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Donald Trump looks Old.

In a normal situation: yes. Vance was chosen for Trump by the billionaires boys club. I don’t think Trump had much choice. Hayley would have been a better choice to win but she’s publicly opposed Trump. Vance? He’s nobody. Wrote a book. Trump doesn’t read so that’s not a danger signal that maybe Vance has his own ideas.
Vance also publicly opposed Trump. All Haley would have to do is grovel just a little bit more than she already has and hope that all her voters, who liked her because she publicly opposed Trump, would be just as unscrupulous as she is. That would have been a more likely way to increase Trump's voting base than to pick Vance.
Right but Hayley has a national presence. Vance doesn’t really, except for his book, which is no threat to Trump. Hayley IS —she has her own mind and agenda. Vance is too unknown to be a threat that Trump can recognize. Besides, I’m not certain how much choice Trump had.
 
In a normal situation: yes. Vance was chosen for Trump by the billionaires boys club. I don’t think Trump had much choice. Hayley would have been a better choice to win but she’s publicly opposed Trump. Vance? He’s nobody. Wrote a book. Trump doesn’t read so that’s not a danger signal that maybe Vance has his own ideas.
Vance also publicly opposed Trump. All Haley would have to do is grovel just a little bit more than she already has and hope that all her voters, who liked her because she publicly opposed Trump, would be just as unscrupulous as she is. That would have been a more likely way to increase Trump's voting base than to pick Vance.
Right but Hayley has a national presence. Vance doesn’t really, except for his book, which is no threat to Trump. Hayley IS —she has her own mind and agenda. Vance is too unknown to be a threat that Trump can recognize. Besides, I’m not certain how much choice Trump had.
Plus, I don’t think Trump has much use for women other than as alternative spots to place his dick.
 
In a normal situation: yes. Vance was chosen for Trump by the billionaires boys club. I don’t think Trump had much choice. Hayley would have been a better choice to win but she’s publicly opposed Trump. Vance? He’s nobody. Wrote a book. Trump doesn’t read so that’s not a danger signal that maybe Vance has his own ideas.
Vance also publicly opposed Trump. All Haley would have to do is grovel just a little bit more than she already has and hope that all her voters, who liked her because she publicly opposed Trump, would be just as unscrupulous as she is. That would have been a more likely way to increase Trump's voting base than to pick Vance.
Right but Hayley has a national presence. Vance doesn’t really, except for his book, which is no threat to Trump. Hayley IS —she has her own mind and agenda. Vance is too unknown to be a threat that Trump can recognize. Besides, I’m not certain how much choice Trump had.
Plus, I don’t think Trump has much use for women other than as alternative spots to place his dick.
There were multiple women in his Cabinet and as his advisors and press secretaries.

It may be fun to just throw insults at Trump but sometimes it’s just silly.
 
In a normal situation: yes. Vance was chosen for Trump by the billionaires boys club. I don’t think Trump had much choice. Hayley would have been a better choice to win but she’s publicly opposed Trump. Vance? He’s nobody. Wrote a book. Trump doesn’t read so that’s not a danger signal that maybe Vance has his own ideas.
Vance also publicly opposed Trump. All Haley would have to do is grovel just a little bit more than she already has and hope that all her voters, who liked her because she publicly opposed Trump, would be just as unscrupulous as she is. That would have been a more likely way to increase Trump's voting base than to pick Vance.
Right but Hayley has a national presence. Vance doesn’t really, except for his book, which is no threat to Trump. Hayley IS —she has her own mind and agenda. Vance is too unknown to be a threat that Trump can recognize. Besides, I’m not certain how much choice Trump had.
Plus, I don’t think Trump has much use for women other than as alternative spots to place his dick.
There were multiple women in his Cabinet and as his advisors and press secretaries.

It may be fun to just throw insults at Trump but sometimes it’s just silly.
It is fun and it can be silly even when there may be some truth to it.
 
Plus, I don’t think Trump has much use for women other than as alternative spots to place his dick.
There were multiple women in his Cabinet and as his advisors and press secretaries.

It may be fun to just throw insults at Trump but sometimes it’s just silly.
It is fun and it can be silly even when there may be some truth to it.
Apparently even if there’s no truth to it either.
 
Plus, I don’t think Trump has much use for women other than as alternative spots to place his dick.
There were multiple women in his Cabinet and as his advisors and press secretaries.

It may be fun to just throw insults at Trump but sometimes it’s just silly.
It is fun and it can be silly even when there may be some truth to it.
Apparently even if there’s no truth to it either.
I find the couch related humor more funny along the lines of how obviously false the original claim was. I'm perplexed at what catches.

I can't imagine Nikki Haley being subservient to Trump. Being the VP can be a pain, and I can't imagine the zingers Trump would lay out there. It is quite possible that Haley was out there just to keep her face seen for 2028. She is running out of time because she'll be outside of the DC / US Political sphere for too long by 2032. It is something, because in Haley, the GOP have (had?) an A-list'er... while they are drooling over the D grade chicken which is starting to smell kind of funny.
 
