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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
  • At 78 years old, former President Donald Trump is now the oldest nominee running for president.
  • Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, 59.
  • If she becomes the Democratic nominee, Harris' age could be an advantage against Trump.
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[-] card797@champserver.net 271 points 3 months ago
[-] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 260 points 3 months ago

Old sleepy Don. They call him the incoherent rambler. Everyone is saying it.

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 86 points 3 months ago

They call him the incoherent rambler. Everyone is saying it.

And everyone really is saying it, too

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago
[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 months ago

Many people have been saying it for a long time, folks

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[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 months ago
[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 months ago

As a nickname, yes. For POTUS, hell no.

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

Oh of course. I just know he does the alliteration thing for insulting others because he's dumb and his base is too. Which unfortunately makes it effective.

So giving ole Diaper Don some alliterative handles is both too easy and fun. There are tons of options and I'm sure Dumbass Don would love to hear them all.

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

Don poorleone apparently really irks him.

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[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I prefer Drowsy Don but I'm all in on whatever all y'all decide as long as it has alliteration.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I like Diaper Don.

It suggests he's a crybaby. It ties in with sleepiness because babies get sleepy too. It implies the loss of control over his body, which also suggests his mind is also probably going. It makes you wonder if he's walking around with shit in his pants. And, it's hard for them to refute.

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[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago
[-] dditty@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Beat me to it. Yup - he should drop dead and then rest in piss.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 38 points 3 months ago

He's already having issues with his speech and he keeps doing these weird tangential rants that don't make any sense.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 36 points 3 months ago

He has been doing this aince 2016 and it has only gotten worse!

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[-] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 34 points 3 months ago

As much as I hate trump. I'd rather have that narcissistic shit of a useful idiot sitting between us and Vance if that fucking fascist ever gets near that seat.

That guy is everything wrong with trump wrapped up in a more emotionally intelligent, sharper, more charismatic, more attractive, and younger package.

He's the exact sort of motherfucker I've been expecting them to push after him to take advantage of the path he created, and its fucking terrifying.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

There is no way anyone would be able to convince Trump to drop out. He decided in 2019 that he was entitled to a second term. He's not going to change his mind now.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 166 points 3 months ago

I think Kamala should take Trump up on that cognitive test offer he wanted to take with Biden.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

and golf match

(edit: see below for better suggestions)

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 64 points 3 months ago

Nah, fuck a golf match. Who gives a shit about golf?

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Donald does. And he would not take losing well.

[-] card797@champserver.net 8 points 3 months ago

That's why he will never do it.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

If he’s not willing to do what it takes to be elected, he should just quit now.

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[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago
[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Final destination only

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

And it's hosted in Alabama.

And not the Gulf Shores. Central Alabama. Home of 183% humidity.

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[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 113 points 3 months ago

Not only is he the oldest, but he's also the facist-est cadidate.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

And racist-est and misogynist-est and felonious-est and corruptest and...

[-] Xtallll 13 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure if we can call him the raciest-est, president, some of them literally owned slaves.

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[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Father Coughlin is probably kicking himself in hell for never running for president.

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[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 80 points 3 months ago

Age DOESN'T MATTER!

-Republicans who are NOT in a Cult and complained about Joe Biden's age for the last 6 months!

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[-] ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world 60 points 3 months ago

And that's before all the laws he broke... And trying to undermine the American constitution... And the changing the system so he could be immune.

Let's not forget those things too.

On TOP! Of him being far too old.

[-] blazera@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago
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[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

What I find most mad is that Kamala Harris is nearing retirement age for many industries - yet compared to many in her line of work she seems like she's in her thirties and has a whole new career ahead of her.

[-] sc2pirate@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Remember back in 2001 when everyone freaked out at Cheney's age? He was 60. Our "young" potential candidate is 59.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

We came within 1 year of having the first ever Gen X major party nominee (and immediately after the first ever Silent Generation president). But, she's a yet another boomer by 1 year.

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[-] 242@lemmy.cafe 46 points 3 months ago

Oh no, it seems you didn't get the memo! Commenting on a candidates physical year count and mental decrepitude is now ageist and forbidden. Please be better in the future. - CNN

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 months ago

Dementia Donald is no match for Capable Kamala

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 31 points 3 months ago

I just walked my dog past a big red pickup truck with stickers that had a picture of Biden with "I just shit my pants" and "BLM: Biden Loves Minors" (so classy) and it really struck me how extremely Biden focused the Republican memes have been.

Like we used to have "Pelosi is secretly running things" or like even Mitt Romney was running against Obama but his attacks were about Democrats as a whole, they were tax and spend liberals building the nanny state.

The flip side to Trump's immature style is that it IS extremely specific, and like you can't just go "actually it's Meatball Nikki Haley." Obviously you can invent different immature nicknames and memes but it is hard to telegraph them with the convention out of the way.

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 38 points 3 months ago

I just saw a headline that Trump appears to be upset because he's spent so much time and money fighting Biden, and none fighting Harris or other potential candidates.

I laughed.

[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago

Yeah he actually "Truthed" (lol) that he thinks the Dems owe him compensation for Joe dropping out due to all the money his campaign has spent attacking Joe. What a cunt

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago

HAHAHAHAHA. That is hilarious.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 11 points 3 months ago

I think he's aged beyond coming up with his own nicknames.

The Trump writing team is probably working around the clock to come up with names that are racist enough for the cult to enjoy, without being racist enough to censor on TV.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago

It boggles my mind. If you tallied up all the cars that have Biden’s name or picture on them, I bet they’d be overwhelmingly owned by MAGA folks. Why???

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[-] cupcakezealot 24 points 3 months ago

media be like

[-] VanillaBean@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

PASS THE TORCH He's done it many times, at the KKK rallies in the woods that he's probably attended.

[-] Wirlocke 21 points 3 months ago

My ultimate hope is that Trump decoheres to the point of never having a future chance of winning but keeps running anyways, ultimately blocking the party as a whole. Karmic punishment for raising this guy to a seat of power in the first place.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

My ultimate hope is that he dies in prison.

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Ew he should resign

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