It turns out Trump is Trump
Hmm. Really? Are we sure?
As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
Do they? Or do we just want them to?
Republicans on Monday reeled from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his new general election matchup with Harris — following a weekend that saw him praise Russian leader Vladimir Putin while smearing Harris as “low IQ,” and “dumb” and attacking a popular swing-state GOP governor whose turnout operation he may need in November.
He always refers to rivals and enemies as low IQ and dumb. He also frequently attacks people who could be useful allies. He’s an agent of chaos. That’s why his fans are his fans.
Republicans who saw their party lose the White House and both chambers of Congress during Trump’s presidency have worried before about Trump’s lack of discipline. But Trump’s venting now comes at a critical point in the election, with Harris surpassing him in fundraising and gaining ground in some battleground state polls.
That’s like driving a sports car and then complaining it doesn’t perform like an SUV. Trump’s venting is always going to come at some critical point or other, and at every other point too, because Trump’s venting is Trump’s venting. Trump is not a Mercedes, Trump is a rusty tricycle.
“Democrats are racing to remake Kamala Harris from real life Selina Meyer into the female Obama — and Donald Trump’s lack of discipline is letting them,” said a national Republican strategist who was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “Every day Trump swipes at shiny objects — attacking the popular governor of a swing state, questioning the race of his opponent, or battling cat lady comments by his VP — is a day he is letting Harris define herself on her own terms.”
Gosh, really??? That is so surprising. Who could ever have imagined that Trump would just do whatever he felt like doing and fuck anyone who doesn’t like it?
of course, the quoted Republican doesn’t seem much better
If Trump is an agent of chaos, perhaps we should be running Maxwell Smart against him?
You had something like sixteen candidates, some of them good ones and yet you chose that idiot. He still stands a good chance of winning but picking him is on you assholes.
Here we go again. Who is “you”? I fucking didn’t. Toothpaste goblins all over again. Are you unable to comment without some random abuse?
He can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe BK was commenting as if talking directly to the Republicans whining about Trump being Trump.
So Trump, who has repeatedly voiced his contempt for the people of Atlanta, where Biden won the 2020 vote in Atlanta metro counties to the tune of about 90%, has a rally here and starts talking shit about the (popular) Republican governor and his wife, and the Republican secretary of state. Not smart.
Holms – Well that’s why I started with “Who is “you”?” Normally a non-specific “you” in a comment means either the previous commenter or the author of the post. These tacit conventions are how we understand each other.
@iknklast,
I laughed.
Though Harris reminds me a bit of Agent 99, who would probably have been a better candidate.
I would’ve thought in context it was apparent who the “you” was (whining Republicans); I was incorrect. Not sure why I find communication with relative normies so difficult; I always seem to be misinterpreted.
Nitpicking, that’s KAOS, not chaos thank you very much. Too bad we can’t trap DJT in a cone of silence. I feel like making a “Missed it by that much!” joke, not sure why.
BK – sorry about the normie thing. (I’m not all THAT normie.) It’s just that “you” usually does mean me, unless otherwise specified or part of a convo between two or more of youse guys. I’ll try to be interpretively far-reaching in your case (unless I’m pissed off of course).
Mike Kuebler, I do know that, and I actually debated using it, but I decided to stick with the spelling in the post. I still think we should run Maxwell Smart against him. At least when Smart was dumb, he was not only funny, he was not malevolent.
#OB: I appreciate it (and hell I know I’m a bit much), it’s hard to know how people will take things. Doesn’t help that I tend to come to and voice conclusions for vastly different reasons than other people.
In this case the main thing is that I really don’t understand why you’d try to win a game with a bad hand just because you potentially can (the Republicans electoral campaign choices) and then complain that you missed the opportunity to stack the deck. Yascha had on some Bulwark-aligned right winger (pre-Biden dropping out) where he insisted that pretty much any 55-yo governor from almost any state would beat either candidate in a landslide, that’s how bad it was.
Well, same. I don’t understand ANY of this and never have. It’s been all Twilight Zone since 2016.