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heybige's avatar

This is the one thing that's been kicking around in the back of my head: that he's really feeling the pressure of all the legal stuff, and it appears that he's decompensating. If that's the case, you wonder about the speed of that happening. What might he look like by next November?

MY LIPS TO GOD'S EARS

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

I don't think he makes it to November. Trump has made a lot of comments lately that his team has had to walk back. That's never happened before. Trump never walked back anything. The NY trial threatening Trump Inc is an existential threat for his ego, but now that everyone is flipping in GA, he's got another existential threat. No one is staying loyal and he's lost control.

I mentioned a couple of months ago that it's been sort of surprising that in none of his trials has anyone mentioned whether or not he has the mental competency to really understand how much trouble he's in. That may happen if he keeps messing around with gag orders.

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Dave Yell's avatar

Here is an indication that he does hire the brightest and the best.

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Linda Oliver's avatar

This latest rally makes me think of Al Pacino in тАЬDog Day AfternoonтАЭ pacing around yelling, тАЬAttica! Attica!тАЭ

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Dave Yell's avatar

Koffefee!Koffefee!

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JF's avatar

ItтАЩs astonishing but revelatory that TrumpтАЩs base doesnтАЩt appear to notice him decompensating. There is no bottom.

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

I think they do. The crowd reaction to some of his more idiotic comments is very subdued.

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JF's avatar

ThatтАЩs good to know. I would have expected his crowds to get bored long ago; he keeps whipping out the same old tired one-liners, even when heтАЩs not completely bonkers.

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knowltok's avatar

You play the hits. No one is there to hear the new album, they just want to hear the stuff they remember from the happy time.

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Dave Yell's avatar

I wonder if they lip synch?

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knowltok's avatar

If they are 30 years past their prime you can tell if they are lip synching by if their voice sounds remotely as good as it used to.

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Christopher Wood's avatar

He's like a Borst Belt comic of the 1970s in the early days of SNL.

Henny Youngman comes to mind.

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JF's avatar

Oh gosh, that does kinda fit!

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Dave Yell's avatar

One word:cult

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Dave Yell's avatar

Silence is golden.

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max skinner's avatar

The base may not be hearing about this on Fox. Only the part of the base present at these speeches of his are hearing it. I fear they're cheering the greatest hits and ignoring the rest because the man is so persecuted his lapses are understandable, which makes them more sympathetic to his cause.

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Dave Yell's avatar

The Dunning/Krueger effect:a person trying to show how really intelligent he is but drop dead dumb.Who does that sound like?

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Dave Yell's avatar

There rarely is in a cult.

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Dave Yell's avatar

He'll probably be two shades darker orange,20 pounds heavier.Not a pretty sight now.But geez loueez.

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