I caught a bit of the Elon/Trump livestream last night. I didn't watch it on Xitter, but a YouTube channel covering the event.

There has been some talk of Trump having a "lisp," but it sounded more like just lousy microphone/audio quality. That aside, it was painful. Trump repeated his usual grievances that he airs in his marathon rally speeches, was occasionally slurring his words, and Elon was unable to keep him under control. At one point when I was listening, he went into his ebullient praise of Kim Jong Un. He truly believes they are friends, and genuinely admires the little dictator. Even the right wing Drudge Report has had as their big "above the fold" headlines "Trump Slurs Through Interview," and links calling it a "catastrophe" and wondering if the Wall Street Journal is planning to "Dump the Don."

Content-wise, the event was even worse than the press conference, and I've heard that even supporters (on Xitter and Truth Sociopath) were basically telling Trump "come on, man...get it together."
 
Content-wise, the event was even worse than the press conference, and I've heard that even supporters (on Xitter and Truth Sociopath) were basically telling Trump "come on, man...get it together."
Since 2016 we've had Crazy Don. In the last few months we've had Crazy Senile Don. Maybe he needs to up his drug doses to get the fire back and become as attractive a candidate again. He hasn't changed his tactics. He's like an old athlete about whom it's obvious he can't compete at the same level anymore yet continues to blame everyone else for his lost talent while he struggles and loses on the field. He's still much a fan favorite to many but his time has passed.

I should add that he also wants to stay out of jail and keep his stolen wealth.
 
But how senile is he really? The trouble with Trump is he lies all the time. Has been for decades. He mixes up names sometimes. Says stuff that sounds stupid because he is stupid and way over his head in politics.

But is he really senile? He is self-deluded / unbelievably committed to the brand, but because of his narcissism / business. After losing all of his casinos and barely making it out alive, Trump learned that he could make money off of his name simply by the image behind it. And since then, he has fought tooth and nail to protect that image, lying and boasting grandiose claims to propagate that image. And all of the ridiculous claims about his success, follow suit with his self-identity and need to inflate it so everyone else believes it.
 
Plus, I don’t think Trump has much use for women other than as alternative spots to place his dick.
There were multiple women in his Cabinet and as his advisors and press secretaries.

It may be fun to just throw insults at Trump but sometimes it’s just silly.
It is fun and it can be silly even when there may be some truth to it.
Apparently even if there’s no truth to it either.
Trump’s history suggests otherwise.
 
The old Orange Fool says he wants to go live in Venezuela if he loses. No lie. What other candidate could get away with this? Just further proof of his mental and physical deterioration. It's as if he's begging to be cut from the team.
 
He actually said Venezuela??? Well, he'd be great there. Major field of opportunity for our national carnival barker. Wall to wall corruption, empty shelves in the stores, hyperinflation, malaise. All El Trumpo needs to do is learn enough Spanish to read it off the prompters (and of course to cuss -- I can hear him now: "Ay que la chinga, folks!!! Many people tell me that, amigos.") There's enough murder in the air for him to get all the discontented on his side. Just as long as he doesn't grab too many senoritas by the pucha. Them Latin males have a fierce sense of pride and entitlement.
 
The old Orange Fool says he wants to go live in Venezuela if he loses. No lie. What other candidate could get away with this? Just further proof of his mental and physical deterioration. It's as if he's begging to be cut from the team.
That isn't delusion, that is riffing on his false narrative of the Venezuelan government is sending their criminals across the southern border. I mean, yes, the idea is preposterous, but Trump's major issue is the border. So he is going to push it in every way he can. His base loves it!

I am stunned that he is bringing up Kim Jong Un though. Trump signed an agreement they provided about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Fucker still has no idea he was played.
 
The old Orange Fool says he wants to go live in Venezuela if he loses. No lie. What other candidate could get away with this? Just further proof of his mental and physical deterioration. It's as if he's begging to be cut from the team.
That isn't delusion, that is riffing on his false narrative of the Venezuelan government is sending their criminals across the southern border. I mean, yes, the idea is preposterous, but Trump's major issue is the border. So he is going to push it in every way he can. His base loves it!

I am stunned that he is bringing up Kim Jong Un though. Trump signed an agreement they provided about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Fucker still has no idea he was played.
And lets not forget the latest US Russia prisoner exchange. He gushed about Putin and what a great deal he got. Orangey ought to get his lips permanently sewn to Putin's ass.
 
That isn't delusion, that is riffing on his false narrative of the Venezuelan government is sending their criminals across the southern border. I mean, yes, the idea is preposterous, but Trump's major issue is the border. So he is going to push it in every way he can. His base loves it!
Sweet Jesus. What if he's planning to lead a caravan north, break through his own wall with farts and rocket launchers, and infiltrate the country state by state?
 
