americans.
because this election could be VERY close
Because we're running a bad candidate against a worse....
Like, why are so many people mad at the ones pointing out Biden is a bad candidate instead of Biden for staying in the race as a bad candidate that might not even be able to beat trump?
There's no logic to that
You can't just shout down everyone that mentions Biden's flaws.
But if the whole Dem voter base says Biden isn't acceptable and we need a better candidate, there's still 2 months to the Democratic convention.
Shit isn't too late to do the one thing that would most help prevent trump from becoming president:
Run a candidate popular with voters.
In general, yes, run a candidate that is popular with voters. You can't do that this year. No one who is unknown would have the time to get enough traction to beat Trump. No one who is well known is liked enough to motivate people to get to the polls.
I don't think people are saying don't criticize Biden or don't criticize the system that resulted in Biden being president the first time and a candidate the second time. By all means, criticize away. He could be worse, sure, but he could be so much better.
What I think people are saying is that when you are comparing Biden and Trump, it's important to point out that while both are not ideal, one is way worse. People who aren't paying attention to the level they should will be less motivated to show up to the polls if they just think "everybody sucks." Biden isn't great, but Trump is a criminal scumbag who wants to let others strip us of our rights so that he can play king.
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You’re missing that the special counsel saying this was extremely editorialized, unprofessional, and dubious at best. This is the counsel’s opinion without facts to back it up.
Whereas Trump falling asleep actually happened without editorializing. NYT is just reporting facts.
FAKE NEWS /s But they are not wrong why is the states voting for these geriatric presidents? There is no one else fit for the role or nobody wants it?
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Set crybots to maximum whinge.
Shut up.
One side who is facing criminal charges for the laws he broke, and one who didn't break the law.
Yeah, it's clear who the fuckup is in this race, and it's not even close.
Not sure why you would believe anything Robert Hur says since it was proven that he lied in that report.
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Young people are too smart to vote republican, old people are too dumb to vote for someone for someone younger than them. What you're left with is Biden. He's not ideal, but at least he isn't Russia's little bitch.
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I agree. The democratic party could nominate ANY candidate who has character, energy, and intelligence - and younger (to better represent Americans), and they'd likely win in a landslide.
[Citation Needed]
Generally, when people make predictions about hypothetical futures, there is nothing to cite. Citations are more of a thing when talking about stuff in the past.
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Of course, the transcript of the interview that report is based off totally supports those allegations. Not politically motivated at all. No sir.
Sheesh.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
While the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial gets under way in New York, the former president himself appears to be far less enthralled by the proceedings.
Jury selection got under way on Monday in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former president, as he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The former president’s apparent courtroom nap eventually began trending on X, with users flocking to the hashtag #DonSnorleone, a reference to the mafia kingpin Don Corleone from the Godfather series.
“I prefer Presidents who don’t fall asleep before the lunch break in their hush money paid to a porn star election interference trial,” one user mocked.
Mr Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records over so-called hush money payments made before the 2016 election to pay off adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange for silence over an alleged affair.
The Trump campaign later vehemently denied rumours of the former president’s brief courtroom nap, saying in a statement: “This is 100% Fake News coming from ‘journalists’ who weren’t even in the court room.”
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