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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 312 points 11 months ago

She's said she'll be at ABC on Sep 10, and looks forward to debating Trump in the time and place he previously agreed to. She's holding his feet to the fire on this, I don't expect there to be any agreement on any other debate until this one is over.

[-] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 154 points 11 months ago

Explains why he was so antagonistic toward the ABC reporter at the National Association of Black Journalists. As bad as that makes him look outside of the MAGA bubble, it lets him make the pathetic argument that ABC was mean to him so he won't go debate there. His fragile little ego is more important to him than winning the election. Good news for democracy lovers.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago

You are giving his cognitive abilities far too much credit.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 26 points 11 months ago

The biggest mistake that can be made is to consider your opponent dumb, thus underestimating them.

Assume it was a purposeful play, and counter appropriately.

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[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He is the dumbass face of it all, but he serves his purpose for the really smart bastards in the party who know full well what they're doing when they push his buttons, send him out to rile up his (their) base, and unleash him and them on all of us.

The core of the Republican party isn't the blustering dumbass out front, it's the fascism machine at the heart of Project 2025 and all the rest of it pulling his strings. Trump is a useful idiot to very smart people doing very bad things, and we should all be appropriately worried and alert.

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[-] melechric@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

100%

His behavior during the NABJ interview was classic Donny: a narcissist doing everything he could to deflect and avoid been held to account for his prior words/behavior.

Just happened that he let his racism shine through as he tried to worm his way out. Which shows how cognitively impaired he is.

[-] ZeroCool@feddit.org 193 points 11 months ago

Trump is a weird, old, coward.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Very weird. Many people are saying so.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

Ya mean DonOLD?

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 110 points 11 months ago

Between this and her openly calling him a criminal in her public statement, I can tell dis gon be gud. Oh, I'm cackling.

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 112 points 11 months ago

“It's interesting how 'any time, any place' becomes 'one specific time, one specific safe space,'" she wrote on social media platform X. "I'll be there on Sept. 10, like he agreed to. I hope to see him there."

She’s definitely signaling that she’s going to give him a spanking at the debate. I really hope it happens, and he gets into his defensive mode where he really scrambles.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

We have already seen what he will do. He will call her rude and nasty and then try to argue she isn't black. He's a brocken record at this point.

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[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 105 points 11 months ago

If Trump wants to debate, he can show up to the one he already agreed to go to.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 105 points 11 months ago

He wants Fox? Fine.

Do a two moderator combo. One from Fox, and the other is Jon Stewart or Rachel Maddow.

And if you want to get really messy, make the audience a 50/50 recruitment spit too. And assign seating at random.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 60 points 11 months ago

And assign seating at random.

Whoa whoa... we don't want there to be blood!

[-] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago

If you wanna make it interactive, hide pool noodles under the seats and see what happens when people start antagonizing their seat neighbors.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago
[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago

Jerry Springer, 2024 edition.

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[-] hogmomma@lemmy.world 56 points 11 months ago

Stewart can play both roles on his own. He will not hesitate to call EITHER side out.

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

50/50 split with random season will result in an all out Jerry Springer style brawl.

Yeah. I'd watch that.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

They would be sending a goon squad.

Don’t fall for it.

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 91 points 11 months ago

He was counting on the audience to yell over Kamala when she talked, and Faux to have mysterious technical issues when it came time for his mike to be muted.

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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 83 points 11 months ago

Maybe jussssst maybe we don't need to hand piece of shit billionare owned media exclusivity? Like mayyyyybe we use a college campus and have the signal aired and all so-called "media" can broadcast it to their audiences? The moderators are more than likely the issue they'll argue about, but all they did last time was read off a card and hit a mute button (sometimes)... A janitor and the weekend maintenance person could handle that shit.

Nahhh... That's like commusocialvezuelaism or something.

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[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 56 points 11 months ago

Trump wants a forum where he is free to spout lies without fact checkers and his supporters can scream over any objections

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[-] cynthorpe@discuss.online 56 points 11 months ago

Obviously it needs to be outside in a field with a lot of tall buildings.

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[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

I hope they are doing a ton of debate prep with her. He'll be hopped on drugs to keep him going. He may be a liar but he is also a bully and very bombastic. He doesn't have to beat her on the issues he just has to overwhelm her.

[-] the_joeba@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago

I think her time as a criminal prosecutor will come in handy.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 42 points 11 months ago

In court there are rules even he had to obey. On Fox with a handpicked audience it would be chaos.

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[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Do you remember the VP debate? She shut Pence up with "I'm speaking...!" I hope she gives Trump a haymaker like that

[-] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Women raising their voices makes Pence wet himself in fear (or possibly joy) so that's probably not a good metric.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 53 points 11 months ago

Seems reasonable. There is already an agreed upon time and place, anything other than that is back tracking by Trump. Even if they try to spin it to say he "agreed" to do it on Fox, to try and put the ball in Harris' court. The reality is he already agreed to the ABC debate and any change is him backing out of that and pivoting.

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[-] leadore@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

David Plouffe, an adviser to former President Barack Obama who recently joined the Harris campaign, posted on social media: "Now, he seems only comfortable in a cocoon, asking his happy place Fox to host a Trump rally and call it a debate. Maybe he can only handle debating someone his own age.

Exactly. Can you imagine trying to conduct a debate with him at one of his rallies?

Moderator: Would you choose the shark or electrocution?

Trump: I'll take electrocution every time

Harris: I am the shark

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[-] profdc9@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

Trump will be asking to duel with pistols next, except only he gets bullets.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 37 points 11 months ago

This isn't a 90's Sitcom, Trump. You weird, old, deprecated bastard.

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[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

I’ve been trying to think of a good response if he starts following Harris around like he did Hillary. Something along the lines of stopping, looking him in the eye and…

“What are you doing?” “I’m just walking.” “Well walk over there. You following me around like this is creepy.” Looks to moderator, “Can we do something about this? This is weird, right?”

On paper, pretty mild. But in the middle of a Presidential debate, I think it would be great.

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[-] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 28 points 11 months ago

Maybe doing something at Fox could work, but it won't be a debate. It could be entertainment. It will be a waste of time in this arrangement. I think.

Remember when Bernie went on Fox and got cheers? https://youtu.be/DV60Q8-B808

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 32 points 11 months ago

"Who's gonna pay for healthcare?"

First world countries pay less per capita for universal healthcare than the US does to cover a minority and in the US the majority has to also pay for private coverage as well as the share of their taxes that goes to public healthcare coverage THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. Implemented the right way, 100% public healthcare would actually save the US government money, implemented wrong it would still save people money because right now it's for profit companies that cover them, the government isn't a for profit business, it only needs to collect enough taxes to pay for the service.

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Good faux ‘news’ is ultra biased

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Trump is such a 🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔

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