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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

One month ago, former President Donald Trump seemed poised to retake the White House from an ailing President Joe Biden. Now that he's falling behind Vice President Kamala Harris, people close to Trump's campaign are complaining to Vanity Fair that the GOP nominee is only making matters worse. “It’s like he’s choosing to lose,” one of them vented.

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[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 142 points 3 months ago

Why the fuck would people close to Diaper Dump Trump talk to the press about this?

They want to give you a false sense of security.

Vote like your world depends on it.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago

They also know that Trump watches a dozen hours of Fox News and CNN per day, and that that is when he is paying the most attention. They're trying to reach him where his brain lives.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

I know it sounds alarmist and overblown... but Democracy itself literally depends on all of us voting.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 101 points 3 months ago

Because he is, in fact, a loser.

[-] RangerJosie@sffa.community 37 points 3 months ago

The biggest loser actually.

[-] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

The likes of which the world has ever seen.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

Born on third base. Somehow ended up on first.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I've never heard that term, but it perfectly describes that fucking loser.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 89 points 3 months ago

Is he acting weirder than normal? I honestly can't tell the difference.

[-] ski11erboi@lemm.ee 41 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I've really been surprised by the amount of negative press on Trump. He seems like himself to me.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago

The contrast with a fully functioning non-geriatric campaign really brings to light just how shitty Trump is. Not that it wasn't obvious before but I guess louder for those in the back?

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

And how completely lost Biden was.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

along these lines people are saying his incoherence indicates dementia - I dunno, since the first moment I ever heard of trump to 2016 to today - he's just fucking dumb. He's dumber than a bag of hammers. A box of rocks has more nuance, and a bag of shit more character, but most of all, he's just an idiot who's coasted through life on daddy's money and a toolbox of racism and contractor fuckin.

And I'm still astounded at the people he took in. Fuck, he's just so fucking dumb.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

The AP news coverage of his press conference today was just a list of a dozen things he lied about, with a few paragraphs explaining each thing. It was a very journalism-like piece of writing.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago

What?!?! Where’s my outrage?!?!?!?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I've really been surprised by the amount of negative press on Trump. He seems like himself to me.

Those are contradictory statements..

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

If I was less acceptably sane, I might think there was some sort of coordinated effort by the real Powers That Be to ensure that he does not become the next president, potentially starting with the assassination attempt, then moving to plan B by pushing Biden out so Harris takes over, and now funneling loads of positive media attention towards Harris and negative attention towards Trump when he is essentially behaving the same as he always has.

Of course, like I said, I’m too sane to believe that…right?

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Apart from the assassination attempt, the rest might be more simply explained by the existence of an opposing campaign attempting to defeat him.

[-] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

apparently not

[-] mriguy@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago

He’s planning on stealing the election anyway through his acolytes in congress and various state governments, so he sees no point in spending campaign funds that he can use on himself later.

[-] _bcron@midwest.social 33 points 3 months ago

Votes are the only thing that's gonna make him lose, and we're gonna need enough votes that something like that couldn't be remotely feasible. I'm hoping no one reads all these articles and thinks there's no reason for them to vote because it's already looking like a slam dunk because it's absolutely not gonna be a slam dunk

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

The only way that would be possible would be if he was close and was able to swing a few key counties with fake electors. If he fumbles the bid bad enough that it's a landslide, there's no way he'll be able to get enough fake electors in place to do any damage.

He's not the president so he can't even rely on people storming the capitol, cause Biden would just send in the troops the second there was a threat.

Also, with Harris as the VP, she'll have no problem certifying herself.

[-] prole 5 points 3 months ago

This is exactly what he's doing. It's been obvious since Biden dropped out.

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

catharsis /kə-thär′sĭs/

noun

  1. Purgation, especially for the digestive system.

  2. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.

  3. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.

[-] RangerJosie@sffa.community 26 points 3 months ago

I'm feeling more Schadenfreude than Catharsis tbh.

[-] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Catharsis isn't the right word. Schadenfreude is for some, but the former, eh, not accurate in connotation

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's the sensation of catharsis from the world being made whole again. Up is up. down is down. Fascist clowns who brag about raping women are no longer dominating the presidential race, but are seemingly reduced to a increasingly meager side show. A black woman candidate isn't just up in the polls, but brought with her one of the most progressive vps of all time with her. Schadenfreude is only half of that sensation, because it doesn't also recognize the positive.

It's a sensation that comes from things making sense, a returning to a world where the bad are punished and the good uplifted.

Catharsis is the perfect word.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 3 months ago

he's not chosing to lose, he is a one trick pony, and his trick doesn't work against his current opponent.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

Yeah at first I thought maybe he wants out but his ego won't let him just step away from it like Biden did, so he's trying to ramp up the crazy shit to force the party to kick him out, that way he doesn't have to run but he can keep the grift going by saying he was betrayed etc.

Then I thought, he's not that smart. All he has is saying crazy shit, which seemed to befuddle Clinton and Biden but doesn't work on Harris, so all he can do is panic and say even crazier shit.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Suffer, you parasite. And when you're full on suffering, spread it to everyone who ever supported you.

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

it's win win

either victory and massive long-term corruption and damage to the US governmental system

or martyrdom to the conspiracy addled revolutionary far-right

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Win - win when he loses the election and loses it at the same time.

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[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

So my honest bet going into this election (earlier this year) was that I'm not sure running a candidate that had already been president and then lost an election was ever going to be a good idea in a presidential election. Biden complicated things, as does Trump's cult-like dynamics, but I suspect the point will have been well made. Politicians and their relevance have lifetimes.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago

Don-old's entire brand is self sabotage. He only has to open his mouth to activate his super power. But he decides to try 'business' and loses casinos, steaks, water, universities, clothes, the Presidency and soon... his freedom. Forever an incompetent con man.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

4D chess, y'all

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