The old Orange Fool says he wants to go live in Venezuela if he loses. No lie. What other candidate could get away with this? Just further proof of his mental and physical deterioration. It's as if he's begging to be cut from the team.
That isn't delusion, that is riffing on his false narrative of the Venezuelan government is sending their criminals across the southern border. I mean, yes, the idea is preposterous, but Trump's major issue is the border. So he is going to push it in every way he can. His base loves it!

I am stunned that he is bringing up Kim Jong Un though. Trump signed an agreement they provided about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Fucker still has no idea he was played.
What makes you think Trump cares whether he was played or not? It doesn’t affect his wealth and he will always blame someone else.
 
But how senile is he really? The trouble with Trump is he lies all the time. Has been for decades. He mixes up names sometimes. Says stuff that sounds stupid because he is stupid and way over his head in politics.

But is he really senile? He is self-deluded / unbelievably committed to the brand, but because of his narcissism / business. After losing all of his casinos and barely making it out alive, Trump learned that he could make money off of his name simply by the image behind it. And since then, he has fought tooth and nail to protect that image, lying and boasting grandiose claims to propagate that image. And all of the ridiculous claims about his success, follow suit with his self-identity and need to inflate it so everyone else believes it.
I have thought he was in cognitive decline since 2016, which, to be fair, is the first time I ever paid him much attention. I frankly avoided ever watching or listening to him because I don’t have a lot of use for egomaniacal blowhards. During that campaign, NPR played an old interview with him that had to have been 20 years old at that point and frankly what I heard was an egomaniac/blowhard but someone with full use of his ( limited) faculties. Contrasting that with the 2016 version and yeah, I saw or rather heard significant decline between the old Trump and the 2016 version. The old interview displayed someone who cared only about himself and his very narrow range of interests. 2016 showed someone who was steeply declining into what one expects of a doddering self centered individuals: more self interest than anything else, and absolutely zero sincerity about anything. It’s no secret I detest the man but in 2016 I was willing to listen and give him a fair shot at demonstrating something that could appeal or some concern for his country and a vision of what he could bring to improve the lives of other people. This was never his long suit and he’s not much of an actor. There are no hidden depths to the man. His idea of making a deal is that someone gets screwed and he’d prefer it not be him. He’ll lie, cheat and steal to ensure that it’s not him—and usually, it is not because most people do try to do a good job at whatever it is they are doing. But even in 2016, his vocabulary was unusually limited, he spoke almost entirely in hyperbole and self-aggrandizing statements.

He is worse now. Even accounting for poor acoustics/microphones and unskilled interviewers ( Musk, FOX) he sounds physically unwell and as though he’s slipped multiple notches, cognitively. Much more limited ability to speak and actually be responsive. It’s all just the same recycled stump speech/rally. Some of this is certainly due to stress—he’s facing more indictments, has lost important and expensive legal cases and has more pending. His future does not look good or likely to be lengthy. I think anyone would be a mess. But these are all troubles of his own making. And there is likely no more stressful job than that as POTUS. He’s really not up to the task. If anyone in this world actually loves him and cares about him, they would have convinced him that he has earned the right to enjoy his ( supposedly) immense wealth and his grandchildren and playing head of the family as best he can fur his remaining days, messing only in the lives of his children.

But nope. His time in office attracted the attention of those who see the value in having their own personal useful idiot and they are not all or now, even mainly foreign dictators.

Billionaires are looking to build their own ‘modern’ tech rich private cities that will help shore up their desire to run their own kingdoms. This is absolutely not a good thing for democracy or the world.
 
The old Orange Fool says he wants to go live in Venezuela if he loses. No lie. What other candidate could get away with this? Just further proof of his mental and physical deterioration. It's as if he's begging to be cut from the team.
That isn't delusion, that is riffing on his false narrative of the Venezuelan government is sending their criminals across the southern border. I mean, yes, the idea is preposterous, but Trump's major issue is the border. So he is going to push it in every way he can. His base loves it!

I am stunned that he is bringing up Kim Jong Un though. Trump signed an agreement they provided about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Fucker still has no idea he was played.
And lets not forget the latest US Russia prisoner exchange. He gushed about Putin and what a great deal he got. Orangey ought to get his lips permanently sewn to Putin's ass.
Indeed, I'm tiring of this "better deal" stuff. The only time Trump got a great deal was when he was fucking over someone on the blacker side of gray of legality (at best).
 
The trouble with Trump is he lies all the time.
That’s always been the trouble with Trump.
The trouble for Trump, the trouble he didn’t have before, is that his schtick is tired and old.
Easily entertained Americans are attracted to new and shiny things like Kami. Like Trump was to some in 2016. By 2021 the shine was wearing off Dolt45, but he didn’t look too bad next to the decrepit old man with the speech impediment. Now he’s the bumbling old fool with the same tired act that was a loser in 2018, 2020, & 2022. Now that he doesn’t have the decrepit old man to beat up on, he just comes off like an old shoe with worn out tread.
I do not believe he has the mental wherewithal to reinvent himself, nor the discipline to follow the advice of his handlers, whose IQs are about time and a half his own, on average.
 
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